Sure. This is common in research labs. Worms (C. elegans) are easily frozen down and revived; flies (D. melanogaster) are a little more difficult,...
By the way, cows don't menstruate. Only humans (and maybe one or two of the great apes? not sure) do this. Most mammals simply go through estrous...
Probably there would be random sequences of perceived stimuli flashing through it. Your synapses are always active, and if you deprive your brain of...
Re chitin, and small objects: I microwaved a roach when I was a kid. It was completely oblivious to the effects of the microwaves. It was a...
What country are you in? If you are in the US, just go for the philosophy major. Your college major doesn't have much to do with anything here....
By the way, mold is not a bacterium. It is a fungus, and antibiotics will be ineffective against it. You would need an antifungal to fight that...
Amoxicillin is an extended-spectrum penicillin that will protect you against non-resistant strains of most Gram-positive bacteria, as well as some...
In the US, we are using fossil fuels largely because the people in power in this country have financial ties to the petroleum industry, and hence a...
The point about the nerve cells is kind of bogus, because most of that distance (not 3m, but can get as long as 1m) is the long, slender axon of the...
I think the planaria thing is pretty well established. I never heard of the mouse thing. Do you have a link or a reference? Regarding eyestrain,...
I think I read of a study somewhere that found a positive correlation between attractive facial features and healthier pregnancies for women. It...
Xerxes: Please don't spread misinformation. The OP may be truly in need. http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx31t.htm " The primary treatment...
Btw, I think I might have posted this on another thread a while back, but recently there were two fascinating papers in Science supporting the...
Ditto Nasor. This sounds like a case study out of a psychiatry textbook. I have to disagree with Fraggle Rocker and emphasize that (if you do...
I feel that language is perhaps the single most important indicator of cultural identity. For example, in the building where I work there are a...
I don't mind if we all have brilliant and beautiful babies who grow up to be geniuses, supermodels, and sports stars. There is this little problem...
Fine, but there are many examples of dictators who could never have risen or held on to their power without the support of the U.S. The Saudi...
Re links: There used to be a page that was purportedly maintained by some wacko who said he enjoyed consensual sexual encounters with dolphins....
The OP has a point, and for that reason I think there are a lot more agnostics and 'soft' atheists out there than 'hard' atheists. On the other...
Ditto Ophiolite. I'd like to add that skepticism is not incompatible with science, but that in fact science depends on skepticism. Science is a...
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