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June 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 1

1. what's the species here? it's White flowered shrub
2. Reptile Identification - NT Australia
3. Gabapentin
4. Effect of spin on bounce
5. Reptile Identification - Cameron's corner, Eastern(ish)/Central Australia
6. The element which can form the largest number of covalent bonds
7. physics - heat project topic
8. Colubrid snake acting a little rattlesnake-like
9. If one testicle is larger than the other,what should the effect on the body?
10. How far from Humans evolutionarily to *not* have just two chest nipples?

June 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 2

1. Why doesn't Wellbutrin and an SSRI used in combination result in similar to the triple reuptake inhibitor cocaine?
2. My tea rots
3. What force binds the cells in multicellular organisms together?
4. Midnight sun and bird activity
5. Air Conditioning and Global Warming
6. Explosive boiling of water in a cooking pan on a stove
7. Cats Shedding Oocyst
8. Steering of hot air balloon in horizontal plane
9. Biology
10. Photo of dead body

June 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 3

1. Is stereophonic sound really needed for future virtual reality technology?
2. Sun's curve
3. Particle decelerator, is it possible?
4. NICU
5. Personality trait
6. Why don't chocolate coated nuts have a flat spot?

June 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 4

1. Gravitational time dilation
2. Second reflection in mirror
3. Malignant lump
4. Ears, temperature, and balance
5. Dot markings on Torx screws
6. Sahara

June 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 5

1. Sodium in softened water
2. Spin in the classical context

June 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 6

1. What is a Quasi-satellite
2. Does time dilate in stationary light clock?
3. Effects of marijuana as a drink
4. Combined cycle plants
5. Mystery
6. What exactly do service dogs for diabetics detect?
7. Hail and windscreens
8. Geometric Optics (Refraction)
9. A problem of too much Lactic Acid exists?

June 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 7

1. Cell reproduction
2. sexual enjoyment
3. Light and Colour
4. Brown Pelican
5. Rain
6. Has anyone tried using webcams, or Skype or whatever, to allow pet parrots to communicate?

June 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 8

1. Is Gluten soluble"
2. Could there be slow moving neutrinos from somewhere else or from before the big bang?
3. Check the following Facts
4. rings of planets
5. How are those ricin letters suppose to work?
6. Baryon number and fine-tuning
7. Polydactyly
8. Good Earth
9. Cooking question
10. Slow motion cameras and Hawk-Eye
11. Odours

June 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 9

1. how the measurement in a dc potentiometer is being done??
2. Surveillance camera disruption
3. F1=ma=mg=F2 or a=g
4. What type of turtle
5. I broke my soldering gun
6. A special type of CRT?
7. what motor oil do i use for a 2001 bmw 740i with 159k miles in good condition? and other BMW questions

June 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 10

1. Can time really be depicted with space in continuum?
2. speed of aurora video
3. Birds as pest control
4. Greater blue-ringed octopus size
5. Why Dewar flask cannot be considered a truly isolated system?
6. Dopamine chemistry
7. Turtles
8. Does switching to a different diet require extra energy in humans?
9. Heat storage
10. Bufotenine - Medicinal Uses in China?
11. citronella oil
12. How spacecrafts estimate moon's and planet's internal structure

June 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 11

1. Does anyone provide solutions on solutions?
2. Is that cold or just the feeling of cold that brings thermogenesis ?
3. Ways to turn a hurricane?
4. Chemistry and relativistic effects
5. Dissociation and eutectics
6. Air oxidation of Ammonium iron(II) sulfate
7. Voltmeter and ammeter
8. Are vaccines homeopathic?

June 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 12

1. Mites and ticks
2. Sievert
3. Basic rocket anatomy
4. Main Battle Tank

June 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 13

1. Non-circular replacement body joints
2. Triple integral integration by parts
3. Naming an apple rust (fungus)
4. What's wrong with this one-pot synthesis?
5. Genetic contributions of parentals in haplodiploidy
6. What kind of microscope do oceanographers use?
7. Spa chemistry

June 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 14

1. Dense storage of positrons using superconducting coil?
2. Two different cicada species?
3. Who is right?

June 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 15

1. This element does not exist in our periodic table
2. Structural steel bolts
3. Cicadas in NJ?
4. Reverse osmosis
5. Celibacy vs. female sexual desire
6. Melting point of calcium acetate
7. Advantage of smoking when it comes down to getting the substance
8. Explosives from creosote

June 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 16

1. Conscious control of breathing
2. electron spin reversal
3. what makes earths seasons
4. Nosecones on airliners and fighter jets

June 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 17

1. NIR and static
2. Dinosaur's genders
3. Why do some algae make PUFA (poly unsaturated fatty acids)?
4. Race (biology)
5. Conservation of momentum in time dimension

June 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 18

1. Homozygote-to-heterozygote assortative mating
2. Audio Source Signatures and Transforming
3. my 2001 bmw 740i is rattling
4. Possible improvements in Wikipedia entry on Milankovitch Cycles
5. What's this turtle doing?
6. Can neutrinos undergo gravitational lensing?
7. Complex space & Quantum mechanics
8. Siphoning gasoline - which cars to choose?
9. Generic medications
10. Generating electricity by evaporating water
11. Merkel
12. Problems with the definition of the newton in relativity
13. % fat-free
14. Cleaning the shower stall.

June 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 19

1. The psychology of flirting between men and women
2. if a neutrino goes on a bullseye towards a nucleus will it usually pass right thru?
3. Searching for Jimmy Hoffa...
4. Trace element changing the properties of a whole substance
5. Actin Protein
6. Two related questions about lightning
7. Evolutionary advantage of food allergies
8. Neutron stars and black holes inside

June 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 20

1. Use of multiple transformers as a power bank
2. Radioactive decay energy distribution
3. Mailing list regarding Rodentia

June 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 21

1. How does a paper airplane fly in the space station?
2. clostridium
3. Melancholia
4. Speakers and headphone burn in
5. crystals and molecular bonds?
6. Exercise

June 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 22

1. Sound of Sound Waves Based off Certain Characterisitcs
2. Why humans have more distinctive physical features than most other species?
3. Headphone frequency range
4. Eigengrau for the ears?
5. Supersonic/Hypersonic Movement at Low Altitude
6. Chance of pregnancy per year vs age of parous and nulliparous premenopausal women

June 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 23

1. Are there any human societies that...
2. Why can we only eat living things (or things that use to be alive)?
3. Sex ratios
4. Trees in the Piazza della Scala
5. Seed preservation mechanism

June 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 24

1. Africa, Australia, South America, versus Eurasia and North America
2. What is this
3. Tetracoordinate B³⁺
4. Echinocactus grusonii frost tolerance
5. eggs

June 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 25

1. Health benefit of anthocyanin in Montmorency cherries?

June 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 26

1. Homemade explosives, part 2
2. What is the speed of sound in [http://phys.org/news183044315.html liquid diamond?]
3. Diplazium esculentum
4. How much should it cost to replace the propeller shaft in my 2001 BMW 740i?
5. Frame shifting indel mutation confusion.
6. Lobotomy

June 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 27

1. Tsunami physics
2. Plausibility of leaving message for police with bare finger?
3. Remarkable claim about handaxes
4. TREES & SOIL WATER
5. SOIL WATER
6. Human Subspecies
7. 100 ml rule
8. Why don't we have an Atomexpo page?
9. Quantum chaos
10. How scientist calculates how stars evolves
11. Evolution
12. Since we're talking about evolution...
13. Privately towing a car with the handbrake engaged
14. "Eryngium heterophyllum"

June 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 28

1. Gamma ray bursts and extraterrestial civilizations
2. STD
3. Neutrinos that go toward neutron stars
4. What is the name of this toy?
5. Effectivity of condoms and other anti-conceptives
6. The neuroscience of waking up
7. Wind direction and planetary rotation
8. Slugs?

June 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 29

1. Silly Middle-earth-related question
2. Mainstream concepts of human race
3. Fatty acids β-oxidation
4. Notable ancient person whose remains were found

June 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2013 June 30

1. Plankton
2. Can box turtles crawl in high grasses
3. eggs in the afternoon
4. Genes and race, what do they code for?
5. Something I was pondering