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September 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 1

1. epidemiology of Covid19 in United States
2. Deer and goat hybrid is possible?
3. Do carrot tops contain toxic alkaloids?

September 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 2

1. Why do mice like peanut butter so much and where did the cheese thing come from?
2. Universe density without expansion

September 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 3

1. valved n95 respirators
2. Chemistry, Nitrogen and it's compounds form three

September 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 4

1. Covid?
2. River proximity and groundwater levels

September 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 6

1. Brown bear vs. human
2. If a convenient asteroid is modeled as x% gold and platinum atoms and the rest rubbish how high does x need to be to mine it soon?
3. A genetic cause for sex height differences?

September 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 7

1. Iguanas and snakes: Where was this filmed? What type of iguana and snake?

September 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 8

1. Red squirrels

September 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 9

1. Normal reading distance

September 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 10

1. What is the over/under for the closest a planet has been to Earth in the Phanerozoic? What about any planet pair?

September 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 11

1. Time it would take for Earth and Mars to collide
2. Does milk slosh in a sealed tetrapak?
3. LED Lightbulb Problem
4. Reduction potential at mercury electrode

September 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 12

1. Ventilation fan
2. What makes radar so valuable?

September 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 13

1. The speed of electricity
2. black hole collision

September 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 14

1. Effects of Gravitational Waves
2. Marsh and swamp

September 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 17

1. Teach flight tricks to parrot?

September 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 18

1. Energy from rusting
2. Why are Pnictogen hydrides so poisonous?
3. Missing a hurricane

September 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 19

1. Medications causing dizziness and loss of balance
2. Safe displays of highly radioactive isotopes

September 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 20

1. Three step viper
2. surgery before antibiotics, and appendicitis in infants

September 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 21

1. Taxonomy of Euchile and Prosthechea

September 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 22

1. Moonwalk suits in c. -100°F and brutal katabatic wind on Earth
2. Types of vets
3. P vs V(isotherm) graph of real gas with critical temperature and critical pressure marked.
4. Liquid elements

September 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 23

1. How come moderna can last at much more much higher temprature than Pfizer's?

September 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 24

1. Primary author
2. Monocled cobras, regurgitating food
3. Has it ever been definitively determined why gulls chase ships?
4. Measuring ageing rate
5. EX39 Exclusionary Mogul Screw Base
6. If the species disappeared instantly how long will average books on shelves stay readable in different climates?

September 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 25

1. Crazy seeds
2. Can childhood sexual assault lead to low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) findings later in adulthood?

September 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 26

1. What's the lowest specific gravity recorded for a drinkable wine?
2. Jumping ability of kittens compared to that of cats

September 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 27

1. proteun
2. Do siblings with more similar chromosomes look more similar?

September 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 28

1. Near-rectilinear halo orbit
2. Viruses

September 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 29

1. Earth's quadrupoles
2. Can adult frog live in water for long if he has enough food?

September 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2020 September 30

1. Tea and Coffee
2. Outdoor hedgehog brought in ?