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Do single celled organisms experience inflammation?

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How do brazil nut trees absorb so much selenium from the soil?

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Why is the hazard/mortality ratio for HbA1c higher for the lowest levels? Is it explained primarily by a significant fraction of the ill population having high RBC turnover?

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Why do lysosomes need a low pH in order to function/degrade proteins?

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Octopi have turned off annoying aquarium lights by squirting water at them, can use tools, and open jars - all while living as little as a year. How do they manage to learn so fast?

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What insects/arthropods have the highest neuron counts?

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Are there any viruses that are actually beneficial to their hosts?

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How exactly does a "will to live" help keep terminally ill patients alive longer?

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After thousands of years in space, will spaceprobes like Voyager eventually disintegrate?

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If a gene (eg SOX2 and PAX6) is "repressed" by a histone mark like H3K27me3, then is it consistently suppressed by that histone mark in all cells, or only in some cells?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do single celled organisms experience inflammation?	6336
How do brazil nut trees absorb so much selenium from the soil?	4165
Why is the hazard/mortality ratio for HbA1c higher for the lowest levels? Is it explained primarily by a significant fraction of the ill population having high RBC turnover?	1711
Why do lysosomes need a low pH in order to function/degrade proteins?	1665
Octopi have turned off annoying aquarium lights by squirting water at them, can use tools, and open jars - all while living as little as a year. How do they manage to learn so fast?	470
What insects/arthropods have the highest neuron counts?	349
Are there any viruses that are actually beneficial to their hosts?	112
How exactly does a "will to live" help keep terminally ill patients alive longer?	99
After thousands of years in space, will spaceprobes like Voyager eventually disintegrate?	77
If a gene (eg SOX2 and PAX6) is "repressed" by a histone mark like H3K27me3, then is it consistently suppressed by that histone mark in all cells, or only in some cells?	67