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May 1 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 1

  1. Persistent odor
  2. Sleeping in a chair
  3. Lens-less imaging
  4. Titration curve: part 2
  5. Dry nose when sleeping upright
  6. name of shooting device
  7. Physics
  8. Excitation of an atom
  9. Measuring general radio/tv/phone wave strength
  10. Boiling
  11. Question - Helium Canister
  12. Sky
  13. Modern crystal radio
  14. Why do we forget our dreams?
  15. Football
  16. Coiling microphone cable during use.

May 2 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 2

  1. Moth Help
  2. Re-engineering the universe for increasing computational capacity
  3. Aztec knives
  4. Another spider question
  5. Burning fat without burning muscle
  6. Take your finger out of my butt, please...
  7. soy
  8. Deepest part of ocean
  9. Activating the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer
  10. Bacon curling
  11. Electron excitation - discrete?
  12. hot water
  13. Infrared rainbow

May 3 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 3

  1. Plutonium
  2. Voice
  3. River Geometry
  4. space-time continuum
  5. Isopropanol, Peroxides can Result in Explosion & Injury?
  6. Before big bang
  7. Human centipede - possible in real life?
  8. "Man-made global warming can cause volcanoes"
  9. Internal and external cell conditions - source?
  10. Supporting ladder on stairs - sideways
  11. Moment of Inertia
  12. Alcohol for stage fright
  13. construction, coal
  14. how much is $280,000 per year (inflation-adjusted) for 40 years worth today?
  15. Nothing

May 4 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 4

  1. learning skills
  2. Molar mass of Aluminium
  3. dumbest idea in the world
  4. refrigerating foods
  5. Air navigation
  6. shadows, mirror images?
  7. FORTRAN Programming (Lahey Compiler)
  8. is it HF that kills? or F-?
  9. Are Kepler's laws rigth?
  10. Coefficient of drag at hypersonic speeds
  11. Newton's cradle question
  12. Curvy tunnel
  13. Gloria Allred
  14. substitute for peanut butter
  15. Meteorological deposition of carbon dioxide snow or frost
  16. Chemical element lists
  17. PhD programs and mental health
  18. HTPB
  19. Gravity
  20. "Can't Burn Your Skin"
  21. Digestive Cycles
  22. Humans eating pet food
  23. Record Maximum

May 5 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 5

  1. Fucking Magnets!
  2. Gulf war oil spill
  3. Medical question
  4. Silver mineral
  5. What is the current state of Computer text to speech compare to human readers?
  6. :File:Sirius A and B Hubble photo.jpg
  7. Using TNT or dynamite instead of smokeless powder in guns
  8. Proximity of brain structures?
  9. Sleep before Exams
  10. Plastics & half-life periods
  11. Right-hand writing & Left-leg tumbling
  12. Can light be heard?
  13. Chromate Reactions
  14. Collagen-proline-triple helix
  15. Space random movements vs planets
  16. Grass cuttings
  17. Copper oxidation
  18. Chromate reduction
  19. endodermal cell solution
  20. heat capacity units and calculation
  21. Electric spacecraft drives

May 6 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 6

  1. epson salts
  2. Curvature of the earth
  3. can Blue cheese produce penicillin?
  4. inverse square law and electromagnetic force
  5. Who's on first? ("Extraterrestrial life(forms)") (done)
  6. Mathematics of Kepler's laws
  7. living species which appear to have stopped evolving
  8. Chemical explosive rail-gun-better than electric?
  9. Electrolysis of CuSO4
  10. Planets in Universe
  11. Do airlines use ground length measurements for their mile programs, or air length?
  12. Snow accumulating in above-freezing temperatures?
  13. metal differentiation
  14. Cold, flu, etc season/s
  15. Night Vision
  16. Longevity of a species
  17. classification characteristics
  18. How many humans a asteroid would be able to have?
  19. dinosaur o2 requirements versus mammals and others

May 7 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 7

  1. humanure
  2. Don't hold your breath
  3. What's a tumor like?
  4. Reverse dial gauge/indicator alignment
  5. archae biotech
  6. How many slots on GEO are available for communication satellites?
  7. Stars
  8. Nitrogen in tyres
  9. space objects on earth
  10. Space materials-luminosity
  11. Light & escape velocity
  12. minimum oxygen requirements and carbon dioxide toxicity
  13. wear earplugs 24 hours?
  14. Hurricane gustav
  15. Lung capacity vs. holding my breath
  16. I want to destroy a culture...
  17. Invasive surgery on small animals
  18. Shell Oil Company
  19. Reaction of metal hydrides from nickel-metal hydride cell

May 8 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 8

  1. Reaction of chromates with acid
  2. Is it possible to shoot a bear in the head?
  3. Conventional Explosive v/s Plastic explosives
  4. irradiating an egg
  5. Insoluble chromate
  6. Chromium and acid
  7. is it possible to have a defective sense of rhythm?
  8. gas vent
  9. Yellowjackets
  10. did people really have to stay quiet on submarines?
  11. Bird/crocodile grouping

May 9 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 9

  1. Neanderthal genes in modern humans
  2. Paintballing science
  3. Angular momentum transform
  4. Boiling and vapor
  5. Plastic&Electric kettles
  6. Moon distance
  7. river discharge
  8. National Security Guards or Special Air Service
  9. Is there much Greek blood in southern Italians?
  10. travel speed in space
  11. What does crab use to dig a hole ?
  12. Invention of high blood pressure medication
  13. Using oil from an oil spill
  14. Why don't our severed limbs/appendages just grow back?
  15. Are vacuums in Europe more powerful than in North America?
  16. Soot
  17. How do wheels on a cannon affect the force on the cannon ball?
  18. Pitot tube pressure/height

May 10 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 10

  1. rate for humans
  2. Mystery Plant
  3. russia
  4. Where can I find paid gigs to be a guinea pig for a medical experiment within 150 miles of Manhattan, KS? (With room & board included?)
  5. Flexing axe heads
  6. Calculating the velocity of a cannon ball and cannon
  7. Solubility of nickel chromate
  8. I'm searching for the name of a possible "fallacy"
  9. Physical fitness, health, and running
  10. methane hydrate ignition
  11. Evian bottle ring
  12. Can Crusher
  13. Do wormholes violate the 2nd 1st law of thermodynamics?

May 11 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 11

  1. Minimum energy for brute force attack
  2. Help required with this code
  3. Lasso Physics
  4. Can a continent be subducted?
  5. I, Ant
  6. Fox's diet
  7. Pitta bread and heat
  8. Giant King Grass
  9. PoCl2 oxidation
  10. Name of plant, please
  11. Fissile elements used nuclear reactors
  12. Chalcogenide reduction potential
  13. Identify drill bits
  14. Psychological term for the "deification" recently deceased people get?
  15. Common magnets

May 12 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 12

  1. Nernst equation for reaction 2A+ + B ----> B2+ + A2
  2. Controlled criticality accident?
  3. Bomb bays
  4. External weapons
  5. Vulcans, Romulans and Remans
  6. Jumping
  7. Experiments in making LCDs
  8. colorblind cuttlefish and camouflage
  9. survival instinct
  10. Evolution
  11. Nose hair
  12. Volume of air in lungs
  13. Dark energy & dark matter
  14. Is dark matter out there or in here?

May 13 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 13

  1. Superconductors
  2. Genetic predisposition to food types
  3. Using heat pumps instead of cooling towers
  4. Geographic center of USA
  5. Computer PSU
  6. dandelions
  7. AGE
  8. Advanced Human
  9. decision and truth tables
  10. Electromagnentic Flow Meter
  11. medical marijuana
  12. Nobel prize

May 14 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 14

  1. Graupel... but not?
  2. translate
  3. geographic centers of population
  4. Fuel question
  5. Spontaneous Generation
  6. new elements
  7. ant
  8. re:donkeys
  9. Medical Breakthroughs
  10. acetic acid

May 15 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 15

  1. Magnetic powder
  2. which would be worse
  3. Swima bombiviridis - article in Science
  4. Nazi decompression experiments
  5. Coat colour of wild mice
  6. Trigger point article needs help.
  7. Thermal Wallpaper
  8. solid friction factor in pneumatic conveying
  9. bulk density vs product density
  10. Doing exercises - general question
  11. mind control
  12. do people in different inertial frames agree what time it is?
  13. Swan mom throws away eggs
  14. snakes and lizard
  15. lyphoma
  16. is it possible for people in different inertial frames to see events in a different order?
  17. Besian Idrizaj - how can a physically fit young footballer just die of a heart attack at age 22?
  18. Hiccups

May 16 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 16

  1. London Blitz
  2. Neutralization of Ingested Acids
  3. Loons in Colorado? What bird is this?
  4. Hurricanes crossing the equator
  5. medical malpractice
  6. 'Banana' Snake
  7. Banana Snake extra answer!!!
  8. Onion Bully
  9. Exposure to Pornography
  10. NG photo question

May 17 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 17

  1. Tomato and Corn
  2. Caesar's last breath
  3. Efficiency of digestion
  4. Saltation velocity - appropriate factor of safety
  5. Overclocking
  6. amtrak "service disruption"
  7. Is the selfish gene shortsighted?
  8. Storage of vitamin D
  9. Doctors who do nearly everything when caring for patients
  10. Sex on high peaks
  11. Stella Wobble
  12. Purity of USP and food-grade glycerin

May 18 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 18

  1. CO2
  2. percent of atmosphere
  3. Best extrasolar planet candidates for habitable moons based only on irradiance?
  4. annealing aluminium from H-18 to H-O
  5. Type of intermodal container
  6. length of menstruation
  7. physics
  8. Alkali acids
  9. Square wheels
  10. Planetary rings
  11. Dark Chocolate icing
  12. Aether vs. Quintessence
  13. Native American Cradle Board and Infant Behavior Differences
  14. Right angles
  15. Fear of the dark
  16. Reduction of alkali metals
  17. algae or other plants

May 19 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 19

  1. Nitroglycerin final ph
  2. Aircraft repairs
  3. soap labels
  4. Lung cancer tumor eroding bone in rib
  5. safety of tinned food
  6. Can coyotes co-exist with elk for any duration of time, without attacks?
  7. Turning off car
  8. Nuclear fuel
  9. Reverse of hydraulic diameter?
  10. engineering
  11. moist towelettes
  12. Beans growing on Crete
  13. Still used, rusty aquaduct pipe lying in creek
  14. Botfly
  15. Evolution of movable eyeball
  16. Trichlor illegal?
  17. Atomic mass unit

May 20 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 20

  1. Reservoirs for pumped storage hydroelectricity?
  2. Deepest manmade pool
  3. What does "Da" mean?
  4. Spinning Tesla egg and stability
  5. Pressure drop in branched pipe flow
  6. Ants
  7. NaI (Tl) temperature effect
  8. Karma
  9. Defocus calculation
  10. particle board desk.
  11. What's the deal with ants and icing sugar?
  12. Blood work accuracy
  13. Breathing in Helium
  14. Natural undersea oil spills
  15. newtonian fluids
  16. Biomedical control systems
  17. Publishing scientific literature.

May 21 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 21

  1. Absorbent glass mat (AGM)
  2. Photon clocks in GR
  3. Wind Turbine and surface drag
  4. What is this weird creature?
  5. Bovine Tubersulosis versus the Human Form.
  6. 0t,1t 2t bend test / galvanized/colour coated coils
  7. Oil spill - quick drying cement?
  8. Field Strength of LHC Magnets
  9. Iron in high oxidation state
  10. Pushing or pulling Asteroids
  11. Car Mechanics...... power steering

May 22 edit

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 22

  1. If Earth was great big ball of magnetism
  2. rust forceps
  3. Weather recce
  4. Can the acoustic guitar hurt your hearing?
  5. Too fast to be an Iridium flare... so what was it?
  6. How many carbon black add in polypropelene polymers from protection SUN LIGHT
  7. Iodine oxidation
  8. Wembley Stadium grass - too dark?
  9. dimple above penis
  10. The origin of life!!!!!!
  11. Germ cell tumor
  12. planets coming in align
  13. Solid phase extraction and Chromatography
  14. updates based on scientific fact
  15. magnetism versus temperature
  16. Niel ?
  17. What metals were thrown out by the icelandic volcano?
  18. Is there any animal that can 'emit' fire?
  19. Black hole paradox

May 23 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 23

  1. Spider behaviour
  2. Aircraft repairs, part 2
  3. Stable ranges for Albedo and Emissivity of Earth
  4. Pineal gland
  5. Intramuscular fat
  6. CO2 and infrared radiation
  7. Sneezing during examinations
  8. Why does sugar make things less sour?
  9. Has anyone seen Neptune with the naked eye?
  10. No fish
  11. Bird call
  12. Dragons
  13. over eating
  14. help pLz drugs used in managment of infusion
  15. Tiny bullet-shaped dog

May 24 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 24

  1. OIL SPILLS
  2. acetone
  3. Crystal Violet
  4. center of mass
  5. aching muscles = laughing reflex?
  6. Sodium hypochlorite and Sodium acetate
  7. Special Relativity
  8. What is the point of a lawn?
  9. Old Testament
  10. TDS

May 25 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 25

  1. Consider a satellite moving at 3.87 km/s - how much is the clock aboard the satellite affected by special relativity per day?
  2. Global Average Annual Temperature limits
  3. Brewing yeast and fructose
  4. Cats and newborn/infant humans
  5. Future computer (from IP 117.197.246.107)
  6. Tyvek and Nylon
  7. list
  8. The relationship between the passage of time for a stationary object and the passage of time for a moving object
  9. Artificial microbes to help terraform Mars
  10. Effective Max speed of the international space station during interplanetary travel.
  11. Moon
  12. Pendulum question
  13. perkinson's disease
  14. How to tell if plastic is degradable
  15. reducing MAC layer handoff latency
  16. Cats - gender and coat colour

May 26 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 26

  1. What's wrong in this picture?
  2. types of life
  3. What animals can use the widest range of useful light strengths?
  4. Uses of Stars
  5. Residual stresses in the coatings given on insetrs
  6. Is blood group a factor in organ transplantation ?
  7. buying lemon juice
  8. how stationary is geostationary?
  9. Sagrada Familia (Barcelona)
  10. four classes of consumables
  11. science
  12. Astronomical query
  13. sticker
  14. Organ donor death statistics
  15. Soccer matches often played under heavy rain
  16. Gamma Globulin/Is it available to the general public by prescription?
  17. Gamma Globulin - used to treat Crohn's Disease
  18. Touching car batteries
  19. Question about closed orbits
  20. Gravity express

May 27 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 27

  1. Cheetah speed
  2. Two methods, two solutions
  3. Shaker
  4. reproduction in plants
  5. terminology for the concept of group immortality
  6. Synthetic life: human health-care implications?
  7. Selenic acid
  8. speeding
  9. Applied Logic - What is this?
  10. Aircraft HVAC
  11. Gregory-Madhava Series
  12. Fungus
  13. smoke
  14. Lead dissolution
  15. Sodium amalgam
  16. Crocodile Poo

May 28 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 28

  1. Satellites and relativity
  2. dam people
  3. How do Astronauts performing spacewalks deal with an itch?
  4. detergent
  5. Orbital stability
  6. Spoke and Hub
  7. chemistry lesson plan for teachers
  8. Help With
  9. Quote
  10. Evolution
  11. Training your body to not be lactose intolerant
  12. Syrup
  13. Decipher Karl Marx's handwriting?
  14. Probiotics
  15. Anthropology/ early hominids
  16. Unpleasant materials
  17. Experimental design
  18. "Dichroic liquids" / dyes
  19. 2 gallons

May 29 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 29

  1. Sun Distance
  2. Maximum/Minimum Irradiance for "Human habitable" planet temperatures?
  3. Mercury battery illegal?
  4. Does Dracula exists?
  5. oral rehydration solution (ORS)
  6. Crystal meth & the addicts body
  7. Salty Q

May 30 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 30

  1. Ammonium hydroxide and sodium hypochlorite
  2. What complications may arise if Athlete's foot gets left untreated?
  3. Birth Defects
  4. Luna Moth
  5. Drew Brees Sports Science
  6. vents
  7. container ship
  8. Meditation and sleep
  9. Ecological implications of eradicating malaria-carrying mosquitoes
  10. Setting up a fishtank
  11. Controlled burns on oil and hurricanes
  12. new LED lightbulbs
  13. Lawn Mowers
  14. Time reversibility

May 31 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010 May 31

  1. bile production
  2. Deepwater Horizon oil slick - why not burn it off?
  3. Living in an Attic
  4. Age of the universe
  5. Gravity of distant objects
  6. Ground attack version of Fw 190
  7. Chemical reaction within a thin film of a chemical solution
  8. Electromagnetic wave trapped energy
  9. computer and manual hospital procedures
  10. Things to eat in a prehistoric environment.
  11. Light speed
  12. Pressure and velocity measurement
  13. Back hole
  14. 4-colour TVs
  15. Question about the standard value of "g"?
  16. snakes
  17. Windmills/Futurama
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