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- REFUTEDIs it true that Gothic historical phonology includes instances of historical umlaut?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Personal identity persists through periods of unconsciousness such as dreamless sleep?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Action-reaction force pairs always belong to the same fundamental type of force?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Homosexual behavior has a measurable genetic and heritable component.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Indian accounts of the Battle of the Hydaspes River exist?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Born repulsion between ions in the gas phase is explained by overlapping electron clouds?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The acid component in DNA and RNA is the phosphoric acid group?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Market failure occurs in the presence of externalities and public goods?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Black spotting on the lungs is a sign of pathology rather than a benign variant?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Calcium carbide artificially ripens fruits by generating acetylene gas?
- REFUTEDIs it true that RJ Mitte uses crutches in daily life?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The acoustic frequencies of fingernails on a chalkboard activate specific aversiveness pathways in the human brain?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Increasing CO2 concentration decreases the pH of the ocean?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Fossil KNM-ER 1470 proves that radiometric dating methods are inaccurate.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Examinations existed in medieval universities?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The primary carbon in a benzene derivative has a specific nomenclature?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Antibiotics do not affect eukaryotic mitochondria due to evolutionary differences in ribosome structure?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Surface life on Earth could not survive without the Sun as a primary energy source.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Consuming a cold drink followed by hot soup is unhealthy?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The speech-to-song illusion defines song perception through repetition-induced auditory reorganization.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The trifluoromethyl free radical adopts a pyramidal geometry with sp3-like hybridization?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Crystallographic Information Files can be expanded using automated structure refinement software.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Barrier methods and prophylactic medications prevent sexually transmitted infections.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that A secret recording exists of the American founding fathers' deliberations?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The largest internal waves observed in the ocean reach amplitudes of several hundred meters?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Grignard reagents add to carbonyl groups via a cyclic concerted transition state mechanism?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Formal definitions can be evaluated as true or false based on adequacy and extension.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Astronauts manage dental emergencies in space using temporary filling materials and analgesics.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Metal melting points are determined by the strength of metallic bonding?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that The MESSENGER spacecraft underwent orbital decay caused by planned impact with the surface of Mercury.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that High statistical power in psychophysics allows for small sample sizes?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Fibromyalgia symptoms are mediated by neuroplasticity?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Carl Jung's concept of synchronicity is a scientifically testable theory?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that People can permanently memorize incorrect mathematical facts?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that An unguided spacecraft missing the Moon enters a heliocentric orbit.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Atomic size is the primary cause of octet expansion?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Lactose can enter the cell in the absence of lactose permease.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Computational models can simulate biochemical physiological mechanisms in affective neuroscience.?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that The imaginary component of electrical impedance represents energy storage in reactive components.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Humans are capable of generating genuinely random numbers without external aid.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Historical Scandinavian cultures practiced Viking funeral pyres and ship burials?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Chronic high uric acid levels in gout cause the patella bone to thin progressively?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Cross-linguistically evidentiality is analyzed by some as a subcategory of modality and by others as aspect.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Numerous medicines and medical technologies have been developed as spinoffs from the space program?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Moral thought can be empirically and analytically evaluated for normative validity.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The highest language density on Earth is found in New Guinea.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Stock prices exhibit autocorrelation?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Band theory accurately explains metallic bonding in beryllium?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Mathematics was taught distinctly in Italy and Germany during the fifteenth century?
- CONTESTEDIs it true that Research papers have a public domain expiration date?
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