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November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 2

1. Fluid with thermal conductivity over 10 W/m.K
2. What does Germany have the fewest of of all the countries in the world?
3. Masculine and feminine energy

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 3

1. How can a dentist make sure patient won't sneeze while extracting tooth?
2. How do they measure speed in this case?
3. Deadliest and costliest hurricanes whose names were not retired?
4. High technology, neurons

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 4

1. AC/DC
2. biology

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 5

1. Why are most disposable face masks blue?
2. (Learning to) Listen to the (amateur/AM) radio

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 6

1. What are the lowest level taxon(s) where [taxon]ologist is a real word

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 8

1. Which part of foods increases the acidity in stomach more than others?

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 9

1. When did deciduous plants first occur?
2. Pumping Florida rainwater to dry areas like Texas and Mexico

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 10

1. Halley's Comet

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 12

1. High technology, neurons
2. Weather forecasting
3. Aging

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 13

1. Fuse labelling
2. Is there a common disease happens by exposure to dogs feces?
3. Mars and water
4. What is the least practical pure normal alkane to burn?
5. Can you take multiple vaccines for the same thing?

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 15

1. What's the quantity range of urine that a normal person has at one urination?
2. Is there a term for prey wrapped in silk?
3. Units of values obtained bx XRF
4. 27th Amendment

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 16

1. Thermodynamic force for synthesis of alkyl halides from alcohols
2. Where does the natural typical smell of urine come from?
3. Why does feces odor smell good if strength is low enough?
4. Boiling sugar

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 17

1. Finding a reference cited on a Wikipedia page

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 18

1. How food protein passes into breast milk
2. Has there been studies of peanut like immune therapy for arthritis?
3. Data collection in time-sensitive circumstances
4. Which volcanoes support ore genesis and which ones do not

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 19

1. COVID-19 numbers in Turkey
2. Neutralising bleach

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 20

1. perfect glass

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 21

1. Why are there some cases where one's blood type, semen type, and saliva type don't match?
2. What animal has the toughest/most resilient bones, and what animal has the toughest/most resilient flesh? (not shells or coverings, actual meat.
3. Finite vs. Infinite Universe

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 23

1. When less is more in a vaccine

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 24

1. Level of UV required for disinfection
2. IRIS, retina biometrics
3. Using Google Scholar or other resources to determine total body of work

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 26

1. Published data re the testing and the required dosage of disinfectants

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 27

1. Extant animals with same common and scientific name?

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 28

1. Unicron on top of Cybertron
2. Tidally locked?

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 29

1. Capturing scents
2. Stall speed of an aircraft

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 November 30

1. What sort of elk was Horace, the Carleton Elk?
2. Fuel consumption
3. Identify Cantharidae (Coleoptera) from photo