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June 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 1

1. Science
2. lactose intolerant
3. negetive time
4. What does "g/d" mean in medial literature
5. Beans and Peas
6. conkers
7. Sunlight
8. Higgs Boson
9. plasmic electricity
10. weird-colored cottontail followup

June 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 2

1. question related to chemistry
2. Scientist
3. immortal
4. Does some publisher/author pay for typos?
5. Hazards of helicopters hovering low
6. Protein amounts of True-Roots?
7. Cat grooming
8. Is there a place I can find the percent of rivers + lakes vs ocean on earth?

June 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 3

1. Skin colour
2. Drinking
3. Miracles
4. Why can't mercury get removed from fish somehow?
5. Human genetics

June 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 4

1. Black holes.
2. Alternative theoretical formulations
3. Distant times are closer than more recent times?
4. String Theory and the various interpretations of quantum mechanics
5. The Mortality Rate for Late-Term Abortions
6. Does a black hole die?

June 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 5

1. alternating current
2. Testing of prescription drugs for animals
3. Ocean pH variability
4. Tree-huggers
5. What does pork have that beef and chicken do not have?
6. Flipping into "starvation mode".
7. Etymology
8. "Spreading branches"
9. Why the polemic between Bible / evolution?
10. Thermal question - longevity comparison of ice in a cooler

June 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 6

1. project of physics
2. How do you conduct medical research?
3. Radiation intensity
4. Electrostatic discharge

June 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 7

1. atomized
2. Species ID
3. Species ID part II
4. How are gas and electric meter readings estimated?
5. Formation of the Moon
6. first scientist
7. Resulting chemical from hydrogen + oxygen

June 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 8

1. Kepler-10c curiosity / silly scenario
2. Etymology of Blanus
3. Zeta Reticuli mystery: apparent radio astronomy anomaly from 1920s and 1930s
4. Didn't horses evolve to run?
5. Heavy water

June 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 9

1. Garden water hose
2. Hydrated hydrogen ???
3. Cosmos fact checking
4. Horses on Mars
5. Need super-high resistance wire for modified hair curler.
6. Nerve endings in fat
7. Can people see clearly underwater ?
8. Can humans see antimatter and matter annihilate?
9. Exponential Accumulation of Human Knowledge (Georges Anderla)
10. Gosnell Hall floor
11. Does knot theory have any application?

June 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 10

1. An unusual relationship.
2. Air planet
3. laws of physics on earth
4. Dog hearing

June 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 11

1. How does pentobarbital cause death?
2. Energy distribution in speech
3. Black solid
4. Why aren't dolphins and killer whales considered whales?
5. Avalanche transistor stack triggering
6. Why no huge fires on Titan?
7. perceptual motion
8. Why does everything look green through night vision goggles?
9. Recover 1950s sound

June 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 12

1. Isothermal expansion or isobaric?

June 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 13

1. Why aren't magnets used to make pushing solenoids? (aftermath)
2. Absorption of Hyaluronic acid - Biochemistry
3. Does malaria affect mosquitoes
4. Tesseract rotation
5. Caloric Intake, Muscle Growth, and Time Period
6. Hair
7. amp hours
8. Tardigrades
9. Color-blind animals

June 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 14

1. Fuller's teasel and jumping beans
2. Is it true that daily consumption of 200ml red wine decreases the risk of heart disease by 80%?
3. Botany question - Algae

June 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 15

1. Are Chemical Reactions originally derived from solar energy?

June 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 16

1. Chemical leak
2. Why can't people bring dead people back to life?
3. Blood alcohol content

June 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 17

1. free convection of heat transfer fluids
2. What gene (or genes) produces DHA?
3. Normal behavior by a headless cat?
4. Detleff Neumann-Neurode

June 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 18

1. Contacting Google
2. Silicon and the human body
3. Disputed Identification
4. What causes a radio to go off channel ?
5. Natural units
6. Abuse of ignition interlock device

June 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 19

1. Hair growth by weight
2. Geese and the transmission of information
3. Synthesis of HgH
   ₂
4. Parallel plate transmission line
5. Wheat in Stilton
6. Islands with largest highest-point-to-area ratio
7. Carbonatite magma phase separation

June 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 20

1. Attraction between charged object and stream of water - does it really show that water molecules are polar?
2. The gray circle for microwave toasting
3. Name of foot ailment.

June 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 21

1. Has anybody ever seen an overweight redhead?
2. Movie stunt
3. Which is more acidic? SO2 or SO3
4. Other Mammals which reach Sexual Maturity after age 10?
5. Why do people wrap food in the oven with aluminum foil?

June 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 22

1. Square light year
2. Sexual behavior in animals
3. Bug id
4. Transmission line connection via tapered sections

June 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 23

1. Gold powder to mix into epoxy for repairing crockery
2. Space casting
3. Where is the Phononic Computing article?
4. So I herd u liek axolotlz...
5. Children's taste preferences and broccoli and spinach and brussel sprouts
6. Encoding information in radioactivity
7. explain this quote about science progress
8. Longitude and latitude
9. relative velocity
10. Analysis of conversion narratives?

June 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 24

1. Impact of dissolved hydrogen on electrical resistivity of iron
2. Quark Induction
3. Sweat, insects, and sunlight

June 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 25

1. A refrigerator that powers itself.
2. Electric Power vs Horse Powet

June 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 26

1. laying of unfertilized eggs
2. Detached aircon units
3. what is
4. Hippo's mouth
5. aeolinite definition

June 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 27

1. Expensive fish ...
2. MH 370
3. Voltage divider
4. Eating clay as detox
5. Is a true one-way mirror really impossible?

June 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 28

1. Rescue dogs
2. What's going on in Darwin?
3. why so few craters?
4. Tesseract house

June 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 29

1. Glasses
2. NML Cygni
3. Shortcut to balance redox equations
4. Organs alive outside the body.
5. How to remove rust from stainless steel
6. RGB colour model

June 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 June 30

1. Live and Neutral
2. Current Induction
3. Passenger Aeroplane
4. Interstitial tear of the Posterior cruciate ligament
5. Trimix (injection)
6. Colour space and spectrum colours
7. regarding species
8. Micro SD type of and how many GBs
9. Water plant in Dutch nature reserve
10. RGB colour triangle