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Why does the DNA codon ACG code for threonine in the RNA codon table?
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Is this map of metabolic pathways comprehensive or are there missing components?
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CocaCola or Pepsi - The human sense of taste & flavor
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Why do scientists call evolution a "theory"?
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Medical Why does the penis stop responding to testosterone after puberty?
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Microbes & Methane: Are Microbes "Encased" in Gases?
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Medical Natural compounds for radiation protection
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Is the Styrofoam used for food today modified?
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How to deal with depression in undergraduate studies?
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Can People Be Neither Right Nor Left Handed?
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Medical Nootropics that improve motor reaction time
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COVID Covid Variant Omicron (B.1.1.529)
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Apparent death from supplement overdose: news analysis
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Mouse Embryos Grown WITHOUT Eggs or Sperm
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Medical Is the oral polio vaccine causing an unexpected problem in the UK?
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A Nice history of Evolutionary Thinking
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Why Do Chimpanzees Have Superior Memory but Limited Language Skills?
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How Did My Health Insurer Save Me THIS Much?
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Could we filter out diseases with a process similar to dialysis?
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Anne Heche is not expected to survive
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No clear link between low serotonin and depression - study
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Medical Brain Death: Tests & Secondary Reactions
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Do supplements and adaptogens truly work?
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New type of henipavirus identified - Langya
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Are we predisposed to run along the line of a falling tree?
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What is the current scientific consensus on myofascial trigger points?
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Psychopaths have Bigger Striatum area in Brain
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Powassan virus on the rise in the US?
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Long COVID - Blood Markers linked to Mental Problems
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Is Biology the Misunderstood Science?
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AlphaFold Catalogues 200 Million Protein Fold Predictions
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Does Wearing a Wet Shirt Help to Keep You Cooler?
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Discovering Auroralumina attenboroughii: A New PreCambrian Jellyfish Relative
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Medical Acute severe Hepatitis in Children, theories as to causation
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What are the effects of climate change on animal breeding patterns?
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Biological model of Alzheimer’s based upon fabricated research
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How might plant life look different on other theoretical planets?
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Shouldn't they use carbon dioxide monitors?
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What bird species laid these eggs in my garden?
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Tanzania, Deadly outbreak, unknown disease (Ebola-like, hemorrhagic virus?)
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Push-ups with feet on stairs above body's CoM -- Why does it seem harder?
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Are Antineoplastons actually a cure or significant treatment of cancer
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How can life exist in an increasingly entropic universe?
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What Triggers Fatigue During Illness: Understanding the Pathophysiology?
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COVID US maternal mortality increased 33% during pandemic: Study
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Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) - dangerous plant
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Eating based on the food pyramid vs Mediterranean and no meat
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Can inactivity or to much inactivity give you diabetes?
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Insights What is Evolution: A Beginner’s Guide
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Is This Jawbone Human? A Scientific Approach to Identifying Fossils
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The Consequences of Misguided Parental Pressure on Career Choices in Medicine
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What happens to non-respiratory gases in the lungs?
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Medical How does human eye decode different geometric shapes such as circle?
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Black Death pandemic in medieval Europe -- prevention?
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What is the underlying physiological mechanism of itch?
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Sex determination based on food availability
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Medical Drinking water and the release of gastric acid
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Do viruses eventually cause species extinction?
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Can synthetic viruses be created in a lab and become pathogenic?
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The Data Science of Elizabeth Bik Unmasks Hydrochloraquin
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US Covid Deaths Reaching 1M: 997041 in 2022/18/03 18:51 MDT
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Origin of Life Podcast with Nick Lane & Sean Carroll
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Cases of Monkey Pox in England/UK, US, Portugal, Spain
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Which Dinosaurs Were Warm Blooded or Cold Blooded?
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Medical Question about the synthesis of fatty acids
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Medical How do severed capillaries get re-joined on their own after an injury?
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Can an anti-itch cream treat secondary itching caused by insect bites?
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Are Minor Bases and Nucleosides the Same Thing
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Book Review: The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution
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Toxic mushrooms and fungi, their toxins and effects of poisoning
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Medical Hello, I found a weird sentence in a book about enzymes....
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COVID How Will North Korea Handle Its First Major COVID Outbreak?
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Self-watering plant pots vs pots that drain
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Medical Promising Results: Stanford's Vibrating Glove Treats Parkinson's Disease
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Working out after plastic surgery
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COVID Lingering effects of a COVID infection: Post COVID Syndrome
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Medical Fecal Swapping between Young & Aging mice Swaps Aging Markers
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Spike protein level in blood, vaccinated vs. infected study
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Why Do We Need ATP for Endergonic Reactions in Metabolism?
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Raw genetic data: Plink and TPED file
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COVID Booster Shots - Thoughts/News?
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COVID Various approaches to new anti-viral drugs to treat COVID-19
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Big Article on Dog Breeds in Science
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Shooting Hoops with a Schizophrenic Basketball Savant
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Messenger RNA (mRNA) - not just for Coronavirus vaccines
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Species Age limit tied to 3200 lifetime genetic mutations
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SARS CoV-2 link to Parkinson's, N protein α-synuclein interaction
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Carpenter Ants in Kitchen: Spring Migrations?
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Organic food is a 'deceitful, expensive scam'
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Mysterious Reaction to Small Magnet: Investigating an Unexplained Phenomenon
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Mild Covid-19 Linked to Brain Damage
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Understanding Increase in Peripheral Resistance & Blood Pressure
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Dead shark had meningitis in "world's first" case
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How far are we from producing artificial cells in the lab?
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Does the human eye magnify objects?
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ECMO for Deep Sea Scuba diving?
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Microscope Recommendations: Good value for money and takes photos?
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Pan-SARS-CoV-2 prophylactic and therapeutic - TMPRSS2 inhibitor
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What data can we use to help evaluate Russian biowarfare allegations?
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Prefrontal cortex: what using it feels like at a subjective level
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