Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/January 2017

= January 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 1


 * 1) Cross laminated timber versus Plywood
 * 2) PID bacteria

= January 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 2


 * 1) Basal metabolic rate and Resting metabolic rate

= January 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 3


 * 1) Why don't they just put parachutes on rocket stages to make them reusable?
 * 2) Hex bar
 * 3) Why use less paper and more eletricity is good for earth?
 * 4) Oldest dolphins?
 * 5) Blu tak-- thermal conductivity

= January 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 4


 * 1) long term hydration/survival
 * 2) Metabolism and obesity

= January 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 5


 * 1) AWG table, ampacity and voltage
 * 2) mean free path of a neutrino inside a neutron star
 * 3) China's nuclear stockpile as a deterrent
 * 4) White dog poop
 * 5) What happened to Andrew Wakefield's co-authors?
 * 6) Lithium batteries - "dangerous to aviation"?
 * 7) Why don't humans eat the pests on crops instead of spraying crops with pesticides?
 * 8) If humans die off from their own technologies, then can the planet recover from what humans leave behind?
 * 9) Could an extant jet engine start on Mars without modification?

= January 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 6


 * 1) Chameleon colour change

= January 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 7


 * 1) Talc containing asbestos
 * 2) Afterburner
 * 3) Unknown plant
 * 4) Building a snowman when conditions are not optimal

= January 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 8


 * 1) Euginic is base from correct evoltion science?
 * 2) Vancouver cold this winter
 * 3) What are these little spikes on the beach?

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 9


 * 1) Alcohol-based hand sanitizer
 * 2) Steam locomotive speed
 * 3) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 9#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_6_.286-3.2C_6-4.29_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_06.html.5D.2C_Lecture_41_.2841-4.29_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_41.html.5D.2C_Lecture_43_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_43.html.5D._Probability_.3D_33.25|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 6 (6-3, 6-4), Lecture 41 (41-4) , Lecture 43 . Probability = 33%]]
 * 4) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 9#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_43._Ch.43-6_Thermal_conductivity_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_43.html.23Ch43-S6.5D|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 43. Ch.43-6 Thermal conductivity ]]
 * 5) Why are the leaves still red?
 * 6) Where can you drive through a redwood?
 * 7) Engineering question: fit, clearance and tolerance

= January 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 10


 * 1) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 10#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_43._Lecture_Summary_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_43.html.5D|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 43. Lecture Summary ]]
 * 2) How is gluten-free flour made?
 * 3) Is it scientifically proved that menstruation causes women to be irritated or nervous or it's a myth?
 * 4) Earth Axis Axial Precession

= January 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 11


 * 1) Physicists vs. Mathematicians
 * 2) Why does capital punishment have to be by lethal injection in the US?
 * 3) Does an increase in your heart rate result in greater thirst on your part?
 * 4) Decimal years

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 12


 * 1) Zeroth
 * 2) Bird hipped and reptile hipped
 * 3) Why do nurses remove bubbles from syringe before injection to IM?

= January 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 13


 * 1) Is there something like a reactivity series for melting points of organic compound types?
 * 2) What are the borders of the cerebral circulation?
 * 3) How could air embolism in the artery (by syringe) cause heart attack or stroke?
 * 4) Sleep-wake in DSM
 * 5) life expectancy of guns in terms of EFC?
 * 6) Stopping power
 * 7) Honey bee behavior and oatmeal?

= January 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 14


 * 1) Liver damage
 * 2) Stopping power, part 2
 * 3) What is string?
 * 4) EU power cable mod
 * 5) Why are the leaves still red? The sequel
 * 6) Are there units that take spacetime into account?
 * 7) Nasal breathing and tonsils

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 15


 * 1) Physical interest/meaning of a certain Bernstein function
 * 2) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 15#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_44._Ch.44-4_The_efficiency_of_an_ideal_engine_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_44.html.5D|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 44. Ch.44-4 The efficiency of an ideal engine ]]
 * 3) Tritium tube concentration and pressure for brightness
 * 4) Helicopters and drones on Everest

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 16


 * 1) Why is the lymphatic system not symmetric in the body?
 * 2) What is the reason that chewing gum causes to appetite?
 * 3) Lower sex drive during the daytime,higher sex drive at night

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 17


 * 1) Three objects rearranged
 * 2) Inverse of pressure
 * 3) Do small children have more nerve endings per unit skin area than grown ups?
 * 4) Do humans ever crave romaine lettuces and tomatoes?
 * 5) Were moonwalkers allowed to keep any pieces of it?

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 18


 * 1) Mass, space etc
 * 2) How loud and "shaky" is an H-bomb at various distances?
 * 3) Binomial badgers
 * 4) Battery as a blasting cap?
 * 5) Endocrine and exocrine hormones

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 19


 * 1) Matter is liquid... at zero temperature?
 * 2) What does it mean "generation number" in histology?
 * 3) Why is the benzyl group a phenyl group with atoms added?
 * 4) Why aren't carboxylic acids COOH molecules literally COOH?
 * 5) Why is the 5.56×45mm NATO called like this, when it is neither 5.56 nor 45mm in dimensions?
 * 6) Psychopathy and Monoamine oxidase
 * 7) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 19#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_44._Ch.44-6_Entropy_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_44.html.5D|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 44. Ch.44-6 Entropy ]]
 * 8) Mechanism of curly hair
 * 9) Time dilation and getting there faster by travelling at a lower speed
 * 10) Diff

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 20


 * 1) Blood and wounds
 * 2) Dispersion of atmospheric greenhouse gases

= January 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 21


 * 1) How long ago was there a year when the global average temperature on Earth was as high as it was in 2016?
 * 2) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 21#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_44._Ch.44-5_.2CCh.44-5_Internal_energy_as_function_of_something_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_44.html.5D|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 44. Ch.44-5 ,Ch.44-5 Internal energy as function of something ]]
 * 3) Plastic food boxes, drink cans and bottles, use water wash then recycle
 * 4) Convergent evolution in humans
 * 5) Medical apparatus

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 22


 * 1) A diet rich in fruit and vegetables

= January 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 23


 * 1) syphilis among first peoples in south america, north america, and nearby islands, etc.
 * 2) Dehumidifier performance when the coils develop a coating of ice

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 24


 * 1) Why doesn't bariatric surgery lead to starvation?
 * 2) Brothers and sisters in dog packs
 * 3) milk tooth
 * 4) Have you seen someone at the age of 90  grow teeth in his mouth again
 * 5) my patent
 * 6) As in movies
 * 7) Octane rating: why are combustion kinetics faster for linear molecules?
 * 8) Ratings for lamp shades based on heat or light output?
 * 9) Food waste and rat traps
 * 10) material science
 * 11) Genetic modification
 * 12) Does the SI need 7 basic units?
 * 13) Animals making knots

= January 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 25


 * 1) How much do minor planet spacecraft change their targets' orbits?
 * 2) Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg review of Sexual Preference
 * 3) Uncertainty represented through significant digits
 * 4) Evolution of the gaps

= January 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 26


 * 1) Weather forecasting
 * 2) Double slit experiment - observer variation
 * 3) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 26#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_45._Ch.45-3_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_45.html.5D|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 45. Ch.45-3 ]]
 * 4) Triplicate experiments

= January 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 27


 * 1) Microwave oven radiation and computer storage media
 * 2) Is this an approved method in other spacecraft?
 * 3) Counteracting force
 * 4) Releasing pressurized gas near absolute zero

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 28


 * 1) Why ketone "bodies?"
 * 2) Fingernails
 * 3) NIST's non-normalized scientific notation
 * 4) What happen when cold blooded creature use a coat?
 * 5) US crude oil pipelines
 * 6) Predicting stability of particles
 * 7) Man-eating Pteranodons of Transyl...vania! (WTF?)
 * 8) Are different populations of "humans" around the world really the same species and thus have the same diet?

= January 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 29


 * 1) Strange sticky brown condensation on bathroom wall
 * 2) Water gurgles and urine
 * 3) Machining is so boring!
 * 4) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 29#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_46._Ch.46-3_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_46.html.23Ch46-S3.5D|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 46. Ch.46-3 ]]
 * 5) Medical terminology may please be explained in simple English
 * 6) Drug addiction when you don't enjoy the drug
 * 7) boiling water that already were boiled and cooled
 * 8) password
 * 9) Is there a term for the continents excluding Antarctica?

= January 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 30


 * 1) Toulouse botanical gardens
 * 2) Are wind patterns guaranteed not to change
 * 3) Non-dairy creamer is not sweet

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 January 31


 * 1) Which parts of one's brain can trick one into thinking that one is thirsty and/or fatigued/exhausted even though one isn't?
 * 2) Use of definite article "the" before names of biological features
 * 3) Medicine school duration in French is indeed 9 years?