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Could there be bacteria in landfills right now evolving to digest plastics?

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Since vasodilators like alcohol make us feel warmer but actually cause more loss of body heat, do vasoconstrictors such as nicotine cause us to conserve heat?

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Is there an equal amount of negative and positive charge in the universe?

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Why are the lanthanides and actinides removed from the rest of the periodic table?

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Are the methods we use to treat cancer (radiation, chemotherapy, etc.) implicated in causing other forms of cancer?

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Does the molecular clock hypothesis conflict with the punctuated equilibrium formulation of evolution?

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How much structural variation would there be in the antibodies of two different immunized people?

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Do hyperthermophiles (archaea specifically) have a a higher metabolic rate because they thrive at higher temperatures?

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Does the taste of salt come from the interaction with taste buds of sodium ions, chloride ions, or some combination of both?

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Do genes migrate from plasmids to the nucleoid in bacteria?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Could there be bacteria in landfills right now evolving to digest plastics?	2925
Since vasodilators like alcohol make us feel warmer but actually cause more loss of body heat, do vasoconstrictors such as nicotine cause us to conserve heat?	102
Is there an equal amount of negative and positive charge in the universe?	50
Why are the lanthanides and actinides removed from the rest of the periodic table?	28
Are the methods we use to treat cancer (radiation, chemotherapy, etc.) implicated in causing other forms of cancer?	13
Does the molecular clock hypothesis conflict with the punctuated equilibrium formulation of evolution?	11
How much structural variation would there be in the antibodies of two different immunized people?	9
Do hyperthermophiles (archaea specifically) have a a higher metabolic rate because they thrive at higher temperatures?	6
Does the taste of salt come from the interaction with taste buds of sodium ions, chloride ions, or some combination of both?	6
Do genes migrate from plasmids to the nucleoid in bacteria?	3