Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/February 2014

= February 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 1


 * 1) Unregistered SIM cards
 * 2) store meat in vacuum?
 * 3) Is sea star wasting syndrome the same thing as starfish wasting disease?
 * 4) Dieting too quickly.
 * 5) Macrophages (and glucose, or glycation products)
 * 6) Stiffest Material

= February 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 2


 * 1) Large body flying through the solar system.
 * 2) most ancient arrow poison
 * 3) How did Newton derived his law of gravitation?

= February 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 3


 * 1) How far below the horizon could I see the sun from mount everest?
 * 2) Is every death by drugs a overdose?
 * 3) Pre echo removal
 * 4) How long would it take for a cylinder of ice 2850m high and 2850m in diameter to melt?
 * 5) How dangerous is Everclear?
 * 6) Is it true that a person can become a stutterer by wilful practice?
 * 7) joule heating is rii but also vv/r

= February 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 4


 * 1) Delta Dagger, part 3
 * 2) Maverick missile
 * 3) change in top #11 - #100 leading causes of death over the last 73 years
 * 4) accelerated regions in dna
 * 5) Chap stick and cold sores

= February 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 5


 * 1) Heroin (why cook it?)
 * 2) Does the Coanda effect make pyroclastic surges hug the ground?
 * 3) Long term memory
 * 4) Spark Generator
 * 5) How Exactly Did Gay Males Reproduce Several Centuries Ago and Beyond?
 * 6) Britain's sea erosion
 * 7) DAR (what kind of fish is a)
 * 8) LASIK. (and depth perception)

= February 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 6


 * 1) Housing development road lay-out rules
 * 2) Herbs and flowering plants
 * 3) a term for the doctor who treats a particular patient
 * 4) Cumulative probability for Kaplan-Meier
 * 5) Trapping light with just magnetic field
 * 6) Terrestrial vs satellite TV
 * 7) Mystery Plant
 * 8) Can loudspeakers produce infrasound or ultrasound ?

= February 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 7


 * 1) Industrial Revolution and Fossil Fuels

= February 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 8


 * 1) Hamstring injuries
 * 2) Forced plant bulbs

= February 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 9


 * 1) why does parkinson is more common among..
 * 2) NATURE OF GLASS (and condensation)
 * 3) Mass-killer floods

= February 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 10


 * 1) watt's up with that? (actual electric draw less than advertised)
 * 2) Something weird with my helical CFL
 * 3) Why do wheels have to be stronger when using disk brakes vs rim brakes?
 * 4) Small animal survival time
 * 5) No distance in the galactic coordinate system?
 * 6) Selling electricity back to the power company
 * 7) Castaway

= February 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 11


 * 1) Megalodon shark
 * 2) Ice on car windows
 * 3) Link on "Leuprorelin" page goes to wrong info
 * 4) need help on homework because I am stuck on it
 * 5) Modes of transmission of non infectious diseases

= February 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 12


 * 1) Why are bears so scary?
 * 2) Yet another NORAD-related question
 * 3) Global Warming Diagram
 * 4) GEOGRAPHY VREDE FREE STATE SOUTH AFRICA
 * 5) respiratory insufficiency
 * 6) Onions and hair regrowth
 * 7) Eclipse picture wanted

= February 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 13


 * 1) how to know if you r pregnant
 * 2) Why do humans like rocking or swinging
 * 3) How Can the Oldest Star Yet Found Be Only 6,000 Light Years Away?
 * 4) Brass cylinder
 * 5) Is this real: Exchange spring magnet
 * 6) Studying science

= February 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 14


 * 1) Freezing point?
 * 2) In natural sciences, does it make sense to ask why?
 * 3) What constitutes a medical diagnosis ?
 * 4) Early warning system for supernovas?

= February 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 15


 * 1) Can't neutrinos kill you?

= February 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 16


 * 1) Aerial skiing
 * 2) Applying Einstein field equations over black hole
 * 3) How strong of a handicap is playing chess blindfolded for a chessmaster?

= February 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 17


 * 1) Transformer
 * 2) Desert agriculture
 * 3) Proof of Earth going around Sun (serious)
 * 4) Copying and pasting
 * 5) accelerated regions in non-human DNA
 * 6) Fact-Checking Image: Location of PSR J1748-2446ad

= February 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 18


 * 1) Can liquids be strained from liquids?
 * 2) By a finger
 * 3) Natural convection article
 * 4) Do homeopathy, spiritual healing and other forms of quackery work after all?
 * 5) Wrong Science (Victorian)
 * 6) Medieval dome construction method

= February 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 19


 * 1) Can bats transfer "sound maps" to each other?
 * 2) Unifying general relativity and quantum mechanics
 * 3) Soft water
 * 4) Papering window with alfoil for heat reflection - inside or outside?
 * 5) Arrhenius and van't Hoff equations
 * 6) Humidity weather warning for UK
 * 7) Chemistry book series
 * 8) EM energy in Fourier representation
 * 9) Spiritual practices as alternative medicine

= February 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 20


 * 1) Bordeaux colour - looks different in different states?
 * 2) psychrometric
 * 3) medicine (how do you classify morphine? )
 * 4) Solar System to scale
 * 5) Biology or sociology

= February 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 21


 * 1) Black hole
 * 2) Can a human have fleas or other biting parasites?
 * 3) Why can't warm-blooded animals tolerate a wide range of body temperatures ?
 * 4) What's the Move the Earth article?
 * 5) Calvin cycle
 * 6) Incubation periods

= February 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 22


 * 1) Ancient civilization
 * 2) Visual impairment
 * 3) Quick wash on washing machines
 * 4) Parts still "hand" machined (without robots) for jets and cars

= February 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 23


 * 1) revolver shot underwater:
 * 2) Real world energy measurements
 * 3) Temperature scale

= February 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 24


 * 1) Whirlpool
 * 2) Fibers
 * 3) geography
 * 4) Augmented reality to make a large screen?

= February 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 25


 * 1) Is any moon phase more fuel efficient for rocket approaches than all others?
 * 2) Scientists and theorists who lived to see their theories be replaced/debunked
 * 3) Albert Einstein
 * 4) FINDING smart dust
 * 5) Putting a sail on an airship
 * 6) Could humanity get rid of the moon?
 * 7) Orange (and vitamin content)

= February 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 26


 * 1) What star or planet did I see this morning near the Moon?
 * 2) Electron diffraction lithography
 * 3) Relating Einstein Field Equation to Single Unified Field Theory
 * 4) Organ on right hand side

= February 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 27


 * 1) Does mild sleep apnea boost athletic performance?
 * 2) Alkalizing foods question

= February 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 28


 * 1) Great Heck train wreck
 * 2) Anxiety Symptoms From Different Sources Cause Anxiety
 * 3) Sump pumps that work better
 * 4) Hiv virus