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December 1
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- Magic bread or...?
- How should "望闻问切" in Traditional Chinese medicine be translated into English?
- Why in some countries, HIVHepatitis C tests are after 2 months and in others 3 months (of suspicious contact) ?
December 2
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- Garlic supplements
- I want to know some intersest things about how metal found
- Photobiolysis
- what does burn in nature
- what do you thinking about this questions?
- difference between theory and law
- Looking for research on Tetrahydrocannabinoids (THC) use as appetite simulant in cats diagnosed with CHF vs: azotemia (cardiac vs: kidney) problems - common in some cats.
- Synchronous belt as serpentine belts
- Fungus ID
- Battery and voltage
- what are the specific enthalpies of fusion of the chocolate phase transition temperatures?
- The birds and the bees
- Placebo overdose
December 3
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- Chromosomes Question
- Are there any blood vessels in the skin? (Skin = Epi, Dermis, Hypo)
- Bicameralism (psychology)
- Binary Black Holes
- Origin of Intelligence and Mental Illness Linked to Ancient Genetic Accident
- relationship between conductivity and mean free path
- Thermodynamics of a microwave
- Watertight compartments
- Neutron decay and atomic weapons
- Why issue placebos to control groups for objective treatments?
- Global warming
- Travelling to star
- Mars Curiosity findings
December 4
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- How long do water molecules last (live?)
- centripetal acceleration and linear acceleration, assuming "constant effort"
- Mauser 98
- what's the differences between forged steel and wrought steel?
- TEXTABLE LANDLINE TELEPHONES! - Where can I buy one?
- House wall mold sensor?
- Neurasthenia
December 5
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- Subjective time
- Buttons
- Light traveling to a star
- Variable displacement with open exhaust valves
- Antidepressants
- why is it that advantageous for RBCs not to have nuclei?
- Phylogeny
December 6
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- heavy cream in a blender
- how can waterproof camera lenses work both underwater and above water?
- Which substance in urine smells like wheat?
- kitchen water vs. bathroom water from the tap
- take of and landing on moon or planets
- plant morphology
- showing who is online.
- Pocket self-contained "GPS"
- Jump Starting a Car
- Accessing the journal Science from home via institution
- power with a highly damped, frictionful system
- Purpose of flat tunnel roof
- Africans and headlice
December 7
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- Why aren't all houses made of brick?
- Venus in a small telescope
- Speed of light, etc.
- How much, or, In what ways, except from hormonal action, does Aging related to the Nervous system in compare to Genetic contorl?
- About not eating for 4 days straight, and subsisting only on fluids...
- Lung shot
- Are German Turks darker than normal Turks?
- In what ways, except from hormonal action, does Aging related to the Nervous system in compare to Genetic contorl?
- Nullification of time dilation effects via deceleration?
- What was the format of a single sample of audio recorded on a cassette tape?
December 8
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- The Hoverboard in just roughly 2 years, 1 month - how will Mattel prepare?
- Computer Scientists and Ayn Rand
- Syria
- I blame Luna for low Helium-3 ratios
- Request for bug identification
- Drugs not working the first time
- Sweat drops and electric resistance
- head shave vs bald
December 9
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- Is the refrigeration technique advanced enough to preserve ice in July in Hittin during the 12th century?
- Subconscious phrases in mind
- Humidifiers and temperature
- entropy in information science and thermodynamics
- Chloromethane on mars
December 10
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- Does Quantum entanglement apply to the entire visible universe?
- Lack of carb in meat
- Curie temperature of welding steel
- When toilets flush
- Why is solid carbon at room temperature much denser than minus 300 degree oxygen solid?
- AIDS
- Dilated eyes
- Spontaneous generation vs. abiogenesis
- Transportation gunpowder ingredients world war I era
- Gays and noses
- Leaving the Solar System
December 11
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- Medical degrees
- Rocks
- Flow rate
- how much power does humanity consume with respect to the amount of solar power it receives?
- Astronaut Lifestyle
December 12
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- how did the discoverer of prussic acid / hydrogen cyanide not get like majorly killed or hurt
- pKa of hydrogen
- in what types of cells, except Haploid reproduction cells, does meiosis occur?
- Not quite night terrors
- Question regarding the orbital period of the Earth around the Sun
- Blue sky?
- Burning oil at low rate using catalyst for "greenhouse".
- Candle and Carbon Monoxide
- Critical Illness cover
- word for a type of visual disturbance
- wrist-mounted mini rocket launcher?
December 13
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- Gold complex solubility
- Animal extract for industrial use as an emulsifying agent (cattle semen & neem oil)
- Oxygen deficiency
- Best Alternative of Nose Surgery?
- Cerebellum Palsy Spastic
- Why are Antioxidants believed to be fat burners?
- Takeoff distance for Gulfstream G550
- Leaving the Solar System, Part 2
- Jeffersonian curved brick walls
- Is Unha a ballistic missile?
- Amount of friction depends on direction, about hair
- Opposite of Liebenberg syndrome?
- Peer review and research merit
- Pipeclay triangle
December 14
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- Does the electrical conductivity of graphite increase as temperature increases(for some lower temperature)?
- Bloating or concussion?
- Are there any non-sterile hybrids?
- Alexander Siddigs eye color
- Quantum theory, constructivism, and postmodernism
- Proof of life on other planets
December 15
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- Volitional Consciousness
- promising technologies in natural resource management
- CNS vs PNS
- Can you blame someone for appearing to be lazy?
- Aura (paranormal)
- Absent spiders
- Relativity
December 16
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- Restoring a faded receipt
- Microfibre 8 848 metres long weights 0.4 grams?
- (xkcd) why is text in the mirror backward, but not upside-down? what's so special about the horizontal axis?
- Evolutionary fate of siblicide
December 17
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- Doppler Phase and Frequency shift
- Electromagnetic waves and bathroom tiles
- "As irregular as the light curve of Alpha Ceti"
December 18
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- Lithium-ion cell phone battery
- Time travel paradox name?
- Are there any transparent Non-Newtonian fluids?
- I want to learn how bad the optics of a -13.50 polycarbonate lens are. How can I?
- How long would the sun last if a small black hole was placed inside it?
December 19
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- Apparent position of sun
- Furthest object not moving away from us
- Relation between mass -radius -density of star
- Cold concentrating sulfuric acid
- Pigment of my imagination
- promising technologies in natural resource management
- map of the universe
- Perpendicular force
- gardening
- Hardy viruses
- Mains electricity by country: why the differences?
December 20
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December 21
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- Ozone resupply
- Eight compartments in the rectus abdominis - which comprise the six pack?
- Wireless energy and magnetic field
- Could the hand have a more ideal anatomy?
- If we started all over again, and ignoring that humans like to use the number of fingers they have, which number base is best to use?
December 22
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- Generating electricity from a hypothetical magnetic monopole
- Dry ice fog
- charcoal and salt related to earthing
- Scratching a cat's spine
- Perceiving numbers
- pipes history
- Invariant mass
December 23
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- Columbia River Dams
- Scientific racism and pseudo science?
- oranamental conifer
- Why is the charge of quarks exactly proportional to the charge of electron?
- Instinct and sex positions
- Have a question about Avogero's law.. Can anybody solve it?
- boltzmann brain
- Bromeliad species? Prognosis?
December 24
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- Balangoda_Man is homo erectus or Homo Sapien
- "alkaline gargle"
- calculate ph change that takeplace when 100ml of .05m naoh and .05m hcl are added to 400ml of buffer soln that is .2m in nh3 and .3m in nh4cl
- Suitable conditions for ventilating a residential property to reduce humidity
- Flame is matter or not
- Fire in absence of oxygen
- Is the electric field a side effect of the Pauli exclusion principle?
- Highest altitude for manned post-Apollo mission
December 25
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- Acetone
- surface tension
- balloons and fire
- tests for reality
- Is the ability to fart in a controlled manner a rare talent or a mundane skill?
December 26
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- rare and hazardous research chemicals
- Bacterial infection before antibiotics
- Train related engineering questions
- Roche limit for black holes
- Past article from the Lancet medical journal.
December 27
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- measuring in a hypodermic syringe
- decline of space expansion and exploration
- quantum effects in processors
- hair/fur, not pelt
- Hydrogenated Polyisobutene in cosmetics
- Daily Comet Ison pic?
- Mystery mineral
December 28
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- Mr Edelweiss type of bird
- Name that fish (Halfbeak -- ballyhoo?)
- Can a tunnel flood?
- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvuLO_uxRcQ (YouTube link: How to Knit * Knitted Hat Top Down * How to increase)]
- Can curing of paints change tensile properties
- telling if we are in a Virtual Machine
- A drug meant specifically to induce pain
December 29
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- meteorites from EARTH to Mars, rather than vice versa
- Confusion in article Atomic mass and bond order greater than 6
- Biochemistry of Seizures
December 30
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- Morse code
- Lorcaserin and what else? - FDA approved Obesity medication
- What kind of chemicals would be produced when a Polyethylene plastic bag is burnt? How?
- Does infrasonic results resonance in human body?
- Properties of blood
- why do doctors tell women not to douche
- Add indicator lamp to heater
- Why do some carbon compounds burn and others not?
- Article on energy effects of direct sunlight?