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

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Why do we sleep and do all animals 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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How does the brain perceive binaural beats if ear signals don't mix?

  • NatanijelVasic
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Medical Why do osteoporotic bones fracture?

  • snorkack
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Why so few nidicolous herbivores?

  • snorkack
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Medical EPDM Food grade / non food grade

  • MichaelvH
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Is there a link between consciousness and emotional depth?

  • iDimension
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Did hunter gatherers work less or more than modern humans?

  • Jupiter60
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Chest X-ray Radiation and Its Impact on Other Body Parts

  • cube137
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Medical Zuckerberg and Chan Pledge $3B To Fight Diseases

  • Choppy
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Medical Estimating drug dose based on pharmacokinetic data

  • physio
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Are there applications of Biophysics in Biotechnology?

  • Gjmdp
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Reach 65? Time to Put On Your Glasses!

  • wolram
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Morpholino antisense drug approval (US FDA): eteplirsen

  • JonMoulton
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Medical Trivalent vs. Quadrivalent Flu Vaccines This Year

  • berkeman
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Medical Can Being High Stop a Taser's Effect?

  • Megaton
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Brain Damage -- does it also affect their emotional state?

  • optiov
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Amplification of RNA by an RNA polymerase ribozyme

  • mfb
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Calculating the equivalent dose for intraperitoneal injection

  • Eagle9
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Schemas and their location(s) in the brain?

  • icakeov
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Do heat shock proteins increase crowding even while preventing misfolding?

  • Priyadarshini
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Savant Syndrome: How Does Damage to the Brain Lead to Such Ability?

  • Priyadarshini
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Relationship between ventricular volume and pressure

  • Lefuuf
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Can Babies Be Created Without Female Eggs?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Balance of Oxygen in Earth: Plants Role

  • Allen_Wolf
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Replenish Gut Flora: Options Beyond Fecal Transplant

  • wywong
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Methionine and cysteine influence on proteins?

  • icakeov
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Upper Leg Muscles Wasting Due to Lower Leg Stiffness?

  • Kishwar Khan
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Do Genes Code for Specific Types of Cells?

  • icakeov
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How does synaptic pruning happen?

  • Priyadarshini
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Medical Is it possible to improve your reflexes by playing video games?

  • physics user1
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Scientists watch as bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance

  • Spinnor
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Will we be eating CRISPy food in the future

  • wolram
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What is the Significance of Patchwork Viruses in Animals?

  • mfb
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Medical Xanthen 3 one and its derivatives

  • Motivanka
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Medical How does our brain create a summarized/average representation

  • Tareq Naushad
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Medical Why did I experience no withdrawal or cravings after quitting alcohol?

  • Gooddoctordoc
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Can genetic engineering alter an existing phenotype?

  • Terrell
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How long does it take to die from tetanus?

  • SteveRocco
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How do freezing bubbles form and why are they so mesmerizing?

  • davenn
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Are chemical treatments necessary for pulp in handmade papermaking?

  • Stephen Tashi
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Customer with apparent dementia showing severe decline

  • Sophia
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Living with Schizophrenia: Is it Fair to be Treated as a Guinea Pig?

  • wolram
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Fatty acids in humans and great apes

  • Graeme M
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  • Poll Poll

Is sexual attraction necessary for romantic love?

  • annoyinggirl
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How does a species evolve to have more or less chromosomes?

  • wywong
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Medical What is the specialty called for electronic implant surgery?

  • TranscedentKid
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Can ice or medication prevent bruises from forming?

  • cube137
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What's the simplest entity that can have fun?

  • alan_longor
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How much CO2 does a mature tree use daily and how much oxygen does it use?

  • Allen_Wolf
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Why can't quantitative values be computed using DSC-MRI?

  • phys-student
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Human evolution -- Neanderthals and Homo Erectus

  • Calpalned
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How is the functioning of body organs determined?

  • Aafia
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I want to find a cure for herpes. What should I major in?

  • Linds64
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Would fusion of two people into one person ever be possible?

  • CellyBean
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Envenomation Story: Surviving a Poisonous Fish Sting in Mauritius

  • geoffrey159
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Are glands in human made of muscles?

  • Aafia
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What Are the Differences Between Ophthalmologists and Optometrists?

  • turbo
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Medical Why we think better with closed eyes? What about a blind person?

  • Tareq Naushad
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Medical With eyes closed or in a dream do we see video-like movements?

  • Tareq Naushad
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Gaining Insight into Evolution and Natural Selection

  • DaveC426913
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Heterocyclic amines in commercial pet foods

  • Tosh5457
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What is nastic movement due to growth?

  • Aafia
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What is the effect of temperature on enzymes in poiklotherms

  • Aafia
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Hybridization of Asses & Zebras in Genus Equus

  • snorkack
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Medical What Causes Crohn's Disease and How Can We Understand It?

  • hsdrop
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How does the bionic leaf use quantum effects in photosynthesis?

  • EnumaElish
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Number of procedural tasks a person can do at one time?

  • icakeov
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How intimately can we observe DNA replication?

  • Cody Richeson
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Where in the brain do we sense our internal organs?

  • icakeov
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Was the vaccine-autism link fabricated by Andrew Wakefield?

  • bluecap
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The great basic question of science on origin of life

  • Vladimir Matveev
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What is the connection called between a receptor and a neuron?

  • icakeov
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Why does vertigo cause nausea in humans and mammals?

  • SimonJyc
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Aware of being aware neural circuits

  • bluecap
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IMAX 3D vs RealD 3D: Worth It for Azy Eye?

  • mdh321
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Medical Should this person go to the doctor?

  • alan_longor
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Ergonomics of using an exercise ball as a work desk chair

  • berkeman
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Atoms and Cells: Are They Connected?

  • shina
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Why white blood cells and red blood cells are destroyed?

  • Aafia
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Why humans are better than Cyanobacteria?

  • tzimie
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How exactly does cuticular transpiration occur in plants?

  • Aafia
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Diabetes Mellitus: Are Diabetic Patients Immunocompromised?

  • keep@science
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Influence of the nervous system on the endocrine system

  • icakeov
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Bacteriophage Therapy: Alternatives to Antibiotics

  • micromass
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Medical Internet as Extended Phenotype: Hello Friends!

  • gianeshwar
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If we lose our hearing, are afferent nerves still firing?

  • icakeov
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Is there a link between dream and language?

  • C. Bernard
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Is reflex considered a function of autonomic nervous system?

  • icakeov
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Can Oocyte Division Occur Without the Contribution of Sperm?

  • jk22
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Similiarities between sociopath and asperger

  • physics user1
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Difference between cisternae and Dictyosomes

  • gracy
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Medical Genetic Modification for Plant Floaters

  • steveJOBS
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Medical Progress on an Alzheimer's vaccine?

  • berkeman
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Medical How did scientists observe metabolic pathways in organisms?

  • Aafia
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Why are mammals as large as they are and not much larger?

  • parshyaa
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What are the lipids on the double membrane of a eukaryote cell's nucleus?

  • Buzz Bloom
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