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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 1

1. Gigantic Chinese finger trap
2. How do photons work to enable visual perception

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 2

1. What led to the increase in prevalence of breastfeeding?

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 3

1. Tesla coils
2. Technical Problem
3. Enabling works for new railway lines
4. X-rays
5. Namibia "hammocks"

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 4

1. Star in Cancer named for Marina Popovich
2. Stars with naked eye
3. Using food or money on research participants

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 5

1. Burqan 2 ballistic missile spesifications?
2. Deodorant Manufacturing Process
3. what is the nuclear reaction that occurs in radiation therapy?
4. Which fungi species are in US food?

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 6

1. why is the bond order of water 1.5 for each O-H interaction??
2. Drone (bee)

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 8

1. Earth-temperature brown dwarf
2. Name of fallacy: mixing up unrelated variables?
3. Industrial production of methane

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 9

1. Forensic analysis
2. iPTF14hls, cause of survival of explosions?
3. Site engineers

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 10

1. Infrastructure vs building engineering
2. "Beam me up, Scotty!"
3. Septic shock
4. Physical Photo Stenography
5. Follow up question on dark matter and stars

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 11

1. Salicylic acid and acetylsalicylic acid
2. where can I find literature on anhydrous acid-base equilibria?
3. AXLE FLUX GENERATOR OUTPUT.
4. Rifles with horizontal magazines

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 12

1. Etymology of the word 'male'

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 13

1. Planet Venus and Jupiter conjunction.

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 14

1. USGS measurements
2. Earth's energy budget

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 15

1. Positronium diameter
2. Baked Beans
3. Baked beans and polysaccharides

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 16

1. "After"-Talk
2. How far from the center has a bound electron of the observable universe ever reached?
3. ethanol fermentation
4. Telephone lines
5. What is a 'double domed appearance'?
6. Sun's helium flash

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 17

1. An odd ball [possible insect nest identification]
2. Evolution of anticoagulants
3. A question about g-force

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 18

1. Back EMF in DC Motors
2. Easier to convert to natural gas: diesel or otto?

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 19

1. Smallest black hole to eat Earth
2. Yeast as food
3. Feynman Lectures. Exercises. Exercise 14-21 [http://html.scribd.com/91cmvs8wn433jb9d/images/43-22da9fd5f1.jpg JPG] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017_September_24#Feynman_Lectures._Exercises._Exercise_14-21_JPG archive]

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 20

1. How hard can ice be?
2. Mammoth Size

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 21

1. Does physics have axioms?
2. Using a transistor rated for 45 V in a 60 V circuit
3. Pomegranate pith
4. Computing with magnetic knots
5. Medieval chemistry

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 22

1. Why aren't odd carbon number fatty acids more common in biology?
2. General Relativity questions
3. Civil engineering and programme management

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 23

1. Science or Fiction ?
2. Impossible asteroidial speed?
3. Phone camera science
4. How are 'bits' of information placed on magnetic tape
5. Nerve flossing

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 24

1. Can ʻOumuamua be a starship?
2. Galaxy level objects at relativistic velocities?
3. Optimal shape
4. Is there anything special about the speed of light?
5. Alcohol in a Royal Navy rum ration

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 25

1. Edit on Chi-squared test
2. Soyuz Interior

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 26

1. Mechanical Torsion
2. Electrical distribution planning and design

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 27

1. why are winters along the Atlantic northeast colder?
2. How much does it cost to run an air conditioner like this?
3. What biological protection do trees have against lightening?
4. Surgery leaves woman ‘drowning in her own poo’
5. Is the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease is lessions in corpus striatum?
6. Is it possible to invent car engine lubricant that's mostly graphite?

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 28

1. Lava and Molten Rock
2. The best university for Science

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 29

1. Northern, Southern, and Equatorial constellations
2. Drilling into drywall
3. If the biceps supinates the forearm, what pronates it?
4. Moving the helicopter forward
5. White weasel = long-tailed weasel?
6. Stern-Gerlach experiment numerical analysis
7. Oumuamua

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 November 30

1. Packages within large infrastructure projects
2. Is mining for agricultural water and drinking water practical?
3. What is the farthest east that the Gulf Stream and its continuations reach?
4. Could I ask about Dytrysia taxonomy?
5. Removing ink from a book