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June 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 1

1. Is our sweat salt because we eat too much salt?
2. Meander vs the coastline paradox
3. Is this poodle-dog bush?
4. Forgot substance
5. Name of these aquatic plants
6. What is the Knoop hardness of sugar?
7. other than interferon and ribavirin, what other medicines are used to increase immune response
8. A puzzle of Stefano Ludovico Straneo
9. Bowel cleansing

June 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 2

1. "oxygen glass" string?
2. Orbital mechanics
3. this user enquires the specific process via which, viral hepatitis performs temporary relapses when the patient performs physical movement contrary to bed rest
4. Caterpillars on my gooseberry bush
5. Occupying Territories
6. What's the least radiation pressure detectable with no instruments or spaceflight?
7. Laser guns

June 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 3

1. Hole size vs cost
2. Blood tests
3. Oshchepkov's device
4. Does house current induce amnesia?
5. We need to talk about Kevin: physician holds the hand of a patient in the air

June 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 4

1. Concorde
2. Species identification (tree)
3. Hydrogen apocalypse
4. this user enquires the signs and symptoms of a serotonin-devoid nervous system

June 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 5

1. Appias albina and Appias albina semperi
2. Screw held under spring pressure
3. What turtle species?
4. Atomic numbers and solid state
5. A big ecosphere
6. Long term fallout effects of nuclear war
7. Micrandrena online species key
8. Wingless flies

June 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 6

1. brushed DC motor control
2. Falcon Rocket Guidance for landing
3. an organism feeding by rotten organic matter which their name suffix with "phagus"?

June 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 7

1. Logarithm of a dimensioned quantity
2. Rate of genetic similarities
3. Surnames dying out
4. What is the term for stoppage or accumulation of blood in the lower part of the body?
5. Wacom share holding stock

June 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 8

1. Minimum spring outer diameter for a given wire diameter
2. Question about sperm temperature
3. Baby spiders
4. How does capillary phenomena play a role in eye irrigation and nosebleeds?
5. Elements 119-120
6. Does human body have a surfactant in another place in the body except of in the lungs?

June 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 9

1. Is there a relation between capillary action and capillary blood vessels?
2. Corporate culture in emergency services
3. Measuring strike on ball. with simple devices
4. Scientific principles in engineering

June 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 10

1. What chewing gums supply urea for healthy teeth?
2. Civil engineering
3. Could people get good at sports betting, or is it always gambling?
4. Growing Bismuth crystals
5. Maltese pavements

June 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 11

1. Acid pump
2. Bubbles
3. Confusion about mumps and measles
4. International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), a credible journal?
5. "R^deloc" in a chemical formula
6. Checking Biophysics calculation of cardiogram
7. Claim that Pando (tree) is the oldest living organism

June 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 12

1. Biomedical engineering
2. Electromagnetism related elementary confusion
3. Can anyone identify this insect?
4. End of the World
5. maggot infestation
6. Signal delay from a transoceanic live broadcaster
7. Box turtle ID
8. Where can I find information about "the proteins in biological membranes and their role"?
9. Flywheel against perpetual motion machine
10. What is the meaning of "physical characteristics" in the following sentence?
11. Antiphotons
12. Calculating MBV - answer checking
13. What does the letter f/q in this formula stand for?

June 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 13

1. Are there any living things in 4+ homographic taxonomic categories?
2. this user enquires the harms that may occur from overconsumption of lemons
3. Main Battle Tanks
4. Brian spider
5. Determining month and/or day in GTA by day duration

June 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 14

1. Woodward effect/Mach effect
2. Clicker training yourself
3. Hydrogen Vs Earth
4. Minimum forward current for Infrared LED
5. Engineering - problem solving

June 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 15

1. How do I initiate a discussion on a paper I've written explaining mass inertia?
2. Organic chemistry
3. Adaptive value of mushroom toxins?
4. The Bourne identity
5. When do scientists predict we will have warp drive
6. Household wiring
7. Badgers and mushrooms

June 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 16

1. FTIR
2. difference between web(unfinished?) version and published book
3. Lizard ID

June 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 17

1. How reliable are those DNA for discovering your ancestry?
2. When is Time Travel paradoxical?
3. Dermatology: Robert-Unna syndrome, who is "Robert" from 1843 ?
4. Would an ecosystem of right handed living organisms be able to form a parallel ecosystem here on Earth?

June 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 18

1. What Species Does This Spider Belong To?
2. Plumbing
3. how to solve this plane
4. Ohio River tributaries: discharge at mouth
5. River icebreakers
6. Social skills

June 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 20

1. Objections to “The Butterfly Effect”
2. Pompeii sink faucet
3. Fauna with High body temperature
4. Chemical Splitting of Methane gas
5. Refractometry
6. Wheel bug nymph
7. 5 GHZ vs 2,4 GHZ wlan

June 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 21

1. When will a F-35 be fully ready? Why does the USS Gerald Ford take so long to deploy?
2. How to label a 0 distance in an engineer drawing
3. Voltaic Cell
4. Freezing water and oil
5. In the scientific name Sus scrofa L., what does the L. denote?

June 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 22

1. Refractometry, part 2
2. MOSFET driving several LEDs simultaneously
3. Intestinal gas exchange
4. Finasteride and fertility.
5. Seeing a rocket go up
6. Magnetic field influence in neutron
7. Which tetrapod group could evolve into a new class?

June 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 23

1. Naegleriasis cause of death
2. Slow-moving water
3. Big Rip, black holes
4. Fear of heights totally absent on a ship, why?

June 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 24

1. Drinking sub-zero alcohol
2. Number of leads for a segmented LCD display
3. Energy efficiency and speed of submarines and ships
4. Portion size of food and nutrients
5. Finding a cat in a big house

June 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 25

1. Having Only Bread and Water = Plugging Up Gastrointestinal Tract?
2. Main Battle Tanks -T-14 Armata
3. Primitive semi-radius tachyons
4. NEMO as an illness
5. Momentum conservation
6. selective amidation
7. GFCI mystery

June 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 26

1. Std transmission
2. 2016 HO3
3. If a person gets an orchiectomy & has an extra testicle (plus epididymis), then can this person's vas deferens re-canalize & attach to this extra testicle (or to this extra epididymis)?

June 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 27

1. N-channel MOSFETs vs P-channel MOSFETs
2. Visibility of a nebula from nearby
3. Are SpaceX's rocket and/or engine designs certified by licensed P.E.s?
4. The work a double A battery can do

June 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 28

1. Mechanism of desquamation
2. Law of Science or thaumaturgy
3. Human breathing in past geological periods
4. Leiobunum free online species key

June 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 29

1. telepathic technology
2. HT1621: seven segments LCD driver Power Consumption
3. Identify these mushrooms

June 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 June 30

1. Threaded joints
2. Food consumption