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Why is the helical content higher in gelatin with higher molecular weight. In other words, it seems...

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Does light exert force?

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How does sugar conserve food?

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Can air in the pleural cavity cause the lungs to expand more fully than they normally would?

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Just like 1 mole of water contains Avogadros number of molecules and has the same mass as that of...

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In science fiction it is common to see P-P fusion, but my reading seems to indicate it is...

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What kind of weather is on Mercury and Saturn? Does it rain or snow on these planets?

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Are light and matter the same thing? Can you get matter from light?

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Can you tell me what the exact pH of the acid in our stomach?

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When and how was the kaleidoscope made?

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When does each organ system of the human body reach full maturity?

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I have a physics paper here (don't worry i am not asking you for the answers!) that says each U-235...

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How would Giant Pandas being killed off affect my life?

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Which would hit a baseball further - a wooden bat or a aluminum bat? Why??

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Why do dry cell batteries (rechargeable) need to be fully drained before they can be recharged?

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There is a controversy among my collegues that during agarose gel electrophoresis the band that...

Garry McKay from Melbourne asks

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Alexa Clay asks

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What do you feed baby praying mantises? We found a mother praying mantis who laid an egg sack on a...