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May 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 1

1. Sub-brown dwarf detection (in a way)
2. Dinosaurs and the future

May 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 3

1. Why Bronze Age and not Brass Age?
2. Reflex to prevent food falling
3. takeoff/landing distance graphs

May 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 4

1. HSK taper

May 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 8

1. Patient 18
2. How short could the beta-decay half-life of a nuclide be?

May 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 9

1. LED lighting dimmer switch
2. Ambivert vs. omnivert

May 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 10

1. Insect repellent

May 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 12

1. ecological spray bottle
2. origin of the formula for LC frequency

May 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 14

1. Cranial size and Pb poisoning

May 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 15

1. They see me rollin', they hatin...
2. What's the max depth of the Baltic, Black and Azov brim?

May 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 17

1. What would cause these 'dark area' blemishes on an LCD monitor?
2. Is there any scientific truth to the meme that Vegetable oil/Seed oil is toxic to the human body?
3. Butterfly size

May 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 18

1. Why packaging is important

May 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 19

1. Erythema Migrans

May 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 20

1. Can testosterone boost/etc... change someone desire from responsive to spontaneous?
2. Gregory Cochran

May 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 21

1. Butterflies of Daviess County, KY (Papilionidae)
2. Pseudouridine - why is it the fifth nucleotide?

May 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 22

1. Evidence of physical empath
2. Why does the northern hemisphere have two subtropical jets?

May 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 23

1. Inner space
2. What's the point of being enamored by one symmetric face and bored by an equally symmetric one?

May 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 24

1. Why is Aluminum so difficult to separate?
2. Hexavalent chromium and heptavalent manganese
3. How do background gases influence combustion

May 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 26

1. Why is there no monosmium octafluoride or moniridium nonafluoride or PtF10?
2. Two universes in same space

May 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 29

1. Elderly digestion
2. Elvish astronomy

May 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 30

1. Volume of honey in a bee nest
2. Does light decay?

May 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2024 May 31

1. Is redshift calculated differently for different spectra?
2. Physics problem