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August 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 1

1. Alias for inflationary blood pressure measurement
2. How does hobby glue work?

August 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 2

1. Bear or person in suit

August 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 3

1. Star Trek ships

August 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 4

1. List of youngest birth mother/father

August 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 5

1. Thunder and the lightning
2. Taste range perception

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 6

1. When to stop using a can of deodorant

August 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 7

1. Flying birds

August 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 9

1. Risk of explosion when cleaning formaldehyde stains with calcium/hydrogen peroxide
2. How can competitive versus noncompetitive inhibition be distinguished on the Hanes–Woolf plot and the Eadie–Hofstee diagram
3. Is lead removed during metal recycling?

August 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 10

1. Is it true to say that any planet will have cold poles?

August 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 11

1. Magnetic moment#Elementary particles

August 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 12

1. Cat jumping from 6 ft onto very hard surface

August 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 13

1. Book enquiry.

August 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 14

1. Talk:False killer whale#Habitat map

August 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 15

1. Hydrogen Peroxide Poisoning

August 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 16

1. Baidana = bullshit?
2. WW2 attack fighters

August 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 17

1. Patterns for making "court" shoes with a block heel..
2. Transplantation into brain-dead bodies

August 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 18

1. Crossing the desert
2. Condition of road after plane crash

August 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 19

1. Swimming pool water
2. What animals need to feed at least every 12 hours.
3. Where would light emitted from a reference frame unaffected by a more complete and comprehensive energy source collapse?

August 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 20

1. Why do we lack articles on so many species?

August 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 21

1. Icequake
2. Animals' evolved fear of humans
3. Oort cloud size

August 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 22

1. How is the distance from the James Webb Space telescope to the most distant galaxies measured?
2. Distilling slowly from a bottle in the sun?

August 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 23

1. MOAB Glue in real-life?
2. Mild starlight with no UVB

August 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 24

1. Location of Chandrayaan-3 on :File:Moon_landing_sites.svg
2. Is the body part taken from still the same after Tommy John surgery?

August 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 25

1. NFPA 704 ("Fire Diamond"): Is there any material that is a 3-4 in the yellow, but 0-1 in the red and blue?

August 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 26

1. Aurora on Mars

August 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 28

1. Letter to the Editor Being Cited

August 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 29

1. Does testoterone is related to erection/hardness or wanting to do it?

August 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 30

1. How many genera are common to animals and plants?

August 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2023 August 31

1. Energy and gravitation