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= June 1 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 1

1. Unknown Soviet Helicopter
2. "Minimize sun exposure between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m."

= June 2 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 2

1. Nuclear bombs and the Tunguska event

= June 5 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 5

1. Terrorist Explosions and Tyres
2. Etymology of Zeuctherium
3. Preemptive therapy

= June 6 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 6

1. Golden-mantled ground squirrel or Palmer's Chipmunk?

= June 7 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 7

1. Except for adrenal gland and kidney are there another organs with cortex and medulla?
2. Guns etc. and hi-explosive
3. antigen Vs. pathogen

= June 8 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 8

1. Mold or fungi?
2. "Cell" cooling towers
3. Crookes radiometer
4. How is estradiol synthesized through Marker degradation?
5. Genetic speech impediment

= June 9 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 9

1. X polysomy
2. Ecoregions
3. Main Battle Tank
4. Cardiac arrests
5. Is syn-Propanethial-S-oxide stable enough for it to be stored for some time at room temperature?
6. Why are so many places' all-time record high temperatures near the world record?

= June 10 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 10

1. Coldest city housing a major university

= June 11 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 11

1. When were calculators minaturizable to the size of a stack of several credit cards? When did those get cheap?

= June 12 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 12

1. Gas centrifuge connections
2. For what function melanin normally found in the adrenal gland?

= June 13 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 13

1. Size difference and premature birth
2. Lignite mines in Gujarat
3. No odor disinfectants

= June 14 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 14

1. Height above ground + distance South from Arctic Circle = Midnight Sun
2. Can "genetically identical" populations belong to different species?
3. Human genetics
4. Plugging home appliances in the EU and the US
5. How do researchers make animals neglectful of their offspring?
6. Identify unknown mushroom species

= June 15 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 15

1. Phobos orbital height - I must be missing something
2. What airliner requires the most runway at over 40 Celsius and 0 to 1000 feet elevation?
3. Solar noons and midnights
4. Bees and butterflies question

= June 16 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 16

1. if the half-life of estradiol cypionate is around 8 days, what would be the half life of estradiol dicypionate?
2. 1 AU
3. Retaining carbonation
4. Mystery tide pool creature (Southern California)

= June 17 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 17

1. Bateman equation
2. Dividing line between angina and heart attack

= June 18 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 18

1. Terminal dehydration mechanism
2. Giordano Bruno crater

= June 19 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 19

1. Viscosity from DFT (VASP) using the Green-Kubo relation
2. Aerial refueling a commercial jet?

= June 20 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 20

1. Trumpeter Swan question
2. How to figure out the most energy-efficient way to eat food in an industrialized country?
3. Why do small children put stones in their mouth?
4. How many cities have used subway/metro/underground/el/u-bahn/rapid transit cars ≥54 years old for revenue service?
5. Vehicle retroreflectors
6. Improving one's palate for subtle flavor differences

= June 21 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 21

1. Please Help me find a botanical term and an existing page
2. Spiders looking like ants
3. Mandatory swim caps
4. Japan Meteorological Agency
5. Squashed molecules
6. Diet pills

= June 22 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 22

1. Ecoregions follow-up
2. Trademark symbols in academic writing
3. Estimating tree mass: is height and species enough?

= June 23 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 23

1. Where is the south pole of a power meter's north pole?

= June 24 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 24

1. looking for news about some guy who dies due to using deodorant or perfume
2. Highest possible limit in nature
3. How fast would a lineac have to accelerate protons and nuclei to disintegrate them without collision?

= June 25 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 25

1. Tokamaks and actual fusion
2. Moment of Inertia, Torque and Angular Momentum
3. Swallowtails follow-up (last question on this subject, I hope)
4. Reducing neutronium
5. Radiation Symbol T-Shirts

= June 26 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 26

1. Could all diesel engines use pure cetane if it's warm enough?
2. Chicago Manual of Style: 1% vs 1 % ?
3. Determination of hydration number of ions
4. NanoDrop ND-1000 from Thermo Scientific or Thermo-Fischer Scientific?
5. The Biology of Human Starvation
6. What is this and should I be worried?
7. Effects on refrigerated food of exposure to ozone

= June 27 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 27

1. Post-merger LIGO data
2. Electrons
3. Neuroscientific plausibility of BLIT (short story)
4. Is there any way to see scientifically plausible Earths that almost were?
5. Giraffe's Feet

= June 28 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 28

1. Reporter gene affecting expression of other genes?
2. Wristwatch + thermometer = useless?
3. Big Bang question

= June 29 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 29

1. Car sound getting louder
2. Determine whether DNA sequence is intron or exon

= June 30 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2018 June 30

1. What does the principle of least action actually imply?