- AskScience AMA Series: I'm Patrick Long, M.D. and I am a geneticist with a specific interest in the adult genetics field. I just started an adult genetics clinic, SequenceMD, to address the needs of this widely underserved population. AMA!
- Is Africa's large number of endemic diseases related to the idea that humans most likely evolved there?
- How do migratory birds who fly huge distances keep track of all the different predators and edible/non-edible foods they might encounter on their journeys?
- Why does the latest alignment image from the JWST have streaks in it?
- can cats recognize themselves in the mirror?
- Do other animals lie to each other, like humans do?
- The Wandering Albatross mates every two years; do they all mate on even or odd numbered years, or is it staggered? If it is the latter, do they switch sometimes, or are they essentially two populations? Why do they mate every two years in the first place?
- What did the dinosaurs/birds that survived the k-t extinction event look like?
- Why don’t similar coronaviruses like SARS and MERS also have long term symptoms?
- Are quark stars and strange stars real?
- Ask Anything Wednesday - Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology
- What are the major outstanding hurdles of making an artificial human womb?
- Are there any habitable planets that are very big ( sun's size or bigger)?
- What kind of reaction occurs when alcohol touches an open cut?
- Does glass pollute, compared to plastics or metal?
- Did the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs have a name?
- How do we know for sure that irrational numbers/repeating decimals go on forever?
- Is genetic colorblindness due to a difference in the eyes or brain?
- Could a Chinese Water Dragon and Bearded Dragon produce viable offspring?
- Have wages kept up with inflation over the last 50 or so years?
- Do the 5 senses all have a common ancestor or did every species evolve them on their own?
| Posted: 16 Mar 2022 04:00 AM PDT Hi Reddit! SequenceMD team here: we are Dr. Patrick Long and genetic counselor, Alisha. We're here to answer any questions you may have about medical genetics or... anything! We'll start by answering our own question: why adult genetics? Genetic testing is a routine part of the diagnostic workup for many childhood onset disorders including cerebral palsy, developmental delay, movement disorders, etc. Your genes don't change when you turn 18, but it's still not standard of care to test adults living with these disorders. In some cases, genetic testing can reveal treatment options, management guidelines, or preventative care, that is very much relevant to adults. Most geneticists in the United States are pediatric focused. Adults who are able to see a geneticist may face long wait lists or be denied testing. We believe that genetic testing should be an accessible choice for those who are interested. We'll be on at 10AM MDT (12 PM EDT, 16 UT), AUA! Username: /u/SequenceMD [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Mar 2022 11:13 AM PDT Do places with similar ecological conditions like in the south american rainforests also have as many endemic diseases? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 16 Mar 2022 11:14 AM PDT Some birds fly thousands of miles on their migrations and it seems to me that these birds would need to keep track of lots of different types of food sources, as well as being aware of threats posed by different predators, and other dangers, along the way. Is it all just inherited memory or instinct? Or do the younger birds just copy the older birds and the cycle just keeps repeating? [link] [comments] |
| Why does the latest alignment image from the JWST have streaks in it? Posted: 16 Mar 2022 02:22 PM PDT Why does the central star have the 6 large streaks coming out of it? Doesn't that mean that there's aberrations in the optical system? [link] [comments] |
| can cats recognize themselves in the mirror? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 09:23 PM PDT Or do they learn to tolerate the weird odorless cat? Anytime my cat sees another,she goes APE SHIT,same for dogs. she is TERRIFIED. Doesn't matter if it's thru a closed window or not. [link] [comments] |
| Do other animals lie to each other, like humans do? Posted: 16 Mar 2022 03:30 PM PDT |
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| What did the dinosaurs/birds that survived the k-t extinction event look like? Posted: 16 Mar 2022 12:37 PM PDT I've always been curious what these animals looked like. I know many animals we would call birds today existed at the time, but did any of the more dinosaur-like birds survive? did any other small dinosaurs survive for a time? [link] [comments] |
| Why don’t similar coronaviruses like SARS and MERS also have long term symptoms? Posted: 16 Mar 2022 10:37 AM PDT |
| Are quark stars and strange stars real? Posted: 16 Mar 2022 05:23 PM PDT Their existence seems to be much less accepted than neutron stars or black holes, but why shouldn't they exist? As I understand it they are just denser states of matter, and if we think black holes and [link] [comments] |
| Ask Anything Wednesday - Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology Posted: 16 Mar 2022 07:00 AM PDT Welcome to our weekly feature, Ask Anything Wednesday - this week we are focusing on Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology Do you have a question within these topics you weren't sure was worth submitting? Is something a bit too speculative for a typical /r/AskScience post? No question is too big or small for AAW. In this thread you can ask any science-related question! Things like: "What would happen if...", "How will the future...", "If all the rules for 'X' were different...", "Why does my...". Asking Questions: Please post your question as a top-level response to this, and our team of panellists will be here to answer and discuss your questions. The other topic areas will appear in future Ask Anything Wednesdays, so if you have other questions not covered by this weeks theme please either hold on to it until those topics come around, or go and post over in our sister subreddit /r/AskScienceDiscussion , where every day is Ask Anything Wednesday! Off-theme questions in this post will be removed to try and keep the thread a manageable size for both our readers and panellists. Answering Questions: Please only answer a posted question if you are an expert in the field. The full guidelines for posting responses in AskScience can be found here. In short, this is a moderated subreddit, and responses which do not meet our quality guidelines will be removed. Remember, peer reviewed sources are always appreciated, and anecdotes are absolutely not appropriate. In general if your answer begins with 'I think', or 'I've heard', then it's not suitable for /r/AskScience. If you would like to become a member of the AskScience panel, please refer to the information provided here. Past AskAnythingWednesday posts can be found here. Ask away! [link] [comments] |
| What are the major outstanding hurdles of making an artificial human womb? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 07:09 PM PDT Are they largely technical, or more socio-political? [link] [comments] |
| Are there any habitable planets that are very big ( sun's size or bigger)? Posted: 16 Mar 2022 12:32 PM PDT |
| What kind of reaction occurs when alcohol touches an open cut? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 05:42 PM PDT |
| Does glass pollute, compared to plastics or metal? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 07:00 PM PDT I should perhaps have been more precise in my question. I'm trying to understand if replacing plastic (or metal or something else) with glass is a good thing environmentally. [link] [comments] |
| Did the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs have a name? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 08:47 PM PDT Everyone knows that the asteroid that took out the dinosaurs landed in Yucatan Mexico, and the crater is called the chicxulub crater, but did the meteorite itself have an actual name? [link] [comments] |
| How do we know for sure that irrational numbers/repeating decimals go on forever? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 04:42 PM PDT |
| Is genetic colorblindness due to a difference in the eyes or brain? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 05:42 PM PDT I've tried finding this out from Google to no avail. I know colorblindness can be acquired by either damage to the eyes or brain, but is genetic colorblindness due to differences in the eyes or brain? I know both are responsible for typical color perception. [link] [comments] |
| Could a Chinese Water Dragon and Bearded Dragon produce viable offspring? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 06:44 PM PDT I know they aren't in the same genus, but they're both in the family agamidae. Just got curious about this [link] [comments] |
| Have wages kept up with inflation over the last 50 or so years? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 06:43 PM PDT I read often on social media, especially Reddit, that wages haven't kept up with inflation, but that seems contrary to the data at a cursory glance: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/ Workers in 1964 made ~$20/hr in 2018 dollars, and workers in 2018 made ~$22.50 per hour. Does this accurately represent reality or has the way inflation is calculated not properly capture changing economic circumstances? EG, you can now buy a small black and white tv for super cheap. That doesn't really do much to improve your quality of life if you are struggling, but a worker's earning power technically increased vs someone in the 60's. [link] [comments] |
| Do the 5 senses all have a common ancestor or did every species evolve them on their own? Posted: 15 Mar 2022 01:42 PM PDT |
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