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July 1

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 1

1. Japanese Giant Flying Squirrels
2. Smokescreen - how can I make one?
3. annulation of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner?
4. Boric acid level of toxicity
5. hydrogen sulfide, sulfur and ammonia in pond
6. Learning Java.
7. key steps to do any project
8. natural plutonium
9. conservation
10. Heart -Stoppers
11. Automatic WMA to MP3 Converter?
12. Muay Thai shin conditioning
13. Dreaming in colors
14. methanol added in a tank of gas in car - Ratio
15. What's in this cardboard box?
16. Want to know about scientific experiments proving anything related to supernatural.
17. Wild and crazy idea...
18. Is rolling tobacco healthier than regular cigarettes?
19. bah

July 2

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 2

1. Palm Beetles vs Cock Roaches
2. Rate of fall and heat
3. Root beer float foam
4. Enlarged stomach lymph nodes
5. Simple carbohydrates
6. Nuclear Reaction
7. Stupid question
8. A question about Bubble Sort
9. metaboloites
10. Nice Looking Carnivorous Plants
11. Budgerigar behaviour question
12. Coloration

July 3

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 3

1. Gauge Theory
2. Nice Looking Carnivorous Pants
3. RGB conversion to wavelength
   1. Further discussion
4. Evolution of intelligent species
5. Antimatter
6. Time cause of motion?
7. Quantify heat effect
8. bilogy
9. Physics, Maths and Mathematical Physics
10. TEREPHTALYLIDENEDICAMPHOR SULFONIC ACID
11. human science
12. Open proxy
13. Chiropractors (title added)
14. The use of the unit 'mole'
15. Cost of GPS?
16. How is polyethene prepared?
17. hawkings new theory
18. Site archiving software?
19. internet privacy
20. how to speed up the download speed using router
21. claims
22. Ramjets- how do they get to the operating speed?

July 4

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 4

1. International Time Bureau / Bureau International de l'Heure
2. Tugs approach and estimated force (kN) for the contact.
3. Clams
4. Confused about Java.
5. Locking WinXP screen
6. Sex
7. Equation versus date of Big Bang
8. Alternative To Drive Belts?
9. dog health
10. biotechnology
11. Error analysis
12. Teradata
13. IIS - Internet Information Services
14. DVD copy prevention
15. Possible to network with 56k modems?
16. power regulators
17. conductivity
18. Stereo speakers
19. What age bracket rarely leaves a fingerprint?
20. Recycling CDs
21. Economics -- why are unions necessary?
22. Difference between Anatomy and Physiology
23. "Surrology"
24. Leg alignment
25. meteorologists?
26. computers
27. Giant Ape Removal?
28. Bird in Dubbo
29. Windows Media Player security vulnerabilities

July 5

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 5

1. How did the mammalian ear evolve?
2. Camellia Sinensis growth area
3. Being a biology searcher
4. a compound
5. Computer Hardware
6. Business Networks and telecommunications
7. Overpopulation
8. Cramp
9. bacteria
10. neuronal and glial vulnerabilities.
11. RGB value of Tyrian Purple
12. Command to delete files in Windows / DOS
13. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)
14. Mutagenic but not a carcinogen?
15. 2 Minutes 15 Seconds Until the Next Beat of Heart
16. Molecular biology vs Cellular biology vs Biochemistry
17. Heart stops when sneezing
18. Entropy
19. pruning calamnodin trees
20. Does stainless steel absorb odors?
21. Sunburned skin coming off
22. Video CDs
23. Clamps
24. steam catapult
25. Technical Term for Nasally Voice?
26. Need sources for Battery electric vehicle
27. Safety of the Space Shuttle
28. Evolution of the horse
29. Colostrum Production

July 6

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 6

1. Substantial Revision of a Stub
2. Combustion of the atmosphere
3. Folder protecting
4. Ugandan Space Program [28]
5. So who's the parasite?
6. Genital herpes/warts?
7. testosterone and interstitial cells
8. CAN I DRAW GRAPHS IN MICROSOFT WORD?
9. Fixpoints On Cars - What Is A Fixpoint?
10. NANO
11. Shipping a hard drive (with data) safely
12. University and career prospects
13. PDF page transformations in Linux
14. Bug identification
15. Iontophoresis Device

July 7

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 7

1. Recover Hard Drive Table Information From Previously "Mounted" Drive
2. PHP developing environment
3. Excel sheet to powerpoint
4. Anti Gravity
5. sleeping
6. Electrolysis
7. Two Wikipedia Pages
8. energy band
9. windows on ships
10. ANCIENT BEER
11. Agent Orange

July 8

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 8

1. How was metal mined in the middle ages?
2. Want to learn more about Ozone Generators
3. Lightning rod
4. Half life of common medications
5. Effect of radiation on water
6. microbiology
7. Chest hair
8. hyperterminal
9. Hatred between gulls and magpies
10. MUD with largest player base
11. Wattage

July 9

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 9

1. Hatred between gulls and moonpies
2. What's the best.. ?
3. Running MAC apps on a Windows box
4. Physics
5. Hallucination
6. Does twisting add strength?
7. Laptops needing harddrives
8. Bumblebee stings
9. Spinach
10. sun-oriented structures

July 10

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 10

1. Leaders in thinking
   1. The list
   2. History of Sciences
2. Dodgy dreams...
3. Difference between solstice and the coldest/warmest average daily temperatures
4. Gosh Numbers
5. Theoretical basis of miniaturization
6. ionic equation
7. Is there an infinite nature to the universe?
8. So, how clever are magpies in comparison to gulls?
9. Whats my groggy feeling after stretching?
10. Disabled Task Manager
11. can the fruit conduct electricity?
12. Deflating tyres
13. Rename files using VB .NET 2003
14. Observable Ray of Light
15. unknown pain
16. How many time it takes for a dog carcass to decompose
17. Quicktime DAT/IDX files
18. water supply for trees in urban environments

July 11

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 11

1. Electrochemistry
2. Diet problem
3. Mooon craters.
4. leitz edinger projection apparatus.
5. Direction of current in the coil
6. please help me answer the following
7. sepsis
8. Equivalent term for BSS in UMTS world
9. Laparoscopic excision of moderate endometriosis
10. holy shit
11. 302 windsor ford V8 torque specifications
12. Little unknown dead critter
13. Cannibus and Coffee
14. Security of cordless telephones?
15. Negative effects of ameteur massage
16. Falling off a building?
    1. Falling Inside a Building
17. Something to do with MP3 CDs
18. If I were the last man on Earth

July 12

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 12

1. sepsis
2. Artificial gravity
3. Which species?
4. password to folder
5. Seeing Sun & Moon together
6. Rainforests produce Oxygen?
7. Old Rifles
8. Algal bloom
9. botany
10. gravity
11. science
12. Speed of Light Squared
13. Naproxen
14. Norwalk Virus and kidney problems/complications?
15. So important to have been returned
16. CD picture
17. optimum mph for best mpg
18. nuclear power plant

July 13

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 13

1. Firefox Question
2. Why does red fade in the sunlight?
3. anemia
4. Virtual library ?
5. REMOVING FAT FROM MILK AT HOME
6. anatomy
7. Cost of modern hollow clay block plant.
8. Sound runs ahead of video in movie.
9. World map in a single file.
10. Pre-industrial float glass
11. HEY PLS HELP ME??? THX!!
12. food habits of animals
13. Solar Panels Efficiency`
14. Maxwell equation modification
15. The Amount Of Pressure Glass Can Withstand
16. Supernatural levitation
17. lead paint? second hand smoke? germs? baby boosters? alchohol during pregnancy? STDS? blah, blah, blah
18. Wind direction in weather forcasts
19. Bluetooth
20. Relationship of Eukaryotic Organelles to Prokaryotes
21. Dinitrophenol for Weight Loss
22. Beer and Wine
23. Management of animal tissue culture wastes
24. Who was more technologically advanced (during the same age)
25. light travel delay and grammatical tense
26. physics
27. contains! sulphites
28. Meatloaf safety.

July 14

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 14

1. CSS issue
2. Can a camera flash cause a fire?
3. Universal proxy
4. Cool as a cucumber
5. Average age at which Americans lose their vrginity
6. Can someone convert this into JPEG or PNG?
7. Network Printer
8. Photon Belt
9. Label for particle mass
10. Angioplasty
11. help pls...
12. Windows XP - OEM vs Retail
13. Moon dissappears?
14. Brain size, body size and intelligence
15. Switching voltage regulator
16. Displaced itch?
17. High creatine level
18. Sneezing spot

July 15

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 15

1. Bruises
2. Megalosaurus name
3. LOAD Vs FORCE
4. Reflexes/Conditioning
5. "Universal resonator"
6. Mobile Display technology
7. radiation of energy from black holes
8. Microwave Arcing
9. Plank constant
10. Spleen
11. Vaccine trial length.
12. new article
13. Carborised match-stick
14. 12 bee lifetimes to make one teaspoon of honey?
15. How many square feet of wheat field to make one 800g loaf of bread?
16. Optimum size of grid in trellis fence to reduce traffic noise?

July 16

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 16

1. Chemical formula
2. Citric acid in lime
3. mammals
4. C++ Compiler
5. Increasing resting metabolic rate
6. Tame birds vs. domesticated birds?
7. What is optimum rate of a having a rare treat to maximise pleasure?
8. biophyscics
9. gemeology
10. Diseases
11. Units of Measure
12. Emailing photos
13. Why do some creatures live longer than others?
14. Cornstarch vs Baby Powder
15. Python question
16. Kuru and prions
17. Headrush!

July 17

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 17

1. Is Gadolinium(III) Oxide magnetic?
2. Gallbladder
3. GIS data
4. what type of acid can conduct electricity better.
5. Supersonic Passenger Flights
6. Best scanner for books/magazines?
7. Micrometer tolerance
8. Image Tiler
9. Top-selling PC manufacturers
10. What is anticipation.
11. Citing a software program
12. changing IP addresses to another country
13. Earth's freefall acceleration.
14. Gulls, magpies, moonpies
15. Is it possible to think without using words?
16. Ring flashes for Canon EOS DSLRs.
17. Simple web-page that creates a URL
18. iontophoresis
19. Andreas Effect, droplet behavior
20. Electronic beeps & hearing loss
21. ct machines
22. Oven Cleaner on Rims?
23. How does smoking pot affect bodybuilding?
24. Suicide

July 18

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 18

1. Metal: Dissolving and melting.
2. Rims and Oven Cleaner
3. Brain Surgery for Bedwetting
4. Gas Stove/Ovens and Electricity
5. BBC 396 2V
6. Moles
7. Little Orange Beetles in Wiesbaden Germany
8. Congo Fever or Congo Virus
9. DVD Video burning
10. Plant Search
11. Judging the most “flammable”
12. International System of Units
13. architectural working drawings
14. When a bird moults, is it painful?

July 19

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 19

1. Beer Gut
2. Sun Poisoning
3. mango madness
4. Run Out of Semen
5. disasters
6. Vitamin C impact on Fats
7. humidity
8. Train Question
9. how to calculate SMR using poisson or bayesian apprpaches
10. Why do we prefer room temperature?
11. lightweight computer system
12. Bird: Ostrich Skeleton.
13. pH balanced
14. Can you tell me the legally correct way for a licensed nurse to take a telephone order form a physician and how should it be documented in the resident's chart. This is in a long term care setting.
15. Electricity
16. Atomic attack on the moon
17. Jumping into water
18. nerve endings
19. What Do You Think Of This
20. Stingy hot-weather eyes
21. Nuclear Fusion

July 20

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 20

1. Spliting The Atom
2. Integer Sorting using Pointers
3. COREX SYRUP
4. Integration!
5. Air to water
6. Why when you are in front of a switched on fan you experience more cold?
7. Infinitely Variable Transmission
8. Music software (open source?)
9. Plasma Cooling
10. The Dust Bowl, man made?
11. nuclear physics
12. New computing reference desk
13. Opthamology
14. Dell Vs Gateway Vs Mac Processors
15. Spectral Equivalent to the Sonic Boom Phenomena
16. The Universe
17. Mine disaster survival
18. Z machine
19. Horse Fly
20. Where do enzymes in Biological Washing Powder come from?
21. How many planets in the solar system?
22. Will our robots survive us?
23. Gulls vs. Humans
24. How to make DIY ear plugs or ear protectors?
25. Heart Attack
26. The Sun

July 21

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 21

1. DNA.... Magnetic?
2. basics of UAV
3. History of crypsis
4. height increase
5. Making Waxed Cards
6. Fast Help Please! Spain electricail suppy
7. Why is diamond not anisotropic?
8. Price of small diamond
9. Blood sugar and artificial sweeteners
10. virus infections
11. Lucozade
12. designing a capacitor plate
13. Unknown plant?
14. concrete
15. mars encounter thisAug.
16. Red patange
17. 1965 and 1967 chevy bel air station wagon windows

July 22

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 22

1. cancer development
2. information technology
3. Evolution
4. Hypoglycemia in diabetics
5. What data to use for an experiment?
6. Torn ligament
7. Interspecies Fight Club
8. Takeout containers for frozen food storage - any concerns?

July 23

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 23

1. Proton Exchange Membrane
2. How many birds would you have to tie to your body in order for them to carry you into the air?
3. Skin
4. Hand held scanners
5. Deep cycle batteries
6. Hurricane energy
7. A chameleon related question
8. Tube based instrument
9. Pollination in Plants
10. Arrangement of Flowers
11. space/time
12. Atom
13. Bug Identification
14. skid marks
15. Moon change
16. Lights & Insects

July 24

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 24

1. Vindon, anthracite-based synthetic fibre
2. Speed of time?Reality is instantaneous?
3. theoretical maximum EER
4. The "i" in Apple
5. Yellow Fever Vaccine & Meningitis A+C
6. Difference between wood charcoal powder and steam coal dust
7. rn lpn rpn what is the difference
8. Airoplane
9. Life expectancy & such
10. Technology
11. pronounce death
12. Rotational Cooling?
13. Birds and Trucks

July 25

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 25

1. Name that syndrome
2. Hurricane to Typhoon
3. Question about atoms and electrons
4. Unit conversions (title added)
5. Where did the hemp go on my farm?
6. animals
7. Chemical Composition of CEP 2563
8. The Wolrd bank
9. Flexible PVC products
10. Intestinal Worms
11. Formula info.
12. Water and ice questions.
13. how to anliyze talc(3MgO4SiO2H2O)
14. Galaxy/Balck hole
15. Ointment Battle
16. Will the Universe tend towards a single point
17. Eating raw mushrooms

July 26

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 26

1. Talking starling video on YouTube
2. Should I turn off my computer during a thunderstorm?
3. Mr Wheeler, of Wheeler's formula for inductance fame
4. Lizard
5. What's the Deal With Water Boiling at Altitude?
6. Silly question?... but
7. weather - temperature change in same area
8. Steak on a black eye
9. E=MC²
10. About the main parts of an experiment.
11. protists
12. The diference
13. Master/Slave for CD-ROM/CD-RW stuff
14. Testosterone or DHT increases muscle size?
15. odd water fowl seen on a trip to Tennessee
16. about masturbation
17. oldest tv program
18. UV light through glass

July 27

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 27

1. Dizzy.
2. Rifle Bullets and Speed of Sound
3. Protein in Synovial Fluid
4. Regardig child Hemoglobin
5. Pharmaceutical color coating
6. Synasthesia
7. Laurus nobilis, fertilization of
8. Pauli's principle Pauli's exclusion principle
9. science
10. Cashew nuts healthy?
11. nephrology laboratory terminology
12. prada willy syndrome
13. Sound and Wind
14. Stiches and Nosebleeds
15. billion
16. UV lightbulb vs. UV light bulb

July 28

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 28

1. the age of reason/the enlightenment
2. Male/Male & Female/Female only fertilization?
3. rotation speed of the universe?
4. herniated disc
5. Energy density of alcohol
6. Portable X Server for Windows?
7. EPR spectra have three peaks, why?
8. About vision
9. Plant Pathology
10. Banks of south-flowing rivers in Europe
11. Energy
12. Help Me Identify This Plant

July 29

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 29

1. Nose-breathing aircraft
2. What is the chemical structure and properties of...
3. Gray's Anatomy
4. Amperes
5. QED
6. Electrical signals
7. Snowing in Winter
8. topic suggestion
9. water after excercise
10. Canada 1930's - History of Fish Oil
11. Time travelers stranded at the beginning of human civilization. How to recreate civilization/infrastructure quickly?
12. how do alterations of the CNS account for psychiatric disorders like clinical depression
13. i need a new trend in electronic field because i need to take a seminar
14. Toxicity levels of these vitamins
15. If Americans invented the Hovercraft, did the British invent aircraft?
16. Sound of explosions
17. scientific question!
    1. follow up scientific question!!
18. science project
19. I think I f-ed my windows install

July 30

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 30

1. What species is a seagull with a gray band around its beak?
2. Einstein's attempted T.O.E.
3. Diving fitness requirements
4. Gulls - carnivores or omnivores?
5. Evolutionary relationship between skuas and gulls?
6. Yes, but .........
7. Feasability of man-portable miniguns...
8. Hookes Law?!?!?!!
9. Retinitis Pigmentosa Gene Therapy
10. How many calories??
11. Stomach
12. Info about unexplained undersea sound
13. Electricity
14. InputStreamReader
15. Is a seagull a 'vulture'?
16. Reoccuring question topics on Science
    1. Can Seagulls Masturbate?
17. In small arms ballistics, how is "effective range" defined?
18. Railroads: Where are the breaks on a freight car?
19. Hall Effect
20. Fear of losing possessions?
21. Help

July 31

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 July 31

1. regulation of psychotherapy
2. Name for a class of chemical reactions
3. black hole and parital black body
4. Physics - alfoil
5. Acceleration/Deceleration
6. sun
7. star
8. Sulfuric Acid
9. Intersexual or Hermaphrodite?
10. Digital cameras and battery life?
11. Reflection and Radiation mutually exclusive?
12. String Theory as a T.O.E.
13. Sleep deprivation induced cogntive impairments
14. What disorder?