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How does specific activity (U/mg) measure enzyme purity?

  • pieruvate
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Are you concerned about toxic chemicals in plastic food packaging?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Woolite Contamination Recalls 2023 and 2025

  • Cepacia
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Hip implant experiences and mobility aids discussion

  • collinsmark
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Human Sperm, Egg Cells Mass-Generated using iPS

  • Tom.G
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Is there a link between poultry consumption and longevity?

  • Spathi
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Heat transfer and body temperature regulation in Huskies

  • oz93666
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Biochemical effects of switching to dairy-free foods

  • Albrecht-Carl-623
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COVID Rolling Review of HIPRA COVID-19 Vaccine: Booster for Adults

  • Sagittarius A-Star
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Medical What are the costs for tests to measure bacteria and virus levels on surfaces?

  • LightningInAJar
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Would neutrinosynthesis be physically possible for a lifeform to have?

  • SpeedOfLightYagami
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How does laser hair removal work?

  • LightningInAJar
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Why cats are smarter than dogs

  • xTheFormlessOnedx
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Scientists Calculate the Speed of Thought

  • jedishrfu
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Interesting Veritasium YouTube on PCR tests and how they came to be

  • gmax137
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Medical Electrical stimulation of the Vagus nerve may relieve treatment-resistant depression

  • berkeman
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Does Radiation from X-Rays/CT Stay in Body Forever (Risks)?

  • kyphysics
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How can humans know that dinosaurs looked like reptiles?

  • sevensages
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How Can We Deal w/ Volatile Organic Compounds in Homes?

  • kyphysics
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How long do bones take to decompose to dust?

  • silver007
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Why does a series of pulses generate a pitch?

  • Daniel Petka
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The predictive brain (Stimulus-Specific Error Prediction Neurons)

  • Fra
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Sudden problems with western-blots

  • ScienceEnthusiast
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Meaning of a reaction being "too slow to be biologically significant"?

  • asimov42
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Exercises to improve joint flexibility in shoulders and hips

  • DaveC426913
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What factors influence the folding of proteins and biomolecules?

  • mktsgm
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New and Interesting Publications Relevant to the Origin of Life

  • BillTre
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Universal wing- and fin-beat frequency scaling

  • Filip Larsen
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News An AI Program namesake of a PF Mentor

  • jedishrfu
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Chornobyl Dark coloured tree frogs

  • pinball1970
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Why is it easier on the heart in a horizontal position?

  • Eratosten
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Marburg outbreak in Rwanda

  • Astronuc
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How would an infection prevent anesthetic from numbing my toe?

  • sevensages
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Hiccups may clear food stuck in the throat

  • abcdan71
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What do large moles on the body indicate?

  • Spathi
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Data on centenarians driven by pension fraud

  • BWV
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Melioidosis, caused by bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei

  • Astronuc
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Medical FDA antidepressant warnings of suicide risk among kids may have the opposite effect

  • berkeman
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The Cass Report (UK)

  • Lynch101
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What an author did when paper was proved wrong

  • Frabjous
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Aging Effects for Hearts in Microgravity

  • Frabjous
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Using Destructive Interference to Treat Tinnitus

  • erobz
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Therapeutic Interfering Particle

  • BillTre
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Any stereo audio learning resources for other languages?

  • berkeman
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Hiking, traveling in remote locations, especially in hot summer months

  • Astronuc
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Medical Any suggestions to dampen the sounds of a colostomy bag?

  • Rich76
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Will cryosleep ever be a reality?

  • Maximum7
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Cannot find a comfortable side-sleeping position

  • DaveC426913
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Homo naledi discovery updates and cave excavation footage

  • BillTre
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Hiking Illness Danger -- Rhabdomyolysis

  • jedishrfu
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Toxic Chemicals Found on old books

  • pinball1970
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Weight training for older people

  • yungman
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Medical Firefighter strategies for encounters with autism spectrum disorder patients

  • berkeman
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Using Capsaicin to Get Really High

  • docnet
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Boars Head Meat Recall due to Listeria contamination

  • jedishrfu
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Neutron contamination threshold in tissue using LINAC

  • ifa23
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Contradictory statements made by two different professors about IQ scores

  • sevensages
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What happens if you bombard a dead body with protons? (not sure how many)

  • sushshaf
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Why is my Magnolia covered in tiny frosted, jelly-filled donuts?

  • DaveC426913
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COVID Understanding COVID Quarantine Guidance

  • russ_watters
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Medical tape cut off blood flow to fetus?

  • tr8700
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Is meat broth really nutritious?

  • PainterGuy
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Could Radio Waves Cause Havana Syndrome?

  • Natty
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COVID COVID Virus Lives Longer with Higher CO2 In the Air

  • Tom.G
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Conflicting interpretations of rosemary oil study

  • nomadreid
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Advice Wanted for Book Writing/Publishing

  • BillTre
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Tetrachromacy and human color vision limits

  • Orodruin
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Why Do Periodical Cicadas Die Simultaneously After Emergence?

  • Vanadium 50
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Should I tolerate lizards and possums for pest control despite droppings?

  • kyphysics
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Is DNA Animation Truly Real-Time?

  • Hornbein
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How do fetuses breathe in the womb?

  • sevensages
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DNA-maternity test - could you see other relationship than mother?

  • Queenie
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Medical Insulin resistance and external insulin

  • mktsgm
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Probability, genetic disorder related

  • fluidistic
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Looking For Today's DNA Knowledge

  • Hornbein
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Covid Vaccines Reducing Infections

  • bhobba
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Can I save anything in my greenhouse from frost damage?

  • DaveC426913
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COVID Is it usual for vaccine injection site to hurt again during infection?

  • somegrue
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A Brief Biography of Dr Virgina Apgar, creator of the baby APGAR test

  • jedishrfu
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Medical Is 5 milliamps at 240 volts dangerous?

  • kma
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Major Evolution in Action

  • Tom.G
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Probability of pregnancy over 250 years with 15% monthly chance

  • Username34
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Can four legged animals drink from beneath their feet?

  • Brucester
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Dolphins don't breathe through their esophagus

  • DaveC426913
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Is this egg-laying or something else?

  • somegrue
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How to Implement Beamforming in Ultrasound Diffraction Tomography

  • tjk9501
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Potentially fatal dog parasite found in the Colorado River

  • pinball1970
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Medical Avian flu - A new study led by a team from the University of Maryland

  • pinball1970
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Are all biological catabolic reactions exergonic?

  • mktsgm
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Medical A First of Its Kind: A Calcium-based signal in the Human Brain

  • jedishrfu
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Biological culture and cultural biology

  • Pythagorean
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Electrical potential difference and charge separation

  • NeuralDynamics
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Nick Lanes on Sean Carroll's podcast

  • BillTre
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Dangerous Area of a Hair Removal Laser

  • dedesperado
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Can a captive-raised lion survive and hunt in the African wild?

  • sevensages
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Long-Term Effects/Risks/Vulnerabilities of Having Had COVID

  • kyphysics
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How does vitamin C help a person's immune system?

  • sevensages
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