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What Are Effective Methods to Investigate Gene Downregulation in Cancer?

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How can natural selection be true if disease is inherited?

  • Sentosa
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Origin of Mammal Affection: Adaptation or Spandrel?

  • Pythagorean
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Math Graduate needs "Cancer Biology for Dummies"

  • dkotschessaa
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Why do we need sleep and what happens without it?

  • physics user1
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Does studying psychology make you crazy?

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Are Artificial Sweeteners Changing Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways?

  • arydberg
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Is implicit memory an "instinct"?

  • icakeov
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Are chemical messages between proteins intermolecular forces

  • icakeov
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Stress hormones and limbic system?

  • petrushkagoogol
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Medical What is the Actual Difference Between Feelings and Emotions?

  • gva
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Medical What happens if you drink only coca cola or soft drinks?

  • physics user1
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Creating a Solution to False Medicine in Africa

  • verzix
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What Are the Taxonomic Classifications of Algae?

  • Priyadarshini
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Where in the mind is the seat of dreaming?

  • DaveC426913
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Science-based birthday gifts for kids

  • StatGuy2000
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Why is sibling heritability of myopia stronger than parent-child?

  • t689
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How does LSD cause ego dissolution according to brain scans?

  • nnope
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Psychoactive drugs for "expansion of consciousness"

  • victorhugo
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What is the latest research on humans and magnetoreception?

  • Dotini
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Can CRISPR turn a dog into a cat (not at embryo stage)?

  • fredreload
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Medical What are the challenges of creating synthetic human genomes?

  • 1oldman2
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Does nature favour cool computations? News from SFI

  • StatGuy2000
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Medical How do omega-3 fatty acids benefit general health?

  • wolram
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Do animals fall in love or just experience love?

  • bluecap
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Medical Telemedicine Kiosks in the Workplace

  • berkeman
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Medical Electron Acceleration and X-Ray Emission in X-Ray Machines

  • AndresPB
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This dog seems to want to sing, why?

  • student34
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Implications of life being found or not found on Europa

  • Buzz Bloom
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How many neurons fire in an eye blink?

  • icakeov
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What is the relationship between locus, alleles, and genes in chromosomes?

  • Motivanka
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Molecules that are not part of life?

  • icakeov
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Single-base changes, or singletons?

  • IfItsX
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Did animals and fungi evolve from photosynthetic ancestors?

  • Stephanus
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Reason for one chiriality in biology

  • exponent137
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Are different emotions in different areas of limbic system?

  • icakeov
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How to calculate Km from Kcat and K2/K for alpha-chymotrypsin hydrolysis

  • hard0174
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Why Does Our Perception of Time Change?

  • Sachin_Vaidya
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On the Importance of Positive Controls

  • Ygggdrasil
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Insights When did Mitochondria Evolve? - Comments

  • Ygggdrasil
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Could a human head be transplanted onto a donor body?

  • wolram
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Horrors of asian shark fin butchery

  • Evo
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Right and left handed amino acids

  • Daemach
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How Many States of Awareness Does the Brain Experience?

  • nnope
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Medical Peanut allergy -- What substance causes the reaction?

  • wolram
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How does regular running affect daily learning and energy levels?

  • CrunchBerries
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Non-Vital Biological Functions of Elements

  • Drakkith
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How long can one live in a sealed room?

  • CCWilson
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RIP Walter Freeman: A Pioneer of Modern Brain Science

  • DiracPool
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Why do humans enjoy explosions while other animals fear them?

  • Garlic
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Fluid Dynamics: Orthostatic Blood Pressure Equation

  • Umair Shariff
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Which Skin Colour Distribution Map is Most Reliable?

  • snorkack
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Does spanking harm children according to research?

  • wolram
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New Yorker Article about epigenomics

  • Buzz Bloom
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Fitting bacterial growth curve in Prism

  • newlabguy
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Medical MRI vs. CT: Which Scan is Better?

  • sameeralord
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Why does pulmonary embolism give normal C02 level?

  • sameeralord
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Medical Radiotherapy Clinical Trials Not Being Published?

  • Choppy
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Medical What are the Technical Specifications for the KL27-0.8-70 X-Ray Machine?

  • AndresPB
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Female Embryo: Number of Eggs Created

  • Morlaf
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What is the largest organelle in a plant cell?

  • Titania
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Why Do Centrioles Exist in Pairs?

  • Titania
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Teratomas: Abnormal or Normal-Sized Pieces?

  • guywithdoubts
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Columbian mammoth skull discovered by bulldozer operator in Oklahoma

  • Astronuc
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Medical What are the risks of Zika virus during pregnancy?

  • Ygggdrasil
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Is My Friend's Basement Safe from Radon Exposure?

  • sv3ora
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Is this a petrified fruit or a concretion?

  • Jimm2
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Why Are You So Tired With Bells Palsy

  • bhobba
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The Impact of Age on Sperm, Egg, and the Development of a Zygote

  • fredreload
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Skateboard Accident: Update on My Condition

  • DiracPool
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Questions regarding the condition of a buried body

  • Kelsey Clifton
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Are nightmares caused by adrenaline or vice-versa?

  • tobyr65
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Zona Pellucida: Digested or Not?

  • gracy
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Why lungs have more negative intrapleural pressure at the apex

  • keep@science
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How can I memorize and retain botanical knowledge more effectively?

  • Docscientist
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Do transplanted blue eyes change someone's eye color genetics?

  • Docscientist
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Medical Foods that are endothermic when digested

  • Praestrigiator
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How does RNA interference help fight cancer genes?

  • Docscientist
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Medical Swollen wrist after skateboarding accident tonight

  • DiracPool
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Virus Evolution: Predictions for the Future

  • Docscientist
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Coevolution, convergent evolution, divergent evolution and adaptive radiation

  • Kay Nanny Jay
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How did the first dna produce proteins?

  • Superposed_Cat
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Cephalopods can't tolerate fresh water

  • Norbert Fnord
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Can mixing Vitamin C and alcohol have negative effects?

  • pixie_elle
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Can Shielding from All Types of Radiation Extend Your Lifespan?

  • devecseri
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Are Amino Acids and Proteins the Same Thing?

  • fredreload
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ATP energy "quantitative" output?

  • jerromyjon
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How do our eyes perceive color from photon frequencies?

  • Andew
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Key's diet-heart hypothesis re-evaluated

  • bohm2
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Why Does Ham Spoil Faster Than a Living Human Body?

  • fredreload
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Synthetic Renewable Source of ATP

  • fredreload
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Modern self-assembly theory of evolution

  • gracy
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Medical Is it impossible for one to change his habits

  • Amine_prince
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Can You Differentiate A-T and T-A Base Pairs in DNA Grooves?

  • gracy
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Delayed Vaccination Discussion with Laymen

  • Dembadon
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Micro organism brought back to life after 30 years

  • Keiran OConnor
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Sleep apnea treatments beyond CPAP therapy

  • OrangeDog
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