Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/October 2014

= October 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 1


 * 1) Spacecraft Thermal Blankets
 * 2) Photochromism
 * 3) Cigarette Filters
 * 4) Instant and Land cameras
 * 5) Jasmine tea
 * 6) Triangulation accuracy via GPS versus WiFi
 * 7) Predicting and preventing seasickness
 * 8) Fermented fish and meat

= October 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 2


 * 1) Difference in methanol and ethanol surface tension
 * 2) Stellar gravitational collapse
 * 3) Variation and productivity
 * 4) mirrored room

= October 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 3


 * 1) Parabolic Bird Dives
 * 2) Fear of cotton balls

= October 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 4


 * 1) Jet engine snow blowers VS traditional snow blowers
 * 2) Sound waves in plasma.
 * 3) "lake" "rain" "surface patterns"
 * 4) Periodic table, just "because"?
 * 5) Molecular gyrostats
 * 6) Switchable current source
 * 7) Can Ebola mix with other similar virusses?
 * 8) Contrail length

= October 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 5


 * 1) Oil and condom breakage
 * 2) Crude oil as medicine
 * 3) Erections and Transitioning From Male to Female
 * 4) Molecular thermodynamics
 * 5) Kelvins per second
 * 6) aromatic nitration
 * 7) Dry density and dry unit weight
 * 8) Is scrupulosity a culture-bound OCD disorder?

= October 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 6


 * 1) The Origin of Gunpowder.
 * 2) Fea
 * 3) solar eclipse viewing
 * 4) evolution
 * 5) Type of mutation in Fragile X syndrome

= October 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 7


 * 1) GPS time dilation question (I need an expert in physics or special relativity)
 * 2) Last count of Uranus and Neptune's moons to be realistic
 * 3) Aurora Borealis
 * 4) Military History: Weapons That Changed Warfare
 * 5) Mutton meat cooling
 * 6) Battery power supply for DRL?
 * 7) Is E85 a good deal ?
 * 8) Workplace noise reduction

= October 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 8


 * 1) Maths in physical geography, geology and environmental science courses at college
 * 2) Unapproved drugs
 * 3) Cardiac cycle figure
 * 4) Transparent Styrofoam ?
 * 5) how do mobile phones know how much battery is left
 * 6) Wrong structure in DiI
 * 7) General medical question.

= October 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 9


 * 1) do fish ever sink?
 * 2) Hückel theory
 * 3) Infrared goggles and bullets
 * 4) question about three studies
 * 5) Phasor diagram
 * 6) Bathyspheres and submersibles
 * 7) How long do smoke chemicals stay in ex-smoke rooms?

= October 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 10


 * 1) How does usa.com know precip, average humidity & wind, degree days, and snow for extremely obscure places?
 * 2) Motion and frame of reference
 * 3) Rubbing your hands will make them burst into flames
 * 4) What is the smallest Big Bang possible?

= October 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 11


 * 1) Why do rabbits always move their nose from down to up perennially?

= October 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 12


 * 1) Finite State Transducers
 * 2) Binomial authority for Octopus tetricus?
 * 3) Kite-powered ships and yachts

= October 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 13


 * 1) Surfactant chemistry
 * 2) What is toilet paper and paper towel glue made from?
 * 3) what is the slowest anything has dropped in freefall (unobstructed and unaided except by aerodynamics)
 * 4) Uninstall Comet Arcade
 * 5) Why do people say Ebola is as contagious as HIV?
 * 6) Scientific reports
 * 7) Inductor only psu smoothing circuit
 * 8) Electrostatic Induction
 * 9) Coral, Cucumber and Carnivorous Plants conundrum
 * 10) how bad could ebola get in united states?

= October 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 14


 * 1) Sweat transmission of disease
 * 2) Allergy can be caused only by proteins?
 * 3) Peeing in a toilet
 * 4) Volcanism on the Moon!  Consequences for colonization
 * 5) Does China still have sparrows?
 * 6) Soil compaction
 * 7) What are scientific opinions as to which part of the brain experiences qualia?
 * 8) Slow tire leak and tire pressure at speed vs sitting.

= October 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 15


 * 1) water hands arthritis now
 * 2) Why do the nuts usually end up on the top of the muesli?
 * 3) structural columns
 * 4) [Reusing ground current]
 * 5) ebola in animals
 * 6) Woman having a penis
 * 7) Smoke detector placement and orientation
 * 8) Why is Germany's power-to-gas so far ahead of the English-speaking world's?
 * 9) How to convert an arbitrary monochromatic light (its wavelenght) to a displayable trichromatic light (that is an sRGB screen)?

= October 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 16


 * 1) Greased sword
 * 2) How many molecules build the cell? (not types, but in general)

= October 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 17


 * 1) Giving blood to lose weight
 * 2) Effect of oxygen percentage vs. partial pressure on flammability
 * 3) Dialysis plus

= October 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 18


 * 1) How is ebola affected by fppp (fossilized phido plankton powder) or by natural chlorine from onions?
 * 2) 12th century Arabic constellation

= October 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 19


 * 1) types of the cells
 * 2) Why Do Sugary Foods Cause Instant Discomfort in Teeth with Cavities?
 * 3) I need information about a cross -pollinated fruit named a "brugnon".
 * 4) Are small bodies (<C/2013 A1 size) less likely to be active comets than 1-3 km stuff? How does this vary with distance?
 * 5) Is all so-called mental illness just anxiety?
 * 6) "Offset bandages" ?
 * 7) Why don't good bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?
 * 8) Massive shooting star
 * 9) Chemistry - Dual Supercritical CO2 extraction?

= October 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 20


 * 1) How text book problems are conceived
 * 2) World record for widest monocrystalline silicon crystal

= October 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 21


 * 1) Skeleton question
 * 2) Natural immunity to Ebola
 * 3) Mushroom identification

= October 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 22


 * 1) Black holes in the sky during the day
 * 2) Effects of celestial bodies in close proximity
 * 3) Velocities in Blue Origin Logo

= October 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 23


 * 1) Time versus space
 * 2) Heroin Addict -vs- Varicose Vein
 * 3) Dot on the sun
 * 4) ClearVUE Television Antenna vs. the expensive ones on Radio Shack's website

= October 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 24


 * 1) Duckweed on ponds
 * 2) Wind turbine on a car
 * 3) Cotyledon function
 * 4) Bird chirp sounds like water sloshing?

= October 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 25


 * 1) Ebola virus cure
 * 2) Species ID
 * 3) Invasive species *from*  North America
 * 4) How many asteroids with retrograde paths are there?
 * 5) Making a chemical from only knowing the formula
 * 6) Is the number of the cells like the number of the tissues?
 * 7) May it be the tissue thick, or any tissue is thin?
 * 8) what type oscillator is this
 * 9) What is the different between Atom and element?
 * 10) Is any winter prediction lore better than chance?

= October 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 26


 * 1) Ebola virus hardiness
 * 2) Difference between diffusion of vapors and diffusion of gases

= October 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 27


 * 1) What is the diffrence between Teflon and Plastic"
 * 2) Identification of a naval base structure
 * 3) Light blend modes
 * 4) which is re-usable for another mission: Rockets, Space-Craft or Space Flight?
 * 5) Lymphogranulomatosis
 * 6) Why do people do so little to fight volcanoes?
 * 7) highest price of oil per barrel

= October 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 28


 * 1) Space blanket - contra indication
 * 2) What is this a state?
 * 3) state of matter
 * 4) Converting 5V USB to 12V?
 * 5) mixing medicine liquid with another liquid
 * 6) What is the difference between syrup and elixir?

= October 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 29


 * 1) Ocean Water density and temperature
 * 2) What is a good way to identify tablets?
 * 3) facebook
 * 4) Right prefrontal cortex function
 * 5) The main property of the electrons
 * 6) Given a battery and a device, how can you calculate how long the battery will last?
 * 7) Does driving behind semi trucks increase gas mileage?
 * 8) Macadam
 * 9) Road sub base & Macadam base

= October 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 30


 * 1) Cygnus CRS Orb-3
 * 2) Dose any ampule contain substances which shouldn't meet the air?
 * 3) non-orientable matter
 * 4) Sunrise or sunset ?
 * 5) Why ionizate equation of weak base are written as single step.
 * 6) Fea modelling
 * 7) If you have a dynamo but what a specific output
 * 8) What is the difference between stochastic model vs statistical model
 * 9) How do 32 electrodes transmit a complex behavior?

= October 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 October 31


 * 1) Leclanché cell and Vanadium redox battery
 * 2) Smelloscope
 * 3) Hyperventilating
 * 4) Why do concrete bridges have slight arches at the bottom
 * 5) Meteorite impact and electron degeneracy
 * 6) PUJT vs DIAC
 * 7) Insect overwintering
 * 8) Bridge supports
 * 9) Measurement query
 * 10) Space Vacuum confusion
 * 11) Warnings on prescription labels
 * 12) Cell Phones on Cruise Ships
 * 13) What is the reason of the putting dextrose into the 5W?
 * 14) What is the purpose of the lactate in the Hartman's solution?
 * 15) Chemical compounds