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    Why are prescription drugs mostly white in colour?

    Hey everyone. Easily distracted OP here. hilbert2 gets me. I'm only a layman physicist. How does this work? What spacings, and what is it about these spacings that makes light do it's colourful thing?
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    Why are prescription drugs mostly white in colour?

    Am I imagining it? Is there something in common about the structure of substances that interact with human biology which means they tend to be white? Do medication manufacturers just somehow artificially whiten them to meet consumer expectations? Thanks for any input.
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    Jumping Up and Down: Can It Affect Cells?

    Haha, what an apt username for this subject, Chaperon.
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    What happens to molecules after binding to a taste receptor?

    Do they unbind somehow? Or are they somehow "eaten" by the receptor, so the more you taste of something, the less of it gets through? I'm only a Wikipedia/Youtube student so my knowledge has weird gaps all over the place. Got thinking about this by noticing an interesting taste that some...
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    Jumping Up and Down: Can It Affect Cells?

    Dumb question. I don't know anything about biology or physics. But with all the intricate DNA unwinding and transporting and building and whatnot going on in a cell, is that screwed up if you jump up and down? Would that actually "shake up" your cells?
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    Medical Does closing your eyes conserve energy?

    Thanks. I was really just curious. I don't think I'm going to set up a human-powered energy farm anytime soon :-p . I happened to get up in the middle of the night for a midnight snack and thought it might be interesting to do so with my eyes closed. I was sufficiently amused by the...
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    Medical Does closing your eyes conserve energy?

    'Cause I don't know how eyes work and thought maybe if they "weren't doing anything" they wouldn't consume as much energy. Obviously they would still be getting some light coming through the eyelids, but less of it, at least.
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    Medical Does closing your eyes conserve energy?

    I'm no scientician, so I was wondering if your eyes not getting any light would actually decrease the amount of energy you'd be using?
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