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Do bark-and-shrub eating animals (like deer or elephants) bioaccumulate wax/resins/bark from all the plant tissue that they ingest that polymerizes and is hard to break down over a lifetime?

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Are there layers of cortex that shrink/age faster than others? deeper L5 vs superficial L1? glutamate-rich? center of neuronal hubs like retrosplenial cortex?

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Why do proteins have so many more antagonists/inactivators than they have agonists/activators?

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Why are there barely any toxic mammals or birds?

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During spiral galaxy formation, how does gas collapsing into a disc minimize the energy configuration?

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Do stimulants increase cellular metabolism?

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In particle physics, what exactly does Events/(8 GeV/c^2) mean?

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What neuron cell types (and layers) fire the most/least frequently per second?

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How do deer even get the idea that the bones of baby birds contain the calcium they need for their antlers?

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Is it bad to consume things full of bacteria if you don't get physically sick from the bacteria at all?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do bark-and-shrub eating animals (like deer or elephants) bioaccumulate wax/resins/bark from all the plant tissue that they ingest that polymerizes and is hard to break down over a lifetime?	8
Are there layers of cortex that shrink/age faster than others? deeper L5 vs superficial L1? glutamate-rich? center of neuronal hubs like retrosplenial cortex?	8
Why do proteins have so many more antagonists/inactivators than they have agonists/activators?	7
Why are there barely any toxic mammals or birds?	7
During spiral galaxy formation, how does gas collapsing into a disc minimize the energy configuration?	7
Do stimulants increase cellular metabolism?	7
In particle physics, what exactly does Events/(8 GeV/c^2) mean?	7
What neuron cell types (and layers) fire the most/least frequently per second?	7
How do deer even get the idea that the bones of baby birds contain the calcium they need for their antlers?	7
Is it bad to consume things full of bacteria if you don't get physically sick from the bacteria at all?	7