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Can clean energy replace fossil fuels?
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Looking for large dataset of non image-centric physics data
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The Future of Libraries: Hard Copies vs Digital
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Would Advanced Aliens Need Our Resources?
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A question about consistency of in-text bracketed reference numbers
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Rush Limbaugh Passes Away: News Sites Reporting
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Beware of Vibrio bacteria in warm water: Gulf and Atlantic Coast areas
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New Kind of Avalanche: 9 Russian Adventurers Mysteriously Froze to Death
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What Was Isadore Singer’s Impact on Mathematics?
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Physical Valentine's Day -- quotes from particle physics magazine
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Is there a better name for "citizen science"?
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What Was Chick Corea's Impact on Jazz Music?
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Does True Randomness Exist or Is It Just an Illusion?
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How accurate is scientific information on Wikipedia?
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Is a 100% Renewable Grid with Super Power Possible by 2030?
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Can a supernatural phenomenon by definition exist?
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Do you think it's better to post threads or to answer questions?
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Different conceptions of pop physics
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Name some science documentaries....
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R.I.P Hal Holbrook; Mark Twain dead again at 95
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Anyone know anything about John Patrick University's programs?
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What Can You Discover from a USB Stick Found in the Grass?
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How did Vanadium50 become a polymath in physics and computer science?
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COVID What impact has the COVID-19 pandemic had on your job?
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Energy Poverty in Australia: COVID Lockdowns Drove Costs Up 50%
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Can chronic anxiety disorder be cured?
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Leonhard Euler was a nice guy....
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COVID My experience with the second Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shot
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SP9UOB-P39 (or ballooning around the world)
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Trains Plowing Snow: Interesting Physics Videos
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News Miranda's Cliffs: Surviving a 12 Mile High Fall
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What is the reality of being a physicist?
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What Are the World's Biggest Problems Besides COVID?
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Movies that feature physics concepts
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"Expected Result" Bias in Research
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Very Important Question Regarding Embroidery and Magnifying glass
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How do citations support information in a scientific article?
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Is eBay Asking for My Social Security Number Now?
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How Can a Digital Photo Frame Revive Old Memories and Connections?
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Who was Martinus Veltman: Nobel Laureate and Physics Pioneer?
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Mystery of Mars' Dunes: A Puzzling Sight?
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Robocalls "Thanks to the financial stimulus, your credit cards...."
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Looking for partnership with a startup
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Are ICTP and NORDITA international institutions (like CERN)?
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When Does Particle Population Size Shift from Microscopic to Macroscopic?
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Dawn Wells dies of Covid-19 at 82
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News Some of My Friends Having Fun (Boston Dynamics Doing the Twist)
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Got the new Microsoft Flight Sim for Christmas
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Did John H. Conway Pass Away?
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What would you like for Christmas this year?
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World Economy Crash: Impact & Causes
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Merry Christmas 2020 | Wishes to All
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Most memorable holiday traditions?
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Can all supposed difficult problems be broken down to simple ones?
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Study Block during Master's Thesis work
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COVID Covid-19 in nursing homes- fatalities seem high
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What is a good estimation for the limit of what a person can know?
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Best scientific/physics magazines for laymen like me?
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COVID An Engineer's take on testing for Covid-19
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Does anybody know what hurkyl is up to nowadays?
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COVID Could COVID Travel from Car Trunk into Main Car Area from Drive-Up?
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Viewing Distant Celestial Objects: Could Hubble Have Seen the Moon Landings?
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News Jack Steinberger: Nobel Laureate Passes at 99-1/2
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Scientific Magazines: Best Gift Ideas for Bright & Curious Teenagers
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How to Fly a B-26: Official Training Film
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COVID Common sense question about COVID and quarantining
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Physicists Fix Economics: Ole Peters' Ergodic Hypothesis
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How do you deal with your Amazon wishlist?
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What is the opposite of imagination?
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What do you think a smart person is?
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News The height of the pyramid of Cheops
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Do You Trust "Reviews" on Next Door?
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Did Another Virus Claim Country Music Legend Charley Pride?
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Is it normal for a math student to dislike computational math?
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Cost of 2020 '12 days of christmas' presents
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Investigating Neanderthal Intelligence Through Artifacts
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Who is singing O Holy Night for Christmas?
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RIP General Chuck Yeager, dead at 97
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How did your teachers describe you as a student?
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Toonify yourself and post the photo
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COVID Astra-Zeneca Covid vaccine trial explanation
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Is My 1980s Rubik's Cube a Knockoff?
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How does consciousness affect our perception of gravity during sleep?
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17 years later: Thank you FredGarvin and Artman
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Arecibo Observatory: The 57-Year Telescope Set to Be Decommissioned
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David Prowse has Died: Long live Darth Vader
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These new "LED Trucks" are distracting....
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RIP Diego Maradona (30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020)
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Goal of The Weather Report e-Mail Hack?
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Is there a clever name for Newton's 2nd Law?
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A Great Tragedy Looms: Mt Wilson Observatory is in the path of Bobcat
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Why do Lifesavers no longer produce a blue flash, but Altoids still do?
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What are the real benefits of anion mode in air humidifiers?
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What kind of clothes should I avoid washing with very hot water?
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Elk statue 1 Deer 0 - cause rut insanity
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Write a Paper: Is Environment "Fact" OK?
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Are Home Termite Warranties Worth It?
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Wolfgang Pauli & Carl Jung: The Synchronicity of Two Minds
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Nice news for a change? How to turn back your life 25 years
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Do you think you have to be mature to succeed in life?
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