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Color vision in 300 million year old fish

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Natural selection and speciation

  • gracy
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Can Lowering Body Temperature Kill Viruses Like HIV?

  • Geo212
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Gene expression for bigger limbs

  • Silicon Waffle
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A simulation for finding the origings of life

  • ShayanJ
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Which Cell Defines Your Individuality: Somatic or Sex Cells?

  • gracy
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Calculating Chromosomes & Nitrogen Bases in Biology

  • gracy
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Are All Somatic Cells Identical?

  • gracy
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Why can I feel hiccups in my left arm?

  • RabbitWho
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What Book Chronicles a Woman's Sudden Descent into Psychosis?

  • Monique
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Males More Likely to Win Darwin Award: A 20 Year Review

  • nsaspook
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Niche of Organisms: Same Species, Different Niches?

  • gracy
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Ecological Pyramids: Producers Outnumber Consumers?

  • gracy
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DNA replication and transcription

  • gfd43tg
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Biophoton Emission Outside Visible Range

  • Gnomie27
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Why do small fonts strain the eyes?

  • Ganesh Ujwal
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How bones are growing, if bones are not connected to the

  • Ganesh Ujwal
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Adding salt and water to fibroblast growth medium

  • TESL@
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Is There a Fundamental Variable Connecting Physics and Emotions?

  • dd129495
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From an evolutionary perspective, why would this happen?

  • PNGeng
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Study Favors Q-Mind - Support for quantum consciousness?

  • testingus
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What are the different parts of a coconut and their names in English?

  • Medicol
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How can DNA determine morphology?

  • pellman
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Current research on protein folding

  • ZetaOfThree
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Are Contact Lenses Safe for Your Iris? A Look in the Mirror.

  • gracy
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2D Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

  • testingus
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Why Does Species Stratification Occur in Biology?

  • DivergentSpectrum
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Getting 'em while they're young, or how do I inspire a kid?

  • WineRedPsy
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Does CNS in spine have single fiber per inervated muscle?

  • cave_cat
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DNA stable during atmospheric transit and re-entry

  • bohm2
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Need advice on getting genealogical DNA test in the USA

  • Ryuk1990
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Any ideas what makes life, alive?

  • iDimension
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Is it ok to feed your cat with raw egg yolk?

  • Monsterboy
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Life before and after "snowball Earth"

  • tzimie
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Health insurance costs after switching from catastrophic plans

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Why Is There No Recombination in the F1 Generation?

  • gracy
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Genetic Variation in Crops: Explaining Pre-Existing Characters

  • gracy
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Question on Hybrids and fertility

  • DHF
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What is the truth about genetic inheritance from a paternal grandfather?

  • DaveC426913
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What is the Difference Between Darwinism and Neo-Darwinianism?

  • kyphysics
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What happens to viruses outside the host?

  • anorlunda
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Researchers claim only ~8% of human DNA is functional

  • Pythagorean
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Understanding DNA Transcription: Decoding the Role of Non-Coding Strands"

  • gfd43tg
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Cats and Their Strange Obsessions: A Study on Feline Behavior

  • wolram
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SparkNotes 101: Biology (A Complete Course in a Book)

  • Q490264
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Why isn't "T-cell adoptive transfer" immunotherapy panacea?

  • cave_cat
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Self-Fertilization in Selective Breeding of Corn

  • gracy
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Homozygosity in Plants: Self-Pollination for Successive Generations

  • gracy
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Atlas 66: Improving Cultivated Wheat Through Donor Selections

  • gracy
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Left Brain vs Right Brain: Evidence of Correlation w/ Skills?

  • Razorvox
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Can Intense X-Rays Cause Non-Stochastic Damage to Biological Structures?

  • EinsteinKreuz
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Gut biome of old, productive, healthy people, things in common?

  • Spinnor
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Can Humans Boost Their Strength with Iron-Infused Skeletons?

  • TrueGormagon
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NMRI electromagnetic principles

  • stevmg
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How does eye strain affect the length of the eyeball?

  • BHL 20
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The Power of Weakness: Tracing Human Evolution

  • Tenunbow
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Why does light kill a cockroach?

  • k9b4
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Medical Pain in heart radiates to jaw implies pain in jaw radiates to heart?

  • Spinnor
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What are the risk factors for heart disease in women?

  • Astronuc
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Where does the presynaptic membrane shrink

  • Gnomie27
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How accurate are heart rate monitors during walking/running

  • brothermaynard
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How to keep kids from eating laundry detergent?

  • jtbell
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Do Sharks Have Placoid Scales in Their Anatomy?

  • gracy
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"Mind-controlled" gene expression

  • Pythagorean
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Medical Should We Still Cool Fevers? New Research May Surprise You

  • .Scott
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Computer simulation of an organism

  • Geo212
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Why are humans attracted to good looking mates?

  • Yashbhatt
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Personality Disorders: Fixity, Cure & Treatment

  • Naranja
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Silencing HIV using viral sequences in human genetic code

  • thorium1010
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Medical Do you agree with the use of sodium fluoride?

  • Yadama
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Simple circuit question (cell membrane)

  • Qroid
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How to approach the problem of brain preservation?

  • lsparrish
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Asbestos Cleanse Discovery Needed

  • Bluejet
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Neural Tube vs Dorsal Nerve Cord: What's the Difference?

  • gracy
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Medical Chloramine gas from bleach and ammonia-based cleaners on windows

  • Tess
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Biology survey - 19 questions

  • misontic
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Why do humans see themselves as different from animals?

  • Jupiter60
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Medical How do medical professionals figure out the lethal dose of drugs?

  • Flatland
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Why do wounds itch as they heal?

  • lisab
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How can it be that babies are so routinely born perfectly formed?

  • Doofy
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Do we have the same DNA as 12-20.000 years ago?

  • Nick666
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Why does compression of a nerve cause any kind of feeling at all?

  • k9b4
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Managing Repeat Prescriptions: Understanding the Timing and Process

  • julian
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Why haven't other organisms evolved humanlike intelligence?

  • Jupiter60
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What can stop jalapeno burn to skin?

  • Evo
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How are atoms combined with the body?

  • Razorvox
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Ebola - Why fatal to humans but not chimps

  • Murdstone
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Concerning Bioinformatics and Pearl (PERL)

  • moriheru
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Could this large beetle be a member of the Beatles?

  • Einshteinlover
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Supression ratio in classical conditioning

  • RabbitWho
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Caffeine & Obesity: Scientists Explore Impact on Brown Fat

  • Ygggdrasil
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Cause of ALS is found, Northwestern team says

  • Greg Bernhardt
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What are the functions of sensory, motor and relay neurons?

  • Rodgerd
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