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Why are teenage boys such jerks?

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Probability of Interbreeding via Convergent Evolution

  • Archosaur
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Medical What to do in case of a sun-burn?

  • fluidistic
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Ancestors of Plants: Fresh Water or Oceans?

  • glycerol
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What is the current status of Colony Collapse Disorder?

  • sir_manning
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Does Thinking Burn as Many Calories as Physical Activity?

  • Topher925
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Effects of drawing on the brain

  • Ukitake Jyuushirou
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Medical Engrams: Triggers of Automated Annoyance?

  • stochastic
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Asexual Speciation: Distinguishing Species of Asexual Organisms

  • Archosaur
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Medical Could I Have Americium in My Blood Stream After Handling a Smoke Alarm?

  • Collserra
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Are hot or cold showers better for health?

  • ranger
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Can organisms copy and incorporate genes from other species?

  • stevefrey
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Medical What Causes People to React to Certain Sounds?

  • Loren Booda
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Medical Separating true healthy living from all the .

  • leto
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Medical Is biking at 10 mph vigorous exercise?

  • Count Iblis
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Transforming humans into animals via genetic engineering?

  • Richard87
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Cockroaches are immune to the effects of radiation?

  • The_Absolute
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Why does incest increase genetic defects in offspring?

  • Fortifiv2
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Medical What is Physical Principle for CT ?

  • Dr.Wasim
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For species, does A=B and B=C imply A=C? I think not.

  • cheesemonkey
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Medical How Long Does It Take to Recover from a Bankhart Lesion Surgery?

  • Tiki112
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Heritance percentage of schizophrenia?

  • fawk3s
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How is it made only one cell to pass through an aperture ?

  • Garoll
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Is catnip dangerous to cats?

  • lisab
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Medical Why hasn't my ankle swelling gone down after 6 days?

  • Deshy
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Oddly Shaped Indentations in Snow

  • CMB1
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Medical Disease that makes you unable to distinguish dreams from real events

  • kdblanchett
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Medical How can electromagnetic fields affect our cells and potentially lead to cancer?

  • MrGamma
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Are Culture or Genes Driving High Family Sizes in Certain Groups?

  • edpell
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Medical Protein synthesis with learning

  • SW VandeCarr
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Medical Strange Phenomenon: Seeking Ideas and Experiences

  • SiddharthM
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Medical Cause of event of Global amnesia ?

  • snowflake
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What regulates the ageing process?

  • AlexmBIOSS
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How do single cell organisms get matter to replicate?

  • DR13
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Do Tadpoles Need Special Elements to Metamorphose?

  • leroyjenkens
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Does sodium iodoacetate shorten cell lifespan by blocking glycolysis?

  • Morass
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What is the Life Force and its Role in Our Existence?

  • realitybugll
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Medical Understanding Urine Production: How Do the Kidneys Regulate It?

  • algis.j
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Medical Will 3D Movies Work for Someone with Monovision?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Medical What Causes the Pixelated Snow in Night Vision?

  • Loren Booda
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Does biology define organs as natural rather than surgically constructed?

  • darkchild
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Cell Turnover Rates: Find Organ/Tissue/Cell Rates

  • stochastic
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What are the advantages of having two nostrils?

  • Monique
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Medical Preventing another stroke after a mild stroke

  • drizzle
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Medical White buildup on my tongue that returns within 12 hours

  • Mentallic
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Medical Poor memory when sleeping/dreaming

  • fluidistic
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Device to support athletes with knee injuries while running and jumping

  • T.O.E Dream
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Medical Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

  • Jimmy Snyder
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Why do we feel good helping others despite personal costs?

  • Newai
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Medical Can a chest X-ray show lung damage from 18 months of smoking?

  • JP84CE1
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Medical Could my neck injury be covered by workman's compensation?

  • Evo
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Medical Undescended Testicles: Surgery Options for 28 Yr Old Male

  • brandon1234
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How Does the Brain Interpret Sound Waves?

  • saltine
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Is it true? about born handicap

  • Chitose
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Medical Strange Lump in Ear Lobe - What Could it Be?

  • yyttr2
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Medical The worst disease ever in human history

  • Jin S Zhang
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Medical Eternal sunshine of the whatever

  • chhitiz
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Why do we need polysaccharides?

  • SticksandStones
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New mammal discovered in Indonesia with only two photographs

  • scott1
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In what ways can biology create indefinite lifespans?

  • brokenportal
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The Modern Picture of Evolution

  • Galteeth
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Medical Why did we evolve to enjoy music?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Your opinion as to what homolgy is

  • farful
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Does the Weather Really Affect your Mood?

  • LightbulbSun
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I thought yall might think this was cool A tool using Octopus

  • Pattonias
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DNA Sequence Alignment: Understanding Smith-Waterman Algorithm

  • wu_weidong
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Can DNA repair enzymes reverse oxidative damage and combat aging?

  • bioquest
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Couple of questions on evolution

  • jobyts
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Have we ever observe significant macro evolutionary changes

  • dmehling
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Approximately how many casualties would there be from a global H5N1 pandemic?

  • The_Absolute
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Salmonella in Eggs: Where is It?

  • lisab
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Do Brown Spiders with Pink Hourglasses Indicate Molting Black Widows?

  • tribdog
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How Did Terry Pratchett's Alzheimer's Impact His Life and Work?

  • siddharth
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Rational approach for specifying a Microscope

  • NSK8700
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Medical Does arteries / veins have nociceptors?

  • algis.j
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Resources for pig dissection and animal skull anatomy

  • pharmguy
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Can universal microscopes view viruses without killing them?

  • HorseBox
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Could the Somatosensory Cortex Explain Foot Fetishes?

  • Richard87
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Average Mass of T-Cell Lymphocyte

  • engineer23
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How do ointments work when we have burns on the skin

  • peeyush_ali
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Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF therapy)

  • Delzac
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Medical Well-researched nutrition information

  • faitswulff
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Conflict about classifying Protist?

  • stanton
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Is Yawning Contagious?

  • Jimmy Snyder
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Glucose effectiveness and insulin sensitivity

  • brogers
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Medical What does nuclear medicine actually mean?

  • dreiter
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What type of adhesive to use with Aspergillus Niger experiments?

  • WarpedWatch
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Species of bacteria or bacterium?

  • nobahar
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Medical West's zone 2 starling resistor respiratory physiology

  • coolia
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Why does flaxseed oil taste fishy if omega 3s come from plants?

  • Jasongreat
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Medical Why comparing my depression to others' worse situations doesn't help

  • Borg
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How could you preserve the brain?

  • dreamingofouterspace
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How does the brain strike a balance between arousal and energy conservation?

  • Loren Booda
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Is cooperativity rare in tertiary enzymes and glycolysis inefficient?

  • DemiMike
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What does word absorption mean in the intestine?

  • sameeralord
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What is the formula for calculating the speed of thought?

  • westdivo
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Animals which attack their cousins

  • Loren Booda
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Medical Has the H1N1 vaccine been scientifically proven to work?

  • The_Absolute
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