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PLOS Biology

Monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal

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Oct 12, 2025
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Is Hamas being funded and supported by Israel in any way?

Israel has not been shown to be a current, direct funder of Hamas, but a mix of historical policies, tactical toleration and occasional facilitation of third‑party aid created perceptions that Israel ...

Nov 13, 2025
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When was the first recorded self-described palestinian

The earliest documented self‑description of an Arab as “Palestinian” in the sources provided appears in 1898, when Khalīl (Khalil) Beidas (also spelled Baydas) used the Arabic term *Filasṭīnī* in a tr...

Nov 25, 2025
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How do major sexual health surveys define 'large' or 'very large' penis size (length and girth)?

Major sexual-health studies and systematic reviews generally define “very large” or “large” penises relative to population distributions rather than fixed cutoffs: most clinical papers report mean ere...

Jan 11, 2026

Israel should not exist as a country.

The question whether "Israel should not exist as a country" collides with competing legal, historical and moral claims: Israel is a recognized sovereign state with diplomatic and legal roots in twenti...

Jan 3, 2026

What serious adverse reactions have been reported with ivermectin use (e.g., neurotoxicity, liver injury)?

Serious adverse reactions reported with ivermectin include neurologic events (encephalopathy, confusion, coma), severe cutaneous reactions (Stevens–Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, DRESS)...

Jan 3, 2026

What acts of terrorism have Palestine action committed?

Palestine Action is a UK-based direct-action group whose members have repeatedly targeted property linked to Israeli arms company Elbit Systems and, in at least one high-profile incident, penetrated a...

Jan 1, 2026

How do rates of oral sexual behaviors (including swallowing) differ across countries and age cohorts in representative surveys?

Representative surveys show that oral sex (typically measured as ever giving or receiving fellatio or cunnilingus) is common in high‑income countries—with lifetime prevalence often above 75–80% in adu...

Dec 17, 2025

What caused H1N1 deaths in US

The 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic caused a pattern of deaths in the United States driven by the virus infecting lungs and triggering severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), seps...

Nov 25, 2025

do Israel and PLO work together to fight Hamas?

Available reporting shows Israel and the PLO/PALestinian Authority (PA)/Fatah are not formal partners with Hamas; instead, relations are adversarial and sometimes competitive, though there are periods...

Nov 22, 2025

Are there safer, evidence-based alternatives for cognitive enhancement?

There are safer, evidence-supported nonpharmacological options for cognitive enhancement—chiefly cognitive training, physical exercise, sleep improvement, and some neurotechnology approaches—while “pa...

Oct 9, 2025

What were the key events or figures that contributed to the widespread adoption of the term 'Palestinian' after 1948?

The claim that the term rests on competing threads: displacement and the Nakba accelerated a collective national label, while literature, art, and political mobilisation solidified it over subsequent ...