Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/March 2017

= March 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 1


 * 1) Why is the academic establishment worshipping materialism?
 * 2) A Tibetan highlander marries an Andean highlander and they get children
 * 3) Selling live genetically-modified food animals in UK

= March 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 2


 * 1) Have there been any recent attempts at this?
 * 2) Plant-based diet
 * 3) Shared DNA
 * 4) What are these turkeys doing?
 * 5) Using a canal as a source of drinking water?
 * 6) Could a rocky planet naturally experience a nuclear fusion explosion?

= March 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 3


 * 1) Meat fillers
 * 2) Bowel movement after a break from eating
 * 3) Tissues in the body regeneration after 7 years

= March 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 4


 * 1) NaK
 * 2) RFC of possible interest to contributors to this desk
 * 3) If people are born gay why is one of the identical twins sometimes gay?
 * 4) Stuka
 * 5) Can humans eat the algae that makes omega-3 fatty acids directly?

= March 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 5


 * 1) Is there any evolutionistic explanation for the gender split?
 * 2) Puncturing an automobile tire
 * 3) Forensic detection of voice disguises
 * 4) Continuous casting
 * 5) Starvation effect on testicles
 * 6) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 5#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_50._Ch.50-1.2C_Ch.50-3_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_50.html.5D|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 50. Ch.50-1, Ch.50-3 ]]
 * 7) Anatoly Dyatlov

= March 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 6


 * 1) Tin pest
 * 2) What species of spider is this?
 * 3) Tin cans
 * 4) Lead
 * 5) Square graphene
 * 6) What is the average number of dates of the Gregorian year that a Full Moon falls on in a lifetime?
 * 7) genetic article reconciliation
 * 8) Precise fuel gauge?

= March 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 7


 * 1) Containment building
 * 2) Puncturing a hovercraft
 * 3) Strict definition of mutagenesis
 * 4) Are certain hominids going extinct because their natural habitat is destroyed by climate change and agriculture?
 * 5) Help identifying caterpillars
 * 6) What it means to be molecular
 * 7) Washing produce

= March 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 8


 * 1) Year Span of 485-490 Days
 * 2) Falling asleep in classrooms
 * 3) How tall was Homo erectus?
 * 4) Wind noise
 * 5) Why are headlights green?

= March 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 9


 * 1) How did Mammuthus spp. die out but Homo sapiens survive?
 * 2) Feeding boogers to tropical fish
 * 3) Cattle population historical chart
 * 4) Press and hold to turn on electronic device
 * 5) Are humans really grass eaters?
 * 6) Quorn question
 * 7) Trickshots

= March 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 10


 * 1) Flat Earth Hypothesis is easily proven wrong
 * 2) At what height are hill/mountains made from rock?
 * 3) Sour strawberries

= March 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 11


 * 1) Why does salt make food taste better?
 * 2) Recreational drug use in animals
 * 3) The chemistry of ice cream
 * 4) Radium Fission
 * 5) Research question:  What's in a typical carpet?
 * 6) How indestructible are military dog tags? (morbid)
 * 7) Ice falling from aircraft

= March 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 12


 * 1) Is Earth getting bigger? If so, why?
 * 2) Golden gun
 * 3) Golden gun, part 2
 * 4) Fossils and igneous rock
 * 5) Quadratic field strength
 * 6) Digital radio coverage in underground railway tunnels
 * 7) Bug identification
 * 8) Rudolph Valentino's death

= March 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 13


 * 1) Objects in Earth's orbit
 * 2) Why not replace sodium by potassium?
 * 3) Is weight a net force?
 * 4) Ecological niche of Homo sapiens
 * 5) Black dwarf atmosphere

= March 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 14


 * 1) Interstellar travel and intergalactic travel
 * 2) pinpointing science fiction movie with "very noisy rain dropping down"?

= March 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 15


 * 1) Fire engines on rails?
 * 2) Microwave oven effectiveness decline with use
 * 3) Does insufficient protein intake seemes as causing Erectile dysfunction in a healthy person?
 * 4) Solubility of sugar in salt solutions
 * 5) How do double sided cylinder locks work?

= March 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 16


 * 1) What's the world's rainiest and driest settlement with >19,999 people?

= March 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 17


 * 1) The expanding universe
 * 2) How accurate is this table?
 * 3) How do doctors categorize something as a "disease"?
 * 4) Mechanism of action?
 * 5) Types of Human genes
 * 6) What were the differences in physical appearance between Pleiosaurs and Mososaurs?
 * 7) Gravity on a denser planet
 * 8) Time crystals
 * 9) Time dilation and warp drive
 * 10) Brass magnetic?

= March 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 18


 * 1) water hardness
 * 2) Can electrical current change a chemical bond from covalent to ionic?
 * 3) First fotoelement
 * 4) Organic chemist needed

= March 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 19


 * 1) H+
 * 2) Eating local food
 * 3) Aqua streaks in ocean
 * 4) Overthinking
 * 5) Earth-Mars common orbiter
 * 6) Can we generate unlimited energy?
 * 7) Icy cream
 * 8) moment

= March 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 20


 * 1) Cosmic resurrection?
 * 2) Salix sp.?
 * 3) Hair drier
 * 4) Iron loss
 * 5) Is potassium in plants linked to soil quality?
 * 6) Does raw sewage enter tap water during a hurricane in florida?
 * 7) Showers in seawater

= March 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 21


 * 1) Spacecraft travelling at 99 percent the speed of light or greater
 * 2) What's wrong with my chemistry calculation?
 * 3) A real chemistry question
 * 4) Is trophic level based on what keeps an organism alive instead of what the organism can eat?
 * 5) Why no antibiotic resistance against cathelicidin?
 * 6) Anthocyanins

= March 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 22


 * 1) Do mind altering medication really work?
 * 2) WHO
 * 3) Trauma biochemistry
 * 4) Calories

= March 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 23


 * 1) Two seemingly self-contradictory statements in the chemistry textbook
 * 2) Torque, Moment of inertia
 * 3) How accurate is this table? (March 17)
 * 4) carbohydrates
 * 5) Running like Forrest Gump
 * 6) Subsistence farming

= March 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 24


 * 1) To disinfect with alcohol or not after a bite from dog?
 * 2) WHO

= March 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 25


 * 1) Why can't humans hibernate?
 * 2) Why does the medical establishment blame fat?
 * 3) Satiety - dietary fat or dietary fiber?
 * 4) Wind direction, high and low
 * 5) Sick and then not sick again for a long time

= March 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 26


 * 1) Can food be made to be suitable for both dogs and humans?
 * 2) Why don't they make non-hybrids with 2 or 4 internal combustion engines?
 * 3) Lithium-ion batteries exploding from a short-circuit

= March 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 27


 * 1) Are there places with invasive species(es) that like its climate better than anywhere in their native range?
 * 2) Engineering and non technical project management career path
 * 3) Center of mass
 * 4) How close are nerves to the skin?

= March 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 28


 * 1) Can an apartment building grow enough food to feed its tenants?
 * 2) Stomach and intestinal pain
 * 3) Microwaveable ready meals
 * 4) coordinate explanation
 * 5) Do fat and protein intake need to be restricted on a vegetable-based diet?
 * 6) Doomsday library?
 * 7) Strawberry variety - "Trollope's Victoria"

= March 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 29


 * 1) Why do boring things put humans to sleep?
 * 2) Soyuz spacecraft on Zenit rockets
 * 3) Tubular structures on Mars
 * 4) How does a LyfeLite bulb know when the power is out ?
 * 5) Radio signal around the world

= March 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 30


 * 1) How do garbage bags end up in the ocean?
 * 2) Mine rescue
 * 3) Which animal is the biggest in the world?
 * 4) Military drones and what they do

= March 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 31


 * 1) Question about the physics
 * 2) Are people with anencephaly conscious?
 * 3) Crickets in March/April, then not again till July
 * 4) Why do some lone geese without offspring hiss at a man yet others in a group flee from a lone 7th grader?
 * 5) Identification of animals in 18th century book
 * 6) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 31#Feynman_Lectures._Lecture_51._Ch.51-2_Shock_waves_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.2FI_51.html.5D|Feynman Lectures. Lecture 51. Ch.51-2 Shock waves ]]
 * 7) Air safety
 * 8) How does my body maintain constant temperature?