Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/July 2007

= July 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 1


 * 1) Why are antistatic bags pink?
 * 2) re:heat and sound
 * 3) Wireless Energy
 * 4) Nicotinate concentration in the blood or blood plasma
 * 5) What is a 'stable ectotherm'?
 * 6) If a Tree Falls in the Forest MARK II
 * 7) Fibre glass Polyster Resin
 * 8) Ganymede (moon) volcanic?
 * 9) Decision tables versus classification tables
 * 10) super tall
 * 11) SWIMING POOL CHEMICALS
 * 12) Treadmill Question
 * 13) Business model
 * 14) What did Surrealists like Andre Breton and others think about Zionism?

= July 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 2


 * 1) Red light.
 * 2) skin -kojic acid;azelaic acid;bearberry, mullbery, vitamin c
 * 3) Heat Shield
 * 4) Are all Neoptera holometabolic?
 * 5) Development of the water tank
 * 6) Name of Flower
 * 7) Moisture transmissivity of Aluminium.
 * 8) Future of Technology Ten Years From Now
 * Re:Lava lamps and chemical lights
 * 1) A list of Hispanic scientists?
 * 2) Membrane potential
 * 3) protein/protein interaction
 * 4) rigveda, translation bij Griffith
 * 5) Help Needed
 * 6) White teapot or black teapot
 * 7) Tea cosies

= July 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 3


 * 1) The Sun on the Horizon
 * 2) Itchy nose at dentist
 * 3) Space tracking networks
 * 4) Negative buoyancy
 * 5) Dimples on back of thighs
 * 6) rays that reflect by bones
 * 7) Denoting Free radicals
 * 8) question
 * 9) radiology
 * 10) Interconnectivity of Earth's Food Web between Oceans and Land
 * 11) Geodesic distance
 * 12) welding..........
 * 13) breathing a bug accidentally
 * 14) How do we know the universe is expanding/accelerating if red shift increases with distance (time)?

= July 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 4
 * 1) Identify this lizard
 * 2) dealcoholize alcohol?
 * 3) Need to identify soundfile
 * 4) Planet of the Apes
 * 5) Humming Bee?
 * 6) Earth Natural Satellites
 * 7) Jar lid motion on counter top
 * 8) efficiency?
 * 9) hymen
 * 10) vagina
 * 11) Determining the proper pump for a water fountain.
 * 12) Accuracy of Weather Forecasting
 * 13) How could I engineer weather inside my house?
 * 14) Map of the North and South Magnetic Hemispheres
 * 15) vitamin B12 and vivid dreams

= July 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 5
 * 1) SpaceShipOne Orbit Style
 * 2) ultrasound???
 * 3) Satisfaction of Swallowing
 * 4) Food For The Homeless and $1,000,000
 * Re:Protons, Electrons, Neutrons and such
 * 1) Facial hair (from Humanities)
 * 2) Valence electrons
 * 3) UDDERS
 * 4) Hooking up solar panel to appliance
 * 5) Klinefelter's syndrome and homosexuality
 * 6) An unusual application of tack adhesive
 * 7) Burning wood = carbon neutral??
 * 8) Terminal shoot - English botanic name?
 * 9) dimmer switch efficiency
 * 10) hi, my guestion is about c++

= July 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 6
 * 1) Voltage to Current converter (2A)
 * 2) Spherical mirror
 * 3) Missing diffraction spikes
 * 4) Nasty Bread
 * 5) Killroy filter
 * 6) Enthaply Change
 * 7) Shaking arm

= July 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 7
 * 1) Black olives...
 * 2) RNA/DNA pills
 * 3) preventing pregnancy
 * 4) Vegetarian vs Non-Vegetarian
 * 5) Contrasting Colour Pallette
 * 6) Effects of electricity and magnetism on humans
 * 7) history of emission control standards in automobiles
 * 8) Voltage drop

= July 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 8
 * 1) RPM and car control
 * 2) Wet Hair
 * 3) science / jupiters moons
 * Re:Lucid dreaming
 * 1) One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
 * 2) Has anyone ever heard of this fish disease?
 * 3) Question concerning Fourier
 * 4) Error in myeloid article?
 * 5) Black hole production
 * 6) Night sky
 * 7) Cleaning pen from whiteboard
 * 8) Supposing that we were to accidentally create a black hole on earth...
 * 9) An insect to identify
 * 10) Butterfly with spotted compound eyes

= July 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 9
 * 1) Political views of Scientists
 * 2) Creationism Questions
 * 3) Spring Flowers
 * 4) 100cc,250cc,500cc
 * 5) Tox Screens
 * 6) 4-legged insect
 * 7) Babies
 * 8) Weather patterns
 * 9) Circuit assistance
 * 10) Colour of matters
 * 11) When Electricity currents in the metals ...
 * 12) Aluminum Carbonate
 * 13) Renewable energy capacity of the planet
 * 14) Speed and energy
 * 15) What causes ice cubes to stick, like your tongue to a pole?

= July 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 10
 * 1) Question about UV light danger
 * 2) How is the frequency response of an acoustic transducer determined?
 * 3) Water Retention
 * 4) induced paranormal experiences
 * 5) how do you get rid of the smell from dried starfish?
 * 6) "Your Face Will Stick Like That!"
 * 7) Side Notes
 * 8) Question, re: Archaea taxonomy
 * 9) Communication in Behavioural Science
 * 10) old dog dilemma
 * 11) Microwave of Doom
 * 12) Body composition
 * 13) How to Make Someone Feel Something Without Touching Them
 * 14) Noon and the middle of the day
 * 15) Stomatal Density and Transpiration
 * 16) astronomical device

= July 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 11
 * 1) Big red insect
 * 2) Reactivity of Chrome plating to Hydrocarbon fuels
 * 3) history of hygiene
 * 4) Anaconda migrations
 * 5) Something of eyesight & light!
 * 6) Cloning
 * 7) Whoa!
 * 8) how hard
 * 9) Coconut Husks and Water absorption
 * 10) Electrical
 * Re:Black Hole(s) Vs. Black Hole(s)?
 * 1) The atmosphere of gas giants (a hypothetical question)
 * 2) Vacuum blimp
 * 3) vortex force decline
 * 4) Pressure Points
 * 5) Cactus

= July 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 12
 * 1) Record Player Sound
 * 2) Fates worse than death in nature?
 * 3) Heat transition with colour
 * 4) insulation affecting current
 * 5) Brrrr
 * 6) Baffling Bananas.
 * 7) chemistry
 * 8) Caffiene Overdose
 * 9) A kind of intelligent design
 * 10) Hydrogen Peroxide and Saline Solution/Clothing Stains
 * 11) Black holes, neutron stars and the Habitable zone?

= July 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 13
 * 1) Holdridge life zones
 * 2) Most natural shape ?
 * 3) the last bathtub
 * 4) Are we important for this world!!?
 * 5) Three phase electric motor - braking motor speed using motor windings when current disconnected.
 * 6) Child rearing/ sleeping habbits
 * 7) Carbon sequestering
 * 8) Solar powered lifting wing Remote Controlled RC plane
 * 9) Tidally locked at geosynchronous orbit?
 * 10) Red AntHive Invasion
 * 11) Slutty bugs
 * 12) Thermos Mechanisms
 * 13) Fish Hooks
 * 14) Amazon parrots - which is the best breed to get?
 * 15) Jumping off a speeding train - the physics involved

= July 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 14


 * 1) A wire from head to toe moving through earth's magnetic field
 * 2) Rafting ants... why?
 * 3) What's the name of this space telescope?
 * 4) Satellite dish
 * 5) Need details about heat-transfer for simplified weather-sim
 * 6) Levers
 * 7) Faster than light travel
 * 8) Alternative To Evolution
 * 9) Somethign that I couldnt find with a quick google.
 * 10) Ants
 * 11) 240 V 50/60 Hz
 * 12) Shape of raindrops - teardrop shape or spherical?
 * 13) Time Zones

= July 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 15


 * 1) Harnessing rotational energy into stored energy
 * 2) Weight
 * 3) Legless Lizards
 * 4) Properties of mercury
 * 5) Current rate of extinction
 * 6) Otto Wilhelm Thomé
 * 7) HONEY
 * 8) Organic Adult Diapers
 * 9) industrial use of insecticides
 * 10) Molecular orbital formation
 * 11) Unusual bird behavior
 * 12) Need help with evaporation rate.

= July 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 16


 * 1) psi for knockdown
 * 2) Why can the sky be blue or red, but not green?
 * 3) plant leaves turning bright red
 * 4) research for a sermon     concerning flames
 * 5) Dead ants on the shore of Topsail Island
 * 6) Flank bell?
 * 7) electrical and electronics project
 * 8) Freshwater and the Himalayas
 * 9) Equilibrim data of CO2 in MEA solution (10%)
 * 10) Rheum
 * 11) 1800-1850 Medicine
 * 12) Popularity of home birth
 * 13) tungsten
 * 14) Texture of testicle

= July 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 17


 * 1) Albatross
 * 2) How to apply heat-conduction formulas?  (Hopefully my last Wx-sim question!)
 * 3) canebreak or timber rattlesnake / range to desert West Texas?
 * 4) oxygen enriched v. anti-oxidant
 * 5) Coconut Husks and Water Absoprtion
 * 6) Water Stain Removal on Standard Steel SUS430
 * 7) Cottage Grove seismic zone in Southern Illinois
 * 8) The Skimmer - how does it avoid injury whilst feeding?
 * 9) Kerala Fever and Blood Platelet count
 * 10) Is this real?
 * 11) shielding angle and protective margin
 * 12) gapless surge divertor
 * 13) Power Systems
 * 14) three questions in power systems
 * 15) gapless surge diverter
 * 16) Uncertainty in various fields
 * 17) Chemistry and Childbirth
 * 18) thermoconduction
 * 19) why is it
 * So, just how does a gull's eyesight compare to that of your average human's?
 * 1) How do you control and eliminate the aquatic plant Wolffia (aka Watermeal/Mealweed)?

= July 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 18


 * 1) Relationship between electron affinity and ionization energy levels
 * 2) Frequent Urination
 * 3) Waterdrops- Perfume spray
 * 4) Excess drinking of water!
 * 5) Number of Perpetual Motion Machine Patents?
 * 6) Kent Couch - Lawn Chair Balloons - did he really go up to 13,000+ feet?
 * 7) Arctic Fox
 * 8) night in the northern hemisphere
 * 9) Is it possible...
 * 10) Mould and Toxins
 * 11) greying eyes
 * 12) Remove Scratches in Leather
 * 13) Wholemeal v. wholegrain in the UK
 * 14) Harmone receptor question
 * 15) Parrot/Conure ID needed

= July 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 19


 * 1) Save energy by texting instead of eMailing?!?
 * 2) Game without rules
 * Re:Magnets
 * 1) project
 * 2) Causes of losing a wheel
 * 3) Reusing Nomenclature
 * 4) Need help with particle reactions
 * 5) Electronics: Can something that requires 100mA run off of 500mA?
 * 6) What is the difference between sociopath and psychopath?
 * 7) Relativity

= July 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 20


 * 1) Tabby Markings in Lions
 * 2) Mechanical engineering
 * 3) Generator Problem
 * 4) Principle of the hand pump
 * 5) Are humans the most successful creatures on earth?
 * 6) Reflection
 * 7) Sharlel Mary Talo Palsy?
 * 8) an indelicate question
 * 9) Psychopathy vs suicide rate
 * 10) Pollination of sacred fig (peepul tree, bo tree)
 * 11) LASER RADAR (LIDAR) operated by police
 * 12) Hypothetically moving a mountain
 * 13) batteries constructed on chip same as transistors on ICs
 * 14) fates worse than nature

= July 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 21


 * 1) Cough cough
 * 2) Economics Question
 * 3) Is this proof of seagull intelligence?
 * 4) Ice hardness
 * 5) Sky colour question
 * 6) feline table manners
 * 7) Barium
 * 8) centrifugal pump
 * 9) Mouth-movements of puppets or animations
 * 10) Honeysuckle species
 * 11) colour of compounds
 * 12) DNA and its being double-stranded
 * 13) ethanol production

= July 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 22


 * 1) Aliens
 * 2) Herms
 * 3) 172" or 17.2" pipe @ 3,740 psi
 * 4) Common knowledge in 2007 that would be insanely valuable in 1807.
 * 5) Spider identification
 * 6) Tree rain
 * 7) Visible Insect With Large(st) Population
 * 8) Castor oil on eyelashes
 * 9) Binturongs

= July 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 23


 * 1) Hereditary talent?
 * 2) Chickenpox
 * 3) Philaethria dido page and butterfly identification
 * 4) TECH CHALLENGE !  Need source for 12 v Non-Lead acid Battery of the golf cart size ?  This for some reason is very hard to find?
 * 5) Moving Energy
 * 6) Double Pendulum
 * 7) Rolling Up Projection Screen
 * 8) Insulin
 * 9) Acoustic inertance of a long thin slit in a wall of negligible thickness
 * 10) Is Teflon safe to cook with?

= July 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 24


 * 1) Diabetes
 * 2) Transsexual
 * 3) effect of acid on plant life!
 * 4) extraction of hydrogen from methane
 * 5) Do Electrons in an atom slow down in lower temperatures?
 * 6) Girls vs Boys
 * 7) Tusks
 * 8) Blood serum vs blood plasma
 * 9) RepHresh
 * 10) coal crisis
 * 11) Synonym of "potential"
 * 12) Whole wheat and multi-grain
 * 13) Question about E=mc^2
 * 14) Centre of mass of the universe
 * 15) Lightning/sand/glass
 * 16) Lithium ion battery

= July 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 25


 * 1) Technetium
 * 2) Constant laws of physics?
 * 3) Climate Change
 * 4) Friction Ridges / Finger Prints
 * 5) which is more durable:metal or non metal?
 * 6) Diuretics and potassium
 * 7) Eating excess sugar?
 * 8) Air speed and PSI
 * 9) Name for a filtering problem formulation
 * 10) Medical Illness
 * 11) metal

= July 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 26


 * 1) Lettuce in the dishwasher
 * 2) Identify this insect
 * 3) what percentage of bone is carbon?
 * 4) Charge buildup through friction with air
 * 5) Iron ore
 * 6) Exotic or Negative Mass to reduce net mass?
 * 7) automobile steering
 * 8) Tilting Immersion blenders
 * 9) Nano tubes synthesis
 * 10) Future of Key Boards
 * 11) Salmonella odds
 * 12) aids

= July 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 27


 * 1) random number generation by the human mind
 * 2) Using the ground for a ground
 * 3) Individual Timeline
 * 4) Theory Of relativity
 * 5) Sea water
 * 6) Is there any way to stop my budgerigar 'pleasuring himself'?
 * 7) FTL
 * 8) primitive Weighing scale ?
 * 9) PINE TREE
 * 10) Solid bloodveins
 * 11) Creationism
 * 12) Who discovered lathosterol?
 * 13) Magnetic North/South
 * 14) Newton's Third Law of Motion
 * 15) dairy cow slaughter weight
 * 16) Blood glucose monitoring
 * 17) The Equator

= July 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 28


 * 1) Force particles
 * 2) Brain Memory
 * 3) chicken skin
 * 4) does photon move in straight line ?
 * 5) Artificial lung
 * 6) Lightning
 * 7) FM signals
 * 8) Animals eating their waste
 * 1) Animals eating their waste

= July 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 29


 * 1) solar flares
 * 2) Paraphilias
 * 3) IS there something such milk allergy
 * 4) computer INTELLIGINCE how far ?
 * 5) "Shunning" in gulls?
 * 6) what happens when photon struck proton ?
 * 7) sunrise to solar noon?
 * 8) Disposal of medications
 * 9) Uterine Fibroids
 * 10) Zoloft pill life
 * 11) Salt and health
 * 12) Walnuts - idle thought whilst snacking...

= July 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 30


 * 1) six-legged logging robot
 * 2) cfl lamps
 * 3) A Question
 * 4) Computer games causing migraines
 * 5) alkyl group
 * 6) Radio powered
 * 7) Global Warming?
 * 8) Plant defense
 * 9) Animal reproduction
 * 10) Paper

= July 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 July 31


 * 1) Turning the Pampas into forest
 * 2) Thermo Wells
 * 3) How MUCH air moves with the wind?
 * 4) leather
 * 5) oral chelation
 * 6) Size of Euro Banknotes
 * 7) What is the difference between light and EM energies besides frequency?
 * 8) Vitamin Scare
 * 9) TECH CHALLENGE - The missing Ni-MH battery- Can you find one ? In america? of power to run a car?
 * 10) Does petroleum ether (or ligroin) evaporate fully?
 * 11) commercial uses of amino acids
 * 12) Aircraft speed through moving air (Title updated for clarity)
 * 13) Back Crack
 * 14) Brushing teeth before breakfast