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February 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 1

1. Unregistered SIM cards
2. store meat in vacuum?
3. Is sea star wasting syndrome the same thing as starfish wasting disease?
4. Dieting too quickly.
5. Macrophages (and glucose, or glycation products)
6. Stiffest Material

February 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 2

1. Large body flying through the solar system.
2. most ancient arrow poison
3. How did Newton derived his law of gravitation?

February 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 3

1. How far below the horizon could I see the sun from mount everest?
2. Is every death by drugs a overdose?
3. Pre echo removal
4. How long would it take for a cylinder of ice 2850m high and 2850m in diameter to melt?
5. How dangerous is Everclear?
6. Is it true that a person can become a stutterer by wilful practice?
7. joule heating is rii but also vv/r

February 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 4

1. Delta Dagger, part 3
2. Maverick missile
3. change in top #11 - #100 leading causes of death over the last 73 years
4. accelerated regions in dna
5. Chap stick and cold sores

February 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 5

1. Heroin (why cook it?)
2. Does the Coanda effect make pyroclastic surges hug the ground?
3. Long term memory
4. Spark Generator
5. How Exactly Did Gay Males Reproduce Several Centuries Ago and Beyond?
6. Britain's sea erosion
7. DAR (what kind of fish is a)
8. LASIK. (and depth perception)

February 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 6

1. Housing development road lay-out rules
2. Herbs and flowering plants
3. a term for the doctor who treats a particular patient
4. Cumulative probability for Kaplan-Meier
5. Trapping light with just magnetic field
6. Terrestrial vs satellite TV
7. Mystery Plant
8. Can loudspeakers produce infrasound or ultrasound ?

February 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 7

1. Industrial Revolution and Fossil Fuels

February 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 8

1. Hamstring injuries
2. Forced plant bulbs

February 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 9

1. why does parkinson is more common among..
2. NATURE OF GLASS (and condensation)
3. Mass-killer floods

February 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 10

1. watt's up with that? (actual electric draw less than advertised)
2. Something weird with my helical CFL
3. Why do wheels have to be stronger when using disk brakes vs rim brakes?
4. Small animal survival time
5. No distance in the galactic coordinate system?
6. Selling electricity back to the power company
7. Castaway

February 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 11

1. Megalodon shark
2. Ice on car windows
3. Link on "Leuprorelin" page goes to wrong info
4. need help on homework because I am stuck on it
5. Modes of transmission of non infectious diseases

February 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 12

1. Why are bears so scary?
2. Yet another NORAD-related question
3. Global Warming Diagram
4. GEOGRAPHY VREDE FREE STATE SOUTH AFRICA
5. respiratory insufficiency
6. Onions and hair regrowth
7. Eclipse picture wanted

February 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 13

1. how to know if you r pregnant
2. Why do humans like rocking or swinging
3. How Can the Oldest Star Yet Found Be Only 6,000 Light Years Away?
4. Brass cylinder
5. Is this real: Exchange spring magnet
6. Studying science

February 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 14

1. Freezing point?
2. In natural sciences, does it make sense to ask why?
3. What constitutes a medical diagnosis ?
4. Early warning system for supernovas?

February 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 15

1. Can't neutrinos kill you?

February 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 16

1. Aerial skiing
2. Applying Einstein field equations over black hole
3. How strong of a handicap is playing chess blindfolded for a chessmaster?

February 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 17

1. Transformer
2. Desert agriculture
3. Proof of Earth going around Sun (serious)
4. Copying and pasting
5. accelerated regions in non-human DNA
6. Fact-Checking Image: Location of PSR J1748-2446ad

February 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 18

1. Can liquids be strained from liquids?
2. By a finger
3. Natural convection article
4. Do homeopathy, spiritual healing and other forms of quackery work after all?
5. Wrong Science (Victorian)
6. Medieval dome construction method

February 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 19

1. Can bats transfer "sound maps" to each other?
2. Unifying general relativity and quantum mechanics
3. Soft water
4. Papering window with alfoil for heat reflection - inside or outside?
5. Arrhenius and van't Hoff equations
6. Humidity weather warning for UK
7. Chemistry book series
8. EM energy in Fourier representation
9. Spiritual practices as alternative medicine

February 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 20

1. Bordeaux colour - looks different in different states?
2. psychrometric
3. medicine (how do you classify morphine? )
4. Solar System to scale
5. Biology or sociology

February 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 21

1. Black hole
2. Can a human have fleas or other biting parasites?
3. Why can't warm-blooded animals tolerate a wide range of body temperatures ?
4. What's the Move the Earth article?
5. Calvin cycle
6. Incubation periods

February 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 22

1. Ancient civilization
2. Visual impairment
3. Quick wash on washing machines
4. Parts still "hand" machined (without robots) for jets and cars

February 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 23

1. revolver shot underwater:
2. Real world energy measurements
3. Temperature scale

February 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 24

1. Whirlpool
2. Fibers
3. geography
4. Augmented reality to make a large screen?

February 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 25

1. Is any moon phase more fuel efficient for rocket approaches than all others?
2. Scientists and theorists who lived to see their theories be replaced/debunked
3. Albert Einstein
4. FINDING smart dust
5. Putting a sail on an airship
6. Could humanity get rid of the moon?
7. Orange (and vitamin content)

February 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 26

1. What star or planet did I see this morning near the Moon?
2. Electron diffraction lithography
3. Relating Einstein Field Equation to Single Unified Field Theory
4. Organ on right hand side

February 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 27

1. Does mild sleep apnea boost athletic performance?
2. Alkalizing foods question

February 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2014 February 28

1. Great Heck train wreck
2. Anxiety Symptoms From Different Sources Cause Anxiety
3. Sump pumps that work better
4. Hiv virus