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sabbah@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 3 years ago

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sabbah@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 3 years ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

What is going on in the brain/body when a newborn is considered blind? Do they do it like a cop can tell a drug user by pupil dialation? How far along do they need to be to even check for it?

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What is going on in the brain/body when a newborn is considered blind? Do they do it like a cop can tell a drug user by pupil dialation? How far along do they need to be to even check for it?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

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DBT@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 14 days ago

What would it take to be able to synthesize cobalamin from bacteria?

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What would it take to be able to synthesize cobalamin from bacteria?

DBT@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 14 days ago

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printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 14 days ago

Electrons: particles or charge?

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Electrons: particles or charge?

printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 14 days ago

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cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago

What's fouling the ph probe I use in my aquarium?

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What's fouling the ph probe I use in my aquarium?

cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days ago

If we found a way to compact nuclear energy for like cars or homes or whatever without the risk of exposure or an Atomic Bomb, why or why not would we use it considering how long it lasts?

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If we found a way to compact nuclear energy for like cars or homes or whatever without the risk of exposure or an Atomic Bomb, why or why not would we use it considering how long it lasts?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days ago

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celeste@kbin.earth · 16 days ago

Is niacin related to ADHD somehow?

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Is niacin related to ADHD somehow?

celeste@kbin.earth · 16 days ago

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birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 20 days ago

What causes the embryo in a chicken egg to develop from around the centre of the yolk?

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What causes the embryo in a chicken egg to develop from around the centre of the yolk?

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 20 days ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days ago

Was there ever a scientific proof about the BMI scale that it worked? If so in the term of science how come it got discredited so fast? And why not faster?

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Was there ever a scientific proof about the BMI scale that it worked? If so in the term of science how come it got discredited so fast? And why not faster?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days ago

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BussyGyatt@feddit.orgEnglish · 21 days ago

What's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?

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What's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?

BussyGyatt@feddit.orgEnglish · 21 days ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days ago

Am I the only one who finds it harder and harder to get hardback information? Instead of being told google it? What happened to like books of Labor and Stats or other works hard copy?

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Am I the only one who finds it harder and harder to get hardback information? Instead of being told google it? What happened to like books of Labor and Stats or other works hard copy?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days ago

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orgEnglish · 23 days ago

Is information a form of energy?

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Is information a form of energy?

Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orgEnglish · 23 days ago

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SuperPengato@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish · 26 days ago

What did cheliceres evolve from?

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What did cheliceres evolve from?

SuperPengato@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish · 26 days ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days ago

How do Steroids work? I get the medical ones. But how about the illegal ones and how does your body discern?

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How do Steroids work? I get the medical ones. But how about the illegal ones and how does your body discern?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days ago

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Yournesss@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago

How does thoium reactor produced Uranium 233 same as uranium 235 ?

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How does thoium reactor produced Uranium 233 same as uranium 235 ?

Yournesss@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days ago

For anyone who watched The Expanse how close are we to having their "cell phone" things? Or how far are we away from it and why?

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For anyone who watched The Expanse how close are we to having their "cell phone" things? Or how far are we away from it and why?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days ago

What comes next after we discover the "God Particle"/Higgs Boson? What can we look for next or try next? Or what do we have our hearts on discovering?

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What comes next after we discover the "God Particle"/Higgs Boson? What can we look for next or try next? Or what do we have our hearts on discovering?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Is disintegrating a human actually possible like with a type or gun or something? Or is this all in the movies and it is impossible?

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Is disintegrating a human actually possible like with a type or gun or something? Or is this all in the movies and it is impossible?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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Shadow79@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month ago

Does Genetic duplication count as "respawning" someone who is gone?

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Does Genetic duplication count as "respawning" someone who is gone?

Shadow79@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

A man has certain "needs" sometimes. Do astronauts jerk it? If so how do they get by all the monitors hooked up to them? What about sex in space?

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A man has certain "needs" sometimes. Do astronauts jerk it? If so how do they get by all the monitors hooked up to them? What about sex in space?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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