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Physics major wins men's 50m freestyle at the Paris Olympics
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Is There an Economics Forum Similar to PhysicsForums for In-depth Learning?
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Thinking about Encouragement for Youth
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Why don't we see other people wearing the same clothes more often?
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How Is The Upstairs Apartment Giving Me Electric Shocks?
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What happens if you bombard a dead body with protons? (not sure how many)
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Can quantum mechanics be combined with game theory?
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Jeopardy question off the charts
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Cocaine Shark: Has the Movie Already Been Made?
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Why is my Magnolia covered in tiny frosted, jelly-filled donuts?
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How Does Increasing Size Affect Punching Speed and Light Speed Limits?
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Where to Pick Up Women In the Sciences?
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R.I.P. Bob Newhart, dead at 94
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What's Going on with the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant?
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Hosting supplemental work on PF?
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Where Should I Ask About Running a Thermal Conductivity Test for Soils?
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Why Did Reddit Trigger a GameStop Stock Surge?
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Some wood carvers have too much spare time
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Are Aluminum Non-Stick Baking Sheets Better Than Teflon?
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A bunch of toys made about 40 years ago
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Advice Wanted for Book Writing/Publishing
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News Who Was Behind the Death of Alexei Navalny?
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RIP Donald Sutherland (88), 1935-2024
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Needing advice for winning/doing well in a Math Counts competition
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If murdered, which fictional TV detective do you want on the case?
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News University research in the Age of Protest
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Is Time an Objective Measurement or an Illusion?
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Would You Kill Lizards Hanging Around Your House & Pooping?
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Formula Needed for Role Playing Game
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Have you seen this Octopus drawing?
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Oxford Languages Gets It Wrong Again
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Was William Anders Killed in a Plane Crash?
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Is the Definition of a Cult Too Narrow?
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The one correct response to an insincere apology
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Can Physics Explain the Phenomenon of Love?
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Real World Tesseract
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Publishing books on arXiv, a new trend?
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A question on publication process in Physical Review D
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Which year did Newton first work with calculus: 1664,1665 or 1666?
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Tommy Lee Jones Contemplates Plank's Constant
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"to pay by invoice or proforma"?
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Rapidograph, technical drawing
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Appeal process for Physical Review Letters
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What is the meaning of 'Hapless'?
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Academic Ghost Writers
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Retraction crisis?
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Can I save anything in my greenhouse from frost damage?
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How to become brilliant?
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What would you memorize if you could?
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Cut lemon moved by itself
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NASA Black Hole Visualisation
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Mini road trip: Seeing double
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Does a shaking hammer blow cause less damage than a stiff blow?
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An interesting motorcycle travel blog
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Scan Text from book ... edit text and then Post the edited scan
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The Jet Pak is Real
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Could These Be the Best Photos of the Year?
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Bad at math and great at physics, explain this paradox?
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R.I.P Duane Eddy (Rebel Rouser)
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Hypothetical question (just a joke)
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Please explain this mirror
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Interstellar Spacecraft Voyager 1
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What kind of technology will be available in a million years from now?
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BBC 1980 Oppenheimer Mini Series
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RIP Daniel Dennett
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Dickie Betts, one of the Allman Brothers founders, dead at 80
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Does an aerial punch or kick transfer more power than a standing one?
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Is a thrusting motion more powerful/deadly than a swinging one?
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My glass beer bottle survived a fall from the 10th floor, how, & why?
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How do you like your coffee?
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Photos of 4/8/24 solar eclipse
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Commercials with a Science Pitch
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Peter Higgs - 1929 - 2024
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Happy Spring
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Airbnb eclipse bookings illustrate the path of totality
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Hyper-realistic AI generated videos and audios
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How Did Melanie Impact the Dutch Audience?
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Why Does the 'D' in the PF T-Shirt Design Stand Out?
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Is Relativity Denial Still Prevalent in Science Forums?
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Leibniz's idealism is often ridiculed but...
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How Did Eric Carmen Impact Music Before His Death in 2024?
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News Was Keith from The Office the Most Memorable Character?
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Did Steve Harley's Cover of Here Comes the Sun Grow on You Too?
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Is it Valid to Average Two Metrics in Spacetime?
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Happy Birthday to our founder Greg Bernhardt!
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How Did Your 30s Shape Your Life?
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Stephen Wolfram: Can AI Solve Science?
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Did Ryan O'Neil Pass Away on December 8th?
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When a journalist uses the term "inflection point" to describe growth
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What is the quality of vixra.org?
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News Google $5M XPRIZE for best uses for Quantum Computers
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Ramanujan: Did he actually exist?
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What happens when a lion raised in captivity is released into the wild
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Richard Lewis 1947 - 2024 Not Forgotten
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News Surge Pricing Is Going Real-Time at Wendy's
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Why Does the US Space Force Reference the Dark Side of the Moon?
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Why we rejected inclined (drafting style) table for studying?
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News Dr Wirth inventor of pascal has died at 89
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