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If vaccines work by introducing a small amount of a foreign substance to your body to trigger an immune response to develop resistance, why don’t allergies work the same when they also trigger an immune response when exposed to something foreign to the body?

Submitted by jelllyjamms t3_yrbd3f on November 10, 2022 at 10:47 AM

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What causes the "mental/brain fog" during a flu or a cold and why?

Submitted by Pacam_Goomiac t3_ywq1pb on November 16, 2022 at 10:34 AM

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Why does IQ change during adolescence?

Submitted by EchoTwice t3_z4bjpb on November 25, 2022 at 11:52 AM

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Have transuranic elements EVER existed in nature?

Submitted by SubcutaneousMilk t3_z6mclo on November 28, 2022 at 4:10 AM

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Do human antibodies bind to animal cells? I see that in ANA tests they use rat cells. are they transgenic mice? or just regular mice.

Submitted by menooby t3_zzgh9u on December 31, 2022 at 12:34 AM

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Does low temperature weaken our immune system and if yes, why?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_z9s6qz on December 1, 2022 at 4:27 PM

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Is there a word for what the ocean is "in"?

Submitted by good_shrimp t3_zccxwy on December 4, 2022 at 3:43 PM

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If someone cover their eyes for a year straight without seeing any light, would it just be really bright when they take it off then slowly adjust back to normal or would it have a permanent affect on the persons vision?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_ziscum on December 11, 2022 at 1:39 PM

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Many plastic materials are expected to last hundreds of years in a landfill. When it finally reaches a state where it's no longer plastic, what will be left?

Submitted by ZombieAlpacaLips t3_zl02o6 on December 13, 2022 at 4:38 PM

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Any truth to the notion that children can inherit elements of the parent’s trauma?

Submitted by Eph3w t3_zmflyh on December 15, 2022 at 7:54 AM

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Before modern medicine, one of the things people thought caused disease was "bad air". We now know that this is somewhat true, given airborne transmission. What measures taken to stop "bad air" were incidentally effective against airborne transmission?

Submitted by dublin2001 t3_zpsu91 on December 19, 2022 at 2:19 PM

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Did scientists know that nuclear explosions would produce mushroom clouds before the first one was set off?

Submitted by ShouldntWasteTime t3_zt5ado on December 23, 2022 at 3:31 AM

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Can I lower the effective calories of a drink by cooling it?

Submitted by QwapJack t3_102c25n on January 3, 2023 at 4:15 PM

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Using a CPAP can increase the life span of a Sleep Apnea patient by 7 years. What does Sleep Apnea do to the body that reduces life expectancy this much?

Submitted by moidawg t3_1031gw1 on January 4, 2023 at 11:36 AM

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What does the best current evidence say about the efficacy of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines?

Submitted by TicRoll t3_10gtoff on January 20, 2023 at 10:35 AM

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Can a star cool down enough and become a giant planet?

Submitted by TruthOf42 t3_10hvlor on January 21, 2023 at 4:51 PM

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How does water evaporate if it never reaches boiling point?

Submitted by laminated-papertowel t3_10k707l on January 24, 2023 at 2:42 PM

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Do people’s core personalities change as they get older, or do they just mature and adapt?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_10lrkag on January 26, 2023 at 1:16 PM

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I'm Dr. Mohammed Rasool Qtaishat, an Associate Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Jordan. My work on desalination using solar energy could make potable water more accessible. AMA!

Submitted by AskScienceModerator t3_10mj5by on January 27, 2023 at 12:01 PM

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How many hepatitis viruses exist?

Submitted by Juergenvonwuergen t3_10w3gf2 on February 7, 2023 at 2:40 PM

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Why aren’t there fewer Nodes of Ranvier in a neuron, making the sodium channels even more concentrated?

Submitted by DoubleZOfficial07 t3_10xxh2f on February 9, 2023 at 3:26 PM

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[Light/Optics] What is the Irradiance range of human vision?

Submitted by DeismAccountant t3_11dmqfz on February 27, 2023 at 9:00 PM

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How much do the different factors affect sea level rise?

Submitted by Natural-Cap4008 t3_11b8429 on February 25, 2023 at 1:22 AM

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Dumb questions about (sand) deserts?

Submitted by grimthefroggie t3_10qoca2 on February 1, 2023 at 8:23 AM

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Given that the speed of light changes based on the medium the light travels through, is it possible for matter or energy to travel faster than its local light due to moving through some highly refractive or dense medium?

Submitted by earanhart t3_10reyfq on February 2, 2023 at 3:06 AM

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