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If oxytocin (the "love hormone") was synthesized as a drug and administered to people, would its affect be akin to artificial love?

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Could diseases caused by prions, like Mad Cow (BSE), potentially be cured by some kind of human designed chaperone protein (probably modified from a heat shock protein) that could refold the prion into the correct protein structure?

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Is the reason the mitochondrial genetic code is different from the nuclear genetic code because it has changed more or less than the nuclear code?

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Do men mature slower than women, and if so why?

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Is there any validity to the belief that a cat will eat its deceased owner if deprived of food, but a dog will not?

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If complete organ replacement becomes viable, how much will that affect human longevity/life span?

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Have we ruled out that intelligent life exists within several hundred light years of earth?

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Do dietary supplement packets (like emergen-c) actually help people get better when they are sick?

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When I was in 6th grade, our teacher asked us to come up with a short cut for determining squares of a number. I came up with x^2 = [(x-1)^2] + (2x-1). Not that this is much of a shortcut, but why does it work? And are there numbers it doesn't work for?

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Why is the general scientific consensus still that viruses aren't alive?

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If oxytocin (the "love hormone") was synthesized as a drug and administered to people, would its affect be akin to artificial love?	41
Could diseases caused by prions, like Mad Cow (BSE), potentially be cured by some kind of human designed chaperone protein (probably modified from a heat shock protein) that could refold the prion into the correct protein structure?	7
Is the reason the mitochondrial genetic code is different from the nuclear genetic code because it has changed more or less than the nuclear code?	6
Do men mature slower than women, and if so why?	3
Is there any validity to the belief that a cat will eat its deceased owner if deprived of food, but a dog will not?	2
If complete organ replacement becomes viable, how much will that affect human longevity/life span?	1
Have we ruled out that intelligent life exists within several hundred light years of earth?	1
Do dietary supplement packets (like emergen-c) actually help people get better when they are sick?	1
When I was in 6th grade, our teacher asked us to come up with a short cut for determining squares of a number. I came up with x^2 = [(x-1)^2] + (2x-1). Not that this is much of a shortcut, but why does it work? And are there numbers it doesn't work for?	1
Why is the general scientific consensus still that viruses aren't alive?	1