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Is N. David Mermin's Autobiography Relevant for Today's STEM Scholars?
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How to fill the void left by GEB
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What ONE Physics topic would you choose to study and why?
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Where to find nonprofessional collaborators/science friends?
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Challenging the 'Insulation Protects Against Burst Pipes' Theory
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Drinking hot coffee - a custom in Italy
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Got these image puzzles at university and couldn't solve half of them
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News Is Consolidating Obituaries for 2024 a Good Idea?
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R.I.P. David Soul 28.8.1943-4.1.2024
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R.I.P. Franz Beckenbauer 1945-2024
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What Are You Watching Lately? (Rants/Raves/Reviews)
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"Who wants to be a millionaire"
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News Why do so many people not believe in the Big Bang?
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RIP Tom Wilkinson, star of ‘The Full Monty’ and ‘Michael Clayton'
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Has anyone on PF seen the film "Oppenheimer"?
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What is Whamageddon and how do you play?
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How to search the internet well?
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Finding Meaningful Work: Career Advice for Young Scientists
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To radio hams on PF: What is this slow digital mode?
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Forces Required For Steeling A Blade?
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The Maniac, by Benjamin Labatut
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How great is the overlap of Philosophy and Physics?
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Looking for a Recommendations for a General Science Periodical to Subscribe to
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RIP Tommy Smothers (half of the Smothers Brothers) at 86
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Chrome dinosaur game high scores
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I Made a Thing! (AKA where did the 'DIY projects' thread go?)
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Why are the paths of our cosmic explorations, pretty?
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Dr. Eddie Boyes' Youtube videos on Quantum Entanglement
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Toyota Commemorative museum in Nagoya
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Is there any evidence to support the belief that tech doesn’t end?
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Alphabetic Design Elements - or: I've had too much coffee!
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Mini road trip: South (and maybe north) of the border
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Is it possible to break this baseball bat with the heel of the foot?
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A question about where shall I ask this type of questions
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Unable to operate coffee vending machine :(
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"I am the Ghost of XM's Past" (Weird signals on shortwave)
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Social Media content creation glitches
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Can I save anything in my greenhouse from frost damage?
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Colour of engineering drawing board, sit or stand?
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R.I.P. Denny Lane 29.10.44 – 5.12.23
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What were some of Norman Lear's most iconic sitcoms?
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Why do some hurdles come with adjustable bases?
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Good PDF Reading App That Can Bookmark and Annotate?
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RIP Shane McGowan of the Pogues 1957-2023
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RIP, Charlie Munger (99), Warren Buffet's partner
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What is the SMD challenge misery edition?
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Internal combustion engines founded in GBR and car industry collapse
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Last night Nov 23rd at exactly 4:41pm mountain time, lights in the sky
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Mathematicians Have Modest Goals
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RIP Rosalynn Carter, former first lady, wife of President Jimmy Carter
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To supercharge science, first experiment with how it is funded
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What hand tools do physicists commonly use in the laboratory?
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The Problem With Science Communication (Veritasium)
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Double Sunrise Phenomenon Explanation?
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What Causes a Staccato Rattling Noise in Central Air Systems?
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Another (old) example of fake news
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Could my DNA results reveal surprising ancestry connections?
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Introducing integral in textbooks
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Interesting article about the Nobel Prize "Rule of Three"
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Discussion on the science-literature relationship and more
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Statistics problem: Comparing written work with & w/out use of AI
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About the news of missing Titan sub
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Significance of a Mobius strip?
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"Big Bang" according to the 19th century poet ("Science-v-Poetry")
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Where in STEM can I expect to use dual basis, dual map, annihilator?
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What is the newest installment of 'Random Thoughts' on Physics Forums?
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What is Research and How Does it Relate to Cooking?
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Canadian Politics Boring Dispelled
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What is the origin of the phrase 'cannot be overstated'?
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The British word "boffin" is polarizing the boffins
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Random dehydration and loss of fluid in the body
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What is Causing the Zig Zagging of Stars in the Night Sky?
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Controversial: Harald Schumacher's Assault on Patrick Battiston in 1982
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News StackOverflow hit hard by chatbots
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Any Good (HEPA) Air Purifiers of Small Size & w/o Pre-Filters?
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Book Review: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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News Death of astrophysicist Hubert Reeves at 91
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What types of things do you get second opinions on in life?
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Are excuses for academic parties getting thinner or is it just me?
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Is Halloween the Perfect Time for Neighborly Pranks?
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Anyone Ever Get Slimy Substance on Sink Drain Filter that Keeps Coming
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Weird tendency of many professors
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Does Bing Chat give reliable answers to math and physics questions? If not is it possible to make it more reliable?
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What Was (Is) Your Favorite Summer Job?
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What are you supposed to show when you have no data to present?
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Nobel Prize 2023: Attosecond pulses
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How Many People Can Perform Quantum Mechanical Calculations?
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Who Is Your Favorite Scientist and Why?
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My modernization of Definition I in Newton's Principia
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Is my whiteboard actually porcelain/ceramic steel?
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R.I.P. David McCallum: NCIS & U.N.C.L.E Actor Dies at 90
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Room temperature superconductor paper published
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R.I.P. Brooks Robinson: Baseball's Greatest Third Baseman
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Ahoy! International Talk Like a Pirate Day: Shiver me Timbers!
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How much impact mass does a boxing strike need to compensate for slower speed?
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Is it normal for a student to get frustrated learning a coding language?
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Is There a Dark Side to Studying Statistical Mechanics?
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Slow Cooker Recipes & HVAC Revolution
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What happened to "the Ballad of Maxwell's equations" sung to the tune of A-Ha, "take on me"?
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Starfield: New First-Person Epic Role-Playing Game by BGS
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