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Fossil Digging: 400-500 Million Yr Old Kansas Fossils

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Medical Brain Synapse Density: Areas & Connections

  • Gmanme
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Transcriptional vs. translational fusion

  • scatterbrain8
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Medical What Causes Your Body's Natural Alertness After Waking Up?

  • pallidin
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Medical Fever Kills Cancer? Clinical Trial, Coley's Toxins & Immunotherapy

  • Andre
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Medical How can taking a break help us solve problems more effortlessly?

  • alias25
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Medical What Does This Abdominal X-Ray Reveal About Extraluminal Gas?

  • nokia8650
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Medical What is the reason for that tiny dirt?

  • Rajini
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Medical Think 5-a-Day Keeps Cancer Away? Think Again

  • lisab
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Really Interbreed? The Surprising DNA Evidence

  • GeorgCantor
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Is Fear of Dining Out a Real Phobia?

  • LightbulbSun
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News Obama to be told dirt is cancerous

  • Pengwuino
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Biology of X-Men Movies: Iron & Health in Adults

  • darkchild
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Recall of Kids' Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, Benadryl

  • Ivan Seeking
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The Effect of pulsed Microwaves on Bacteria

  • uncle albert
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Can fat be absorbed through the skin?

  • leilei88
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Extraterrestrial Life: How Similar Would It Be to Earth's Wildlife?

  • baywax
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Medical Brain games don't boost your brain power.

  • Kerrie
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Is Vagina Dentata a Real Condition?

  • olek1991
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Can indoor-grown trees form tree rings without experiencing a winter season?

  • g33kski11z
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How does eyes encodes information to be sent to brain?

  • reckon
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Medical Why is Chick Pox dangerous for adults?

  • GoneWind
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Inland Taipan: Really The Deadliest, or Media Hype?

  • Shalashaska
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Photosynthesis Chlorophyll wavelength absorption

  • GRB 080319B
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Why are horns/antlers/tusks/etc limited to such a small set of niches

  • GreatBigBore
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Researching in-home care - Canada

  • DaveC426913
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Is Social Complexity a Key Survival Trait in Evolution?

  • Pythagorean
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Using 3% Hydrogen Peroxide as Mouthwash: Benefits & Risks

  • JohnSimpson
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Very very easy question about size of macromolecules

  • sameeralord
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Brain Projection: Where Does the Mind Visualize?

  • binbots
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How are dogs and cats causing thousands of injuries each year?

  • lisab
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Health Benefits of Tea: The Tea Council's Research

  • George Jones
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Antibiotic resistant super bug quickly spreading in U.S. and Canada.

  • The_Absolute
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Evolution: What Is the Starting Point?

  • binbots
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My child with the recessive genes

  • Kerrie
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Is it disturbing to wear clothing made from bugs and worms (silk)

  • land_of_ice
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Medical How does thinking create action potentials?

  • sameeralord
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Emergen-c better than pill vitamin?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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How do blood cells pass through a capillary?

  • sameeralord
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Immortal One-Celled Organisms: Fact or Fiction?

  • Max Faust
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Medical Why is protein powder considered controversial?

  • Nusc
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Potassium Channel ion rate and Gradient

  • somasimple
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How is neurotransmitter released from a receptor?

  • sameeralord
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Life Span & Size: Research & Average Ratios

  • binbots
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Pros and cons of the Human Genome Project

  • hydrogène
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Non-Viral Gene Therapy: Effectiveness & Uses

  • bioquest
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Medical Water content of the human body

  • CRGreathouse
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Can Enzyme-Based Hot Tub Treatments Truly Replace Chlorine and Bromine?

  • DaveC426913
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Medical Which method of tanning is safer (cancer-wise)

  • Mentallic
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What are these two species found in the South East of England?

  • nobahar
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Medical Nootropics to improve cognitive power

  • mooneyes
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Why use bacterial DNA in recombinant DNA tech?

  • lifeiseasy
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Medical How do teeth sense their surface?

  • jostpuur
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Is Animal Testing Justifiable or Should We Seek Alternatives?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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News WA moves to ban copper in brake pads

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Medical Magnetic field modifies morality

  • Pythagorean
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Feliway Diffuser - stops cats from spraying

  • Ivan Seeking
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Help! Flu Struggle - Oh Halp I Haz Flu

  • qspeechc
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Correlation between Snowball Earth and Cambrian Explosion

  • magnusrobot12
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Would exonic primers affect gDNA amplification?

  • Wek
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How does chromosomal crossing over occur in tightly wound DNA?

  • Yuqing
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Mitochondrial Mutation & Increased State 4 Respiration

  • nokia8650
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Medical Can minty mouthwash enhance sensitivity to other odors?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Medical Pain from X-Ray? Dr. Gregory Greenman Answers

  • Mhints
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How is heart rate determined by action potentials?

  • sameeralord
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DNA being carried by each chromosome

  • leah3000
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Unlock the Mystery: Investigating Inherited p53 Mutations

  • Goodyearkl
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Medical Can MSG Overdose Cause Brain Trauma?

  • Nusc
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Medical Flu Symptoms Varying Throughout Day: How to Explain It?

  • Mentallic
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Terminating PCR: How to Control DNA Amplification Length

  • nokia8650
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Gain Muscle as a Skinny Guy - Advice & Tips

  • Rhine720
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Is information added to genome by evolution?

  • edpell
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Medical Is Memory Span the Quantum of Thought Influenced by the Golden Ratio?

  • Galteeth
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Why Did Thousands of Frogs Suddenly Explode in Germany?

  • russ_watters
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Licensing for Clinical Labs: Who Can Open & Operate?

  • ahmed samy
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Humans & Cellulose Metabolism: Are There Documented Cases?

  • daniel6874
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New hominid discovered by nine-year-old - Australopithecus sediba

  • Ivan Seeking
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Medical Managing Wisdom Tooth Pain and Potential Complications

  • fluidistic
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Will blondes really become extinct?

  • Ryuk1990
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Social Ideologies/Interests/Beliefs and Genes

  • Atran
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Are ions always aqueous inside the cell? (simple question)

  • sameeralord
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How does blood turn into solid?

  • sameeralord
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Action potential and strength of muscle contraction?

  • sameeralord
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Medical Amputees Master Small Objects w/ New Prosthetic Arms

  • Ivan Seeking
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Understanding Muscle Tetany: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Explained

  • sameeralord
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Medical Is mind wandering actually beneficial?

  • krisdude
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Who came first:prokaryotes or eukaryotes?

  • aashay
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Medical Memory limited to the technique used? or to the 'space' left in the brain.?

  • krisdude
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Medical Linear thinking Vs. Picture thinking

  • waht
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Naive question about black smokers at the ocean rifts

  • GreatBigBore
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Is Evolution Really Random or Do We Have Some Control Over It?

  • binbots
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Medical The effects of high blood pressure transient

  • waht
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Medical Charles Bonnet Syndrome: Non-Psychotic Visual Hallucinations

  • zoobyshoe
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Is Instinct Encoded in Our DNA?

  • KAckermann
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Why don't muscle cells burst when you exercise?

  • sameeralord
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Medical Stiff Upper Back - Strengthen or Stretch?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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