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What is the actual mechanism by which the body generates a fever?

Submitted by Pheophyting t3_yi3t9o on October 31, 2022 at 7:24 AM

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Can a single atom be determined to be in any particular phase of matter?

Submitted by Zalack t3_11x4f9t on March 21, 2023 at 2:37 AM

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How soon after exposure is the flu contagious?

Submitted by AcJc_0604 t3_z4tozd on November 26, 2022 at 12:59 AM

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What happens at the end of a subduction zone? When the entire plate subducts?

Submitted by kittens0423 t3_11jhb4d on March 5, 2023 at 11:19 PM

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Is COVID unique in the way it affects different individuals in such different ways?

Submitted by stupidrobots t3_1175z6i on February 20, 2023 at 12:56 PM

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Does the common flu vaccine offer any buffer against H5N1 (Bird Flu)?

Submitted by Esc_ape_artist t3_11asu19 on February 24, 2023 at 2:34 PM

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Is there evidence for historic droughts affecting the Mesopotamian area/Euphrates-Tigris Rivers?

Submitted by RapturousGuitar92 t3_10pq23w on January 31, 2023 at 5:45 AM

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Did the 2009 H1N1 outbreak in the US increase the incidence of type 1 diabetes in adolescents?

Submitted by legendary_kazoo t3_10txwiv on February 5, 2023 at 1:56 AM

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Does treatment with daily antihistamines have an effect on the severity of other allergies like food or medication allergies?

Submitted by KingZarkon t3_zb4en3 on December 3, 2022 at 1:45 AM

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Why do sample return missions such as OSIRIS-REx use their own reentry vehicles instead of just going to the space station for pickup and return with ISS equipment?

Submitted by PromptCritical725 t3_10l6lls on January 25, 2023 at 7:02 PM

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Did sheep fur always just endlessly grow or was that something that was selectively bred? Were they originally naturally adapted to be going through a lot of foliage and thickets and stuff that would keep their coat relatively trimmed?

Submitted by EuroTraschBozos t3_zcvdqi on December 5, 2022 at 3:19 AM

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How do giraffes breathe?

Submitted by NimishApte t3_10a3gai on January 12, 2023 at 4:15 PM

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Given that reproduction is difficult or impossible when both animals have different numbers of chromosomes, how did so many species evolve to have so many different numbers of them?

Submitted by MercurioLeCher t3_10fqqmj on January 19, 2023 at 3:05 AM

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How can the chicks breathe in their shell?

Submitted by You_Smiled t3_yeivce on October 27, 2022 at 4:51 AM

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When a volcano erupts, does this affect the pressure building up in other volcanoes?

Submitted by Rhamni t3_11bex8m on February 25, 2023 at 7:19 AM

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Do NSAIDs reduce neuroinflammation?

Submitted by One-Garden-1294 t3_z0cmd1 on November 20, 2022 at 7:18 PM

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In House M. D. there is an episode in which the doc asked the lady who was concerned about weight gain. Doc asked her to raise their hand and by seeing that he was able to determine she was pregnant. Do arms and pregnancy have some correlation?

Submitted by Abhinav_Mani t3_ypne1u on November 8, 2022 at 2:11 PM

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Why is AI bad at maths?

Submitted by eagle_565 t3_11yj4iu on March 22, 2023 at 1:27 PM

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Why do we use phase change refrigerants?

Submitted by samskiter t3_zsiyxn on December 22, 2022 at 10:33 AM

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Why not use hydrogen and deuterium in fusion reaction rather than tritium and deuterium?

Submitted by Curious_user4445 t3_zc708c on December 4, 2022 at 11:06 AM

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What are more accepted hypotheses that similarly explain the aspects of hominid evolution that the "pseudoscientific" aquatic ape theory does?

Submitted by KEVLAR60442 t3_118d3ig on February 21, 2023 at 7:31 PM

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Why do some diseases cause a loss of appetite?

Submitted by Fragrant_Novel_3907 t3_104ubxx on January 6, 2023 at 1:34 PM

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Is our sleep pattern based off the length of the day?

Submitted by ebb5 t3_y7s95g on October 19, 2022 at 4:02 AM

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How long does HIV remain infectious outside the body?

Submitted by Terradubia t3_1065u1q on January 8, 2023 at 1:25 AM

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How does high humidity affect perceived temperature in hot and cold environments?

Submitted by MindTheReddit t3_zo23xk on December 17, 2022 at 8:49 AM

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