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Einstein Biography on National Geographic Channel
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Ask Einstein: What Would You Like to Know?
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Photo Contest - Bring Me A Flower (4/22-5/5)
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How to Make a 3D Origami Paper Snake: Please make your own
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Renting out a house in a university area?
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What Creates the Giant Whirlpool at Dam Overflows?
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How much free time do you guys get?
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Settle a bet between me and my wife
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Do things enjoyed earlier have more utility?
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Are you celebrating your 25th birthday today, Madam Speaker?
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Ready to Bare it All at Portland's World Naked Bike Ride?
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DYEL Bro? Don't Let Them Bring You Down
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Wait But Why: Neuralink - Elon's new company
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Will I still be able to find a job as an engineer?
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Woodworking: How I Built My Own End Tables from Scratch
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Perception of Intl Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control - Impact Factor 4
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Question about the Scientific process
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Best place to buy the best cheap motors
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What significance does the bird and Sun Deity have in Mayan symbolism?
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Math Major Overcomes Adversity: Hired for Higher Salary
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How Accurate Is The Man Who Knew Infinity in Portraying Ramanujan's Life?
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How many people can you recognise in this photo?
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Where Can I Find a 1 mm Cube for Visual Demonstrations?
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Real Science News: Find Links & Summaries
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Photo Contest-Different Names, Mean The Same (4/15-4/21)
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News How Can Technology Empower Our Privacy Instead of Invading It?
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Is Electric Toothbrush better then regular toothbrushes?
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Angry Programmer Video: Dark Comedy on YouTube
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Three new books to read about expertise vs. democracy
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Learn how to fight back against no fix products
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Photo Contest - Steaming Hot (4/8-4/14)
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How to train to become a faster learner
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Are We Becoming More Mathematical in Physics?
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Do heavier arrows and bows really kill in ancient warfare?
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News Does 'pack journalism' shape the science news we read?
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World Culture 4 - The United Kingdom (4/1-4/7)
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Youngsters vs Oldsters Cognitive Skills
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Twitter Worker Making $160K Struggling to Survive?
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News Ancient particle accelerator discovered on Mars
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Happy Birthday Zoobyshoe and MathIsHard
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News Panama Papers - Huge tax leak exposes Putin aides, world leaders, stars
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Is it possible to dissolve diamonds with water?
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Should journal editors be held accountable for following publication ethics?
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April came two weeks earlier this year
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Photo Contest - Green With Envy (3/25-3/31)
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News RIP condensed matter theorist Alexei Abrikosov
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Share & Discuss Recent Accomplishments
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Are You Creative? Test Your Creativity on TestMyCreativity.com
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How do I not worry about my test score after turning it in?
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Is the US abandoning its position as a science superpower?
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Proposed cut to publicly-funded research (NIH)
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Style for references and bibliography
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Do the reviewers of PhD applications look at social media profiles?
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Photo Contest - The Reverse Alphabets(3/18-3/24)
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Problem with science today and the war on reason
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Will the clean energy industry be any different than oil?
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NY Times: Predatory Journals - Sting
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What role should ideologies play in scientific research/studies
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Can arXiv papers be considered as reliable sources of information?
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Are You Ready to Witness Declassified Nuclear Bomb Tests on YouTube?
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How to interact with lecturers non-awkwardly?
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Math/Science Books that grow on you
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Math Stories: Struggles, Triumphs & Benefits
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Warranty void until balance is paid in full.
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Is the scientific method in physics substantially different?
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Photo Contest - That's Odd (3/11-3/17)
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Celebrate Pi Day 2017: A Big Day of Fun!
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Oh, I'm finally getting the crackpot thing
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Celebrities having an interest in the hard sciences
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Rescuing a Sour Soup: Tips and Tricks for Fixing a Culinary Mishap
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Huge and complex experiments -- validity
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The Survival Game - Northern Woods
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Gravitational waves pioneer Ronald Drever dies
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Names for groups of animals - terms of venery
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MHB Climate Change and Bias Amongst the Climate Scientists?
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Photo Contest-How Does Your Indoor Garden Grow?(3/4-3/10)
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Books You Wish Were Available Back in the Day
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What menial mental task do you struggle with?
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News Is the Nuclear Arms Race Making a Comeback?
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What Discovery Did You Find Most Interesting or Surprising?
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News How Did George Michael Influence Pop Music?
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Organizing a PF Meeting or Convention: Ideas & Discussion
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Josephson's going astray of mainstream physics
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News RIP Mildred Dresselhaus: Celebrating a Life of Scientific Achievement
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Photo Contest - The Alphabets (2/25-3/3)
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News White House Blocking reputable News agencies
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For physicists, what area do you specialize in (revamped)
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How Can Scientists Effectively Communicate Complex Concepts to Non-Experts?
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Question about R1 universities in the US
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News Is unrestrained population growth ethical....
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The Personal Life of Richard Feynman: Separating the Man from the Scientist
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Who Are Your Heroes?
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News Who is Nils Bildt? Could Fox News be *that* irresponsible?
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Trying to get a gallon of water to chill
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Photo Contest - Bigfoot (2/18-2/24)
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Selling books online and shipping
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Dig a trench filled with water rather than build the wall?
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The correct pronounciation of de Broglie
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Insights PF Insight Scavenger Hunt 2 - Comments
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Least Exciting Areas of Physics: What Subfield Do You Find the Most Boring?
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