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July 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 1

  1. Adultration
  2. Unmanned Aircraft
  3. Freezing Cheese: Good or Bad
  4. QAM query
  5. statistics
  6. Help with electronics
  7. Additional Help with Electronics
  8. Figure of the Earth image
  9. Space program benefits
  10. physics
  11. Endorphin as drug
  12. Insulators for copper wiring

July 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 2

  1. Infantry vs. tank
  2. Evolution - Woman as Well?
  3. What is the process of decompossition of the human body?
  4. Cavity in a Unifomly charged solid sphere..
  5. Can I get fully solved IIT-JEE question papers in Physics (mechanics only) of past 10-20 years?
  6. What defines a yeast?
  7. How fast does the "wind" go when we blow on something?
  8. Tree identification
  9. Crude oil estimates
  10. Drafting
  11. Biting fly
  12. Why are Galaxies disc shaped?

July 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 3

  1. House water pressure from flow rate?
  2. Tell diffrence
  3. Skin color of ancient Egyptians
  4. hypoglycemia vs hypertriglycerides
  5. Why don't spaceships turn into blackholes
  6. Wheat allergies
  7. botanical name
  8. Species with long luteal phase
  9. Material acting like Maxwell's demon?
  10. Shooting down the barrel of a tank
  11. Strange skull
  12. basic difference between stroke and depression?
  13. Gnat ID

July 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 4

  1. Trivalve moluscs
  2. Is tungsten ferromagnetic?
  3. where do herring gulls and black back gulls sleep at night?
  4. Battery-powered microphone amplifier
  5. Termite control in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  6. Overlapping tidal radii
  7. convert -
  8. Simple mechanics.
  9. Bounce
  10. Relativity and communication speed

July 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 5

  1. Houdini exhumation
  2. Future Indian Ocean Earthquake
  3. Antarcticine
  4. Metrication in Greece
  5. Spin
  6. Quantum numbers
  7. Can crouching, breathing deeply, rising quickly lead to fainting?
  8. electromagnetic force uses photons as a mediator
  9. Why do s-orbitals always take part in hybridistion?
  10. Platypus evolution
  11. The LHC and the end of the world
  12. What the hell is going on here!?

July 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 6

  1. Colorado 14ers
  2. Trans Ischemic Attack - same symptoms as stroke in sever cases?
  3. brilliant blue fcf
  4. Unexplained Magnetic Phenomenon - Childhood question
  5. Evolution of Evolution
  6. Unleaded fuel
  7. Courage
  8. Life in free-fall
  9. Iron lattice
  10. Flashes from Zen Vision W
  11. Citing
  12. Breeding spiders

July 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 7

  1. what kind of snake?
  2. What percent of heart attacks go undetected each year?
  3. Similiar heartbeats
  4. Can vets tell what Animal species
  5. Hertz.
  6. chemitry
  7. Need Help Identifying Scary and Fast Bug.
  8. "Universe in My Thumb"
  9. How could this be?
  10. sunrise and sunset
  11. Hertz.
  12. menigocele
  13. About Hedgehogs
  14. orgasms
  15. If poisoning occurs (with depilatory wax)
  16. Color and Smell changes, Why?
  17. Measuring Power
  18. Pet Budgerigars and mirrors
  19. Airplane engines "opening" up
  20. Strips of metal hanging in unfinished buildings
  21. Organic chemistry reaction

July 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 8

  1. Saving electricity by unplugging apliances?
  2. Survival versus reproduction
  3. Space Time
  4. science
  5. ibs
  6. Brain communication and handedness
  7. bond energy
  8. holes in chest
  9. How to determine the right direction of an insert in a plasmid?
  10. Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 8#Purity of CO2
  11. Talk:Composition of the human body

July 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 9

  1. Just thinking
  2. my BG sound
  3. Megabats as “flying primates”?
  4. Lice
  5. Lice 2
  6. Mortice Locks
  7. Minnesota Skid
  8. Black people, poison ivy, lice
  9. primates
  10. Engine slows you down?
  11. Muscles
  12. some naive hypothesis at odds with basis of physic- what wrong with them ?
  13. Self-replication in open thermodynamics??
  14. Why does the temperature decrease with increasing altitude?
  15. "cynical but open minded" etc
  16. Formula to determine water flow rates and temperatures to maintain tank temperature.
  17. Name of hard cardboard-like stuff
  18. Perfluorocarbon
  19. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and his glasses.
  20. Penises
  21. I'm really looking for an answer other than "carefully" here...
  22. Mindtrap

July 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 10

  1. PMS citation needed
  2. High Frequency Electric Signal Over a Buffered Solution
  3. Do trees ever grow up ?
  4. Ammonium methanide
  5. Decibel question
  6. GAS TO ELECTRIC POWER
  7. pharmacy education in europe
  8. Exercise
  9. African Americans and Sickle Cell Anemia
  10. Non-steam coal engine technology?
  11. Static build up on my cable modem?
  12. inequalities for one-dimensional Schroedinger equation (moved from Math desk)
  13. Process Engineering
  14. some naive hypothesis at odds with basis of physic----- what wrong with them  ?
  15. Clawed Lobster Population
  16. quantum mechanics, laplacian
  17. Oil from plant cuttings and wood chips
  18. Two questions about calorie use
  19. Closed Timelike Curve question

July 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 11

  1. Can I feed Rich tea and other hard biscuits to the larids?
  2. Auditioning loudspeakers - is it a con?
  3. I have no interest in physics and math
  4. Antimatter into Matter
  5. I haerd rumors about this? In 2012, the Earth will be gone?
  6. Hooke's Law
  7. Infra red lamps
  8. Losing a finger
  9. Myth: darkest night
  10. Oxidation of potatoes
  11. ELECTRIC CURRENT
  12. growing potatoes.
  13. Systems engineering

July 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 12

  1. bee-wasp from Rockton, Illinois
  2. dopamine meaning in evolvement history
  3. chronic eye infection
  4. Mechanism of phase boundary catalysis with 18-crown-6
  5. Is this an ant?
  6. Tyre pressure
  7. ohm resistance
  8. telescope
  9. habits of cobras of Thailand
  10. Miacis
  11. Shaolin Monks
  12. BDA
  13. fractionating column

July 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 13

  1. The other week someone said that the African grey parrot was probably the most intelligent dinosaur ever
  2. Danger of downed wires during a flood
  3. My potato question
  4. question about baseballs and wind resistance
  5. Atoms
  6. High temperature changes on the human body
  7. Two-liter bottle (PET) adhesive
  8. Body weight
  9. negative effects of cooking gas
  10. Blood types: who is my father
  11. Conductive napalm? Railgun + conductive flammable liquid = long range flamethrower?
  12. Ultraviolet light

July 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 14

  1. colostrum
  2. Bond Energy & EN
  3. economics
  4. Gyroscopic Precession
  5. Question about contantness of physical laws
  6. bones transformation
  7. 50 - 75 - 83 - 91 - 96 - 98 - 99% - clone
  8. Fetus blood type

July 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 15

  1. Is it safe to mix isopropyl alcohol and ammonia?
  2. Hemispheres
  3. Eye sight & Dental Infections/dental procedures
  4. Can anyone help out the Natural History Museum
  5. Sugar in a gas tank
  6. history question
  7. Can one person create the sound of a barber-shop quartet?
  8. Running vs Walking
  9. about "some naive hypothesis at odds with basis of physik "
  10. Why don't leaves form a thin layer like a bag over a tree?
  11. wearing glasses

July 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 16

  1. astronomy
  2. More odd bird behaviour on YouTube...
  3. Size of the Internet
  4. JITENDRA ARYA QUESTION ABOUT DISEASE
  5. An inter-fabric-of-cosmos-wormhole/grayhole
  6. Energy Drinks (E.g. Lucozade)
  7. The discrete movements of chickens
  8. Calibration
  9. Unknown plant
  10. astrophysics
  11. are these people crazy??
  12. is there a distance where eye focus and binocular effect disappears?

July 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 17

  1. Question regarding chemical hybridization
  2. Can a kangaroo outbox a human boxer?
  3. Concentration of biotin in egg yolk.
  4. litmus
  5. Dream length
  6. Chicxulub & the Deccan Traps: Antipodal Connection?
  7. Funny feeling in your forehead
  8. Why would a dark brown haired man find about 4 red beard hairs?
  9. Zebra foals
  10. Free articles
  11. Beer head
  12. What is the coal-fired power plant with the highest capacity?
  13. Electromagnetic hover thingy
  14. Webless spider
  15. Research in statistics

July 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 18

  1. Over-the-counter diet pills/supplements
  2. Carbon dioxide benefit
  3. first human lunar mission
  4. Carbon dioxide risk
  5. Blood supply
  6. How is body mass index really defined?
  7. A Possible Method for Tachyon Formation and A Possible Method for Superluminal information transfer
  8. hypopthetical global warming
  9. Peruvian tropical cyclones and the Humboldt current?
  10. CP-violation and the shape of the universe
  11. Zipcodezoo
  12. Disadvantages of coilguns and railguns

July 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 19

  1. Obesity
  2. AIDS Cure Deadline?
  3. Alcohol dimer formation
  4. Aspartame lead to drowsiness?
  5. Dominant trait = better trait?
  6. Ultimate fate of the universe/black holes
  7. Establishing a space colony
  8. This chemistry is impossible
  9. Effects of a Small Ice Age on Hay Fever Sufferers

July 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 20

  1. Sildenafyl Citrate
  2. gas flaring
  3. Universe Expansion
  4. Salt in medicine
  5. Olive oil in medicine
  6. Disadvantages of cholesterol drugs
  7. asteroid - earth impact
  8. Midget sub in Birkenhead
  9. Can someone help me in my own noble pursuit of all the world's (scientific) knowledge?
  10. How does the odor of rotten food make us gag?
  11. Blowing up nuclear powered vehicles
  12. Seagull dawn chorus of squawks

July 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 21

  1. Iron magnet
  2. Microwave oven
  3. Wind vortex experiment
  4. Skin Bleaching
  5. Shallow seas
  6. Stability of bikes with different wheel-sizes
  7. POPCORN EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES, INSULIN DEPENDENT?
  8. Fan blades and turbine blades
  9. Recycling, is it a stupid thing to do?
  10. Sugar water wine
  11. Another question about wind farms
  12. Charcoal

July 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 22

  1. vapour adsorption refrigeration system
  2. The brightest question on the science desk!
  3. So, how did a butterfly end up being named 'Common Gull'?
  4. Do We Reduced Brain Power (Energy Save Mode like a laptop)
  5. Boiling Water at a different tempreture to its boiling point.
  6. Named storm in Atlantic crossing over into Pacific
  7. Aphasia only when alone? Or just refusing to talk to oneself?
  8. Rodent identification
  9. Heat and tiredness

July 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 23

  1. Theory of subspace model
  2. hamburger
  3. science
  4. repetitive behavior
  5. Methotrexate in use for RA
  6. mostly water
  7. biochar
  8. Temperature scales
  9. physiology of respiratory system
  10. Water turns cloudy after boiling
  11. Salmons - polyphyletic or paraphyletic?
  12. Nuclear Physics
  13. is cortisone synthetic cortisol?

July 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 24

  1. Arctic flora?
  2. Sunglasses
  3. Nano water
  4. Can hydrogen peroxide destroy a man?
  5. Helicopter: blades vs. turbine
  6. Several dozen at least ?
  7. Seeing colours where there are none
  8. Quasers
  9. Building projects
  10. Pre Bigbang Theory
  11. Apothecary symbols
  12. Is there any drug that does this?

July 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 25

  1. Evolution of dogs
  2. The mechanics of graden furniture (AKA "garden furniture")
  3. High Fructose corn syrup
  4. Antimatter and matter
  5. Sign of the wavefunction
  6. Neonatal Circumcision as a preventative measure against HIV...
  7. Catalyst?
  8. Collisional quenching rate constants for some excited states of N2 and N2+ in helium
  9. Insect Survival
  10. Shark vs. Crocodile. Who is stronger?
  11. Electronic interference on airplanes
  12. EMP against guns
  13. Why do some birds have long tails?

July 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 26

  1. Brain development
  2. Treated or untreated lumber?
  3. Anti-Light
  4. A question on civilization and cooling
  5. Rashes from insect bites
  6. Getting Punched in the Stomach And Its Effects On The Digestive System
  7. biology
  8. bacteria longevity
  9. Antlions and Rain
  10. What is this plant?
  11. black hole theories

July 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 27

  1. Where is you stomach?
  2. Polycarbonate against glass causes oily looking adhesions
  3. The insecure narcissist?
  4. g-force
  5. Removal of spleen, lymphnode and thymus
  6. "the button"
  7. Is Purell safe to drink?
  8. Suicide thoughts sympton or illness
  9. Foam on the beach
  10. Collection of gas over water
  11. Information!
  12. New surgical procedure
  13. Quality of medical reliable sources

July 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 28

  1. Is there a combination of foods that can explode in a peron's stomache?
  2. A confusing post
  3. Dolmen construction
  4. which kidney works first?
  5. Refridgerators
  6. Energy efficiency of a human compared to a robot
  7. Common cold and sense of smell
  8. Panadol and fever
  9. How to answer this child's question
  10. Respiration
  11. I just saw a bat!
  12. Why do black things radiate more?
  13. question about Uniform circular motion

July 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 30

July 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 29

  1. What was the last species to become extinct?
  2. Organ Donation
  3. Feasibility of a vapor and vacuum-based engine?
  4. Teeth during pregnancy
  5. Nature paper
  6. Organic chem
  7. igneous rocks
  8. do we explode in outer space?
  9. fast room cooling solution
  10. Tallest mountain in Earth's history?
  11. So I'm driving in my car
  12. Missed or irregular heart beats

July 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 30

  1. Redefining the metre
  2. Diamagnetic materials
  3. Grizzly bear
  4. Faraday vs. Lenz
  5. Fleas on Horses or Cows
  6. Ocean smell
  7. PLZ GIVE ME THE FORMULAE
  8. Does the photon exist?
  9. rember?
  10. The abbreviations "T.C." and "T.C.D." on a plot plan
  11. The shortest research paper abstract
  12. Cat behavior
  13. Maximum size of a star
  14. The Development of Oxygen
  15. Rubber band plane.

July 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 31

  1. Touch pads
  2. Odor spectrum
  3. Name of measure of time
  4. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2008 July 31#|]]
  5. Capillary waves on a lake
  6. Optical illusion, disappearing image
  7. semiconductors
  8. Bug I.D. of the day
  9. Tree I.D. of the day
  10. Logical calculation
  11. unidentified bird
  12. mega-tsunami dynamics
  13. Quad-core processors
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