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Renewable Energy Sources are Making Gains
- BillTre
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A Toast for the Odd People: Did Autistic Traits Help Ancient Tribes?
- symbolipoint
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Living near a warplane museum with kids
- DaveC426913
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Please give me examples of people who are famous for 2 different things
- sevensages
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I need some brief interdisciplinary assistance
- StevenVossen
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An AI translation of kinematics lecture notes
- wrobel
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Do you mind if there is larvae in your fruit?
- skyshrimp
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Not Penrose
- .Scott
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AI Satire...
- renormalize
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I've been reused but not credited
- DaveC426913
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RIP David Clayton Thomas, lead vocalist of Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Astronuc
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Collins's Law
- DaveC426913
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Looking for movies where mathematics actually matters
- DanielH
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Speaking of Lorentz-Fitzgerald Contraction...
- sbrothy
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Anyone see “Time After Time?”
- BadgerBadger92
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Philomena Cunk Interviews Brian Cox
- Hornbein
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Any advice for learning how to spot legitimate physics from kooks?
- DarkloidNeos
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Electric Vehicle Fires on Ships
- BillTre
- · Replies 3 ·
Anyone a watch collector?
- BadgerBadger92
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Anyone like “2001: A Space Odyssey?”
- BadgerBadger92
- · Replies 13 ·
Books on the philosophy of math
- BadgerBadger92
- · Replies 5 ·
Good forums for physics beginners?
- BadgerBadger92
- · Replies 9 ·
RIP Carl H Brans (1935 - 2026), general relativity
- robphy
- · Replies 1 ·
Housecat Reproduction
- Hornbein
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Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed
- Filip Larsen
- · Replies 46 ·
April Fool's Physics Papers 2026
- ohwilleke
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Any "chess.com" users here who can answer a simple question?
- sbrothy
- · Replies 18 ·
RIP Dave Mason (79), May 10, 1946 - April 19, 2026
- Astronuc
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"A good big man will beat a good little man" (boxing)
- sevensages
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Point of particular Doonesbury strip?
- sbrothy
- · Replies 37 ·
Why are all NFL lineman tall?
- sevensages
- · Replies 17 ·
How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth?
- bob012345
- · Replies 16 ·
Stirring Coffee Effectively
- Hornbein
- · Replies 37 ·
RIP Andrzej Trautman (1933 - 2026), relativity and gravitational waves
- robphy
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Fast Food Discussion: Mexican Pizza at Taco Bell
- kyphysics
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Anthony Leggett obituary
- physika
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What should sit beside a physics equation?
- samuel_a
- · Replies 5 ·
Some Parents take their kiddo to the beach while others take their kitty to the beach
- symbolipoint
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RIP Anthony J Leggett (1938 - 2026), superfluidity
- robphy
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Advice on visiting CERN?
- Borg
- · Replies 14 ·
Erdos, the Hungarians And other scientists of the era
- pinball1970
- · Replies 25 ·
RIP Actor Robert Duvall (95, January 5, 1931 - February 15, 2026)
- Astronuc
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Missing-links-in-galaxy-evolution
- pinball1970
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Grade Inflation at Harvard
- Hornbein
- · Replies 5 ·
I still have mine; do you still have yours?
- DaveC426913
- · Replies 9 ·
RIP Carl Grillmair, Caltech Astrophysicist (67)
- Astronuc
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News BITCOIN, Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and Losses
- nsaspook
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RIP Herman Lamonte McLemore (1935 – 2026)
- pinball1970
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Sick nonholonomic problem
- wrobel
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RIP, Charlie Munger (99), Warren Buffet's partner
- Astronuc
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What the heck is that thing?
- DaveC426913
- · Replies 19 ·
Is mathematics invented or discovered?
- Meden Agan
- · Replies 64 ·
A mechanical problem with complicated geometry
- wrobel
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RIP Scott Adams
- .Scott
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Why is it not allowed to question General Relativity?
- nataliaeggers
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What is the fourth dimensional equivalent of volume?
- BillTre
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Open Access Scientific Publications
- BillTre
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NASA Shutdown
- PeroK
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Movies you'd forgotten were really cool?
- sbrothy
- · Replies 5 ·
Happy Thanksgiving - YouTube Video
- dlgoff
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"The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to reduce inflation"
- sevensages
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Legal AI Shenanigans
- jedishrfu
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What is this Facebook formatting trend?
- DaveC426913
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Anybody following (or followed) Jack Ryan (2018)?
- DaveC426913
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How the Blue Angels Train
- Ivan Seeking
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The Case of Andrew D. - out
- Borek
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A Crisis in France -- Bottled water may not be what it's advertised to be
- jedishrfu
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ChatGPT Facilitating Insanity
- Hornbein
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News JWST may be shut down by DOGE
- ohwilleke
- · Replies 13 ·
Anyone been to a Savannah Bananas Baseball Game?
- berkeman
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In defense of the philosophy of physics
- Frabjous
- · Replies 19 ·
Body Language: Head posture
- AlexB23
- · Replies 14 ·
Osaka Expo 2025
- Hornbein
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Tram rail pressed to the limit today...
- sbrothy
- · Replies 11 ·
What Are You Watching Lately? (Rants/Raves/Reviews)
- kyphysics
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Hearing Woody in Tom Hanks Movies
- paulb203
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German court convicts 4 ex-Volkswagen managers of fraud
- nsaspook
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I love Poland
- Borek
- · Replies 6 ·
Just for fun (Earth Sciences)
- diogenesNY
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Getting started in photography
- Haborix
- · Replies 40 ·
What is special about TikTok?
- Ivan Seeking
- · Replies 16 ·
For anyone who remembers Batty Books
- paulb203
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Where to post a short ‘all phenomena as transformations’ idea
- m_x_a
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MH370, On-again, off-again search
- Astronuc
- · Replies 6 ·
Movie Recommendation for Students
- Slimy0233
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To use or NOT to use ChatGPT that is the Question Lawsuit
- jedishrfu
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Pacific Palisades Fire Threatening Santa Monica, California
- Ivan Seeking
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News The US Digital Service, aka DOGE
- gleem
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Arxiv, ResearchGate : Would academic ethics require citing from them?
- Swamp Thing
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Adulting 101 (in Siberia)
- Swamp Thing
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Trivia, what make and model car is parked in front of the enterprise?
- edwardII
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R.I.P Teri Garr
- phinds
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Fun Facts
- Ivan Seeking
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Would you pay $6.2 million for a banana?
- jtbell
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Found a nice YouTube channel
- jobyts
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Are true geniuses extinct?
- Maximum7
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News Dennis Overbye, NY Times Columnist to retire
- diogenesNY
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