Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/June 2015

= June 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 1


 * 1) Question (Silene undulata preparation)
 * 2) Spatial disorientation
 * 3) Soil mech
 * 4) Can you re-freeze food after it has thawed out in the refrigerator?
 * 5) Paper v Plastic v Reusable cups

= June 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 2


 * 1) Can anyone provide me with examples of some cryptids that actually turned out to be real...
 * 2) Characteristics of numbered BtI mosquito abatement treatments
 * 3) DIY clear lens fabrication
 * 4) Conflicting Statistical evidence. (yes economics and statistics are science too)
 * 5) Bubbles

= June 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 3


 * 1) equivalent resistance
 * 2) Electron's lifetime

= June 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 4


 * 1) The psychological aspect of spoilers and spoiler warnings
 * 2) What are "Plasma tubes"?
 * 3) Age of Ultron's proposed extintion event
 * 4) Former North African fauna on Roman mosaics

= June 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 5


 * 1) Who writes abstracts for a scientific paper?
 * 2) Lightning-saturated funnel clouds?

= June 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 6


 * 1) Sewage treatment question

= June 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 7


 * 1) Could Harvard revoke a degree of someone?
 * 2) Emergency rooms

= June 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 8


 * 1) Plant identification from photo.
 * 2) Chilli chaser
 * 3) Encrypt and decrypt a photon?
 * 4) Is there any way to control particles entanglement?

= June 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 9


 * 1) Space/Cosmos
 * 2) Safe to look at a Heatlamp?
 * 3) nicotine

= June 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 10


 * 1) Evidence that organic food can be unhealthy/health hazard?
 * 2) Arabian desert
 * 3) Will the Great Attractor beat Dark Energy?

= June 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 11


 * 1) Why do some people claim to enjoy bitter flavours?
 * 2) Flying in Mars
 * 3) Dr. Charles Drew car accident

= June 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 12


 * 1) Energy
 * 2) Misuse of medication
 * 3) Oldest fossil of MODERN humans

= June 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 13


 * 1) Why do some people die of cigarette smoking but others live to long ages?
 * 2) Is PTSD considered a learning disability?

= June 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 14


 * 1) What kind of plant is this?
 * 2) Wisdom tooth timing
 * 3) Why is platinum a good material for spark plugs?
 * 4) opium
 * 5) Harvesting
 * 6) Snowy owl?
 * 7) Triggering emotional memories
 * 8) Electrostimulation
 * 9) Looking for a page about a Holholm (incorrect spelling) Box that traps light.
 * 10) More Big bangs -> More (Parallel) universes?
 * 11) Why keep food at 0 °F/-18 °C?

= June 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 15


 * 1) What are Strigimorphae?
 * 2) Maximizing productivity of computer programmers

= June 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 16


 * 1) An idea about the existence of a big planet far away
 * 2) Auto-darkening welding helmets and sunglassses
 * 3) Surveilluminescent wand (see pic)
 * 4) Why V formation and not a row?
 * 5) Two-headed animals

= June 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 17


 * 1) Mount Everest reportedly moved 3 cm in April earthquake -- how was the measurement done?
 * 2) healthcare costs in the USA
 * 3) Mean tropical year
 * 4) Slicing a malt loaf
 * 5) Can we survive without oxygen for a while by injecting ourselves with D-Ribose?
 * 6) Energy question
 * 7) Recharging cellphone from waste radio energy.
 * 8) Head transplants and souls

= June 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 18


 * 1) hair loss breakthrough
 * 2) Mothballs as a "preservative" for books
 * 3) dogs recognizing dogs
 * 4) DIY small-scale deacidification of books?
 * 5) Bearings are sticky - is this normal or has oil degraded?
 * 6) People mistaking the gender of babies
 * 7) Ambulance training
 * 8) Ivory-bill woodpecker
 * 9) Impact of water pressure on a scuba diver
 * 10) Do window coverings have an impact on A/C usage?

= June 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 19


 * 1) TNT equivalent of antiprotons
 * 2) physics garden

= June 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 20


 * 1) Ambulances in japan
 * 2) Which of these foods are Probiotics?
 * 3) Biological effects of Radon-222 exposure at 100% concentration
 * 4) Spot reduction with topical substance
 * 5) Density of Graviton?
 * 6) Need an introductory and generalist  engineering book

= June 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 21


 * 1) Cases of natural adrenaline halting anaphylaxis
 * 2) Is putting sperm directly into a man's bloodstream a guaranteed way to permanently sterilize him?
 * 3) windshield sun shade reflection
 * 4) Tubes on a salvage tug
 * 5) Earth compared to the known universe

= June 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 22


 * 1) Light-water breeder reactors
 * 2) Is cunnilingus natural?
 * 3) Do leap seconds matter at hardware level?
 * 4) neutron stars and alpha particles
 * 5) Changing aberrant sexual fantasies
 * 6) Plasma steering
 * 7) Space
 * 8) Big Bang
 * 9) Is there a way to make an animal taste unpleasant ?

= June 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 23


 * 1) Rhododendrons, Camellias, and Magnolias
 * 2) Cassava as food.

= June 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 24


 * 1) Pregnancy category of Ethanol?
 * 2) Short Tucano Ejection Seats
 * 3) Natural Gas Liquids
 * 4) Radiation
 * 5) "Bringing out flavour"

= June 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 25


 * 1) What is the most laminar liquid?
 * 2) Stars
 * 3) literacy in animals
 * 4) Resveratrol content in cranberries

= June 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 26


 * 1) What happened to the INSC?
 * 2) Determining gender of parrot from behaviour
 * 3) on waking
 * 4) Metrophobia
 * 5) Where in the body the water we drink is absorbed?
 * 6) Is there a medical term that describes the non knowledge of the mechanism of disease?

= June 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 27


 * 1) Possible to stop eyes from watering?
 * 2) Capillary refill in newborns
 * 3) Chimpanzee#Anatomy_and_physiology
 * 4) Life expectancy, what difference requires an explanation?

= June 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 28


 * 1) Rhizophoraceae, could it be narrowed down taxonomically?
 * 2) How can one induce sleep paralysis?
 * 3) Why did birds survive the extinction of other dinosaurs?
 * 4) Memory question
 * 5) Asteroids
 * 6) Commercial space flight mishaps
 * 7) Do these new driverless cars comply with the three laws of robotics?
 * 8) Big Bang
 * 9) Life form(s)

= June 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 29


 * 1) Identify a submarine
 * 2) What is relation of the bacterium "Helicobacter pylori" to the pylorus?
 * 3) Home-made air conditioner
 * 4) Number of bones and joints in human body

= June 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 June 30


 * 1) How is it that one mole of any gas occupies 22.4 l?
 * 2) Bose-Einstein condensates
 * 3) Fate of coronary artery plaques after rupture
 * 4) What do inspectors of nuclear facilities search for?
 * 5) Star & Stellar Evolution