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September 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 1

  1. Change with temperature of bond energy

September 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 2

  1. Sonic boom
  2. Concorde jet
  3. Supernova compared to a hydrogen bomb pressed against your eyeball?
  4. Question relates to UK law and electrical regulations.
  5. What diverts airflow between the nose and mouth?

September 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 3

  1. XYY syndrome heredity
  2. classification of science
  3. Smallpox vaccination
  4. Submarine propulsion

September 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 4

  1. addiction
  2. Feynman Lectures. Lecture 20
  3. Naat and other genetic material identification tests
  4. Pressure filtration

September 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 5

  1. Earthquake risk and political boundaries
  2. Pictures in the night
  3. rust sensor
  4. Sonic booms
  5. Health guidance on websites

September 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 6

  1. Coords
  2. Coriolis force. Centrifugal force

September 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 7

  1. Life expectancy and dead parents
  2. What species of spider?
  3. Name of U1.11 (large quasar group)
  4. Numbers 80 to 85 in Ancient Calendrical Computations

September 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 8

  1. additional info on automotive MIL or "check engine light"
  2. Elevated levels of amino acids as evidence?
  3. How many people visit Antarctica every year?

September 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 9

  1. does air float on water?
  2. Oxybutynin
  3. Do fish, prawn, shrimp and aquatic animals feel pain like land animals?
  4. Terminology for benign self-induced vertigo or dizziness simply by spinning
  5. Notations in distributions
  6. Relativity Simultaneity
  7. Protection against alpha and beta radiation emitters
  8. Please identify this mushroom in my garden

September 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 10

  1. Machining
  2. Machining, part 2
  3. Giraffes

September 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 11

  1. Rotation and poles of the Earth, Solar System, and galaxy
  2. Spiraling of the Moon
  3. Ceres (dwarf planet)
  4. cooking times
  5. Why is 5 petals most common?
  6. Feynman Lectures. Lecture 22

September 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 12

  1. Frequency Profile of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

September 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 13

  1. Teleporting an uncharged black hole 3-20 feet from a human
  2. Low pressure environment: does the oxygen move in reverse direction?
  3. Dyson ring around a black hole ?

September 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 15

  1. the other memory effect
  2. Optical connection

September 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 16

  1. Best way to detect bootleg ground?

September 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 17

  1. A photon, alone between mirrors
  2. Particle in a ring
  3. Electricity without mechanical work of magnetism and electromagnetism
  4. Are there any real gas in a container systems that would probably measurably lose energy within the age of the universe?
  5. Feynman Lectures. Lecture 13
  6. gravitation - oscillations
  7. Long-term transmission of non-STDs in semen
  8. Effect of low air pressure on musical instruments

September 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 18

  1. What kind of object has the most noticeable audibility lengthening at breathable altitudes?
  2. Accessing parallel universes
  3. Local anaesthetic use in dentistry

September 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 19

  1. Fight or flight
  2. Bombardier_Dash_8#Series_400 one engine taxiing

September 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 20

  1. Glucose instead of fructose
  2. Scotch and water
  3. Feynman Lectures. Lecture 24 [http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_24.html]
  4. Degreasing steel

September 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 21

  1. Image noise
  2. Blood pressuer: white coat syndrome and its opposite
  3. Can cheese be made with unsaturated fat only ?
  4. Can saturated fats be removed from vegetable oil ?
  5. Is saturated fat a risk factor for cardiovascular disease ?
  6. Freezing, Triple, and Boiling Points of Water
  7. 2nd postulate

September 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 22

  1. What red and green fruit grown in mexico looks like a smooth, oversized avocado?
  2. Differences between electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction

September 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 23

  1. Child sex abuse statistics
  2. Can being fat ever be healthy?
  3. 1036 Ganymed
  4. WR 102

September 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 24

  1. Feynman Lectures. 9–6Numerical solution of the equations [http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_09.html]
  2. Vitamin C content on orange juice
  3. What is the real definition of organic compounds?
  4. Find article for fuel gas transported through plumbing
  5. Diseases that attack fungi
  6. What is the basic structure of all amino acids?
  7. Tying up a horse in old TV shows and movies

September 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 25

  1. Absolute zero

September 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 26

  1. Sub-Zero Kelvin
  2. Differences between optical focuses of electromagnetism and magnetism
  3. Galapagos Rift and Chemosynthesis

September 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 27

  1. Can acids be oxidized?
  2. Feynman Lectures. 13–3Summation of energy [http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_13.html]

September 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 28

  1. Were there ever any places too far from greenery for bees?
  2. Concorde jet
  3. Long-range aircraft
  4. Olympus engine
  5. Closing the eyes of a corpse

September 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 29

  1. Identifying a plant
  2. Why do people fear the long process of dying?
  3. Practical Heatsink calculation
  4. Bio-degradable polymer banknotes
  5. Angular velocity on a spiral
  6. Universe and subatomic particles

September 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2016 September 30

  1. Donations
  2. Kinetic data and reaction mechanism on sodium reactions
  3. Reflexes, chimp vs human
  4. Where is the study that says that cardio does not build muscle?
  5. Is the antibiotic Magainin is already in used?
  6. Science of relationships
  7. Ion transport number and activity coefficient
  8. Does the second law of thermodynamics apply to cosmology (or general relativity)?