I figured I'd want to ask fossil-related stuff, but I'm not sure if this would be within the purview of this SE site. Can I ask questions about, say, dinosaurs or pre-Holocene mammals?

There are already a couple of questions from non-professionals, like this question about action potental, for example. This question is likely to be closed soon, there are already some closing votes there. But shouldn't we also encourage non-professionals to participate and ask the questions the...

I know there is biostar, which is specific to bioinformatics questions. However, I feel that there are quite a few parts of bioinformatics that have a lot of biological relevance. Perhaps we should draw the line at programming related questions?

This is a reproduction of Scott Morrison's post on meta.tex.SE; I believe it is very much applicable to this community as well: I'm a moderator from MathOverflow, and this "question" is actually unsolicited advice, based on our experience from the initial launch of MathOverflow. We should en...

My question was flagged for closing for, in part, not having a definitive answer. While there may not be a single definitive answer, there certainly can be a best answer of multiple possible correct answers. How do we wish to handle questions like this? I have seen many many similar questions on...

As per title, I would like to hear your opinion on question that could be classified as part of the philosophy of science. I know that there is a Philosophy SE site, but I think it is important to define the limits, as some questions that will be asked may border between the two domains. I can ...

What is your level of education, and what field of biology do you know the most about?