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What is the significance of the number 2023?
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News An Astronomical Tribute to President Carter
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Scientists Calculate the Speed of Thought
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RIP Leon N Cooper (1930 - 2024) - Nobel 1972
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RIP James (Jimmy ) Earl Carter Jr, 100, 39th President of US
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Former Intern of ByteDance Accused of Sabotage
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News Wasn't Parker Solar Probe about to resume communication with Earth?
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Would you pay $6.2 million for a banana?
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Found a nice YouTube channel
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Are true geniuses extinct?
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Merry Christmas!
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Theory Of Everything (ToE)
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News Dennis Overbye, NY Times Columnist to retire
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Amazing general relativity themed watches!
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World Economic Forum's top 10 emerging techs
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Why are the paths of our cosmic explorations pretty?
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How Can We Deal w/ Volatile Organic Compounds in Homes?
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Static electricity (like tree lightning) on my ceiling?
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Where's VanHees?
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Shout out to my HS Science teacher from 10 years ago
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Predictions for Physics Nobel Prize 2024 (and the results)
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Apple's New 8000 Area Code
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News RIP Thomas E. Kurtz (1928 - 2024) - BASIC
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Is the question "why does anything exist" troubling for physicists?
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Gift suggestions for kids
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Student loses Court Case over Plagiarism and Use of AI
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New sippy cups in Premier League soccer?
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Is Bing Chat Reliable for Math and Physics Queries?
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What is a less painful way to study Lagrangian Mechanics?
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Made for TV movie about a former professor who becomes homeless
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News An AI Program namesake of a PF Mentor
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Fortune Cookies (in STEM fields)
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My list of the top five heavyweight boxers of all time
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Hoarding Due to Labor Strikes
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Anyone sick and tired of all the fancy techy stuffs?
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What is the foil used for on the rear of this label?
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News Very bad weather storm in Spain
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Financial Math questions?
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Bill Bailey on “A Brief History of Time”
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I have solved the world's most famous paradox: who shaves the barber
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ChatGPT spin off from: What happens to the energy in destructive interference?
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Data on centenarians driven by pension fraud
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Why did a grateful woman name her cat Aristotle?
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Why Do We Celebrate Pi Day on March 14?
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What an author did when paper was proved wrong
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Direct and alternating current, a personal approach to understand them
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Asking about Chatgpt and Proprietary Software
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News Why trolls, extremists: spread conspiracy theories they don't believe
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Is This Year's Physics Nobel on Advances in AI Physics?
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How Was the Iconic Colorado Lounge Recreated in 3D Using Blender?
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The never-ending physics story
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ArsTechnica Article on Backing Up Your Stuff via BeeStation
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R. I. P. Kris Kristofferson, dead at 88
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RIP Maggie Smith (89) - British Actress
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News YouTube blocks Adele and Dylan
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RIP Kris Kristofferson (88), American musician, singer, songwriter, actor
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There’s far more scientific fraud than anyone wants to admit
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Lottery physics: ball placement and positions in lottery games
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Is me being selfish that bad if it helps people?
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How can I prepare for the challenges of high school?
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Physics has taken the wrong turn
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Scientific American and Political Endorsements
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RIP James Earl Jones (93: 1931-2024)
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Are there any modern day futurism art strips?
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I've been reused but not credited
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RIP Thomas Stafford 1930-2024, NASA astronaut
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Funny QM Video
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Does energy currency make sense?
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How much funding/resources are spent in string theory research?
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News Is there any truth to the monkey theory that writes forever?
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The Later Life of Alexander Grothendieck
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Supporting neurodivergent talent: ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in physics and space sciences
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The Gollum Effect
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Need help from FUNNY people (creating a game for my students)
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Chemical Forums down, or how I learned what slowloris is
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Shroedinger's Cat, New Yorker Cartoon
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Recreational Pumped Foils
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Hiking, traveling in remote locations, especially in hot summer months
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Stolen ideas in scientific articles?
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Can I post Operations research problems in Physics Forum?
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Social Media Missing Persons posts
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RIP Bernard Hill 1944-2024
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What the heck is a head start?
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What were some of Norman Lear's most iconic sitcoms?
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Films: Opening credits -- Why do they do this?
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Liquid dishwashing detergents, not soap
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RIP Ruth Johnson Colvin (107), founded Literacy Volunteers of America
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RIP James D. Bjorken (1934 - 2024)
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Weight training for older people
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News 2024 Summer Olympic Games Discussion
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Who Was Edward C. Stone?
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RIP John Mayall (90), British Blues-Rock Multi-instrumentalist
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Must You Have a Card in Hand to Ask for It in Go Fish?
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Boars Head Meat Recall due to Listeria contamination
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Questions about information limits in the Universe
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RIP Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-2024), Nobel 1957
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Can pressure differential close lateral window?
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Grow to High Energy, Nuclear and Mayonnaise, Particle Physics subforum
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Facebook question on how to let friends see my comment on an article
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What were you doing at 16?
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