Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/November 2017

= November 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 1


 * 1) Gigantic Chinese finger trap
 * 2) How do photons work to enable visual perception

= November 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 2


 * 1) What led to the increase in prevalence of breastfeeding?

= November 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 3


 * 1) Tesla coils
 * 2) Technical Problem
 * 3) Enabling works for new railway lines
 * 4) X-rays
 * 5) Namibia "hammocks"

= November 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 4


 * 1) Star in Cancer named for Marina Popovich
 * 2) Stars with naked eye
 * 3) Using food or money on research participants

= November 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 5


 * 1) Burqan 2 ballistic missile spesifications?
 * 2) Deodorant Manufacturing Process
 * 3) what is the nuclear reaction that occurs in radiation therapy?
 * 4) Which fungi species are in US food?

= November 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 6


 * 1) why is the bond order of water 1.5 for each O-H interaction??
 * 2) Drone (bee)

= November 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 8


 * 1) Earth-temperature brown dwarf
 * 2) Name of fallacy: mixing up unrelated variables?
 * 3) Industrial production of methane

= November 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 9


 * 1) Forensic analysis
 * 2) iPTF14hls, cause of survival of explosions?
 * 3) Site engineers

= November 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 10


 * 1) Infrastructure vs building engineering
 * 2) "Beam me up, Scotty!"
 * 3) Septic shock
 * 4) Physical Photo Stenography
 * 5) Follow up question on dark matter and stars

= November 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 11


 * 1) Salicylic acid and acetylsalicylic acid
 * 2) where can I find literature on anhydrous acid-base equilibria?
 * 3) AXLE FLUX GENERATOR OUTPUT.
 * 4) Rifles with horizontal magazines

= November 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 12


 * 1) Etymology of the word 'male'

= November 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 13


 * 1) Planet Venus and Jupiter conjunction.

= November 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 14


 * 1) USGS measurements
 * 2) Earth's energy budget

= November 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 15


 * 1) Positronium diameter
 * 2) Baked Beans
 * 3) Baked beans and polysaccharides

= November 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 16


 * 1) "After"-Talk
 * 2) How far from the center has a bound electron of the observable universe ever reached?
 * 3) ethanol fermentation
 * 4) Telephone lines
 * 5) What is a 'double domed appearance'?
 * 6) Sun's helium flash

= November 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 17


 * 1) An odd ball [possible insect nest identification]
 * 2) Evolution of anticoagulants
 * 3) A question about g-force

= November 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 18


 * 1) Back EMF in DC Motors
 * 2) Easier to convert to natural gas: diesel or otto?

= November 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 19


 * 1) Smallest black hole to eat Earth
 * 2) Yeast as food
 * 3) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 19#Feynman_Lectures._Exercises._Exercise_14-21_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fhtml.scribd.com.2F91cmvs8wn433jb9d.2Fimages.2F43-22da9fd5f1.jpg_JPG.5D_.5Bhttps:.2F.2Fen.wikipedia.org.2Fwiki.2FWikipedia:Reference_desk.2FArchives.2FScience.2F2017_September_24.23Feynman_Lectures._Exercises._Exercise_14-21_JPG_archive.5D|Feynman Lectures. Exercises. Exercise 14-21 JPG archive]]

= November 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 20


 * 1) How hard can ice be?
 * 2) Mammoth Size

= November 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 21


 * 1) Does physics have axioms?
 * 2) Using a transistor rated for 45 V in a 60 V circuit
 * 3) Pomegranate pith
 * 4) Computing with magnetic knots
 * 5) Medieval chemistry

= November 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 22


 * 1) Why aren't odd carbon number fatty acids more common in biology?
 * 2) General Relativity questions
 * 3) Civil engineering and programme management

= November 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 23


 * 1) Science or Fiction ?
 * 2) Impossible asteroidial speed?
 * 3) Phone camera science
 * 4) How are 'bits' of information placed on magnetic tape
 * 5) Nerve flossing

= November 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 24


 * 1) Can ʻOumuamua be a starship?
 * 2) Galaxy level objects at relativistic velocities?
 * 3) Optimal shape
 * 4) Is there anything special about the speed of light?
 * 5) Alcohol in a Royal Navy rum ration

= November 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 25


 * 1) Edit on Chi-squared test
 * 2) Soyuz Interior

= November 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 26


 * 1) Mechanical Torsion
 * 2) Electrical distribution planning and design

= November 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 27


 * 1) why are winters along the Atlantic northeast colder?
 * 2) How much does it cost to run an air conditioner like this?
 * 3) What biological protection do trees have against lightening?
 * 4) Surgery leaves woman ‘drowning in her own poo’
 * 5) Is the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease is lessions in corpus striatum?
 * 6) Is it possible to invent car engine lubricant that's mostly graphite?

= November 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 28


 * 1) Lava and Molten Rock
 * 2) The best university for Science

= November 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 29


 * 1) Northern, Southern, and Equatorial constellations
 * 2) Drilling into drywall
 * 3) If the biceps supinates the forearm, what pronates it?
 * 4) Moving the helicopter forward
 * 5) White weasel = long-tailed weasel?
 * 6) Stern-Gerlach experiment numerical analysis
 * 7) Oumuamua

= November 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 30


 * 1) Packages within large infrastructure projects
 * 2) Is mining for agricultural water and drinking water practical?
 * 3) What is the farthest east that the Gulf Stream and its continuations reach?
 * 4) Could I ask about Dytrysia taxonomy?
 * 5) Removing ink from a book