Rory M

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Medical student in the United Kingdom, having previously studied Biology at A-Level. I spend a good deal of my time volunteering with St John Ambulance, which I find fantastically rewarding and when I'm not writing essays I'm handling flags here on Bio.SE.


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Why do Humans not produce Vitamin C like other mammals?
dec 31 '11 at 16:44
26
Why Does Salt Water Help Sore Throats?
dec 18 '11 at 19:53
20
Why would stablising selection ever happen?
jan 10 '12 at 21:36
16
How does laughing gas (N2O) work?
may 20 '12 at 14:03
15
Why do plants have green leaves and not red?
jan 3 '12 at 19:55
13
What is the most heat-tolerant organism?
feb 20 '12 at 22:45
12
What's the maximum and minimum temperature a human can survive?
jan 8 '12 at 21:58
12
How does the immune system “learn” from a vaccine?
jan 31 '12 at 22:43
11
Does the DNA sequence of a butterfly match that of the caterpillar it used to be?
dec 10 at 11:15
11
How does laser surgery correct accommodation problems?
jan 9 '12 at 22:34
11
Online repositories of scanning electron microscope photographs?
dec 29 '11 at 19:14
10
Does testosterone increase female sexual behavior?
mar 16 '12 at 20:31
10
Why can cones detect color but rods can't?
mar 16 '12 at 20:17
9
What part of food gives the blood red color?
jun 8 '12 at 11:02
9
Why did the process of sleep evolve in many animals? What is its evolutionary advantage?
jan 29 '12 at 12:56
9
Do plants produce any heat?
dec 19 '11 at 15:38
8
Is there any advantage to one blood type over another?
jan 21 '12 at 17:50
7
Do hot drinks cool you down?
may 29 '12 at 10:49
6
Stabbing muscles when flexed and when relaxed
mar 24 '12 at 12:06
5
By what mechanism does an obstructed bile duct cause excess fat in the stool?
may 11 at 10:02
5
When is the lactase in lactose-free milk active?
aug 3 at 13:57
5
What is the effect of a pure-oxygen environment on a plant?
jul 31 at 10:11
5
Why do people have darker skin in sunnier climates?
jun 15 '12 at 11:48
5
When to measure resting heart rate and blood pressure for following day-to-day trend?
apr 22 '12 at 11:48
5
Is the appendix a vestigial structure in all vertebrates?
mar 20 '12 at 21:40
5
What's the effect of oxygen deficit on plants?
mar 17 '12 at 18:50
5
What forms the human amniotic sac?
mar 3 '12 at 15:36
5
Is there a term for tool use in animals?
feb 23 '12 at 23:02
5
Do insects with compound eyes have depth perception?
feb 17 '12 at 9:55
5
Harmless virus?
feb 10 '12 at 20:50
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