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There could be Intelliengent life 26 light years away

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Drug Concentration: Estimating Drug Levels in the Body

  • madoxx
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Why does my boyfriend's breath smell like rotten eggs so quickly?

  • phospholine1
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Medical JC #2: The common neural basis of seeing and feeling disgust

  • hypnagogue
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Medical Mentally disabled adults learn lessons in love (article)

  • CosminaPrisma
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Silver staining and chromosome spreads

  • kalladin
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Medical Hunger Molecule Promotes Cocaine Cravings (news article and journal article)

  • CosminaPrisma
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Understanding the Heart's Electrical Charge: Origins and Function

  • dleacock
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Red Eye: Causes & Effects of Sclera Swelling

  • Mk
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Medical Experienced transcending space and time

  • Ad Infinitum NAU
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Medical Wasp Larvae can take over spider's brain

  • CosminaPrisma
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How are Cell Adhesion and Detachment Different?

  • RPI_Quantum
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Medical How does the temporal lobe influence dreaming and lucid experiences?

  • Mk
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Medical JC#3: Temporally Specific Burst in Cell Proliferation Increases Hippocampal

  • DocToxyn
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Medical Neural Engineering: Education and Research | USA & Beyond

  • CosminaPrisma
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Can Nucleotides Spontaneously Form DNA in Aqueous Solution?

  • Loren Booda
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Medical What Are the Most Bizarre Mysterious Ailments Affecting Humanity?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Is It Possible to Overdose on Chocolate?

  • Pengwuino
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Freshwater Fish Experts: Treating Ich in Clown Loaches

  • DaveC426913
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When force is applied to the abdominal area. .

  • kryptos
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Medical A Single Memory Is Processed In Three Separate Parts Of The Brain

  • CosminaPrisma
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Is a Cure for AIDS Finally Within Reach?

  • Tom McCurdy
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Medical Could Botulin Toxin be a Potential Cure for Cancer?

  • munky99999
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Medical Searching for the Person in the Brain [NY Times]

  • hypnagogue
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Evo Child's Pneumonia: A Parents Story

  • Evo
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Shoulder blade cramp: will potassium help?

  • Math Is Hard
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Gender Gene Expression in Males vs. Females

  • Username55
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The Key to Long Life: Tips to Limit Cellular Division

  • Jikx
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How Do Animals Separate the Cord from the Fetus?

  • DaveC426913
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Do mosquitoes and flies fly at the same height?

  • Mk
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The Evolution of Apes and Humans

  • pivoxa15
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Medical Phobias & Addiction: Examining the Neurological Basis

  • munky99999
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Medical Can paranoia and arrogance be adaptive when justified?

  • munky99999
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Medical Is the arrow of time a mental construct?

  • fuzzyfelt
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Can WHO prevent a bird flu pandemic in Africa?

  • Sprinter
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Is Chocolate Causing Your Pimples?

  • Monique
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What are the Unanswered Questions of Evolution?

  • FeynmanMH42
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Lost World" Discovered: Scientists Explore Indonesian Jungle

  • Gokul43201
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Medical Understanding the Brain's Energy Usage: The Surprising Truth

  • Line
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Sleep Deprivation: A Walking Zombie’s Tale

  • Cyrus
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Why do people have hair on their arms/legs?

  • Pengwuino
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Why Doesn't Vasodilation Always Affect Blood Flow to Organs?

  • gamecube999
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What Caused the Sudden Rise of New Species?

  • Rade
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Organ Printing: Custom organs printed on demand

  • Ivan Seeking
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Is it possible for chemistry to explain all of biology?

  • pivoxa15
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Sleeping at night VS sleeping in the daytime. Difference?

  • hkhil
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Medical My Bionic Quest for Boléro [Wired Magazine]

  • hypnagogue
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Proof of Evolution: Logical Evidence

  • Another God
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Medical M&B Inaugural Journal Club Topic

  • Moonbear
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Is open-heart surgery worth considering for multiple cardiac issues?

  • GENIERE
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Animal Localities: Can Other Animals Survive?

  • Bimbar
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Muscle Twitching: Causes & Treatment of Involuntary Movements

  • Mk
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Life only physical/chemical reaction?

  • beta3
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Does Oxygen Intake Affect the Whiteness of the Sclera?

  • dumbadum
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Medical Left and Right Handed: Causes & Differences

  • En_lizard
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What is the Wavelength of Energy Used in Cell Bonding?

  • |Orion's Thought|
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Medical What actually happens in parkinsonism?

  • Harrish
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Why Sleeping in Snow is Dangerous: Tips to Survive

  • En_lizard
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Medical Experiment with smaller children

  • WackyTaffy
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What is the Disease that Turns Muscles into Bones?

  • darla
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Medical The Medicinal Powers of Shark Extracts: Fact or Fiction?

  • Monique
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Is Removing Earwax by Yourself Safe?

  • Mk
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How Does a Face Transplant Transform Life and Identity?

  • Ivan Seeking
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What Could You Achieve with 360 Degree Joints?

  • Mt. Nixion
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Medical Underestimation of animal intelligence?

  • Leonardo Sidis
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The Possibilities of Stem Cell Therapy - A Cure For All?

  • Lisa!
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Are Mosquitoes Attracted to the Color Black?

  • siddharth
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Medical M&B Journal Club: Join the Discussion!

  • hypnagogue
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Where exactly do tiny ants come from ?

  • Cardilac
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Why Are Humans More Intellectually Advanced Than Other Species?

  • WackyTaffy
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Forbidden love: Don't tease me with your flashing lights

  • Ivan Seeking
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Skin Absorption of Mercury and its Compounds: Fact or Myth?

  • force
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Determining Someone's Age Through Body Examination

  • ThomasFuhlery
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Why do I feel more tired after going back to sleep?

  • iggybaseball
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Medical LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? [Wired News]

  • hypnagogue
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Which Monosaccharides are Indigestible to Humans?

  • bomba923
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Submerging yourself to get body fat %?

  • Pengwuino
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Head Sweating: Causes & Solutions

  • Mk
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Can eating too many limes cause stomach problems and kidney stones?

  • dumbobie
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Fluorescence Microscopy & Antibody Staining

  • RPI_Quantum
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Healthy Aging: Discussing Senescence

  • Astronuc
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Is Swallowing Chewed Gum Healthy?

  • Mk
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How deep do bacteria travel within the Earth's crust?

  • Loren Booda
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The Secrets of Shark Immune Systems

  • munky99999
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Medical Nonorganic Brain? Can Machines Think Like Humans?

  • pivoxa15
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I'm going to do something. I NEED TO know if it's safe

  • tribdog
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Why Is a Deep-Sea Whale in the Thames?

  • hypnagogue
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Adorable Panda Cubs: Tai Shan Meets the Press

  • Astronuc
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Medical How we so exactly recognize people

  • Pengwuino
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Women can see again after Heart attack

  • scott1
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Darwin & Mendel: A Historical Comparison

  • JimmyRay
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The Science Behind the Deliciousness of Fat

  • WackyTaffy
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Nation that survived Godzilla is now imperiled by giant jellyfish

  • Math Is Hard
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Side effects of pharmaceutical trials in Britain

  • DoAPoodle
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Can drug tolerance reverse with abstinence?

  • ShawnD
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Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs

  • Math Is Hard
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Medical Can dogs accurately detect cancer in humans through smell?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Superfluous Genes: A Novel Theory on Genetic Adaptation and Survival

  • Loren Booda
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