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March 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 1

  1. Why is the academic establishment worshipping materialism?
  2. A Tibetan highlander marries an Andean highlander and they get children
  3. Selling live genetically-modified food animals in UK

March 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 2

  1. Have there been any recent attempts at this?
  2. Plant-based diet
  3. Shared DNA
  4. What are these turkeys doing?
  5. Using a canal as a source of drinking water?
  6. Could a rocky planet naturally experience a nuclear fusion explosion?

March 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 3

  1. Meat fillers
  2. Bowel movement after a break from eating
  3. Tissues in the body regeneration after 7 years

March 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 4

  1. NaK
  2. RFC of possible interest to contributors to this desk
  3. If people are born gay why is one of the identical twins sometimes gay?
  4. Stuka
  5. Can humans eat the algae that makes omega-3 fatty acids directly?

March 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 5

  1. Is there any evolutionistic explanation for the gender split?
  2. Puncturing an automobile tire
  3. Forensic detection of voice disguises
  4. Continuous casting
  5. Starvation effect on testicles
  6. Feynman Lectures. Lecture 50. Ch.50-1, Ch.50-3 [http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_50.html]
  7. Anatoly Dyatlov

March 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 6

  1. Tin pest
  2. What species of spider is this?
  3. Tin cans
  4. Lead
  5. Square graphene
  6. What is the average number of dates of the Gregorian year that a Full Moon falls on in a lifetime?
  7. genetic article reconciliation
  8. Precise fuel gauge?

March 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 7

  1. Containment building
  2. Puncturing a hovercraft
  3. Strict definition of mutagenesis
  4. Are certain hominids going extinct because their natural habitat is destroyed by climate change and agriculture?
  5. Help identifying caterpillars
  6. What it means to be molecular
  7. Washing produce

March 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 8

  1. Year Span of 485-490 Days
  2. Falling asleep in classrooms
  3. How tall was Homo erectus?
  4. Wind noise
  5. Why are headlights green?

March 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 9

  1. How did Mammuthus spp. die out but Homo sapiens survive?
  2. Feeding boogers to tropical fish
  3. Cattle population historical chart
  4. Press and hold to turn on electronic device
  5. Are humans really grass eaters?
  6. Quorn question
  7. Trickshots

March 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 10

  1. Flat Earth Hypothesis is easily proven wrong
  2. At what height are hill/mountains made from rock?
  3. Sour strawberries

March 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 11

  1. Why does salt make food taste better?
  2. Recreational drug use in animals
  3. The chemistry of ice cream
  4. Radium Fission
  5. Research question: What's in a typical carpet?
  6. How indestructible are military dog tags? (morbid)
  7. Ice falling from aircraft

March 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 12

  1. Is Earth getting bigger? If so, why?
  2. Golden gun
  3. Golden gun, part 2
  4. Fossils and igneous rock
  5. Quadratic field strength
  6. Digital radio coverage in underground railway tunnels
  7. Bug identification
  8. Rudolph Valentino's death

March 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 13

  1. Objects in Earth's orbit
  2. Why not replace sodium by potassium?
  3. Is weight a net force?
  4. Ecological niche of Homo sapiens
  5. Black dwarf atmosphere

March 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 14

  1. Interstellar travel and intergalactic travel
  2. pinpointing science fiction movie with "very noisy rain dropping down"?

March 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 15

  1. Fire engines on rails?
  2. Microwave oven effectiveness decline with use
  3. Does insufficient protein intake seemes as causing Erectile dysfunction in a healthy person?
  4. Solubility of sugar in salt solutions
  5. How do double sided cylinder locks work?

March 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 16

  1. What's the world's rainiest and driest settlement with >19,999 people?

March 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 17

  1. The expanding universe
  2. How accurate is this table?
  3. How do doctors categorize something as a "disease"?
  4. Mechanism of action?
  5. Types of Human genes
  6. What were the differences in physical appearance between Pleiosaurs and Mososaurs?
  7. Gravity on a denser planet
  8. Time crystals
  9. Time dilation and warp drive
  10. Brass magnetic?

March 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 18

  1. water hardness
  2. Can electrical current change a chemical bond from covalent to ionic?
  3. First fotoelement
  4. Organic chemist needed

March 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 19

  1. H+
  2. Eating local food
  3. Aqua streaks in ocean
  4. Overthinking
  5. Earth-Mars common orbiter
  6. Can we generate unlimited energy?
  7. Icy cream
  8. moment

March 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 20

  1. Cosmic resurrection?
  2. Salix sp.?
  3. Hair drier
  4. Iron loss
  5. Is potassium in plants linked to soil quality?
  6. Does raw sewage enter tap water during a hurricane in florida?
  7. Showers in seawater

March 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 21

  1. Spacecraft travelling at 99 percent the speed of light or greater
  2. What's wrong with my chemistry calculation?
  3. A real chemistry question
  4. Is trophic level based on what keeps an organism alive instead of what the organism can eat?
  5. Why no antibiotic resistance against cathelicidin?
  6. Anthocyanins

March 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 22

  1. Do mind altering medication really work?
  2. WHO
  3. Trauma biochemistry
  4. Calories

March 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 23

  1. Two seemingly self-contradictory statements in the chemistry textbook
  2. Torque, Moment of inertia
  3. How accurate is this table? (March 17)
  4. carbohydrates
  5. Running like Forrest Gump
  6. Subsistence farming

March 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 24

  1. To disinfect with alcohol or not after a bite from dog?
  2. WHO

March 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 25

  1. Why can't humans hibernate?
  2. Why does the medical establishment blame fat?
  3. Satiety - dietary fat or dietary fiber?
  4. Wind direction, high and low
  5. Sick and then not sick again for a long time

March 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 26

  1. Can food be made to be suitable for both dogs and humans?
  2. Why don't they make non-hybrids with 2 or 4 internal combustion engines?
  3. Lithium-ion batteries exploding from a short-circuit

March 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 27

  1. Are there places with invasive species(es) that like its climate better than anywhere in their native range?
  2. Engineering and non technical project management career path
  3. Center of mass
  4. How close are nerves to the skin?

March 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 28

  1. Can an apartment building grow enough food to feed its tenants?
  2. Stomach and intestinal pain
  3. Microwaveable ready meals
  4. coordinate explanation
  5. Do fat and protein intake need to be restricted on a vegetable-based diet?
  6. Doomsday library?
  7. Strawberry variety - "Trollope's Victoria"

March 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 29

  1. Why do boring things put humans to sleep?
  2. Soyuz spacecraft on Zenit rockets
  3. Tubular structures on Mars
  4. How does a LyfeLite bulb know when the power is out ?
  5. Radio signal around the world

March 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 30

  1. How do garbage bags end up in the ocean?
  2. Mine rescue
  3. Which animal is the biggest in the world?
  4. Military drones and what they do

March 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2017 March 31

  1. Question about the physics
  2. Are people with anencephaly conscious?
  3. Crickets in March/April, then not again till July
  4. Why do some lone geese without offspring hiss at a man yet others in a group flee from a lone 7th grader?
  5. Identification of animals in 18th century book
  6. Feynman Lectures. Lecture 51. Ch.51-2 Shock waves [http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_51.html]
  7. Air safety
  8. How does my body maintain constant temperature?
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