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Do Aquaporons allow for sea minerals to piggy back into cells and move across mitochondria membranes?
A theory has been presented to me that a hydrophilic form of Cellular Water with Aquaporons can increase the amount of sea minerals absorbed systemically and may actually be the most efficient means ...
12
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3answers
569 views
Is Islam banned in Japan?
I noticed some people posting and reposting bold statements online that Japan is (the only) country that banned Islam. I searched a bit and found out that there are some mosques and muslim societies ...
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54 views
life and the total solar eclipse - syzygy [closed]
This is more to do with mathematical ( not religious creationism ) probability of chances of life and with those numbers how is the whole scientific method of evolution not a skeptical subject ( ...
5
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1answer
101 views
Is President Obama or his administration responsible for failing to transfer some prisoners out of Guantanamo?
President Obama has come under considerable criticism for failing to uphold his campaign promises to close Guantanamo Bay.
Each detainee can leave that limbo through one of four different routes): a ...
5
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1answer
131 views
Is sitting straight up the healthiest way to sit?
When I was in school, my teacher always told me "Sit up straight stop slouching!". I am sure many others have heard this too, the thing is though, sitting up with straight back is very uncomfortable, ...
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0answers
94 views
Can silicon-based life exist? [migrated]
My friend is just trying to convince me, that silica based life was discovered on both Europa (meaning the satellite of Jupiter) and Mars.
I have strong tendency to doubt anything someone is trying ...
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19 views
What is swag? And where does it come from? [migrated]
I'd just like to know where it comes from. This is a word that I've heard all my life but it has always been a special kind of curtain. I was baffled when kids started calling each other curtains so I ...
2
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0answers
93 views
Can people really lift hundreds of pounds or run faster due to adrenaline?
You often hear stories about fathers lifting cars or heavy trees off their sons when an accident happens, but is there any truth to this?
Can people suddenly lift more or run faster than they ...
2
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0answers
45 views
Does “liquid-injection damp-proofing” work to water-proof walls?
There are technologies for sale, especially in Germany, to drill holes in the walls of a cellar, and inject into the concrete or masonry a liquid, such as Sodium Silicate
The manufacturers promise ...
3
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0answers
113 views
Can competition among providers create better quality and lower cost healthcare?
Competitive markets are widely agreed to be more effective than centrally planned systems for meeting needs, driving up innovation and lowering costs of goods and services. But they are still ...
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0answers
115 views
Can the president of the USA be refused access to classified information? [closed]
Former US President Bill Clinton was quoted as saying in a speech, talking about the alleged extra-terrestrial landings in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947:
"Well I don't know if you all heard this, ...
1
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52 views
Does the Hueyatlaco site show human habitation in Mexico >50,000 years ago?
Wikipedia says:
Hueyatlaco is an archeological site in Valsequillo, Mexico. After excavations in the 1960s, the site became notorious due to geochronologists' analyses that indicated human ...
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0answers
102 views
Should the thermostat be set at 74°F (23°C) or lower to avoid mold?
My wife and I are finding ourselves increasingly able to stay comfortable at higher temperatures without running our home's air conditioner. We are enjoying the cost savings this provides on our ...
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0answers
61 views
Can the Earth's Magnetic Field Create electricity? [closed]
If the earth has a magnetic field, can it, in theory, be run through a conductive metal coil to create electricity?
8
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1answer
156 views
Do removable faceplates on car stereos deter theft?
Everyone has probably seen a car stereo head unit with a removable face plate; the idea being you can take the faceplate with you to deter theft. The claim is specifically made in this product ...
4
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1answer
82 views
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 ...
8
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2answers
340 views
Is it accurate to say that 97% of experts agree that global warming is anthropogenic?
A recent spate of newspaper headlines reported that 97% of scientists agreed with the theory of anthropogenic global warming (AGW). The UK's Daily telegraph reported:
A review of 12,000 scientific ...
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0answers
55 views
Is “Swami Vivekananda's” death is a Mahasamadhi or an accident? [closed]
From this source, Swami Vivekananda attained Mahasamadhi(the act of consciously and intentionally leaving one's body at the time of enlightenment)
My Question is Is his death is Mahasamadhi or an ...
4
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1answer
100 views
Can eating the right foods avoid BRCA1 breast cancer?
NaturalNews.com has an article entitled How Angelina Jolie was duped by cancer doctors into self mutilation for breast cancer she never had (emphasis in original)
But the really sad part about all ...
0
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0answers
35 views
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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0answers
149 views
Was Adria Richards threatened and doxxed? [closed]
Was Adria Richards on the receiving end of threats and doxxing?
Why Asking What Adria Richards Could Have Done Differently Is The Wrong Question says:
All Internet hell breaks loose, and Adria ...
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1answer
98 views
Can we preserve youth wearing a magnet?
According to Legend, Cleopatra wore a magnetic amulet on her forehead
to preserve her youth; this placement put it near the brain’s
magnetically sensitive pineal gland.
Healing therapies ...
4
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1answer
155 views
Is this video of Bruce Lee playing ping pong with nunchucks real?
This video shows Bruce Lee playing table-tennis with nunchucks instead of a racket.
The description says something about Lee doing the commercial to promote cell phones for Nokia which makes me think ...
4
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1answer
113 views
Do bedbugs spread disease?
The CDC (the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) asserts that:
Bed bugs should not be considered as a medical or public health hazard. Bed bugs are not known to spread disease.
Can ...
4
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0answers
162 views
Does the Gruen Transfer exist?
The Gruen Transfer describes an effect that shopping malls are said to have on shoppers.
In a 1992 essay, The World in a Shopping Mall, Dr. Margaret Crawford explains, in a discussion on the ...
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0answers
183 views
If temperature actually increases as you get closer to the Earth's core, why is the Mariana Trench so cold? [closed]
This BBC news article says that water extracted at a depth of 2.4Km was warm, and that
"Temperature increases with depth and so the fluid emerged at 40-50C."
However, with this logic, I would ...
5
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0answers
149 views
Do “liquid solar blankets” work to stop heat from escaping a swimming pool?
There are products on ther market that claim to spread a thin layer of proprietary transparent liquid over the surface of your pool to reduce evaporation and thus retain heat.
One product is ...
2
votes
1answer
280 views
Was slavery the principal cause of the American Civil War?
In episode 3F20, Much Apu About Nothing of The Simpsons. a proctor is administering an American citizenship test to Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and the following exchange occurs:
Proctor:
All right, ...
17
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2answers
1k views
Did Heineken knowingly sponsor a dog fighting event?
This image is circulating on Facebook:
The message accompanying it is calling for a boycott of Heineken for sponsoring the event.
The message is as follows (warning: horrific grammar, spelling, ...
3
votes
1answer
513 views
Did Adria Richards tweet “Black people CANNOT be racist…”?
Did Adria Richards (known for the "donglegate" and similar incidents) ever tweet the following?
Black people CANNOT be racist against White poeple. Racist is a
position of the opressor who has ...
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1answer
138 views
Does saliva cause tooth decay?
Is it true that saliva contains sugar itself?
Although I regularly brush my teeth before and after sleeping, I suffer from cavities. Can this be the reason for tooth decay?
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0answers
90 views
Is everything in the universe quantum-entangled? [closed]
Considering the Hugh Everett hypothesis that there exists a single wavefunction for all the universe, and assuming that there is nothing "external" from the universe to decohere that wavefunction, ...
9
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0answers
244 views
Does pornography cause “arousal/pornography addiction”?
I saw the Gary Wilson's talk, The Great Porn Experiment, which states that pornography causes arousal addiction which in turn is supposed to have a lot of negative effects like:
ADHD
Social anxiety
...
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0answers
131 views
Was the penal system used to colonise Australia?
A claim was made by Margaret Atwood on the Stranger Than Fiction podcast that the British had a strategy to colonise Australia via the penal system. That is, their motivation for sending criminals to ...
0
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0answers
52 views
Can hearing aids “repair” hearing issues thanks to brain plasticity?
I'm 24 and for some undetermined reason, I have hearing loss exclusively from the left ear and this, from my childhood. Nothing (treatment, surgery, etc) can be done to cure my ear so I decided to see ...
3
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1answer
230 views
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Does fruit combining (eating fruits alone/on an empty stomach) work?
There are a number of sites advocating that eating fruits by themselves and/or on an empty stomach is somehow healthier. Though the theory often stated is almost certainly made up (something about ...
11
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0answers
203 views
Does one acre of hemp really yield as much paper as 4 acres of trees?
I saw the following photo on my Facebook news feed:
I asked my friend who posted it for a source, and he gave me a link to a hemp manufacturer. I'm pretty sure it's not a reputable source. I'm ...
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0answers
100 views
Are a majority of migrant sex workers in the UK forced prostitutes?
Dr Nick Mai an English researcher in the TNT magazine claims:
The majority of migrant workers in the sex industry are not forced into it!
But unfortunately he doesn't show any exact statistics ...
3
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0answers
234 views
Is it true that sex slavery is active in the Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates?
In Iran (as a neighbor of these countries from the north of Persian Gulf) it is common to hear claims that sex slavery is active in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. You can find some ...
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52 views
Is there a reason for the different size of people? [closed]
It is no prejudice that people from Japan are usually smaller than from central europe. Is there any regional reason for that different evolutionary development(food etc.)?
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82 views
Are hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia and aibohphobia well-recognized words? [closed]
The long hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia means a fear of long words while the palindromic aibohphobia means the fear of palindromes.
While Wiktionary, sister project of Wikipedia has entries for ...
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1answer
139 views
Why nobody ever attack Switzerland? [closed]
Why in WW1 or WW2 nobody invaded Switzerland? All other countries was in some wars. How Switzerland do it and should we learn from them?
0
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1answer
248 views
Can a Blackberry phone app detect nearby plasma TVs?
There is a rumor in Africa that thieves can detect whether you have a plasma TV in your house by using an app on their phone, even if the TV is on stand-by mode.
Is this true?
5
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0answers
190 views
Graphene “heat sink” sticker for your mobile phone battery
This product (Japanese language) is claimed to cool down your smartphone, etc, battery by two degrees centigrade - see the photo a little way down the page.
It claims to be a graphene-based material, ...
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0answers
51 views
How has anorexia nervosa evolved throughout history? [closed]
I know there is a link to asceticism, saints and even non-eating "freaks" in the middle ages. However, I would like to know how it has evolved into what it is today, very "mainstream" and culturally ...
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0answers
151 views
Is peeing in the streets as a common habit in India, a common habit in the other countries too? [closed]
I saw them in some cities in India during my one month trip myself. I tried an on line research and found it is a negative behavior even in India as you can read here by an Indian woman:
Anywhere ...
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83 views
Does homeopathy work better than placebos? [duplicate]
What are the conclusions of meta-studies on homeopathy? Are there any solid meta-studies published in peer-review journals, summarizing methodologically solid studies with double blind tests?
5
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189 views
Did Jews claim to be asians to Imperial Japan?
I came across the following anecdote from the Jewish Stack Exchange: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/5940/jewish-community-in-china-around-ww2/5942
During the questions portion of the ...
8
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1answer
167 views
How sensitive are human ears?
I read about this on a question on Quora, and found a source for the fact below:
When a pin is dropped, the sound reaching the human ear causes the eardrum to move by a distance less than the ...
0
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0answers
59 views
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" ...
