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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 1
Date
An optional use for leeches?
do the congenitally blind understand literary descriptions?
Mechanical device that keeps something spinning in exactly the right speed
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 2
Electro magnetic theory
What the Fuck is Fermet's Last Theorum?
penetration of UltraViolet A rays in flesh
Solar cell production capacity
DNA math
pittuitay tumors
How many species are there?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 3
What is it eating?
Do we have any defense at all against meteors, black holes, etc.?
Pesticides
Kale
"Blind spot" in face recognition?
Bolbidia
World steel supply irradiated ?
sexual reproduction would never work.
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 4
Engineering indexes
Frequency of mass
Advantage of large population
Acceleration?
Why is Jelly easier to swallow than water?
Placebo
Animal cooperation and co-learning
Where/when was c first used as the symbol for the speed of light?
Time dilation
Asteroid orbital elements
Please identify this flower
Special relativity, time dilation, practice?
What is the difference between neuronal circuitry and neural circuitry?
How often do transposons jump?
Hard-boiled eggs
ZMF in special relativity
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 5
Possible Meteorite strike
Ray that stops internal-combustion engines
Are there any Nobel winning scientists in baseball?
Titanium Knives vs. Stainless Steel
Daytime Conflict with clock time
Headphones jack or line out?
How long will it take for Pluto to clear its neighborhood?
how many horsepower can a horse pull with?
Racemates/racemic mixtures
Genetics
Volume controller
Artificial Gravity
A Zebra Finch as a pet?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 6
Looking back in time through space
Potassium supplement dosage
The Universe
Four fundamental interactions as four formulas
mech engineering related(new idea)
Ice in craters of Mercury
Atomic masses
chemicals for surgical gloves
Definition of "Life"
Whistle in water
Charges on a sphere
Breathing in cold weather
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Gaining immunity to the common cold?
Fighter plane firing a bullet
Shape of Planets
Deliriants vs. Hallucinogens
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 7
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avobenzone This]
Transistor configuration in a radio Tx/Rx
Quantum Physics - The double Split Experiment
dextrose & ct scans
Darting PVDF membrane magic trick
Scabies
you better have an explanation for this
Does this represent inertia?
Buying Optical fiber
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 8
problem in thermodynamics
In Electric current(AC-230V) transmission-household wiring, why cannot we sense Nutral current using normal Current tester?
Light as waves AND particles
if an acid is added to a salt...?
Mensa and god
Solar power for a house
Temperature at which Magnesium ignites
Colorlessness of a solution
knotty problem
If the sun went out...
Alcohol
Child and Adolescent psychotherapist
What's the lowest pint in Badlands national park?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 9
Do we know if egg-laying is painful for birds?
If our universe is an open one, is not that a a paradox?
Strength of intermolecular forces
Lightning
CO2 in a fish tank for plants
How is it that all life on Earth descended from a common ancestor and not multiple ancestors?
Orders of magnitude for force...?
Cnidocysts stronger than a bullet??
Protein Engineering
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 10
Force of rain dropping
Crude death rate map
op amp
Recuperation after a stroke
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 11
Polarisation and magnetisation
I got a question if water can explode?
Audio quality - sampling rate versus bits per sample.
Getting Younger Every Day
Apparent Size of the Moon
What are recent developments in Internal Combustion Engines?
tingling in the chin
Levitation - frogs or otherwise.
Phosphate pit
light
"Super greens" pills
Doing X will "flush the toxins out of your body"?
Radar turns on a radio?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 12
A pile-up limit?
Blood Diseases.
White metal?
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avobenzone This]
Benzophenone
ICOS or Icos?
cannibis
Torque
Copolovian Mischief
A question on gravity
Temperature
Supersonic wind?
Immunofluorescence
LED light bulbs dimmable?
so much for your precious physics!
Gravitational Earth xray
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 13
Paternity Test
penetration of UltraViolet A rays in flesh
How Alternating Current Flows in elcetrical wire?
Ground Glassware Joint sizes
The genetic aspects of personality ?
Medication Expiration
STARS AT NIGHT
Medical question
what is the relationship between heat and information?
can an Electric shock actually throw you across the room?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 14
Synthesis study?
LED lamps - how they change colors so smoothly?
Duration of Venlafaxine withdrawal symptoms?
number of mice in lab
Breathing out - controlling the temperature/heat
two sets of DNA in one person - episode of house.
Poor performance of guerrillas
Geography of Quebec
M2 Browning machine gun acessory
Bandy Ball
USP
Human perception of light versus sound
Something smells fishy...
Speed of light
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 15
Why don't mountain climbers' eyeballs freeze?
work and momentum
Fate of feral pigeons, feral gulls and feral starlings if humans became extinct?
Neutron star with event horizon
Is there a center of the universe?
Power adapter
No sleep
menstrual cycles
Meniscus Lens Ray Diagrams
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 16
Saving money by freezing water
Stone use
Question about waves
solid objects behavior under stress
fibrinogen
fifth dimension
unified theory
What do economists know, really?
Using frogs to keep milk cold
moment of inertia
Blood spurts
Short tongue and snipping
How many possible genetic variations or combinations from one couple ?
Storage capacity of the human brain ?
Perception of one colour being "brighter" / "darker" than another
Organ barter
Private health care in the US
why does gas burn blue?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 17
Will Uranus and Jupiter eventually lose it's rings?
Darvocet (Propoxyphene) Overdose Dosage
Tidal lock with the sun
What's a good resource for algae?
mass of photon
Vitamin D and Tanning
sun collapsing
Collisions with the sun(four related questions)
Tachycardia
Limit of Cold
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 18
Can I buy cyanide being 16 year old
Chest pain
related to physics
knowledge key
dim flashes from a Fluorescent lamp
pi calculation formula
Long-term storage of lithium ion battery
Muscle Tone and Protein Intake
Negritos, Indigenous Australians, Pacific Islanders, and Thai people...
A question and a few "if so..."s
wet vs. cold
leaded brass
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 19
What kind of audio processing is this?
Is the areola/nipple of the breast (any breast, but a female breast I'm thinking of) a mucous membrane?
Apparent violation of the Second law of thermodynamics at quantum level?
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Fresnel drag
Is there any solvent in the world has ph below 1.5 but without bubbles when spraying?
tensing head/neck muscles
stimulated emission
Is there a chance that Mars will be swallowed up/?
Original use of copper wire, before electric use
Longevity of woman
Types Of Cells Containing Nuclear Pores
abbreviation for the word molecules that is different from mol or moles
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 20
A pore excuse for a question...
True color image vs. false color images
Rechargable batteries - the 'S' terminal?
First movie projector for more than one person?
Homo genus
von brun's nest
nissle's substance
Is this a lichen or an animal colony?
MAG 29
Temperature of a lit cigarette
rice in a silo exploding
Golden Ratio
Nutrition of a Egg whites
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 21
Surface roughness
BATTERY
Plastic In Bandy Balls
penicillin test
747-400 seat cushion dimensions
Depleted uranium
Natural Polymers
Iris Depigmentation
Lingual Frenectomy in Adults?
Total size of all Wikipedia articles
Submarine motion
steel
concrete specimen
Regarding sight
Titan vs. Europa over 5-7 billion year sun
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 22
Aerated autoclaved concrete
How to have a nightmare
Creation of unfeasably large nuclei through the quantum zeno effect
Effect of Sildenafil (Viagra)
Expanding universe
Foucault pendulum in Lost
:: in gene notation
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 23
air compressor
how do explosions destroy things
Viewing memories from a cat's brain?
Do female athletes and sportswomen, especially in 'masculine' sports, have more testosterone than average women?
Neanderthal cranial size
spiral bevel gears
Electronics
microbiology
Question about the hologram universe article in New Scientist issue 2691
What does "space is a vacuum" mean?
Energy stored in air, compressed by supersonic object
Chaos Theory. Is this a croc, or what?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 24
Non-teratogenic mutagens
Space tube: Sucking or Blowing?
Space/matter
Compressible liquids
Second moment of area
treeful of goats??
What kind of bacterium does this?
Equations of motion
Kids holding books upside down
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 25
Burying charcoal to mitigate global warming
Rope bridges over big gaps
Circuit schematics: are these good?
Death by toaster?
Choice of anticoagulant
help
communicating space tube
power available from daylight
Gluten question
Cosmic gods
mt st helens
Which lightbulb?
Identifying a street light bulb
Water Clock Thingie Question
Definition of Work
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 26
Air pressure or surface tension
Catching the milk
The car of the future!
Einstein Field Equation
Drake equation with infinite L
In dogs, say a Great Dane and a Chihuahua were to breed through artificial insemination...
Progesterone receptor A - isoform
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Displacement, s
viscosity vs. temp
Alternating current outlet
Compact fluorescent light bulb hooked up backwards
Why do octane raings vary?
Skin temperature and freezing
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 27
Errors in casting plastics
Spontaneous absorption of water waves
soap
question about HIV/AIDS
Vines climbing around a tree
Help on Forces
Most stuff eaten at once and eating things whole
Does this count as "whistling"?
Autoclaving liquid
osmole confusion
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 28
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Backwards FET operation
intensity light
Feed the sailors with carrots so they'll have better eyesight.
Organ donor records
Osmole Confusion Part II
Wearing a coat inside making the cold outside feel colder.
Synthesis of Benzene
Letter to the BMJ
Autodidact: how to prove that you learned something
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 29
Parallel Universes' Laws of Physics
Centripetal vs. Centrifugal
Seeing bubbles on a leaf in water
Atomic Bombs and Radiation Burns
Loss of memory cells
Doctors in Médecins Sans Frontières
About Ocean Tides
Crystal violet staining for cell-counting
Swollen abdomen in Kwashiorkor
Cause of death in the ocean
Guidance required.
Tons to kN conversion
NPN transistor as a switch
Space
Determing the thermoelectric cooler's current output when using a fan as a load
humans ≠ able to tell time
Earth without a moon.
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 30
Rice and Play-doh
Digestive grinding stones
Eosinophil
What makes heating a house using geothermal inefficient in the US
UFOs
Mitochondrial DNA from sperm to zygote
Scientific question
Firing a pistol sideways
Engineering Book for Children
Quantam Mechanics, de Broglie wavelength, baseball
My UFO Story or What did I see?
Skywarn Spotter Training
Atlantic hurricane tracks
Robert Burns and gold conductor
Islam...
Gravity escaping black holes.
Books on string theory
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2009 January 31
momentum object
general theory of relativity
electrodepostion of copper, efficiency of cathode?
Make our brain store memory.
Best way to pour liquid out of a cup without it dribbling down the side?
Electric shock
Urban legend regarding pitbulls
i dont want JOWLS