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October 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 1

1. Why is there foaming at the mouth while epilepsy attack?
2. Is Bufferin identical to aspirin?
3. Metal detectors and film
4. Ask an Australian
5. Formation of diverse particles

October 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 2

1. Overcooked food
2. Precipitation in US forecasts stated in inches
3. what are the current impediments in expanding the mandatory vaccine panels to include more vaccines
4. push-pull stage+unipolar supply

October 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 3

1. Does this Swiffer WetJet refill[http://swiffer.com/en-us/shop-products/refills/mopping-refills/swiffer-wetjet-extra-power-pad-refill] contain polyacrylates?
2. Foreign common names of new species
3. does sugar convert into body fat
4. Mass–energy equivalence on macro scale
5. List of equipments/machines that exerts 'outward air pressure' in order to fly/move
6. Strange beetle
7. Do people who have more visible eye area really have bigger eyes?
8. why does the nasa needs intelligent persons ? (I mean with high Iq´s)
9. In journals or CDC or NIH reports, etc, are there mathematical models, or estimates about timeline of growing ineffectiveness of the remaining effective antibiotics?

October 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 4

1. Boiling uncovered
2. W Thomson / Lord Kelvin paper on "image effect" in electrostatics.
3. Transport professional bodies
4. Gravity-trigerred nuclear fission
5. Earth's layers 'air' and 'water'
6. An Electric plug
7. High mass star

October 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 5

1. Is this item from "Geek" safe to use?
2. Paint color
3. What is the significance of 19 and a bit inches

October 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 6

1. Direct Connection
2. Where did Lepidopterans evolve from?
3. which chemicals block serotonin production
4. Gravity, dark matter and energy

October 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 7

1. Does SETI target stars that could detect us?
2. Exploration of the Earth's core
3. are sexual disorders caused by Fluoxetine usage temporary or permanent
4. If humans had remained isolated from each other for longer time, will they evolve into different species?
5. Removing ammonium nitrate stain from phone

October 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 8

1. A Fourth Dimension
2. why is the Lasioderma serricorne called tobacco beetle, if he is eating everything?
3. list of chemicals in blood that increase when a person goes into physical exertion mode

October 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 9

1. When will the Himalayas stop rising
2. If first frost is November or October then when does plant volume peak?
3. what factors (deficiencies, surpluses, exposures etc) cause increased rate of cell death and decreased rate of regeneration, leading to incidents such as more-often spontaneous bleeding, bruising, scarring etc
4. Is autocircumcision a real thing?
5. Material effective in damping (cushioning) free falls from supertall buildings
6. What space aliens look like

October 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 10

1. Brushless-nee
2. Microwelds
3. Do the all mammals (includes human body) have the same number of vertebrae?
4. Is actually a normal egg in condition of eating - considered as a big unicell?
5. Engineering and operations

October 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 11

1. science (carbon quadruple bond)
2. electron
3. astronmy
4. Management postgraduate degrees
5. Weight loss by lowering the average temperature

October 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 12

1. Eye independence in vertebrates
2. taking information regarding training procedure in food processing and quality control department
3. Do spiders get dizzy?
4. Railgun railroad
5. Does fuel explode in a internal combustion engine?

October 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 13

1. Epileptic seizures, memory loss, and theories of consciousness
2. DNA question? What people are in the Negroid/Black races?
3. what is the machenism to form the C2
4. Physiological limitations of demonic possession in theory
5. Titration question

October 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 14

1. Atomic composition of moon rocks
2. If evolution is real, how come people with mental illness and birth defects exist?
3. Allotopic expression
4. training, meditation, exercise methods to tune hypothalamus into reduced alertness, increased relaxation and sleep state, do they work or pseudoscience
5. A380: More efficient at greater speed?

October 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 15

1. Physics
2. Mythbusting the Specialist
3. Food intake and imipramine absorption
4. Weightlifting muscle gain rate
5. If shorthand is faster, why not use is as a first writing system?
6. Why don't we do feel the wind moving past our faces on the equator due to the rotation of the Earth?

October 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 16

1. exposure to sunlight create which nutrients in human body
2. What happens in slow-motion when the 9/11 planes collided with the WTC towers?
3. Vacuum energy
4. Using pluripotent stem cells for hair regrowth
5. What species does this fish belong to?
6. Pork for dinner

October 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 17

1. Band in my head
2. Expected Lifetime of F-type Star
3. Enchroma glasses for colorblindness
4. Do electric vehicles need brakes?
5. Jung, and is this the right reference desk for psychology?
6. History of the wiki

October 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 18

1. All the information
2. Identity of the flower species

October 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 19

1. Microdroplet computing
2. How does a DVD player work? Specifically, how does it manage to track the microscopic grooves?
3. Is the opposite of the wilderness domestication?
4. "Higher animals"
5. applications of complex numbers and argand diagrams
6. Pine cone?
7. How many foramens are in the skull - in total?

October 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 20

1. Dedicated dehumidifier efficiency vs air conditioner
2. Herpes varicella zoster virus
3. permeability of my disposable eating vessels
4. Is there any definition of vegetable which includes baked beans ?
5. Improving A Specific Memory

October 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 21

1. Regarding the reactivity of francium
2. Alien life
3. if all polar ice melt, what is increase in sealevel
4. What limits EPIC?
5. "Sprite" Measurements on the Columbia Space Shuttle
6. how deep is your brain?

October 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 22

1. Does alcohol take 30 minutes to kill bacteria?
2. ADP engine
3. Trans-species?
4. Understanding time
5. what is name of light-flashlike "things" seeing during closed eyes in dark
6. Carbon nanotubes in clothing (NOW?)

October 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 23

1. How can In-situ Fabricator grab bricks?
2. Speed of Gravity
3. How old is the Suidae family?
4. Why does hair growth in the ear increase among elderly humans?
5. Deriving energy from air pressure changes
6. Color perception

October 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 24

1. Science is a scam?
2. terms of genetics, memetics and related subjects which describe "carrier" of "malevolent" gene, meme(thought) etc is "reverse-aware" about the malevolence e.g carrier was convinced, thinks that carrying and spreading is beneficial
3. Are voles slower than mice and hamsters ?
4. Why is Missouri river considered a tributary

October 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 25

1. Daylight saving time
2. for faster cooling, leave in open air or put object in palm
3. Calorie / Energy requirements men vs women
4. Power → acceleration at low speeds
5. Condoms

October 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 26

1. Do great apes have senses of humour?
2. DHT and activities.
3. Watertighting wheel wells of amphibious cars
4. Horse vs Bicycle
5. Grounding

October 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 27

1. What is photon/quantum of energy?
2. ruthenium -4 compound129.132.90.77 (talk) 16:15, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

October 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 28

1. Washing hands in 3% hydrogen peroxide solution
2. How much light can you put through a lens?
3. DHT and Masturbation
4. What is the element with least amount of weight that follow all those rules?
5. Space news websites for kids?

October 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 29

1. Efficiency of wireless charging / conventional charging a phone
2. Szilárd petition signers
3. Anticlines
4. equation to calculate time to fully charge battery from zero, of given unit AH/mAH on a powerchord of given A/mA
5. Does science have axioms?

October 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 30

1. external pressure on blood vessels, blocking blood flow (tourniquet, lying down one position too long etc), sudden release making blood rush to block, shock/zap sensation afterward, want formal medical name of phenomenons
2. carbonated beverage cause dehydration real or pseudoscience
3. Do dogs really smell fear?

October 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2015 October 31

1. What is the difference between vertebral arch / lamina / pedicle? (anatomy)
2. Jasper conglomerate