#Biology

Very comprehensive list of protein requirements by @AlexJLeaf . Seems like an RDA+ from healthy sources is a good idea in many if not all cases. https://examine.com/nutrition/how-much-protein-do-you-need/ Alex has also
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they say "people don't want education in games! they want a fantasy!"but sometimes learning itself is a fantasy... imo we should all consider putting REAL STUFF in our games. let's
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A lot of people hate on sugar in nutrition. Not all sugars are made the same tho. Fructose or the sugar we find in fruits is a monosaccharide, meaning it
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A THREAD A good friend asked me a question that made me really reflect on my weightloss journey a little deeper He asked how did I gain the discipline to
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Still thinking about @yumcoconutmilk’s thread about mental illness destigmatization, and how a lot of the focus is on “relatable” mental illnesses like depression and anxiety, while conditions like borderline, bipolar,
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Anyone want animal facts?Too bad, because I'm giving you animal facts anyways. Let's talk about tunicates, because they're so goddamn weird. This is a tunicate- specifically, a bluebell tunicate, since
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Deconstructing the microchip conspiracy myth.Source:http://Technocracy.news DARPA-Funded Biochip To ‘Save’ Us From COVID-19?It was the biggest conspiracy theory at the beginning of pandemic:"They will chip us all,"people
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Finishing up 2 weeks on inpatient (non-COVID, largely) service. Reflecting back, particularly in light of my friend David Weinstock's perspective on being a physician scientist involved in clinical care; https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10
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One consequence of the theoretical and methodological problems in psychology that seems to be discussed less frequently is how this harms the education of undergraduate students, particularly in content courses
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Notes from the Front Lines: w/ 2nd wave bearing down on us, important to review what we knowOxygen- HFNC + CPAP can avoid intubation- If patient altered, CPAP unlikely to
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So I’ve seen the video in full now. I have a few thoughts. I’ll spare the obvious ones (WHY DID HE REMOVE HIS MOLES GOD??!!!). I had seen a few
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Yesterday I had a disagreement with @JohnTmrguk over a tweet he made that, at face value, was transphobic. We had a heated debate about the semantics, but John later apologised
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So! Pregnancy tests are a fine way to explain *some* things about covid testing or testing for infectious disease in general, but are a really-not-great way to talk about other
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2018 - #China has spent the last decade attempting to influence every level of targeted governments, politics, and economy. This United Front is active in dozens of U.S. cities and
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A thread...1./ The IOCs decision to make no ruling on the participation of transwomen athletes in female sport before Tokyo2020 confirms that the IOC like many others have forgotten how
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Also want to say a bit about what made it possible to get something out the door like this, despite:- the terror of a layoff at the dawn of a
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