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How are species accurately identified?

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Expert opinion and answers to species identification questions. Why not?

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Tags for species and families of mammals familiar to humans

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What is the problem with breasts?

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Using google lens or an app for identification of species

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How to correctly format names of compounds?

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Add a tag for scientific names

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Information about coronaviruses (how to ask, and external resources)

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Does there exist a substantial guide for how to write questions on biology.SE?

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Bannering the main site for coronavirus

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Why is this question about terminology bad?

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is this question about epidemiology on-topic?

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Is Biology more like “expert answers to your questions” or more like “expert answers to your expert questions”?

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Why was it hidden / deleted?

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Reorganise/merge tags for coronavirus / COVID-19 / sars-cov-2 / others

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Are comments that partially answer the question discouraged?

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I erroneously raised a “Duplicate” flag on a post, but I can't retract the flag — is this a bug?

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Reminder: questions about biological mechanisms behind medical conditions are explicitly on topic here

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How exactly do respirators seal out pathogens?

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Should a question about human gene restoration be cut into several questions?

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Recent rejected edits - request for clarification

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2019: a year in moderation

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“support” tag on meta

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When a user knows several different answers to one question

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