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October 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 1

  1. Discipline that specializes in classifying problems

October 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 2

  1. angular momentum of primordial black hole
  2. black hole
  3. Ancestors of human beings during the age of dinosaurs
  4. Do all objects (different masses) feel equal force in the Equivalence Principle?

October 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 5

  1. Natural law of Multiplication
  2. Is there a relation between famine and skin darkening - scientifically?

October 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 7

  1. Thought Experiment / Equivalence Principle
  2. How many watts per kilo of building is each mercalli scale number?
  3. If the butt of a rifle were so small as the bullet, how much damage would shooting it cause to the shooter?

October 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 8

  1. chem
  2. Lights on the ocean at night
  3. 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

October 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 9

  1. Black hole center
  2. Longest time alone in Space.
  3. Global radiation budget - the numbers don't add up?

October 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 10

  1. When is the very last molecule of coffee cleared from the body?

October 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 12

  1. Effect of spaceflight on the human body
  2. Static vs. kinetic friction

October 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 13

  1. CO2 and drowsiness
  2. Why does urine drop from the penis after the brain believes it has done urinating?
  3. Physics Question- Is it harder to hit home runs with a softball or baseball?

October 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 14

  1. pH - actually math question.
  2. Drug testing.
  3. Color theory.
  4. What type of owl is this?
  5. Sharp drop of agricultural carbon dioxide emissions since 2012/13
  6. is escape velocity real?
  7. Slightly salted peanuts for the squirrels

October 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 15

  1. Approximately how old is this tree?
  2. Blood backflow in IV
  3. XY chromosome disorders.
  4. Escape at less than escape velocity?
  5. Obtaining carbon-oxygen compounds by burning

October 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 16

  1. Flu Jab
  2. Seto Inland Sea land reclamation

October 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 17

  1. Bacopa Monnieri
  2. Touch and death
  3. 1st, 2nd law of thermodynamics and the rest
  4. Dating ancient artifacts that do not contain carbon
  5. Are one-to-one comparisons between superlative physical traits of small animals versus large animals "fair"?

October 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 18

  1. elements most similar to iron chemically
  2. Real-life mist from Stephen King
  3. Washing machines
  4. Civil engineering accidents

October 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 19

  1. New railway construction
  2. Length of spaghetti

October 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 20

  1. Cells
  2. Microwaving metal

October 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 21

  1. Car mechanics: 'real' SUV vs 'lifestyle' SUV

October 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 22

  1. Ratel
  2. Enthalpy in introductory college level physics books

October 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 23

  1. Extrasensory perception and quantum entanglement
  2. How much information can be stored in a single atom?

October 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 24

  1. Construction Client side engineer role
  2. Yolk: Protoplasm or deutoplasm?

October 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 26

  1. Bacteria questions.

October 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 27

  1. Native Americans and Paleo-Indians

October 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 29

  1. Solvation number

October 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 30

  1. Cadmium fumes from molten solder
  2. When eggs go bad

October 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2019 October 31

  1. Can neutrinos collide with each other?
  2. Destructive interference and conservation of energy
  3. Salmon foam