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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 1

1. Prove the Square-Cube Law
2. vegetable oil additive
3. Meta-Data question
4. River landscapes
5. Marlins Park
6. Using the night-time electricity system as a means of dealing with excess electricity generation due to renewables.
7. Analyzing data scientifically: Dealing with answers to determine preference between Coca-Cola or Pepsi, how many are gay or straight, or how many people took illegal drugs

January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 2

1. Same Path for the Small Intestines in (most) Humans?
2. Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501: passengers found strapped in
3. Do we have an article on medical cross-sections ?
4. Theroritically can EDTA administrated into the body?

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 3

1. Any one here proficient about Histamine & Appetite regulation?
2. why does listerine packaging say not to rinse mouth straight from bottle?
3. What is the way that EDTA prevents the clotting in the blood samples?
4. science(cooking,heating)

January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 4

1. Brain damage
2. Llamas or alpacas?
3. If I claim something has a 90% chance of happening the next day

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 6

1. Why no primates native to the US ?

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 7

1. Habitability of Alpha Centauri Bb
2. What happens when the helium balloon enters the atmosphere ?
3. Can I flatten a thick magnetic stripe card with a microwave?
4. What's an incident infection and what's a persistent infection>
5. If helium balloon goes on
6. the balloon into Pacific Ocean
7. Design code factor of safety in prestressed concrete design

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 8

1. Negative coefficient of friction
2. Snow Extrusion
3. Human only (or close) diseases.
4. Beaver poo
5. Are siblings the most genetically similar people to a person?

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 9

1. Trustworthy sources of Windows builds of open source software?
2. ";" issue
3. Damages caused by too much staring at a screen (be it TV, computer or smartphone)
4. What's the problem of putting metal objects into a microwave oven?

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 10

1. Butterfly Flight
2. Welch's
3. PG-1302-possibly a pair of black holes close to colliding
4. Chemicals used to enhance flavor in food?
5. Why does new york city have a continental climate?
6. does re-enamel toothpaste work?
7. Structural system
8. What distribution are the most common?
9. Edibility/healthfulness of shellfish parts

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 11

1. Can a goat really eat and digest a tin can?
2. Climate change vs. Global Warming
3. What is the reason that the saturation (oxygen) rises after smoking?
4. Attached with nails
5. Body weight and g-force tolerance
6. Reserves and ressources

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 12

1. Poly oxalate
2. different units used in blood pressure measurement
3. Why do electric guitars have tunable bridges but acoustic guitar fixed ones
4. TTL IC L293D
5. genetics
6. Effective Lifetime of Hydrogen Peroxide Solution
7. What are the most economical ways of removing or killing yeast on the surface of produce?

January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 13

1. Can dogs survive in the wild?
2. What is the difference between analgesic and sedation?
3. Professional laptops
4. Apollo mission photos left on the moon.
5. Images on Voyager Golden Record
6. Dumb questions? Science at school never explained certain stuff to me.
7. Is it safe to add lactobacillus acidophilus to gazpacho and would it prevent or slow fermentation?
8. How much Phytoestrogens, on average, we have on 100g of cooked soybeans?
9. Female ejaculate
10. How do household appliance water tanks work?
11. Lorentz Contraction at near light and faster than light speeds

January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 14

1. How sure is Moore's law?
2. Archeology of dwarf planets

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 15

1. astronaut pulled because of gravity
2. Antimatter
3. What was the best Comet McNaught & Lovejoy (2011) looked like naked eye from 40°N?
4. Magnitude of the vacuum energy density
5. How far away from a well-lit city can you see the bazillion stars in the night sky?

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 16

1. Bigger, better, faster, Moore?
2. should you mix water back into sour cream, or drain it?
3. Subterranean rivers
4. Raspberry Ketone B.Half life
5. Kg to lunar lb
6. What software would you use to model something spreading in water (river, lake, sea)?

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 17

1. Tail of comet Lovejoy
2. How farther apart in wavelengths do two lights have to be in order to appear like two distinct colors to the human eye?
3. Use of DNA in bodily substances to solve crimes
4. Skink ID
5. genetics (origin of somatic cell chromosomes)
6. How and from what are hormones in pills/medical treatment created?
7. Main Battle Tank
8. Mallard ducks in Britain
9. Road stabilisation
10. Heat effect on skin: study of blow drier users versus non-users

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 18

1. Science method: If you want to compare a stock picking algorithm, a stock broker or a fund to a random number generator
2. What are the most frequently written about species which don't have articles on Wikipedia?
3. head hair lightening of certain caucasian populations during summer
4. sane bounds on how much information the human brain can possibly store, and how much computational power it can possibly have
5. What is the mechanism of Morphine on the breathing?
6. Heat discolouration (?)
7. Heat transfer
8. Human evolution
9. Atmospheric pressure at the height of the ISS
10. measles

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 19

1. Handbooks vs. lectures
2. Personal research project: histories and uses of "Dwarf Saltwort" or "Small Cordgrass"
3. Spinning 'Rocket' ??
4. Anion deficient solution
5. Swallowing a long string
6. Brain neurons
7. Onions
8. Explaining methods
9. Concentrations of antibiotic in Indian rivers

January 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 20

1. After how many hours could you wipe off a butter knife and reuse it?
2. Species summary format
3. Dregs in Cherry Zero and Vodka
4. What kind of cat is this?
5. Compass poles reversed
6. Sagittal sutures and scaphocephaly
7. Scratching athlete's foot - better than sex?
8. Why is NASA hoarding the Dawn data on the Ceres mission?
9. Goddard's first rocket

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 21

1. Is Harvard into a bogus product or is this solid science?
2. IUCN Red List Status Code "CD"
3. Are trichophyton fungi a type of mold?

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 22

1. Reviving the Beagle
2. Electronic cigarettes and devices
3. Urinating while sitting vs. standing up
4. Slope or relief maps?
5. Minimum photons to see something

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 23

1. Gross hamster tumours
2. Is there any science source about the influence or damage of opiates on the kidney / liver when it's used for a long-term
3. What are the proximal organs?
4. Question about spaceships?
5. How did humans form a diet that relies heavily on the consumption of carbohydrates?
6. Is this a valid scientific method?
7. What can't be modeled in science with differential equations?
8. Ideas for Chemistry Paper Topic?

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 24

1. Vaccination
2. M1 Abrams
3. How much lead is dangerous?
4. Prestressed concrete transfer equation
5. Magnetic pick up for electric guitar
6. Factor of 2 in photosynthesis equation
7. If the birth rate is less than 2.0 birth/woman, is the population decreasing?

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 25

1. In which cases can we find infection or inflammation without Leukocytosis or non-normal CRP?
2. Removing instability in a linear system
3. How does the electric current of a Taser (or a similar electroshock weapon) spread?

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 26

1. What is the amount of gs in space???
2. Genetics of Labrador Retrievers
3. Coriolis force effect on a rifle bullet
4. Fly eggs everywhere?

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 27

1. What kind of bird?
2. LH & FSH produced by negative or positive feedback?
3. What is the antonym of "conspecific"?
4. Off Center Thrust in Spacecraft
5. S-IC S-II cutoff on Apollo 13

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 28

1. Does an undampened magnetic spring system ever stop?
2. Flower ID
3. Chirality
4. What causes electromagnetic induction?
5. How Strong is the Force Which Drives Hubble Flow?
6. List of psychological activity, paranormal or psychic phenomena:
7. Black Powder vs. Smokeless Powder
8. AEROANDTECH

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 29

1. What is the simplest fatty acid?
2. Body Odour
3. Name that med
4. Is formic acid a fatty acid?
5. IUCN Red List for plants
6. History of ocean going ships late 1800s - early 1900s

January 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 30

1. Snow by country
2. Ideal computation
3. Sublimation?

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 January 31

1. Fiber-spinning machine for carbon nanotubes
2. About Binding antibody
3. What is a good algebra textbook with lots of real-life examples?
4. Infertility and safe sex
5. Electrolyte problems and constipation
6. Idea of space elevator
7. Term for an F2-only heterozygous phenotype?