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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 1

1. Berberine for diarrhea
2. Can activated carbon destroy acetic acid?
3. Solar radius instead of diameter

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 2

1. What's the term for prioritys.

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 3

1. terminology about luminescence and fluorescence

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 4

1. Potentiometer and Zener diode are interchangeable in eletrical circuits?
2. Was stealth technology for US airplanes based upon on previous technology?
3. B cell

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 5

1. UK bird flu restrictions
2. Mohs hardness for iodine

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 6

1. Chemistry reactivity questions.
2. Ducks and geese don't have crops?

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 7

1. Competition vs collaboration
2. Tube amps versus transistor amps - current and voltage

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 9

1. Scientific fraud
2. Definition of Volt
3. Does the geoid have any concave "straight lines"? How long?

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 10

1. 2021 Madagascar food crisis
2. Plant questions.

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 11

1. Atmospheric escape from moons; what effects of their host planet's gravity?
2. Gunk buildup on computer mouse
3. Sets of chemical elements

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 12

1. Mechanical hierarchy - fixing appliances.
2. Capacitor questions.
3. Do human lungs have more protection against smoke compared to other animals?

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 13

1. How can a wave produce even without current?
2. Why are very complex things like geoids modeled as a weighted sum of millions of spherical harmonics?

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 14

1. Sensitivity to coffee

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 15

1. Deja-vu dreams

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 16

1. Herd immunity thresholds

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 17

1. Instrumental analysis in the biology department?
2. Respirator thickness redux
3. Is it better to boil tap water, then cool it to room temperature?

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 19

1. How can a circuit breaker allow me to reset ?
2. Spiroshell

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 20

1. Best cure (anti)mony can buy?
2. Train of thought
3. Colour reproduction index (CRI) - will colours that match under high CRI light also match under low CRI light?

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 22

1. Static forces versus forces in motion

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 23

1. Rescue Request
2. Hollow planet?
3. Have we actually checked that there's nothing at Sun–Earth L3 Lagrange point?

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 24

1. Subatomic Particles
2. Earbuds sound

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 25

1. What is this physical process called?
2. Where do microrobots go after finish its job?
3. Mr Ruthven
4. Day length of a retrograde planet

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 26

1. Why isn't hydrogen peroxide used for wastewater treatment?
2. Poisonous plants examples.
3. Reason drawings of cubes tend to slant left
4. Proton decay with naked senses
5. Curbing SARS-CoV-2 mutations
6. COVID variants

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 27

1. How does my cat tell time so well?
2. Which is the most postponed space project?

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 28

1. Many world interpretation
2. Why didn't bones evolve with carbon ?
3. S2 / Sagittarius A* acceleration
4. Why are humans so bad at climbing/walking downwards?

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 29

1. How can a magnet be used to alter a current?

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2021 November 30

1. Rockets with solid rocket boosters launching crewed spacecraft