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June 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 1

1. Trayvon and DXM (dextromethorphan)
2. Why doesn't Canadian oil production match?
3. Oiling the hair
4. downcoast?
5. Identify Wall Lizard from the Azores

June 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 2

1. Single atom data storage
2. Signal velocity faster than light
3. What kind of matter is light?
4. Why the planets revolve around the stars?
5. Transit of Venus
6. Domestic Cats
7. Is this accurate about the speed of sound?
8. Converting amps to watts

June 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 3

1. Can birds see (bright) stars and planets during daytime?
2. Can inchworms walk backwards?
3. Question about the Shenzhou program
4. How did a blue whale evolved?
5. Iminosugars
6. Body weight reduction and Einstein

June 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 4

1. What is the word for different outcome probabilities?
2. Transit of Earth, as seen from Mars?
3. "Seed for one year, weed for seven"
4. Body Vs Face
5. Blood donation as a free medical test?
6. Geologist versus engineer
7. Why didn't anyone try to look for the transit of Venus in the pre-telescopic era?
8. Why didn't they just put a color filter on the eyepiece?
9. Peregrine Falcon G-forces
10. 1.15 AU to survive RGB tip

June 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 5

1. What is the difference between Julian and Georigian calendars?
2. Tubular lights for DIY lamp
3. Growing computer memory using bacteria - Why use gold?
4. Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids - Trans fats?
5. Transit of Venus-inspired question
6. Particle in a box
7. Why does a power station need cooling?

June 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 6

1. Uranus & references to its original name
2. Battery charging time
3. Source of uncertainty of the Earth's age ?
4. bond energy of ionic compounds
5. distribution of angular momentum
6. Awesome Science things in Europe?
7. Locating the South Pole
8. unidentified monocot in South Jersey

June 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 7

1. How do these points work on the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway?
2. chlorhexidine gluconate
3. Drug Delivery
4. Carpal tunnel syndrome
5. density
6. Acupuncture
7. Is this proof correct for the geometry file?
8. Is Skin Cancer More Prevalent Now Than in the Past?

June 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 8

1. who edit Wikipedia in a sensitive subject... who is right ??
2. Helium dihydride cation
3. Water on the line
4. What cause brownian movement?
5. Radiation
6. Rules of science
7. cephalosporin
8. Mercuroketones

June 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 9

1. "35dB-90dB[μV]" equal to 56 - 31000 mV ?
2. Why is the oldest person always 114 years old?
3. Baeyer's Reagent
4. Electronic eavesdropping
5. Crepuscular rays
6. How many times did sex evolve independently?
7. What is: "colonic sorting" in biology?
8. a simple table which sums up all types of reproduction?
9. I don't understand how to mount the camera on a barn door tracker
10. Jamming the GPS system on a global scale

June 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 10

1. Liquid air energy storage
2. Subjective experience and age
3. 2012 event
4. How would Uranus have been pronounced in the 1780s / 1790s
5. Old newtonian problem solved?
6. physics
7. Physics numerical
8. Shelled Pistachios lose their flavor?
9. Denver heart attacks
10. Exceeding the RDA of vitamins
11. is a twelve minute mile impressive
12. Does the Plastic to Oil Machine really work?
13. How can I remove moles on my face?
14. Photoelectric threshold frequency
15. Primary cortices of "other" senses?

June 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 11

1. testosterone
2. paranormal effects of Ghungroo anklet
3. Boiling point for Phosphorus
4. Acid (not the trippy kind)
5. Hi energy protons direct conversion into electricity?
6. air bag safety
7. How will Venus to survive tip of RGB

June 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 12

1. NASA Venus transit video artifacts
2. Petrol engine horsepower rating?
3. Motorcycle on an incline
4. Sleeping
5. Conker tree (Aesculus hippocastanum)
6. Uses of gravitational acceleration
7. Prediction reliability threshold
8. Closed bottle at "room" temperature equilibrium?
9. Surface Charges on an open circuit
10. Polarization?
11. "herpautochory" -- seed dispersal
12. Speed of Response of Interconnected Ganglia

June 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 13

1. What's in a Galileo thermometer?
2. non colinearity in solar cells or solar panels
3. Linearity of Lorentz Transformations
4. Extreme peaks in electricity demand
5. Soluble component of starch
6. Essjay - grandiose delusions?
7. Please identify the black spots on my garden furniture
8. where can I buy lecithin for home cooking and baking?
9. Stability of the Solar System

June 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 14

1. Mir Mine vs. Grand Canyon
2. Origin of atomic orbital codes
3. Sputum
4. X-ray lenses, will camera optics do?

June 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 15

1. Buoyancy and pressure
2. "clear" safety glasses
3. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
4. A theory about alternate timelines
5. Brownian motion of water molecule
6. Sidewalks that generate energy with our stepping?
7. Microbiological terms
8. Human facial hair growth stimulation

June 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 16

1. Canadian geese
2. Are plastic bag bans worth it?
3. Warmth from friendships
4. Weight training science
5. Why don't tightrope poles go much lower?
6. Chemistry in cooking and baking

June 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 17

1. Orgasms
2. Betadine and hydrogen peroxide
3. giraffes
4. lump
5. Goose imprinting

June 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 18

1. Rhenium
2. Bird song identification
3. Xenon diiodide and krypton dibromide
4. Clues to calculate sun's future
5. HV Electrical transformers - do they really need a hand to help them go bang?

June 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 19

1. Is there a medical term for the physical feature of a very "triangular" head?
2. I don't think I understand Modulation (music) , but I did have a question about it.
3. On propositional logic
4. Inventory of asteroid contents?
5. milk and aging?
6. illegal immigrants in the us
7. Paramagnetism
8. NO and BN2-
9. Radium
10. AIR BUS A380
11. Shower Cream
12. Thermodynamics
13. Inventory of asteroid contents per body?
14. Why would Body surface area be the perfect measure for medication dosages?
15. Diamagnetism

June 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 20

1. Weird brown egg
2. Do fish have tongues ?
3. Are plastic houses doable?
4. Smokeless powder compared to bullets

June 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 21

1. Boiling hotter, boiling faster?
2. Using genetics to determine the potential for undiscovered species
3. Solar Energy and Its Production
4. What is RNA ‘Ribonucleic acid’ and what is DNA 'Deoxyribonucleic Acid'
5. Cells~~(*for cells questions)
6. after classifying plants
7. TV with a particular type of EPG
8. how much friction does water flowing through a (decent-sized) pipe undergo? if the pipe is long enough, would it not flow out, even vertically?
9. Science of weight loss and fitness
10. gauss and gauss meters
11. What feels like a throat but isnt'?
12. Robots
13. Refractive index
14. Creep (deformation)
15. Why exactly does water stop bullets?

June 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 22

1. Photosynthesis, CO2, etc.
2. Deflecting a lead bullet with a magnetic field
3. Why are mammals smarter than other animals?
4. Clindamycin
5. Explosive question
6. Nuclear fusion in black holes
7. I want to import chemical feedstocks from Chinese suppliers at alibaba.com
8. why don't swampies use non-exchanging heat exchange with air?
9. Why do Neon lamps burn out?
10. Skin color and temperature
11. Sun's magnetic field doubled?

June 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 23

1. Dissolving sulfur
2. Entomologist named "Nonfried" (fl. 1893-1900)
3. Status of a request for a qualified expert to create a Wikipedia article on the concept of "new water".
4. Would it be possible to dream with one eye open?
5. If there are no pain receptors in the central nervous system, why do headaches hurt?
6. Pre-amp for oscilloscope?

June 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 24

1. yoga asanas as therapy for herniated disc
2. Papaver somniferum
3. Trying to make equivalent colors match equivalent return rates
4. 100-year floods

June 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 25

1. Help needed to identify tiger breed
2. Big Bang (not TV show) kickoff
3. Do choanoflagellates have distinct personalities?
4. Any updates on Lake Vostok search for life?
5. Plant identification requested
6. Is it theoretically possible to make an artificial sweetener that tastes exactly like sugar?
7. water cooled centrifugal chiller delta pressure across dooler/condenser
8. HEMOLYSIS IN BLOOD SPECIMEN
9. Telescopes one and two - new or used? what resolution?
10. Hard contact lenses vs soft lenses
11. How to improve chandelier efficiency ?

June 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 26

1. Sucking on a button to combat dehydration?
2. Discovery of Uranium in Russia
3. Medical treatments for "Exhaustion"
4. What are galaxies made of?
5. Why does new year start from Jan 1? Why not synchronize it to vernal equinox or winter solstice?
6. Is it possible to make a sneaker that makes you run faster?
7. Rectal Swab vs Stool Test
8. Sodium fuel

June 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 27

1. Why do dolphins kill sharks?
2. Which model of Citroën DS?
3. BSP WASHER SIZES
4. Friction

June 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 28

1. skin flora
2. trees of interest
3. Sorbothane
4. Effect of over speed test on large steam turbine (>600mw) last stage lp blades->900 mm length
5. Climate change evolution
6. Resistivity of plastic cover to heat in presence of water
7. Where was the first ever plastic bag ban implemented?
8. 12th Century people in 21st Century times
9. Evolution
10. Cost of interstellar colonization

June 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 29

1. Rat poison
2. iodine reacting with titanium
3. Glucosamine and tendonitis

June 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2012 June 30

1. given that gold foil averages 2 atoms thick...
2. science
3. What is this machine
4. How to fix scrolling/tiling interference