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Reason for different animals' longevity

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New Findings about the Evolution of Complex Cellular Life

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Deceptive curcumin offers cautionary tale for chemists

  • lavoisier
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Difference between the Bacteria and the Archaea

  • ShayanJ
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Y Gene Domination: Male Progeny or Female Progeny?

  • physicist007
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Is The Selfish Gene Still Relevant in Evolutionary Science Today?

  • WWCY
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How does Angelman's syndrome trigger laughter?

  • Pyrus
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X and Y chromosomes vs. dominant/recessive genes

  • DaveC426913
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What is the difference between Reservoir and paratenic hosts

  • Tyto alba
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IQ Distribution Curve: Is Advanced Intelligence Limited By Drift?

  • Johninch
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Can Bio Molecules Be Used to Create Supercomputers?

  • FallenApple
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Medical Cause of Gastric reflux disease

  • mktsgm
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Structural Choromsomal Hierarchies and Gene Expression

  • BillTre
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Sleep deprivation & poor brain function

  • UsableThought
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How would menstrual cycle be affected if one ovary fails?

  • physicist007
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Medical Are Peanut Allergies Overdiagnosed in Children?

  • wolram
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Medical Why PPAR-gamma is called peroxisome proliferator activator receptor?

  • mktsgm
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Why so many treatments for cancer?

  • ryanuser
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Why are emotions important for creating strong memories?

  • FallenApple
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Usefulness of predicting species population

  • Joppy
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What's the purpose of genders in evolution

  • newjerseyrunner
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Medical Amount of energy, roughly, needed to kill with blunt force trauma

  • Jake Sparre
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An Ebola Vaccine that Seems to Work

  • BillTre
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Medical Major breakthroughs of medicine in the last 20 years?

  • Marco Masi
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Medical What is the potential impact of ingesting cherry seeds containing amygdalin?

  • member 608465
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Medical Why do Squirrels Love Aluminum?

  • Sanborn Chase
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Does Ambient Temperature Affect Cold-Blooded Animals' Size?

  • Timmykuku
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How would you define 'living'? Are molecules alive?

  • Darkusvader
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This is not a pee joke (asparagus causing urine odor)

  • jim mcnamara
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What is point of Durham tubes in a Nitrate reduction test?

  • instantresults
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Does procedural memory include learning complex thoughts?

  • icakeov
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Autism and Vitamin D during pregnancy

  • jim mcnamara
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How did our genetic process get set up?

  • Isaac0427
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How Do mRNA and Other Molecules Get Around in Cells

  • Drakkith
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Why Should You Install Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Your Home?

  • Melveena
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What is the Origin of Eukarya and Its Relationship to Bacteria and Archaea?

  • SW VandeCarr
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Help in understanding effect size in fMRI

  • dentons
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Mitochondrial DNA: Origin, Inheritance & Comparison

  • Stephanus
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Medical China begins gene editing trial

  • 1oldman2
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Medical Venipuncture/cannulation physics

  • VacuumAce
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Medical Does chilled water contains Deuterium?

  • mktsgm
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Could our digestive system handle alien meat?

  • newjerseyrunner
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Medical Can our body synthesize minerals?

  • mktsgm
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Mind cannot think without overeating

  • AdrianTTT
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Sodium concentration during action potential generation

  • Conductivity
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Is it possible that cat evolve into dog by some means?

  • garylau
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Are memories made of this or that?

  • Graeme M
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Do amino-acids spontaneously bond within a cell?

  • icakeov
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What are these small white flies and how can I identify them?

  • shina
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Could Walking Like a Gorilla Increase Strength?

  • Alanay
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Intervention of Math in Biology

  • Aadharsh Aadhithya
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Medical Possible Sleep Apnea: Seeking a Specialist's Opinion

  • Delta2
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News New FTC Homeopathy Marketing Claims Policy

  • Drakkith
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Proteins that duplicate the DNA in interphase

  • icakeov
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Detailed list of all known human ancestors

  • letsplay14me
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Isolating components of electroconvulsive therapy

  • Tribo
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Was Charles II of Spain unlucky or inevitble mistake of bio?

  • Rohit Shekhawat
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Molecules of life -- Is H2O a biomolecule?

  • Nikhil faraday
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LED Light Wavelengths: What to Know for Photolysis Prevention

  • Jcludwig
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Medical Why do students struggle to stay awake in class?

  • mktsgm
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Medical DNA Codes: Examining How Proteins Differ Between Males & Females

  • Neha98
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Detailed protocol of the open field test for social behavior

  • Eagle9
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If evolution is true then why there is a monkey until this moment

  • rashida564
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Medical Can astronauts be in space for long periods

  • wolram
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Medical What Causes Hunger Headaches and Are They Detrimental?

  • mktsgm
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Characteristics of a 3D Bioprinter

  • P_Forero2013
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Name for the neurotransmitter cycle?

  • icakeov
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Can asexual reproduction be the cause of genetic variations

  • Nikhil faraday
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Are offsprings produced by hermaphrodites

  • Nikhil faraday
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Taking physics and dealing with depression/anxiety

  • Cjosh
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Any thoughts on natural selection?

  • Thomas McGuigan
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Are birds a subset of reptiles and dinosaurs, or are they th

  • Jupiter60
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How many times does an average protein fold?

  • icakeov
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Input/processing aspects of adaptive camouflage

  • grisly
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Could Some Stars Be Sending Signals from Alien Intelligent Life?

  • jim mcnamara
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Medical Knowingly taking placebo pills eases pain, study finds

  • wolram
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Autonomic System: Understanding Sympathetic & Parasympathetic Impulses

  • rashida564
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Effects of sports bra 24/7 on breast fat location

  • annoyinggirl
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Medical Temporary Memory Blocks and Facilitating Recall Actively

  • berkeman
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Are there genes that are expressed in every cell in organism

  • icakeov
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Why Are Some People Tone Deaf? Investigating the Causes

  • Priyadarshini
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Mouse oocytes made from stem cells

  • Ygggdrasil
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Seeking free software for animal behavior tracking

  • Eagle9
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Would life have appeared on Earth without oxygen?

  • bluemoonKY
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Medical Why do you need an arterio venous fistula to do haemodialysis?

  • sameeralord
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Is there a common name for protective layer of an organism?

  • icakeov
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Medical How does coconut oil promote collagen production?

  • bluemoonKY
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Medical Autophagy & Type-2 Diabetes: Should We 'Treat' at All?

  • mktsgm
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Insights Polymer Physics and Genetic Sequencing - Comments

  • klotza
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Medical Can a person choose to not feel emotions or empathy?

  • physics user1
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Medical Can the Nervous System Be Manipulated to Control Inflammation?

  • fanieh
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Question about the specific effects of SSRIs

  • ItDoesn'tMatter
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Are neurons that have been used for years ever re-delegated?

  • icakeov
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What are the advantages of 80S ribosomes over 70S ribosomes?

  • Kitrak
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The Mystery of Sleep: Uncovering the Secrets of Why We Need It

  • fanieh
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Medical Is this the end of flue pandemics?

  • wolram
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Why are mammals limited in color compared to other animals?

  • grisly
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