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Infected from Dog Hair - Have You Experienced This?
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Why do some people love connecting with animals?
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As if grizzlies and polar bears weren't enough
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Medical Cerebral small vessel disease does it lead to dementia?
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Medical Why Aren't HDL Supplements Sold at Health Food Stores?
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Allosteric activity in enzymes.
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Texting while driving more dangerous than driving while drunk
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Why does the heart-muscle never tire?
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Medical Does heart muscle get tired like say leg muscle?
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Medical Unusual tolerances and weird reactions.
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How Can You Enhance Brain Performance Beyond Nutrition?
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Start Learning Sociobiology: What You Need to Know
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Can Apes Be As Smart As Humans? - A Fascinating Nova Exploration
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What could be causing the strange vision changes in my eyes?
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Medical Why Do We Hate "Screeching" Elastics?
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How to Help a Bird Stuck in Your Garage?
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Medical Marijuana Overdose - Is it Possible?
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What did my friend's cat kill? [PIC]
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Metapopulations and Island Geography theory
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Breaking 10 second barrier too difficult for Whites, Asians and East Africans
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Rubber Band Ligation for Hemmorhoids: Does it Work?
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Medical Migraines, who gets them, and what do you do about them?
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How to estimate the future global population
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Medical Doctors baffled by Indian village of over 200 sets of twins
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Plants & CO2 Balance: Absorption & Release
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Is there an evolutionary or other reason that men get bald but women don't?
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Why Isn't 'Mitochondrial Eve' 'Y-Chromosomal Adam's' Mom?
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Wife in Labor Room: Delivering Baby
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Uncovering the Science Behind Chicken Dinosaurs: Enzymes and Genome Manipulation
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Can a human survive on a diet without fat?
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Medical FORCED swine flu vaccinations in the U.S.?
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Deep Sea Fish Exploding at Surface
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Where to find a chart of animal brain and body masses?
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Self-replication in a test-tube
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Do what? exercise may make you gain weight?
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How do we breathe from nose when we eat?
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Dream Suffocation: Anyone Else Experience It?
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Does the immune system destroy virus infected cells?
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Where do fruitflies and maggots come from?
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Can life begin today as it did 4billion years ago
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Can We Regrow Fingers in the Future?
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Medical Are marijuana patches addictive?
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Can we create artificial macrophages?
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Medical Are Eye Floaters Normal?
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Advantages of multiple restriction enzymes for cloning
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How Could E0 Building Materials Impact the Economy and Health?
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Medical Pneumonic plague outbreak reported in China.
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Is Flirting a Conscious or Natural Behavior?
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Advanced Prosthetics: Challenges of Creating Brain-Controlled Limbs
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Medical Prescription drug's out of control?
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A question concerning EVOLUTION that I don't understand
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Anyone familiar with OCZ's Neural Impulse Actuator?
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Are Dogs or Cats More Closely Related: DNA, Fossil Record, and Behavior
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Alex Chiu's Rings of Health: Testimonials and DIY Instructions
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Medical Holding Your Breath: What's the Best Way?
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Slowing the Mental Decline: Seeking Help and Support
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Medical The smallest increment of time a human can percieve?
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Purple Fish in Red Sea: Can You Identify?
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Can You See Sperm Under a Microscope at Home?
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Is there evidence for the sentience of plants?
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Medical Preparing for the Future: Cord Blood Banking
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Does the immune system neutralise the toxin or the bacteria that created it?
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How do red blood cells enter the circulatory system?
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Questions on genetic engineering
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My attempt at shortest definition of the term 'life'
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Defining Life: The Debate Over Whether Viruses Qualify
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Medical Do nerves grow back after injury or not?
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Medical Why Do My Muscles Spasm During a Massage?
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Which books are recommended for a beginner in paleoanthropology?
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Can You Identify This Fossil Found in Sonora, CA?
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Discover the Fascinating One-Eyed Animal: Facts and Myths
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Could We Avoid Fatal Degenerative Brain Disease Through Cloning?
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Medical What is the meaning of bony prominances?
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Humans emit very small quantities of light
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Why You Should Change Your Toothbrush Every Few Months
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Evolution Prediction: What's Next for Humans?
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Effectiveness of homeopathic remedies
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Membrane Absorption: Dependency & Factors
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Medical Benefits of Fasting: Fact or Fiction?
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Organic Mystery Goo Off Alaskan Coast
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Should I be worried about swine flu during my summer placement in the UK?
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Is It Natural to Have a Big Head and Will I Grow Into It?
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Are Microwaveable Packaged Meals Really That Bad For You?
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Medical Moving consciousness inside the brain
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Why Is a Single Base Mutation Less Severe Than a Triplet Base Mutation?
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A question about Km's of Firefly Luciferase
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Membrane capacitance and Nernst potential
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Inspiring book for high school student
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What is the correlation between handedness and brain dominance?
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Medical Birth control pills i missed my period
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Intuitively knowing about my father in hospital's condition
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Is There a Non-Religious Argument Against Evolution?
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Could hedgehogs evolving to avoid cars be a sign of ongoing evolution?
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News Most US doctors now support a national health plan
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Examining the Controversy Surrounding Dr. Frank's Homeopathic Spray
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Medical What Are the Demographic Trends for HPV Infections by Age?
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Medical Body asymmetry - a personal study
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Can a Butcher Accurately Measure Fat Content in Ground Meat?
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What Are the Scientific Inaccuracies in Michael Crichton's State of Fear?
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Medical Could Weight Loss Expose Nerves and Cause Tingling Sensations?
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