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23h ago
"Last time this happened, the Earth got plants."
Popular version:
https://newatlas.com/biology/life-merger-evolution-symbiosis-organelle/
The deeper versions:
(open access) https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(24)00182-X.pdf
(paywall)...
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Physics Forums » Biology and Medical
23h ago
Just wondering if anyone here is familiar with the Cass Report, which was recently published in the UK?
I've been reading a lot of different stuff on it, including criticisms of it's methodology. I was wondering if anyone here might have any insights into the report itself or the criticisms of it ..read more
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3d ago
How many times do I need to have sex each month to ensure it will happen one of those months?
Does it statistically have to happen sooner or later? Say I live for 250 years and copulate absurd amount of times ..read more
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1w ago
In this BBC video about the Azores Dr. Felix Rodrigues tells us four legged animals can't drink from beneath their feet. I've never heard of this before and couldn't find anything about it. Does anyone know about this and/or where I can find out more about it? Google didn't help...
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1w ago
My apartment's balcony door is wide open more often than not. This time of year, that tends to mean that insects keep flying in and out. Most of them, or at least most of the ones that are large and/or loud enough for me to notice, are bee and wasp types. They behave quite differently from the...
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1w ago
How much 45% phosphoric acid (in ml) would it take to raise PO4 by 1ppm in 1 litre of water?
I need to be sure as fish are involved. It will be administered over a 24 hour period ..read more
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1M ago
The paper https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/13/3/245
From the introduction.
"Heterobilharzia americana is a schistosome trematode endemic to the Gulf Coast and South Atlantic region of North America, infecting raccoons, marsh rabbits, dogs, horses, nutria, bobcats, mountain lions, opossums...
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1M ago
Hello,
I am having a hard time trying to build these concepts in my mind. To generate a electrical potential difference I need to separate charges, right? But if I think in a capacitor, the electrical potential (e.g., battery) will charge the capacitor which, in turn, will keep the charges...
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1M ago
Generally it is said that all biological catabolic reactions are exergonic. Famous example is ATP hydrolysis is exergonic. That's why it is called energy currency. Similarly breaking of glucose molecule into pyruvate also releases energy to form ATP.
But in chemistry it is said that breaking of...
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1M ago
Hi Everyone
As part of the Masters in Philosophy program I am doing, I am also taking some free courses offered by other universities. I found one I initially thought was about critical thinking. I was wrong. It's about the psychology of the mistakes we make every day and why we make...
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