Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/December 2018

= December 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 2


 * 1) Article about voltage variation?

= December 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 3


 * 1) More genetics question.
 * 2) gravity on other bodies: confirmed?
 * 3) Fate of dead bacteria.
 * 4) Where can I find US TV reception maps from before the analog shutdown?
 * 5) What do space engineers/planners say is the best approach for the immediate future, and is manned exploration part of it?

= December 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 4


 * 1) Fire in zero g
 * 2) Gravity waves - what turns into energy?

= December 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 5


 * 1) Battery eliminator for smartphones?
 * 2) Celestial bodies named after congresspeople?
 * 3) Multiple devices sharing single radio antennas
 * 4) What antenna to use for Bluetooth in middle/upstairs of brick house?
 * 5) An angry person should breath faster or slower?
 * 6) Sundials were more accurate than clocks

= December 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 6


 * 1) What's the mean free path of a 400nm photon in sea level air?
 * 2) monitoring patient's fluid levels during surgery

= December 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 7


 * 1) Physics - battery questions.
 * 2) Indo European languages: A Disease Hypothesis
 * 3) What type of spider is this?
 * 4) Too much hygiene
 * 5) Theoretically speaking, is it possible to reverse plastination?
 * 6) Senses and intelligence

= December 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 8


 * 1) Wind direction on a weather map
 * 2) Cartography: bearing from one city to another

= December 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 9


 * 1) Why does my smartphone have such a hard time reading my fingerprints when my sympathetic tone is elevated for long periods or concomitant with an NMDA receptor antagonist?
 * 2) Unforgettable

= December 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 10


 * 1) What's the largest (smallest sphere containing van der Waals surface) molecule that's single bonds in a hub-and-spoke shape?

= December 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 11


 * 1) Is 90 pounds a healthy weight for a 9-year-old girl?

= December 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 12


 * 1) Science problem: Statistical solutions vs non-statistical solutions
 * 2) In what sense is a Newtonian fluid elastic?
 * 3) fatty acid beta oxidation
 * 4) bread vs pasta

= December 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 13


 * 1) The need for cooler roads
 * 2) What building is the most number of rooms long?
 * 3) Bacitracin

= December 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 14


 * 1) Elephant rescue?
 * 2) Why is He2 so large?

= December 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 15


 * 1) Adaptive springs, all steel wheels

= December 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 16


 * 1) Galileo pulse meter
 * 2) What happens to an electrical device when it gets the wrong power?

= December 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 17


 * 1) Newest species

= December 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 18


 * 1) "Static discharge" circuit tech
 * 2) Converting angular to linear velocity
 * 3) Can Tapir's be ridden or domesticated?

= December 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 19


 * 1) How many floating point operations and TB of storage would be needed for a good car crash test?
 * 2) Why do we shake when we're angry?

= December 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 20


 * 1) Do fish drink?
 * 2) Mercury and gallium
 * 3) How many pregnancies at one time?
 * 4) Tuned response function.
 * 5) Direct vision repair
 * 6) activity coefficient as  a function of membrane potential

= December 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 21


 * 1) claws, hooves, nails—or not?
 * 2) Danger, danger, danger
 * 3) cox proportional hazard regression v multiple logistic regression
 * 4) Is honey vegan?
 * 5) Speculation about possible space travel
 * 6) Atomic clock and standard time
 * 7) What kind of snake was put in the passenger's seat?

= December 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 22


 * 1) When we laugh which part of the autonomic system works?
 * 2) Looking directly at bright lights; what is the result called?
 * 3) Nonpolar vs apolar
 * 4) Eccentricity needed to produce seasons without an axial tilt?

= December 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 23


 * 1) Most abundant molecule
 * 2) Is the action potential in the heart longer than the neuron because there are less ion channels, or because each ion channel is slower?

= December 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 24


 * 1) Do things "really" fall into black holes, and is the EPR diagram like a gravity well?

= December 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 25


 * 1) What's the boiling point of H2>C=N-H?
 * 2) Air in transport

= December 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 26


 * 1) Submarine performance
 * 2) What happens if you give plants UV-light all night long?
 * 3) If the handle of a hammer were less rigid

= December 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 27


 * 1) Why are bricks and concrete blocks so different in weight and size?
 * 2) What's the difference between ventricular bigeminy and electrical alternans?

= December 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 28


 * 1) Hammer and nail
 * 2) reducing methane emissions from hydroelectric power plants

= December 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 29


 * 1) Biochemistry factors
 * 2) How much time does it take for a bacterium to produce 1 ng of botulinum toxin

= December 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 30


 * 1) Like a speeding arrow?

= December 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 31


 * 1) Weapons of REAL mass destruction
 * 2) Is superheated water a unique phase of water?
 * 3) What are sweet peas?
 * 4) What CO2 percent is needed to boil the ocean?