I go to the gym and Ive been taking creatine monohydrate for the past year or so. Recently it occurred to me that I don’t actually know how it works and what it does. If anyone could offer an in depth description that would be great. I do A-level biology so i should be able to understand most referenced things. Though I’m not an A* level student😂.

Hello everyone,

i was wondering recently on how can a human corpse become mummified in nature.

And also how long can things like the skin or organs stay on it.

Could for an example a human corpse in an enclosed space (say a basement) be mummified and remain with its skin intact for a long time given the right circumstances?

what would be some good work experience I can get in the biology field pre degree? Volunteering or jobs

Just what the title say: I can guess Try comes from 3 but the rest I have no idea.

Hey everyone! I'm a biology student working on a project to create a 3D molecular model of an organic compound using indigenous or recyclable materials, but we're not allowed to use styrofoam. I'd love some suggestions or ideas on creative materials and methods to construct this model. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Just to clarify, I can't crochet or use paper mache since it might be too boring. Also, clay is out as it's a bit heavy. Thanks in advance for your help!

Hey everyone! I'm a biology student working on a project to create a 3D molecular model of an organic compound using indigenous or recyclable materials, but we're not allowed to use styrofoam. I'd love some suggestions or ideas on creative materials and methods to construct this model. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Just to clarify, I can't crochet or use paper mache since it might be too boring. Also, clay is out as it's a bit heavy. Thanks in advance for your help!

I live in North Jersey in a heavily wooded area. We have lots of woodpeckers because of the fallen ash trees. I’m wondering if it’s the various types of woodpeckers that I see in the yard that are shredding these logs or is it some other type of animal?

Recently I got into a dispute with a friend over the following scenario: lions and hyenas, what is their relationship. Granted by many metrics they are bound by a competitive relationship though hyenas by nature are nocturnal, yet often in the presence of a Lion pride they will alter this activity becoming diurnal, awaiting the departure of the pride to rest and/or drink. Though they may consume the same prey one party typically avoids the other whilst the pride is significantly less weary and largely unaffected by hyenas in relative terms. I have even read certain articles claiming their relationship to be one or commensalism wherein the hyena is observed to consume the remaining carcasses of lion prey as apposed to directly competing with them. My claim is they are more akin to an amensalist relationship, the lions as indifferent to the hyena’s presence as we are to hawks (though they consume similar foods and may harm our young). My teacher, the friend I referred to stated they were competitive, predicated solely on them consuming the same prey (which I believe easily debased or insufficient via several anecdotes depicting similar arguments in evidently non-competitive relationships). Thoughts?

Apologies for the rant and inarticulate writing.

Also the title is not lacking an oxford comma I simply don’t believe of the usage of such.

I'm saying that when you water your plants, is it beneficial to try and "mimick" rain and sprinkle water on the entire plant rather than Just watering the roots/bottom of the tree whilst leaving the top completely dry?

I mean there has to be some mechanism which tells plants to be more active due to rain right?

Hi there! I’m not sure if this is an incredibly stupid idea/question, but I’m doing an art project and I’d really like to incorporate mold into it somehow. Would it be possible to grow mold on a canvas? My initial thought is to stick down some damp pieces of bread or other foods (would glue work?) where I want the mold to grow and then leaving it for a few weeks to see what happens. Would I need to seal the canvas afterwards to prevent the mold from dying out, would it even die? Is it just a good idea to seal it anyways so people don’t sniff up mold spores when looking at the artwork? Are there ways to encourage different colours/types of mold to grow? Lol, any tips on this very strange idea of mine would be appreciated!

Is there Any use of them other than breast feeding and as far as i know only women do it.

Edit : STOP GASLIGHTING ME

I'm a transgender woman and I don't feel satisfied with current gender affirming care. I'm not a scientist, but I wanted to ask is changing biological sex hypothetically possible? Is there an active effort in science to find a way to do this? If it is theoretically possible how many years off are we from doing this? I've also considered going for a biology degree to be a scientist and try to find a way to do this. Thanks

hi guys, I'm an undergrad in a singapore uni, studying biology. I have been having trouble deciding on my career path because I understand the exceptional sacrifices that come about if I choose a career of research. Don't get me wrong, I love learning about biology and about knowledge, it really makes me feel good when I learn new things. However, it gets demoralizing and feels bleak especially when Singapore doesn't exactly appreciate biologists as much as they should. And, there's so much negativity around being a researcher, it really gets to me because there are times where it does feel useless to research when so much is going on, can I even make an impact? So, I thought about other careers that could possibly be more lucrative and not as time-consuming and high input "low output" jobs, and what I was interested in was medical affairs and consulting. I understand consulting probably requires a PhD, given the experience and knowledge required as a pre-requisite.

This being said, I am also interested in bioinformatics and biomedical data science. As much as I think it is hard, it is really cool and feels good when you use software and data mining/curation to achieve an analysis. So, I was also thinking in doing a masters in bioinformatics or biomedical data science.

I am trying to find internships related to consulting and medical affairs but the pool is small, and I'm not the best at interviews so it's getting tough and I'm getting pretty demoralized.

Anyone facing the same dilemma as me and or anyone with any advice? Could really use any advice or insight! I honestly don't know what to do anymore with this internship as it is my credit bearing internship, and I need to find it amidst my finals, and studying for bio isn't the easiest thing in my book either.

anyways, thank you to those who took time to reply and read this!!

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So im a biologist , my degree was mainly molecular biology. Now im in the infectious disease department doing a PhD in immunology but I hate to the core being in a lab, doing experiments I just want a stupid little job that requires me to stay in front of a pc where not every mistake is forever. I don’t like immunology especially to infectious disease and I have zero interest in my project. I’m more of a technician in my lab, as I’m following many projects doing the dirty work. I’m half a year from the end and I’m holding on to that moment when I’ll be free bc everyday is a burden. In the meantime I need to think WHAT I could do after this so much hated PhD. I was thinking maybe data analysis or smt? I would like bio informatics as well but I have no clue how to get there tbh. Any advices? Also I live in Italy.

So i was watching this real science yt video about the emperor penguin and it is said that they only have one egg. The males are sitting on that egg for four month straight. Then it was said that this is because they only have one egg and they have to protect this at all cost.

But normally birds have multiple eggs. So at some point they have evolved to only birthing one egg. And i am wondering how did that happen?

I mean, evolution as i understand it, is just mother nature trying out different things on a "sample size" and whoever can survive long enough will make an offspring. But that doesnt really apply here in this case. Since there are no life threatening repercussion for mama bird if four of her five eggs dont make it.

So who told mama birds uterus to count and that one egg is enough?

If an ecosystem needs to be self contained with no external input of food, and waste management happening inside it, and no interfere by humans. Why is the human gut flora called an ecosystem? We eat food, to give it an input, and there is an external output of waste. There is no primary producer of food in the guy among the bacteria there. Yet it always exists in examples of ecosystems. Very confused

Hi, I'm a 21 y m and I'm attending college to become a wildlife biologist. Nature sciences have always fascinated me and became something I'm really passionate about, so much so that it's become something spiritual to me. Being a biology major as well as the people around me has sucked the energy out of that field for me. I still have the drive and passion to become a wildlife biologist and protect nature but I'm so tired and stressed out by the work load, the negative opinions, and the school system. I find myself wondering is this degree worth the stress. I'm literally loosing locs from the stress, sleep and energy too.

As the title states, I'm curious about what the type of phosphorylation that occurs in chemosynthesis is called. I haven't veen able to get a straight answer from google. Also I know that chemosynthesis uses electron transport chains, what are some last electron acceptors for chemosynthesis?

Currently I am a freshman undergraduate biomedical science major, and I want to do grad school when I graduate. I want to do research in either cancer research or molecular sciences. I was wondering if I should switch majors if I want to have the most useful knowledge for research. My school’s biology department isnt the best but we have a great chemistry department so I was considering to switching to biochemistry, or even chemical engineering, since our engineering school is one of the best. I wouldn’t mind double majoring if it means I get to learn more. What should I do?

Is there any benefit to taking medication to reduce the fever, or should I power through it to get over the infection sooner?

Not a vaccine, assume it’s some form of garden-variety respiratory infection.

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Just saw a video of a swimming rabbit so I was wondering if there are mammals that can't swim. I'd guess giraffes for example could have hard time staying upright. For others it's a question of buoyancy but even rhinos can swim.

For clarity, I'm an author. I've tried searching this, but can't seem to nail the exact info I'm looking for.

Basically, I have a fictional, sentient race that handles cold weather better than humans. I don't mean majorly cold like ice age-style temps, but what we'd consider cold they'd consider comfortable. They're not written as a hairy race, so dense fur would be out. However, they do still wear clothing. it's more or less that they're simply more resistant to feeling chilled/cold than humans.

If I wanted to include an off-handed comment about "We have higher/lower body temps than humans, so we handle cold weather better," which would be more accurate?

I know cold feels cold due to the heat from your body lost, so it would seem that having a higher body temp would seem like it FEELS colder to my (admittedly very basic) understanding. But at the same time, I've also read that mammals that survive via hibernation tend to have lower body temps during hibernation.

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Aslo, please note that I do want to clarify, this is NOT for homework. I'm genuinely an indie author trying to keep some semblance of reasonable logic in a fantasy world (stupid, I know. but it's my peace of mind). If you want proof, I'll happily provide a link to my novels privately.