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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 1

1. For Better Bio Gas Yield...??
2. Phospholipase A2
3. [Erotic asphyxiation]] question for evolutionary biologists, endocrinologists, and maybe embryologists
4. Where can a man go to just 'vanish'?
5. Big Bang and Big Collapse
6. Why do teeth have nerves?
7. Antisocial personality disorder
8. Speaking of teeth...
9. Tomato Hornworm
10. Promiscuity
11. protein hydrolysis and H2S
12. shelf life and storage of dynamite and pyrotol
13. Oncology Research
14. Image:Lugano.jpeg
15. What is it good for?
16. Plane crash
17. "Psychoelectronic" devices and weapons?
18. Tickling
19. Dizziness during inflation
20. Phobia of centipedes and millipedes - and why?
21. Antisocial Personality Disorder Origon
22. Proton
23. Periodic table
24. Squeezing legs

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 2

1. Having wet dreams about drinking breastmilk
2. Electrons
3. onservation of momentum
4. boiling water and conserving energy
5. Orbital maintainance as a function of orbital velocity
6. Locusts as food for humans
7. What causes Electromagnetic radiation ?
8. Organization of the periodic table
9. An experiment made to separate oil from Coconut milk.
10. ar clapping?
11. Fully N-type MOSFETs
12. AIDS after death
13. ides
14. Boiling_water_and_conserving_energy Part 2
15. Year without a Summer
16. What is a "Lewis conjugate" substance?
17. SCR's
18. KENTUCKY'S SOIL
19. Chemical bonding in the nitric oxide
20. Density and space
21. protocol
22. Flea eggs
23. What is the collective term for a group of Jellyfish?
24. What is the collective term for a group of Reference Desk contributors
25. amniocentesis
26. Thermal Energy loss of a person
27. gas turbine
28. How many fish are in the sea?
29. protein molecular weight

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 3

1. hemistry
2. Identificiation of a spider
3. Cable TV wiring methods
4. q = cp*delta t * m
5. The Harris-Benedict equations
6. Gallium/gallinstan
7. Krell
8. Dark colored cliffs in Great Britain?
9. hat is this?
10. Earthworm and grasshopper digestion times
11. Radiation
12. abortion
13. siddhis and the paranormal
14. So, I quit smoking a few weeks ago...
15. Bernoulli's principle
16. Electric Fences
17. How to thicken bleach ?
18. Dayhoff matrix
19. waterspouts
20. What's so special about the ground?
21. The Human Tongue...
22. Favourite quantum mechanics interpretation
23. Genetic Engineering
24. Question on Special Relativity

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 4

1. Swallowing and breathing
2. GE
3. Hydrocarbon compounds
4. Black Hole characteristics
5. Bacteria.
6. Water
7. Ears ringing
8. six pack
9. Intensity dependent dye effect
10. How much land required to keep free-roaming peacocks?
11. What does roast seagull taste like?
12. Spinning (rotating) Black Hole
13. thermometer thingy
14. abortion again
15. Reaction Rate Constant
16. Measuring outside temp in cars
17. worms
18. ellyfish
19. Polymers and solubility
20. Magnetic field on light ray
21. Rhubarb
22. Preventing menstrual cycle
23. Volcanoes
24. What happens when man takes a contraceptive pill?

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 5

1. Name of anti-depressant that makes people walk around a lot as a side-effect?
2. Why do they euthanize horses after they break a leg?
3. Keeping up with scientific discoveries
4. canine cognitive dysfunction
5. Autoclave
6. Sound smearing and size hop of a vocoder
7. sinusoidal oscillators(electronic)
8. Science (various)
9. how to plant hybrid apple seeds
10. environment
11. Patenting of agricultural products
12. scientific degree
13. Isotopes
14. Mobile phones in airliners
15. nergy Dissipation in Vibrating Solids
16. Congenital disorders causing abandonment of young by animal mothers
17. Rubies natural processes

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 6

1. How to detect the presence of UV-C (253.7 nm) light?
2. Finding the taxonomic classification
3. Grease + paper = semi-clear?
4. black body radiation
5. Organelles
6. Home for Unwanted Scholarships
7. old history physics
8. Kinsey Reports
9. Ice age?
10. algea inhibitions test.
11. Chemistry : Solution question
12. Chemistry: lollipops
13. Remote unlocking
14. Importance of Polar Ice Caps
15. Simple harmonic motion
16. Scientific papers on the recently-discovered connection between psoriasis and heart disease
17. If humans had evolved from a solely carnivorous species?
18. Freshly boiled water and tea
19. scientific discoveries

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 7

1. Nonalianonactanonacontanonane
2. Cats
3. Gulf Stream
4. [Copeia]]
5. winterberry
6. Partial pressure Q
7. A Void
8. Blowing up the moon
9. Evolution
10. Skin care ingredients needed
11. bookphobia
12. Hyperextension of legs
13. what keeps cells together?
14. project of pallet calcium chloride
15. Power steering improvement - is it possible?
16. Milk allergies
17. I need more info on the Electro-Chemical Receiving Telephone.
18. Physics - Pointlike mass launched from the top of a sphere
19. Cat Allergies
20. General Relativity
21. What percentage of DNA do humans share with lesser black-backed gulls?
22. ew H₂/O₂ alloy
23. industrial water pump
24. Absolute Minimum Density
25. Antacid
26. Butylated hydroxyanisole
27. Captive bred pet gulls in the UK

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 8

1. blue food coloring
2. Standard state symbol in thermodynamics
3. Early Film History
4. Wiki images in Theses
5. California earthquakes
6. Electricity
7. Science Project
8. brain ?
9. Eggs as cells
10. Repent! The End Is Nigh!
11. Buyoancy of wood
12. Transit of Mercury
13. Animal twins
14. Viagra
15. Zinc Production in Port Pirie, South Australia

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 9

1. Skid Marks
2. Joules and Farads and Volts, oh my!
3. Absolute minimum density, part II
4. IC Accelerometer
5. Step down Transformers
6. Polarizers
7. LIVER AS METABOLIC BUFFER
8. BLOOD
9. Chemisty Question about lollipops
10. optical
11. Body Sensor
12. Crossing legs and weight
13. Mammal kidneys
14. science
15. Boiling-point elevation
16. Diseases which warrant a Quarantine
17. Capacitors
18. Number of Species in Asia
19. Another Curious Question for Anyone and Everyone to Answer

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 10

1. make nanorobot
2. Language
3. Just because I'm paranoid...
4. Supercharger
5. please tell me about te project (TREFFIC PUMP)
6. how much electricity is produced
7. Separating Mixtures
8. Rusting iron in water
9. Cancer
10. Why so big?
11. How are refusals to participate handled on surveys ?
12. US Congressional Election results vs Voter Surveys
13. Mileage equivalent of raising a car.
14. Is a solution defined as a mixture in chemistry
15. Blindness & Nothingness
16. Plasma
17. Things to be discover
18. impossible Physics"

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 11

1. Paper Mache
2. Kepler
3. A question on the biology of free will.
4. Refractive index of cellulose
5. Supernova
6. Could science achieve this in the future?
7. The human liver and the break down of alcohol
8. Hospital Information
9. Radial Tunnel Syndrome
10. The little black hole that could
11. Hard skin
12. Laypersons
13. Determining molecular structure
14. Why does nature likes so much to produce things in pairs? (two ears, two eyes, two lungs, two legs, four legs...
15. Oxygen used

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 12

1. tandard voltages
2. Capacitor
3. Graphs
4. Psychology
5. Anaerobic fermentation with yeast.
6. Global warming, man made?
7. Winners from global warming ?
8. Footnotes
9. gastroenterology
10. Gabapentin
11. List of minority-opinion scientific theories

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 13

1. One thing in two places at once.
2. Dinosaurs and Oil
3. How do you pronounce the name of the sirtuin family of genes?
4. Does this make sense?
5. Academic Equivalence of a UK Pilots License
6. Bioenergetics - Cellular energy expended on nucleic acid production?
7. DT ppm of quail
8. Oil Well
9. Do sapphires dull?
10. High quality gyroscope
11. Do spiders sleep?
12. Biodegradable Corrosion
13. tower construction
14. scarlet fever
15. Lime
16. Magnets
17. Why do the really huge gulls have eyes located on the sides of their heads?
18. Name the fish!
19. Long Range Gravity
20. Identical "non-twins"
21. vacuum container
22. copper vs iron
23. Latitude and longitude of place
24. peanut butter and throat cancer
25. what are skin parts and their functions?
26. How is this name spelled?
27. Evolutionary seeding or illness leading to differences in psychology?
28. More gravity (sorry)
29. hyperbaric oxygen treatment for hepatitis c
30. one atmosphere of pressure??
31. neo-natal cord care

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 14

1. Bismuth-213
2. irradiated food
3. Atoms
4. Molecule
5. re there Infinite Possible Futures? or just a lot?
6. arliest sound recording (possibly pre-Edison)
7. What does it mean when your Monocytes decrease..
8. Naming a Diels-Alder product
9. microalgal bioreactors
10. alternating magnet
11. organ transplantation
12. Anomalous compounds/substances
13. Which types of painkillers does caffeine enhance?
14. n innovative application of laser?
15. the liver
16. Tai Chi hand postures
17. Kashi
18. Natural logarithm units
19. Saltwater

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 15

1. physiology
2. Bicarbonate vs. Hydrogen Carbonate
3. Exoskeletons
4. Non-Standard Sleeping Pattern Name
5. Acids
6. High specific heat of water relating to exothermic reaction (simpler question on paragraph 3)
7. Hydrocarbon fuel cells with proton-conducting electrolytes
8. redox potential
9. Watts in terms of volts - equation please
10. Magnetism
11. low tech derusting and plating
12. uts and bolts
13. how to test out reactolite (photochromic) spectacle lenses?
14. What if you don't have a gallbladder?
15. Making magnets
16. Cellulose found in paper
17. HOW DO BOATS STAY AFLOAT?

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 16

1. electric bike
2. energy
3. The big rip, explained for a layman?
4. induction heaters
5. PLC
6. RPM
7. Eyeglass prescription
8. Acarids
9. rothrombin time
10. Future geography
11. Diabeties
12. for psychiatrists
13. Meals for humans
14. science fair project

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 17

1. Displacement of the Universe
2. upiter Explosion
3. Greenhouse gases
4. Targeted Drugs
5. Memory foam outgassing
6. Any ideas/available products for simple intercom switch over POTS?
7. physics
8. Original research or not?
9. Levitating pens
10. How do you create mass from energy?
11. Why does spin-stabilisation work?
12. Prilosec (medical question)
13. casimir like effects
14. Feeling a cold coming on
15. Self induced Insanity - is it possible?
16. Transmission of infrared, light and others
17. ugar mites?
18. teel
19. skin necrosis

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 18

1. note
2. The Moon
3. Highest and lowest temperature and pressure
4. Known black holes
5. Number of body cells
6. Fish bones?
7. Capacitance problem
8. Power Voltages
9. Sunlenses
10. Do animals have the period?
11. Data Tables
12. Gemstones
13. Colo(u)r codes in molecular images
14. Safety question
15. Anabolic Steroids

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 19

1. Cell phone minutes
2. Uranium and birth defects
3. sodium hydroxide
4. How many children can my wife and I have?
5. Dogs
6. arachutes
7. Rocket Engines
8. How do parafin heaters work?
9. Why do cockatoos do this?
10. Articles on Roadway Lighting systems
11. Wisdom tooth extraction...
12. Casimir attractive or repulsive?
13. Is cannabis really good for asthma and tuberculosis?

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 20

1. School in Antarctica
2. Physics Lab
3. Hot air balloon materials
4. Black Holes
5. Bear problem...
6. question (fear)
7. Intercostal space
8. Genetics
9. electromagnetic wavelength
10. drops
11. properties of glass.
12. Communication throught the earth
13. Making a big magnet smaller
14. Fundamental forces
15. Orbital speed of the moon / speed of shadow during total solar eclipse
16. Capacitor Power
17. Electric Intensity
18. teeth vs sugar substitutes
19. fermion or boson?
20. compounds
21. gases
22. Entropy
23. Is lightning lethal?
24. remote neural monitoring
25. Scientist
26. heeeeeeee!
27. Bicycle on a slope
28. the body and muscles
29. Help needed to identify species of Swallow
30. Shock waves
31. Thallium as a prescribed drug
32. Gases

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 21

1. DNA Models
2. Better Bio Gas Yeild?
3. icture permissions
4. Fridge mice
5. composition of pH buffers?
6. Conductivity
7. Cheap helium
8. The Black Sea
9. Polarization filters
10. sychologist
11. coordination compounds
12. Opposite effect of Helium on voice...

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 22

1. distilled water
2. Solenoid valves in Gasoline engines?
3. how do computer processors work ?
4. Takeoff
5. Body and protiens
6. Fat/institutionalized budgerigar question.
7. RPET
8. Discharging a Capacitor
9. Carbon dioxide

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 23

1. LSD , Heroine and Mescaline
2. can energy be described in million electron volt?
3. Is a snapdragon's pollen poisonous?
4. Hydrogen Powered Cars
5. disinfecting cloths
6. Properties of Bone
7. RE: Electric intensity
8. Lymphocytes
9. Height
10. Ballon Mothership
11. How to remove stain from corroded "copper" coin?
12. If photosynthesis stops, how long have we got?
13. helium

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 24

1. echanism of voice deeping due to testosterone
2. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
3. Decomposition on the moon and in outer space?
4. Weird, weird anatomy question (not medical advice)
5. masturbation
6. Question in Chemistry
7. E=mc2 ... innovation?
8. Iron's role in the human body
9. ure water
10. Integrated circuits
11. ounded screw heads
12. Calculating Conductivity
13. Iron Ingestion
14. Crystal structure affecting properties of Group 2 metals
15. Removing a wart
16. Hydrazone
17. toxicology
18. Silly, perhaps, anatomical question.....

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 25

1. Taller people
2. Defense mechanism
3. SpaceShip One
4. Question in chemistry
5. Shapes of the molecule
6. What population size is normal for humans?
7. Iron poisoning
8. Tasteless Thallium
9. orange
10. wood beetles
11. What's the difference between a pigment and a dye?
12. Endangered bacteria, algae or similar
13. Engine Idling
14. Lockwashers: which when?
15. Effect of Flat Circular Shapes Falling onto a Flat Surface

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 26

1. Crystal structure affecting properties of Group 2 metals (retrieved from archive)
2. Oxygen
3. D. Gary Young, Young Living Essentials and Raindrop Therapy
4. Lux-Flood acid-base definitions
5. Barmuda triangle
6. Palmistry
7. Necessity of Ejaculation
8. ld people smell!
9. Formulae relating to conductivity required
10. Dependency of climate on the Earth's axis of rotation
11. lu question
12. Who studies the origin of neurosis?
13. Do natural levees develop during floods because slower moving waters can only carry smaller particles?
14. Is this a House Sparrow?
15. atmospheric stagnation
16. insulation?

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 27

1. Magnets
2. Ion name
3. milk and growth
4. RE2:Electric Intensity
5. q nought
6. Unknown Island
7. Neanderthals
8. Concentric arrangement of radio antennae
9. Whale anatomy question
10. wart hog and boar
11. Digital binoculars
12. Evolutionary reasons for plant-based medicines?
13. availability of medicated stent
14. Parabolic sound collecting dish
15. how fast is the earth warming?
16. Endangered species, man made?
17. Big human cube
18. Wii
19. Fossils
20. Negative buoyancy
21. Remote-controlled phone--will these parts work?
22. Solar flare

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 28

1. Biological pollutants in Human Waste
2. quickest way to lose weight
3. biology
4. Topic on Consumer Awareness
5. Rotary Cam
6. BEARING
7. ?
8. URGENT! What do you call the test to determine whether one is a suitable bone marrow donor?
9. Fish deuterostomic or Protostomic
10. ice shoulders
11. Energy to make a wind turbine.
12. "Market" for leptin
13. detailed information regarding the physics of webbed feet in birds, especially as it relates to birds which skim on the water as it lands
14. The abuses of silicates
15. Why does burning natural gas produce 40% less CO2 than burning coal?
16. boron
17. urface area of a lightbulb
18. Equations
19. Fv vs Fab (Antibodies)
20. Stock System
21. annihilation of matter
22. battery
23. Finding a table with the charge of Ions

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 29

1. Valence Electrons
2. Can one be 'left-eared'?...
3. astor bean
4. rapezius
5. bs
6. ticky notes
7. urine fertilizer
8. B12/Cyanocobalamin
9. ph scale
10. Finance / SEC question: How much is MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe worth?
11. Reverse polarity and antimatter query
12. repulsive quantum vacuum
13. Photon Duality
14. science help
15. avoidant personality disorder
16. Tuning fork
17. How are radioactive materials mined? Where do they occur naturally?
18. History of Gears
19. banana "strings"
20. nail varnish
21. How do they make Liquid Nitrogen?

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2006 November 30

1. Left and Right Side of the heart
2. BACTERIA.........
3. maximum RPM
4. Environmental Effects of Tobacco
5. hey may die, but they won't care
6. Energy Divided by Mass or Volume
7. Sustainability of nuclear fission
8. Minaret construction
9. Short dipole antenna
10. otulism
11. Lovebird question
12. reath
13. coal making
14. Water Scientific term
15. Molecules & Chemical Formula of Medicines?
16. Achilles tendon
17. Humidex vs. heat index...