Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/August 2020

= August 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 1


 * 1) Can a population be immunized by spreading a harmless engineered virus?

= August 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 2


 * 1) Planet with Earth’s size, made entirely of radium.
 * 2) are prisoners in solitary confinement safer from covid than those in gen pop?

= August 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 3


 * 1) Wording in article Gravity
 * 2) Earlobes and figure
 * 3) Codeine, promethazine, and CYP2D6

= August 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 4


 * 1) Thermal treatment of meat, chicken and vegetables - what is the end result of microscopic changes?
 * 2) Precipitation of seawater carbonate by enzyme
 * 3) cradle cap
 * 4) Why does someone using a lawnmower outside my house seemingly cause interference on my TV?
 * 5) landing upside down
 * 6) Water specific heat capacity by temperature

= August 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 6


 * 1) What's more important brushing the teeth before sleeping or after waking-up?
 * 2) Do leaf serrations that don't cut or scratch human skin increase fitness?
 * 3) Some beetles

= August 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 7


 * 1) What can cause frequent tapping sounds from an inactive bathroom fan?
 * 2) If neutrinos have mass, how do they travel at the speed of light?
 * 3) chemical vocabulary history
 * 4) Why is Direct Current distinct from Alternating Current?
 * 5) Load paths and structural systems
 * 6) Old movies Hd
 * 7) Do fire pits have a way to 'breathe'?

= August 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 8


 * 1) Would a positively charged solar cell produce electricity in the absence of electrons?
 * 2) Explanation of the continuum hypothesis

= August 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 10


 * 1) Avalanche

= August 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 11


 * 1) Problems with Butterfly Metamorphosis
 * 2) Trails in cloud apparently left by fork lightning?

= August 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 12


 * 1) Spider colors
 * 2) Where does the energy go?

= August 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 13


 * 1) Wash inside out
 * 2) Inverted flight
 * 3) Terror Crocodile’ the Dimensions of a Bus Fed on Dinosaurs, Examine Says - New English?

= August 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 14


 * 1) Do Tasmanian Devil babies hold on to a mother's back with their teeth?
 * 2) long term effects of psychiatric drugs on children

= August 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 15


 * 1) Would 1368x208x208 of solid wood sway more than a skyscraper? Or collapse easier?
 * 2) Gravity and fatigue
 * 3) Chemical Sensors: New fields of study and application
 * 4) Is a more space-efficient genetic molecule possible and/or a less convoluted genetic molecule to diverse amino acid-strings system..
 * 5) How to accelerate plastic biodegrading

= August 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 17


 * 1) Is it possible any of the 100 billion humans has acquired infection resistance for too many things?

= August 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 18


 * 1) "Understanding the Quantum World"
 * 2) Irukandji jellyfish defense mechanism

= August 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 19


 * 1) A "car-sized" asteroid
 * 2) Egg laying vs live birth Snakes, venomous vs non-venomous snakes

= August 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 21


 * 1) ISS size, and micrometeorite damage.
 * 2) Great Smokies Rat Snake Size

= August 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 22


 * 1) Tears
 * 2) Can we stabilize a radioactive nuclei?

= August 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 23


 * 1) Pollen - living
 * 2) combination window fan and air filter

= August 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 26


 * 1) Did Hurricane Laura strengthen so rapidly because of Hurricane Marco (2020)?

= August 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 27


 * 1) Why do snails come out when it's raining?
 * 2) What's a top of the field cite count or h-index for a climatologist who's 36, 46, 56 and 66 years old?
 * 3) Is there a documentation for pegion brood house sparrow?

= August 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 28


 * 1) Large and small moons
 * 2) Would a frozen sauce pouch defrost faster in room-temperature water or room-temperature air?

= August 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 29


 * 1) Confused about how much lead is in our bodies

= August 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 30


 * 1) Will social distancing meant to curb COVID-19 cause common cold viruses to go extinct?
 * 2) Why didn't any Atlantic tropical cyclone on record reach 7.1°N? (1851-now)

= August 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 31


 * 1) Mean/Median U.S. income