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Can Allergies Coexist with a Rescue Dog Like Duke?
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How do you properly pronounce subscripts in physics equations?
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Have You Watched "Avatar" Yet? It's AMAZING!
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Can I Reconnect with My Friend After Months of Silence?
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Scientists discover new marine species - so cool
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Making sense of observer participation in physics
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Is Stephen Hawking's Take on Aliens as Funny as We Hoped?
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Animals have idea that humans' face is primary front to observe world
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Familial DNA leads to Grim Sleeper arrest
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What is the meaning behind this joyful Jewish song?
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Beer vs. Soda: Which is Worse for Your Health?
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Optimum strategy for eBay bidding (game theory of auctions)
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Uncover Huge Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Treasure in UK
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The Discovery of King Arthur: A Look at Geoffrey Ashe's Work
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Whats so special about cokes formula?
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Utility maximization of potential disasters
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LeBron James' "The Decision" to Leave Cleveland
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Help for my emotional constipation
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Girl in physics and I hate the attention :[
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Does anyone else ever go in and out of liking physics?
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Infinity symbol inside of an absolute value Tattoo
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Creative Writing major completely infatuated with a Physics Grad student
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What are the World's Worst Theme Parks?
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Who's Hotter: Kirk or Picard?
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Extraordinary claims who said that?
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Perelman rejects $1,000,000 prize
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What do you think of people who have fake identity?
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Happiness in learning and seeking knowldage. What do you think?
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A science project about Antigravity
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Plan to colonize the moon and mars.
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Knight & Day (Cruise & Diaz) movie question
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Where Can I Get A Customized Lab Coat?
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News Internet Kill Switch: Addressing Cyber Threats or Expanding Federal Power?
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The Giants Of The Solomon Islands
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News BP Should Pay: Holding Corporations Accountable for Environmental Damage
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How Do Social and Economic Factors Influence Fertility Forecasts?
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Consciousness vs Natural Instinct
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Perelman has refused both the Fields medal and the Millennium Prize
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What Is the Standard Unit for Measuring Momentum?
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Ready to Celebrate Independence Day?
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Are my Auntie's sporadic psychic experiences genuine?
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News Souter Confirms Republicans' Worst Fears
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American Physicists: A Look Into US Dominance
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Have you planned for the end of your life?
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Family food consumption by country
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The first day without a cigarette
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Is There Evidence for a Creator of the Universe?
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I want to build a Betavoltaic Battery
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Is the Job Search Process Really This Idiotic?
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IR stereo remote strange behaviour
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The ultimate traffic nightmare in Holland today?
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Russian Mathematician Rejects $1 mill Prize
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Economies of Scale and Diminishing Marginal Return
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Surviving Water Droplets: Insects and Spiders
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News Terrorism and terrorist are basically meaningless words
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Is My Outlet Grounded? How to Check Using a Multimeter
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Would their knowledge match up with ours?
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Atomic Vibration: Disproving the Theory
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Welcome! Introduce Yourself Here!
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Learn Spanish by Listening: Can it Work?
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What Do You Know About the Middle East in Academia?
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What's the male/female ratio in astrophysics?
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Are Vivid Dreams More Than Coincidence?
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Anyone have an idea of what's going on?
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Is mathematics really the Queen of Sciences?
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Could the BP Oil Spill Have Long-Term Effects on Human Health?
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Hearing a lot of people lost all of their 401ks
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News Throw the money in the garbage for good
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So the question is: What does it really mean to give 100%?
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Is Studying Physics the Key to Enhancing Human Life?
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Dump my bank, sign up w/ a credit union?
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News The Cost of War: Examining the Economic Impact of Modern Conflicts
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Time: What is it? How do We Know it?
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On th average, how many times do you visit the Stat forum?
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News Does Releasing Petition Signers' Names Violate First Amendment Rights?
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