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August 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 1

  1. Can a population be immunized by spreading a harmless engineered virus?

August 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 2

  1. Planet with Earth’s size, made entirely of radium.
  2. are prisoners in solitary confinement safer from covid than those in gen pop?

August 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 3

  1. Wording in article Gravity
  2. Earlobes and figure
  3. Codeine, promethazine, and CYP2D6

August 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 4

  1. Thermal treatment of meat, chicken and vegetables - what is the end result of microscopic changes?
  2. Precipitation of seawater carbonate by enzyme
  3. cradle cap
  4. Why does someone using a lawnmower outside my house seemingly cause interference on my TV?
  5. landing upside down
  6. Water specific heat capacity by temperature

August 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 6

  1. What's more important brushing the teeth before sleeping or after waking-up?
  2. Do leaf serrations that don't cut or scratch human skin increase fitness?
  3. Some beetles

August 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 7

  1. What can cause frequent tapping sounds from an inactive bathroom fan?
  2. If neutrinos have mass, how do they travel at the speed of light?
  3. chemical vocabulary history
  4. Why is Direct Current distinct from Alternating Current?
  5. Load paths and structural systems
  6. Old movies Hd
  7. Do fire pits have a way to 'breathe'?

August 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 8

  1. Would a positively charged solar cell produce electricity in the absence of electrons?
  2. Explanation of the continuum hypothesis

August 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 10

  1. Avalanche

August 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 11

  1. Problems with Butterfly Metamorphosis
  2. Trails in cloud apparently left by fork lightning?

August 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 12

  1. Spider colors
  2. Where does the energy go?

August 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 13

  1. Wash inside out
  2. Inverted flight
  3. Terror Crocodile’ the Dimensions of a Bus Fed on Dinosaurs, Examine Says - New English?

August 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 14

  1. Do Tasmanian Devil babies hold on to a mother's back with their teeth?
  2. long term effects of psychiatric drugs on children

August 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 15

  1. Would 1368x208x208 of solid wood sway more than a skyscraper? Or collapse easier?
  2. Gravity and fatigue
  3. Chemical Sensors: New fields of study and application
  4. Is a more space-efficient genetic molecule possible and/or a less convoluted genetic molecule to diverse amino acid-strings system..
  5. How to accelerate plastic biodegrading

August 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 17

  1. Is it possible any of the 100 billion humans has acquired infection resistance for too many things?

August 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 18

  1. "Understanding the Quantum World"
  2. Irukandji jellyfish defense mechanism

August 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 19

  1. A "car-sized" asteroid
  2. Egg laying vs live birth Snakes, venomous vs non-venomous snakes

August 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 21

  1. ISS size, and micrometeorite damage.
  2. Great Smokies Rat Snake Size

August 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 22

  1. Tears
  2. Can we stabilize a radioactive nuclei?

August 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 23

  1. Pollen - living
  2. combination window fan and air filter

August 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 26

  1. Did Hurricane Laura strengthen so rapidly because of Hurricane Marco (2020)?

August 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 27

  1. Why do snails come out when it's raining?
  2. What's a top of the field cite count or h-index for a climatologist who's 36, 46, 56 and 66 years old?
  3. Is there a documentation for pegion brood house sparrow?

August 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 28

  1. Large and small moons
  2. Would a frozen sauce pouch defrost faster in room-temperature water or room-temperature air?

August 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 29

  1. Confused about how much lead is in our bodies

August 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 30

  1. Will social distancing meant to curb COVID-19 cause common cold viruses to go extinct?
  2. Why didn't any Atlantic tropical cyclone on record reach 7.1°N? (1851-now)

August 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 August 31

  1. Mean/Median U.S. income