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Hello! I'm just a medical student myself, but here's my take on this: Your lungs operate on the principle of differential pressure. During normal breathing, hen the pressure inside…

The relationships and high-level effects are maintained in our body of literature. It's hard to resist wanting to put it all in some sort of megachart, but even the pathway diagram…

The short answer here is yes. We're constantly working to get more complete models, but surprisingly big effects can come from surprisingly small pieces of the puzzle. We still don…

Hey, I remember this project! I had the chance to give a bit of advice to the creator, Zach Scholl while I was working at Duke's Co-Lab [1]. It was cool then, and looks like it's o…

One big limitation that was glossed over in the presentation is radiation exposure. The only time it came up was the mention of a 'solar storm shelter'. The radiation exposure duri…

At my University, where I both worked and studied, we had a second semester senior post his automatic registration script to the school's Facebook group. This sent up alarm bells a…

Perhaps "prejudiced" might be an appropriate substitute for the situations that you're thinking of?

Last year I was able to play with one for a couple of hours. The most impressive and exciting part for me was that it wasn't bad. I don't know about others, but I had expected an u…

It depends highly on the mechanism of carcinogenesis. Lead is a (possible) carcinogen, and accumulates even in relatively small quantities because it takes up residence in your bon…

Just for reference, I've been doing this for a few months now. I'm not sure what's changed, but you'll need ubuntu 16 (you can uninstall 14 and reinstall WSL to get it) in WSL to d…

What a great thought! I was having trouble justifying it myself, so I asked someone else around the lab. They pointed out the very important reason for doing a twin study (as oppos…

Your point is still important, whether or not it is valid, because it represents a not-uncommon sentiment in the public. It's up to many researchers to try to make the results and …

While "as safe as possible" is certainly the goal, most of the research is centered around first clearing the low bar of "safe enough to even make it there and then do some science…

In orbit there is still the significantly protecting effect of the Earth's magnetic field, which deflects much of the heavy ion radiation. This more massive radiatiom has different…

I think that's a great insight. At the very least, it gives us more points of comparison. I'll try to pass it along to those who might be able to do something with it! (And now I'm…

Hey everyone! I work in a lab that studies the effects of interplanetary space radiation (NASA Grant), and we were actually discussing this study yesterday. While the data from thi…