Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/May 2015

= May 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 2


 * 1) Reflex
 * 2) question (humans fertilizing other animals)
 * 3) many worlds, infinity
 * 4) Hummingbird moths seem to love an area of my yard that the article doesn't say is a proper habitat for them, why?
 * 5) Thread identification
 * 6) Why does infrared need a line of sight but radio doesn't?
 * 7) How Long Can Sperm Survive in a Man's Body After Castration?

= May 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 3


 * 1) Is the rate of disruptive technologies/year going down?
 * 2) Drug delivery
 * 3) Field stain

= May 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 4


 * 1) Cosmic radiation on interplanetary voyages.
 * 2) Secondary effects of learning a second language
 * 3) my skin exudes smelly substance
 * 4) Pleiades - singular or plural?
 * 5) If disease is beneficial to putting the population in check, then why do people want to minimize disease or delay death?
 * 6) How to start up a coal power plant
 * 7) Satiety and appetite

= May 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 5


 * 1) Homebrew sunscreen
 * 2) Why is the eyes cavity called "orbital" cavity?
 * 3) Hairy day!
 * 4) Low temp Rankine cycle generators?
 * 5) EmDrive: How sure are we that sound cannot travel in a vacuum?
 * 6) Fraction of mass in galaxies
 * 7) Why right triangles are so important to describe lots of natural phenomena?
 * 8) Is Yi qi the first fully Chinese species name?
 * 9) MOID

= May 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 6


 * 1) Does the heart have nervous?
 * 2) "the universe was only one five hundredth the mass it is now"
 * 3) Personal hygiene in apes and other animals
 * 4) Palm mounts

= May 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 7


 * 1) Speed of light, dark energy, dark matter
 * 2) beating dogs (and other animals) to improve the flavor of the meat
 * 3) Dairy cattle and osteoporosis
 * 4) Ladybirds
 * 5) Cosmetic dentistry
 * 6) Oxygen content of the atmosphere
 * 7) Predictions of temperature fluctuations
 * 8) The force that pushes me outward
 * 9) Would a roller coaster be exciting in space?
 * 10) Females & make-up

= May 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 8


 * 1) Glue

= May 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 9


 * 1) Dark Matter
 * 2) Space elevator
 * 3) Extinct (planes)
 * 4) The adipose tissue has the smallest amount of extracellular matrix
 * 5) Why is it more windy over the ocean than it is over land?
 * 6) Science and applied science

= May 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 10


 * 1) Are there places on Earth where no practical amount of clothing and fast walking will keep you from discomfort?
 * 2) Misconceptions about hiv

= May 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 11


 * 1) Fish identification
 * 2) Names of internet trunk lines
 * 3) Cats like earwax
 * 4) If I have twice the metabolic rate of a normal person then does that mean I have twice as much brain power?
 * 5) Self-driving cars and speed limits

= May 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 12


 * 1) Large wheels trailed behind early British tanks
 * 2) UL Recognized Component Mark
 * 3) Upside down J
 * 4) Power outage cycles
 * 5) Ahklun Mountains highest point

= May 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 13


 * 1) STDs and nutrition in developing countries
 * 2) Automated Milk Harvester
 * 3) How many total distinct living organisms exist within a typical human body at any given time?
 * 4) Danger in use of microwave oven
 * 5) Is the following essay is considered as a scientific literature?

= May 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 14


 * 1) The nature of empty space
 * 2) The height of Everest
 * 3) Relative regularity of clocks?
 * 4) Progress 59
 * 5) Do the depolarization or repolarization  represent systole / diastole?
 * 6) Pleasure
 * 7) Permanent coma
 * 8) Trains and speed limits

= May 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 15


 * 1) What is a train's speed control "user interface" like?
 * 2) FLUG
 * 3) Smallest number of cages in KenKen puzzle?
 * 4) What chemical properties make certain materials good insulators or good conductors of heat (or energy in general)?

= May 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 16


 * 1) What flower is this?
 * 2) Journal publication and peer-reviewer anonymity
 * 3) About the inhalation of objects
 * 4) Making metal glow blue
 * 5) A bluish shade of yellow...
 * 6) What's the opposite of "mellow" in the context of soil?

= May 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 17


 * 1) Historic geophysics
 * 2) Can Gene Therapy Naturally Reverse Itself?
 * 3) At what point will all the rainforests be used up for any kind of human development?
 * 4) Once in a while I find one of these bugs on my neck on just below
 * 5) Is it possible to take out smoke of the ear?
 * 6) What is the difference between academic article to scientific article (if there is)?
 * 7) What kind of bug is this?

= May 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 18


 * 1) relative refractory period in the heart
 * 2) volcanololy/geology
 * 3) Sleep issue
 * 4) Tasking
 * 5) Age and the amount of sleep
 * 6) ISS
 * 7) Species identification: is this a Dark-spotted Frog?
 * 8) Laser printing process
 * 9) Earthquake magnitudes
 * 10) Sitting on Spitfire wings

= May 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 19


 * 1) Kinect and Kinect for Xbox One power consumption
 * 2) Strange sound
 * 3) Why is the "basilic" vein called in this name?
 * 4) early girl tomato

= May 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 20


 * 1) USMLE Step 2 (Step 2 CS) must be taken before step 3?
 * 2) X-7
 * 3) Mobile tech
 * 4) Professional - Master mariner
 * 5) What are these masts for?

= May 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 21


 * 1) Urethral fuzz -- what's it called?
 * 2) Albino animal article request
 * 3) Microbiology - pathogen classification
 * 4) Biology/Anthropology - The development of gold in humans
 * 5) argon

= May 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 22


 * 1) What is the difference between analgesia and sedation?
 * 2) Definition of planet
 * 3) List of USB type C devices
 * 4) Active resolution vs total resolution
 * 5) String Theory with less scientific literacy
 * 6) Healthy processed foods  ?
 * 7) pocket calculators

= May 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 23


 * 1) Laminar jet as a fiber optic cable

= May 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 24


 * 1) A rocky start
 * 2) Wow! Signal
 * 3) Reynolds number

= May 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 25


 * 1) Radon and illness
 * 2) Geology vs physical geography, is geology a sub-field of physical geography?
 * 3) By what mechanism do some diseases cause loss of appetite?
 * 4) Cutting patterns out of fabric: humans against computers

= May 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 26


 * 1) burning eye by acidic stuff vs basic stuff
 * 2) Why and how alcohol kills bacteria?
 * 3) Oligocene Drowning
 * 4) Cattle bathing in the Andaman Sea

= May 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 27


 * 1) What is the difference between erection and priapism?
 * 2) What kind of frog?
 * 3) Heat equation on the ice rink
 * 4) Sending a low-loss message to the distant future
 * 5) Can we get free electricity from a phone jack?

= May 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 28


 * 1) IIT JAM
 * 2) Notes on B.Sc.Agriculture
 * 3) Starling bill colour
 * 4) Is amino acid folding unweightedly random?

= May 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 29


 * 1) Why would the North Pole be full of oil (alledgedly)? Was is not always a cold place where life couldn't thrive?
 * 2) Windmill without blades
 * 3) Mitigating dengue fever in US flooded areas with mosquito bits

= May 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 30


 * 1) animals and humans
 * 2) Do milk-cows need to give birth to calves to produce milk?
 * 3) Physiological reasons for vegetarianism and veganism

= May 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 May 31


 * 1) How many times has sex evolved?
 * 2) Are amphetamines proper a substituted amphetamine?