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How Much 45% Phosphoric Acid is Needed to Raise PO4 by 1ppm in 1 Litre of Water?
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Innovative Evolution of the Bamboo-Eating Pandas: A Unique Survival Strategy
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A potent antibiotic for a drug-resistant superbug
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How does one check life signs of an insect?
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How a-priori intelligence is even possible?
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An anaerobic denitrification question
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What are mesocarnivore/hypocarnivore/omnivore?
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Do fluctuations in Earth's magnetic field cause heart attacks?
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Is Richard Dawkins a "recognized scientist"?
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Medical An Odd Description of Skin Cancer Cause from UV Radiation
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Do MRI machines cause heart attacks and seizures?
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How much physics is needed for Bialek's Biophysics book?
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Is Our Everyday Thinking Flawed? Discover the Science Behind Our Daily Mistakes
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Current thinking on diet and brain evolution?
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COVID Any hypothesized cases of long covid subtle enough to be undiagnosed?
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What is the role of randomness in human hair growth?
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Could human DNA be every type of plant, animal, or microbe DNA?
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Weighing scale that can measure body fat via impedances
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How many living cells on Earth?
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Sars-Cov2, RSV declining; Human Metapneumovirus increased
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Can a COVID vaccine cause a cancer (e.g., lymphoma) to be worse?
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Are cones in eyes sized to the light's wavelengths they perceive?
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Remove cancer with centrifugal forces?
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COVID Reaction to COVID-19 Vaccine (or what to be prepared for)
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Would Children of Cloned Men and Women Be Identical?
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Could my DNA results reveal surprising ancestry connections?
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How New York City is getting rid of Rats
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How does a brain infection alter one's sense of time?
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Medical Experimental spinal cord implant helps Parkinson’s patient walk in new study
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Can a rise in sunlight exposure cause magnesium depletion?
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Canine transmissible venereal tumour - CTVT
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BMD by DEXA = real bone strength?
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Would Products Manufactured in U.S. be Safe from Carcinogens?
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Bone conduction -- can the sound be heard in the inner ear?
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Random dehydration and loss of fluid in the body
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If Mold & Fungal Spores are Literally Everywhere, Then Why. . .
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Understanding the Risks of Second Impact Syndrome in Youth Concussions
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Medical Can people can breathe through their mouth during sleep?
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Is it me or do florists not understand geometry?
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COVID Nobel Prize in medicine: Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman
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COVID Plasmid DNA from Pfizer COVID Vaccine Manufacturing
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Is It Safe to Inject a COVID Booster Before the Alcohol Prep Pad Dries?
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Microglia and myelin's role in Alzheimer’s disease
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Vibrio vulnificus causing fatalities in US
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Tick-borne diseases - recent increases in cases
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What determines the location of welts?
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What Is Merkel Cell Cancer, the Rare Disease That Claimed Jimmy Buffett?
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Population bottleneck 900K years ago
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Jeff Beck died abruptly from bacterial meningitis
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Is DIY mist inhaler safe for clearing throat mucus?
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Saltwater fish in Freshwater diluted with salt
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Glucose structure and insulin resistance
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How to interpret thermal shift experiment's work for binding?
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What's Causing Phantom Scan Reconstruction Errors in NRecon?
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RNA Evolves to an Ecosystem of Hosts & Parasites
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What would happen if I pinch my nose while I sneeze?
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Are the DBR studies really protected from Placebo effect?
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What Caused the Domestication of Dogs and Cats?
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I need a second opinion on a sanitation fixation I've been having (TW)
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Medical How Do Surgeons Perform Lung Transplants on Patients with Reversed Organs?
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Is the Origin of Korotkoff Sounds Rooted in the Resonance of the Arterial Wall?
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Sex Differences in Adolescent Brain Development & Depression Risk
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Engineered white blood cells may eliminate cancer?
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Medical BP measurement : is it ok to re-inflate gently around threshold?
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Have You Spotted These Giant Joro Spiders in Your Area?
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Query re: Partial pressures of O2 in high vs low pressure environments
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Astrobotany: Can Plants Grow Bigger in Outer Space?
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Rorschach Inkblot test - any use in academic or career counseling?
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Insect bites - why does heat treatment relieve itching?
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Why are wasp bites often overlooked and how can they be treated effectively?
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Generally, are psychedelics helpful or harmful?
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Lead hazard in Chinese crystals
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Did Bacteria Transfer Genes to Asp Caterpillars to Produce Unique Venom?
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A friendly species of pine for southwest USA?
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Example of debate on artificial sweeteners
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Detecting Martian Life: How Can We Find Evidence of Slow Life on the Red Planet?
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Distinguish Leaves vs Leaflets: Objective Criteria
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Is Malaria Making a Comeback in the US?
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Importance of Y-chromosome in avoiding bladder cancer?
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Surviving in Space: The Truth About Human Adaptation and Evolution
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Science Fair winner studies Claudin-5, a potential biomarker
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Why Is the Origin of COVID-19 Causing Controversy?
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How Can I Effectively Combat Persistent Roaches in My 55-Year-Old House?
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Dana octopus squid, Taningia danae
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State function question as it applies to Biology/Physiology
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COVID Covid Long Haulers: Statistics Show Potential for Serious Health Issue
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Medical BOSE Hearing Aids and Hearing Assist Technology
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Medical Does the human brain really have a limit for memory storage?
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Medical Skin exposure with 35S Methionine?
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Why do we use a gradient in centrifugation?
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Dysentery found in Old Testament latrine, 7th Century BCE
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South Carolina is being invaded by Armadillos
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Here be monsters (Orcas sinking boats on purpose)
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Anomalocaris Video (Earth's First Predator)
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Do all bactriophages cross the blood brain barrier?
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Review of Drosophila Visual Processing
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First pass at creating a human pangenome
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Medical What are some cases (if any) of people coming back from the dead?
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What is the role of insulin other than translocating GLUT-4 proteins?
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Looking for a word similar to aimed toward, but not active
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