Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.
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Does beef meat have twice the amount of oestrogen as soy?
I have been watching to some videos on Youtube to see if I should be a vegan. One of the thing that popped out during a discussion was the fact that soy contains a lot of oestrogen which could cause ...
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Is “Copper River Salmon” better for your health than the other Alaskan Sockeye salmon, or is it just a sales pitch? [closed]
Copper River Salmon is hyped as a big deal here in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle area restaurants clamor to get them and serve it as soon as the fishing boats begin bringing the fish ashore. Loaded ...
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Does the intelligence of people is going down? [duplicate]
Somewhat popular idea in media (say movie "Idiocracy") and general perception of older generation is that people and society are getting dumber. It seems that even real studies show that "stupid" ...
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Can some species of jellyfish live forever?
I came accross one of those top 10 video today on youtube (while I remember trying to learn more about particle filter...) and it was about the longest living creatures. I already knew lobster and ...
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Could life begin by chance?
Evolutionists generally believe that although the spontaneous generation of life from non-living matter was a highly improbable event, the amount of time available is long enough to overcome this ...
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Does disinfection reduce the pain in seppuku? [closed]
In this article, the author said that we need to disinfect before inserting the blade. What is the purpose of disinfecting if the death is the objective?
Does disinfection reduce the pain in the ...
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Could a person become physically transgender through artifical means? [closed]
This question may appear as and pershaps is completely illogical, but it's asked out of pure curiousity. [Becuase out of paranoia I suspect it could have happened with me].
Let's say there's a girl ...
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Did oil come from Dinosaurs?
Oil (and other carbon based fuels like Coal, but for this question, I'm more interested in Oil) is widely regarded as a "Fossil Fuel" because its origin was ancient flora and fauna, buried deep below ...
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Is there a disparity between the number of US schools teaching creationism and the population's desire?
Concerning Evolution and Creation being taught in public schools, is there a disparity between the majority opinion and the extent that each is taught?
This web site says:
Fifty studies were ...
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Does Excessive Menthol Cause Sleepiness
Does Over Consumption of Menthol Cause Sleepiness?
I found no substantial sources either to suport or refute this argument. I have heard it from a few sources not perfectly reliable.
I do know that ...
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Can a plant survive bottled in its own ecosystem for 50 years?
I came across a story on Facebook about David Latimer, who put spiderwort plants into a bottle garden ("terrarium") in 1960, watered it in 1972, and then sealed the bung. The plants have been living, ...
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Can the rhinoceros beetle carry 100x its own weight?
Intel have posted a twitter pic depicting a rhinoceros beetle carrying 8 ultrabooks (of an unrecognizable brand) with the tagline:
#FACT The Rhinoceros Beetle can lift up to 100x its own weight. ...
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Does the number of lobes on a green pepper indicate any specific culinary traits about the individual pepper?
I've seen claimed that whether a pepper has 3 lobes or bumps at the bottom or 4 can indicate whether that bell pepper is "sweeter, and better for eating, or firmer, and better for cooking". I've seen ...
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Is de-extinction really possible in the near future? [duplicate]
I just read a news about an organization for de-extinction of extincted animals, see also here and here. I searched internet to see if it is really a possible project, but i haven't found any estimate ...
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Is a short-term fast beneficial for maintaining good health and extending life expectancy?
This is claimed in Sweden's second-biggest newspaper.
My translation:
"I have started to short-term fast.[...] The reason is that lots of world leading scientists that study aging and the brain ...
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Is it possible that a non-carbon based life exists and hs thus evaded detection? [closed]
I have always been fascinated with alien life forms and closely followed Project SETI. In my opinion, one of the primary flaws in our search is that we are looking for Carbon based organisms. Isn't it ...
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Was superglue invented to seal bullet injuries in Vietnam?
I cut myself recently and used superglue to seal the wound. I thought it was normal but when I tell people that act like I'm crazy. Then I tell them this story:
Superglue was invented during the ...
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Is hand gel effective against Norovirus?
I saw the following claim in an article in The Guardian - How not to catch the norovirus
Incidentally – and you can consider this a public service announcement – forget most hand gels, the ...
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Is drinking a cold drink and drinking hot soup unhealthy in any way?
At least around here, in Costa Rica, it is common practice to avoid drinking cold drinks while drinking hot soup. I never questioned this (but didn't really care about it). Apparently it is, well, bad ...
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Is testosterone responsible for typically “male” behaviour?
On the English Language and Usage stack exchange, two people asked what was meant by "testosterone-charged", as in the following quote, from the story "2 States: The Story of My Marriage" by Chetan ...
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Can egg shells be digested?
I tried Googling but got no significant trustworthy result in the top few searches. The only reference I found is here: where the answered has guaranteed it without any reference!
Yes Egg shell is ...
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Is Frontline (fipronil) an effective treatment for cat fleas?
Frontline Spot On (active ingredient fipronil) is advertised as a treatment for cat fleas:
Kills fleas within 24 hours
Kills fleas for up to 5 weeks in cats
My mum recently went to her vet ...
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Are there currently any tests available to diagnose fluoride or fluorine toxicity?
That's what I read here:
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/nutritional_disorders/mineral_deficiency_and_toxicity/fluorine.html
No tests to diagnose toxicity are available.
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Did the EPA fire their chief toxicologist, Dr. William Marcus, for refusing to remain silent on the cancer risk of fluoride?
I read that here in this article:
http://www.nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/NTEU280-Fluoride.htm
EPA fired the Office of Drinking Water's chief toxicologist, Dr. William Marcus, who also was our ...
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Can headbanging cause brain damage?
I'm not personally a fan of headbanging, but a friend of mine recently suggested they had brain damage from too many heavy metal concerts, and the suggestion got me thinking. A quick survey of my ...
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Are humans incapable of digesting gluten?
Recently this I09 article about wheat made the rounds and there was a part in it that stood out to me:
According to Alessio Fasano, the Medical Director for The University
of Maryland's Center ...
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Does a lack of smell and taste result in a lack of appetite? [closed]
In one of the other questions (is 80% of a human's sense of taste in their nose?) it is stated that smell & taste are most likely to be strongly connected. I was thinking about this and came up ...
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Does your stomach shrink if you eat less?
I've heard people say this before; that eating less shrinks your stomach, making you desire less food in the future. When I looked it up online just now, the first few results conflict:
Eating less ...
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Can BCAAs be beneficial for recovery and performance for weight lifters?
There are a lot of Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) available in every shape and size. They are added to a lot of sports drinks and protein supplements. These can cost a lot of money and things are ...
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Is intelligence declining due to the lack of selection pressure?
I have read lately that human intelligence has already peaked and that it will slowly decline over time because humans are no longer naturally selected for intelligence (Darwin award winners aside). ...
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Is it true that holding in your sneeze will kill brain cells?
I heard from a friend that holding in your sneeze can actually kill a few of your brain cells. I did a google search, but most of the results had no evidence (e.g. Yahoo Answers). Moreover, I checked ...
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Do human eyes grow after birth?
My friend just assured me that when a person is born, their eyes are at the size they will be for the rest of their life, or, that they do not grow. A Google for this question shows that it has been ...
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Is panspermia a reasonable hypothesis? [closed]
As I understand it, there is little belief that life could have originated on Earth until the end of the Late Heavy Bombardment (4.1-3.8B years ago) but DNA-based life was certainly established by ...
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Do the trees follow Fibonacci series? How?
Does the number of leaves on a branch follow Fibonacci numbers from top to bottom?
Or is there more to nature than I really see it.
This question came up after reading this article:
Aidan ...
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In the case of memory loss due to a blunt force impact, can memory later be restored by means of another blunt force impact?
In the case of memory loss due to a blunt force impact, can memory later be restored by means of another blunt force impact?
Seems fairly common on TV.
I did find some anecdotal evidence of this:
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Are baby snakes as venomous as adult ones?
I'm in a locality where I can find snakes walking around with ease. Its probable that I will also find the snake's baby (sized 4-5 inches).
Whenever we encounter any such child some people at ...
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Are there male and female watermelon fruits?
This article, as well as folk wisdom, suggests buying "female" watermelons since they are sweeter and have less seeds.
"Female" species are said to have a larger black spot on the side opposite to ...
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What are the consequences of not believing in evolution? [closed]
Some of my more religious friends ask me questions about evolution. Sometimes I can answer them, sometimes I have to tell them to Google for the answer and let them know that if they're really ...
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Does the DNA of one sperm contain 37.5 MB of information?
[Source]
In an episode of the BBC show QI - Quite Interesting (Series J, Episode 1) Stephen Fry said:
How much information do you think is in the DNA of one little sperm...?
It's 37.5 MB...
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Does one drop of nicotine kill a horse?
There is a popular aphorism in Russia, translated as "one drop of nicotine kills a horse":
, which is widely used on the anti-tobacco posters etc.
Can 0.05 ml of nicotine really kill a healthy ...
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Has HIV ever been isolated?
In particular I am interested with one specific claim made by Jody Wells Memorial Prize.
Is his claim true and reasonable? I'll explain what I mean by reasonable latter.
The organisers of the Jody ...
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Can pumpkin/sunflower/flax/sesame/other seeds regulate hormones?
My wife has started using a technique using various seeds through various times to regulate hormone balance. Does this have any merit?
Here's an example of using seeds as a supplement to regulate ...
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Do living lizards exist inside stones?
I have seen footage and articles that show living lizards walking out of a stone, when the stone is cracked open. Is this a reliable fact? Is it possible that a lizard (or in some cases, a beetle) ...
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Have scientists demonstrated an absent protein can cause chicks to be born with scales rather than feathers (as well as reptile scales to feathers)?
While researching and educating myself about evolution, I've come across an interesting claim that I'd like to learn more about, but so far, I've only been able to find the claim and no sources or ...
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Do victims of rape have biological defenses that prevent pregnancy?
Pro life Rep. Todd Akin, who is running for Senate in Missouri, recently said:
“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
Needless to say, this ...
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Does Matrix Rhythm Therapy work?
Today I stumbled across a massage therapy called matrix rhythm therapy:
Matrix-Rhythm-Therapy is an innovative therapeutic approach at the core of modern 21st Century medicine. It is based on the ...
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Does Purell promote antibiotic resistance or “superbugs”?
In its FAQ, the company states:
Does Purell® instant hand sanitizer contribute to antimicrobial resistance?
No, because alcohol evaporates completely, there is no alcohol left behind to ...
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Are there pine trees on Mars?
There's a UFO site which claims that the below image is captured by the Mars Global Surveyor and is
of what looks like pine or other similar type of trees. I think this image is important because ...
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Is the theory of evolution disproved by bats?
For some species, the Darwin's theory of evolution makes perfect sense to me. I can easily imagine how, for example, the giraffe has evolved to its current appearance: the natural selection was ...
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Are tomatoes carnivorous?
New research shows that [tomatoes] capture and kill small insects with
sticky hairs on their stems and then absorb nutrients through their
roots when the animals decay and fall to the ground.
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