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June 1
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what's the species here? it's White flowered shrub
Reptile Identification - NT Australia
Gabapentin
Effect of spin on bounce
Reptile Identification - Cameron's corner, Eastern(ish)/Central Australia
The element which can form the largest number of covalent bonds
physics - heat project topic
Colubrid snake acting a little rattlesnake-like
If one testicle is larger than the other,what should the effect on the body?
How far from Humans evolutionarily to *not* have just two chest nipples?
June 2
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Why doesn't Wellbutrin and an SSRI used in combination result in similar to the triple reuptake inhibitor cocaine?
My tea rots
What force binds the cells in multicellular organisms together?
Midnight sun and bird activity
Air Conditioning and Global Warming
Explosive boiling of water in a cooking pan on a stove
Cats Shedding Oocyst
Steering of hot air balloon in horizontal plane
Biology
Photo of dead body
June 3
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Is stereophonic sound really needed for future virtual reality technology?
Sun's curve
Particle decelerator, is it possible?
NICU
Personality trait
Why don't chocolate coated nuts have a flat spot?
June 4
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Gravitational time dilation
Second reflection in mirror
Malignant lump
Ears, temperature, and balance
Dot markings on Torx screws
Sahara
June 5
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Sodium in softened water
Spin in the classical context
June 6
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What is a Quasi-satellite
Does time dilate in stationary light clock?
Effects of marijuana as a drink
Combined cycle plants
Mystery
What exactly do service dogs for diabetics detect?
Hail and windscreens
Geometric Optics (Refraction)
A problem of too much Lactic Acid exists?
June 7
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Cell reproduction
sexual enjoyment
Light and Colour
Brown Pelican
Rain
Has anyone tried using webcams, or Skype or whatever, to allow pet parrots to communicate?
June 8
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Is Gluten soluble"
Could there be slow moving neutrinos from somewhere else or from before the big bang?
Check the following Facts
rings of planets
How are those ricin letters suppose to work?
Baryon number and fine-tuning
Polydactyly
Good Earth
Cooking question
Slow motion cameras and Hawk-Eye
Odours
June 9
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how the measurement in a dc potentiometer is being done??
Surveillance camera disruption
F1=ma=mg=F2 or a=g
What type of turtle
I broke my soldering gun
A special type of CRT?
what motor oil do i use for a 2001 bmw 740i with 159k miles in good condition? and other BMW questions
June 10
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Can time really be depicted with space in continuum?
speed of aurora video
Birds as pest control
Greater blue-ringed octopus size
Why Dewar flask cannot be considered a truly isolated system?
Dopamine chemistry
Turtles
Does switching to a different diet require extra energy in humans?
Heat storage
Bufotenine - Medicinal Uses in China?
citronella oil
How spacecrafts estimate moon's and planet's internal structure
June 11
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Does anyone provide solutions on solutions?
Is that cold or just the feeling of cold that brings thermogenesis ?
Ways to turn a hurricane?
Chemistry and relativistic effects
Dissociation and eutectics
Air oxidation of Ammonium iron(II) sulfate
Voltmeter and ammeter
Are vaccines homeopathic?
June 12
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Mites and ticks
Sievert
Basic rocket anatomy
Main Battle Tank
June 13
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Non-circular replacement body joints
Triple integral integration by parts
Naming an apple rust (fungus)
What's wrong with this one-pot synthesis?
Genetic contributions of parentals in haplodiploidy
What kind of microscope do oceanographers use?
Spa chemistry
June 14
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Dense storage of positrons using superconducting coil?
Two different cicada species?
Who is right?
June 15
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This element does not exist in our periodic table
Structural steel bolts
Cicadas in NJ?
Reverse osmosis
Celibacy vs. female sexual desire
Melting point of calcium acetate
Advantage of smoking when it comes down to getting the substance
Explosives from creosote
June 16
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Conscious control of breathing
electron spin reversal
what makes earths seasons
Nosecones on airliners and fighter jets
June 17
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NIR and static
Dinosaur's genders
Why do some algae make PUFA (poly unsaturated fatty acids)?
Race (biology)
Conservation of momentum in time dimension
June 18
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Homozygote-to-heterozygote assortative mating
Audio Source Signatures and Transforming
my 2001 bmw 740i is rattling
Possible improvements in Wikipedia entry on Milankovitch Cycles
What's this turtle doing?
Can neutrinos undergo gravitational lensing?
Complex space & Quantum mechanics
Siphoning gasoline - which cars to choose?
Generic medications
Generating electricity by evaporating water
Merkel
Problems with the definition of the newton in relativity
% fat-free
Cleaning the shower stall.
June 19
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The psychology of flirting between men and women
if a neutrino goes on a bullseye towards a nucleus will it usually pass right thru?
Searching for Jimmy Hoffa...
Trace element changing the properties of a whole substance
Actin Protein
Two related questions about lightning
Evolutionary advantage of food allergies
Neutron stars and black holes inside
June 20
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Use of multiple transformers as a power bank
Radioactive decay energy distribution
Mailing list regarding Rodentia
June 21
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How does a paper airplane fly in the space station?
clostridium
Melancholia
Speakers and headphone burn in
crystals and molecular bonds?
Exercise
June 22
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Sound of Sound Waves Based off Certain Characterisitcs
Why humans have more distinctive physical features than most other species?
Headphone frequency range
Eigengrau for the ears?
Supersonic/Hypersonic Movement at Low Altitude
Chance of pregnancy per year vs age of parous and nulliparous premenopausal women
June 23
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Are there any human societies that...
Why can we only eat living things (or things that use to be alive)?
Sex ratios
Trees in the Piazza della Scala
Seed preservation mechanism
June 24
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Africa, Australia, South America, versus Eurasia and North America
What is this
Tetracoordinate B3+
Echinocactus grusonii frost tolerance
eggs
June 25
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Health benefit of anthocyanin in Montmorency cherries?
June 26
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Homemade explosives, part 2
What is the speed of sound in [http://phys.org/news183044315.html liquid diamond?]
Diplazium esculentum
How much should it cost to replace the propeller shaft in my 2001 BMW 740i?
Frame shifting indel mutation confusion.
Lobotomy
June 27
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Tsunami physics
Plausibility of leaving message for police with bare finger?
Remarkable claim about handaxes
TREES & SOIL WATER
SOIL WATER
Human Subspecies
100 ml rule
Why don't we have an Atomexpo page?
Quantum chaos
How scientist calculates how stars evolves
Evolution
Since we're talking about evolution...
Privately towing a car with the handbrake engaged
"Eryngium heterophyllum"
June 28
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Gamma ray bursts and extraterrestial civilizations
STD
Neutrinos that go toward neutron stars
What is the name of this toy?
Effectivity of condoms and other anti-conceptives
The neuroscience of waking up
Wind direction and planetary rotation
Slugs?
June 29
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Silly Middle-earth-related question
Mainstream concepts of human race
Fatty acids β-oxidation
Notable ancient person whose remains were found
June 30
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Plankton
Can box turtles crawl in high grasses
eggs in the afternoon
Genes and race, what do they code for?
Something I was pondering