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December 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 2

1. Article about voltage variation?

December 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 3

1. More genetics question.
2. gravity on other bodies: confirmed?
3. Fate of dead bacteria.
4. Where can I find US TV reception maps from before the analog shutdown?
5. What do space engineers/planners say is the best approach for the immediate future, and is manned exploration part of it?

December 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 4

1. Fire in zero g
2. Gravity waves - what turns into energy?

December 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 5

1. Battery eliminator for smartphones?
2. Celestial bodies named after congresspeople?
3. Multiple devices sharing single radio antennas
4. What antenna to use for Bluetooth in middle/upstairs of brick house?
5. An angry person should breath faster or slower?
6. Sundials were more accurate than clocks

December 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 6

1. What's the mean free path of a 400nm photon in sea level air?
2. monitoring patient's fluid levels during surgery

December 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 7

1. Physics - battery questions.
2. Indo European languages: A Disease Hypothesis
3. What type of spider is this?
4. Too much hygiene
5. Theoretically speaking, is it possible to reverse plastination?
6. Senses and intelligence

December 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 8

1. Wind direction on a weather map
2. Cartography: bearing from one city to another

December 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 9

1. Why does my smartphone have such a hard time reading my fingerprints when my sympathetic tone is elevated for long periods or concomitant with an NMDA receptor antagonist?
2. Unforgettable

December 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 10

1. What's the largest (smallest sphere containing van der Waals surface) molecule that's single bonds in a hub-and-spoke shape?

December 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 11

1. Is 90 pounds a healthy weight for a 9-year-old girl?

December 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 12

1. Science problem: Statistical solutions vs non-statistical solutions
2. In what sense is a Newtonian fluid elastic?
3. fatty acid beta oxidation
4. bread vs pasta

December 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 13

1. The need for cooler roads
2. What building is the most number of rooms long?
3. Bacitracin

December 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 14

1. Elephant rescue?
2. Why is He2 so large?

December 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 15

1. Adaptive springs, all steel wheels

December 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 16

1. Galileo pulse meter
2. What happens to an electrical device when it gets the wrong power?

December 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 17

1. Newest species

December 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 18

1. "Static discharge" circuit tech
2. Converting angular to linear velocity
3. Can Tapir's be ridden or domesticated?

December 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 19

1. How many floating point operations and TB of storage would be needed for a good car crash test?
2. Why do we shake when we're angry?

December 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 20

1. Do fish drink?
2. Mercury and gallium
3. How many pregnancies at one time?
4. Tuned response function.
5. Direct vision repair
6. activity coefficient as a function of membrane potential

December 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 21

1. claws, hooves, nails—or not?
2. Danger, danger, danger
3. cox proportional hazard regression v multiple logistic regression
4. Is honey vegan?
5. Speculation about possible space travel
6. Atomic clock and standard time
7. What kind of snake was put in the passenger's seat?

December 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 22

1. When we laugh which part of the autonomic system works?
2. Looking directly at bright lights; what is the result called?
3. Nonpolar vs apolar
4. Eccentricity needed to produce seasons without an axial tilt?

December 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 23

1. Most abundant molecule
2. Is the action potential in the heart longer than the neuron because there are less ion channels, or because each ion channel is slower?

December 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 24

1. Do things "really" fall into black holes, and is the EPR diagram like a gravity well?

December 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 25

1. What's the boiling point of H2>C=N-H?
2. Air in transport

December 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 26

1. Submarine performance
2. What happens if you give plants UV-light all night long?
3. If the handle of a hammer were less rigid

December 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 27

1. Why are bricks and concrete blocks so different in weight and size?
2. What's the difference between ventricular bigeminy and electrical alternans?

December 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 28

1. Hammer and nail
2. reducing methane emissions from hydroelectric power plants

December 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 29

1. Biochemistry factors
2. How much time does it take for a bacterium to produce 1 ng of botulinum toxin

December 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 30

1. Like a speeding arrow?

December 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 December 31

1. Weapons of REAL mass destruction
2. Is superheated water a unique phase of water?
3. What are sweet peas?
4. What CO2 percent is needed to boil the ocean?