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If I swat and kill mosquitoes, aren't I just filtering out the ones slow/dumb enough to be killed, and selecting for the fast/smart ones?

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How is whipping your head around rapidly to dry off your hair not really bad for your brain?

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I'm a biologist who has worked with many proteins. I've always wondered, in nutritional information for food, what exactly do they refer to when they list "Protein"?

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Why do fuzzy things feel warmer than sheer or smooth-surfaced things?

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If all dog breeds suddenly ceased to exist except for say, the poodle, would we be able to breed them "back" to wild dogs?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If I swat and kill mosquitoes, aren't I just filtering out the ones slow/dumb enough to be killed, and selecting for the fast/smart ones?	560
How is whipping your head around rapidly to dry off your hair not really bad for your brain?	14
I'm a biologist who has worked with many proteins. I've always wondered, in nutritional information for food, what exactly do they refer to when they list "Protein"?	10
Why do fuzzy things feel warmer than sheer or smooth-surfaced things?	2
If all dog breeds suddenly ceased to exist except for say, the poodle, would we be able to breed them "back" to wild dogs?	0