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What is your reason for studying physics?
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Where Did the Regular Forum Members Go?
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Did Stephen Hawking Believe in an Afterlife?
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How to present a new scientific idea
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Online Physics Games & Simulations
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Photo Contest - It's The Beatles (2/21-2/27)
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Can I Date My TA at My New College?
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Have you ever seen gold orbs floating indoors?
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Do I Need a License for Horizontal Thrust Rocket Tests?
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Is It the Year of the Goat or Another Animal in the Chinese Zodiac?
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The Mighty Pizza Oven 2: Amazing Structure & Delicious Results!
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The Impossibility of Intelligent Life
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Sunday Funny -- I see the "doghouse" in this guys future ;)
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News Vigilantism - consequences of taking the 'law' unto oneself
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Climate scientist found to be accepting undisclosed payment
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Mediterranean Coins near Israel - > 1000 years
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How to counter "everything is a construct" worldview?
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Girlfriend asks going out while I'm busy with my mind
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Baby it's cold outside -- revived
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Photo Contest - Hot And Spicy (2/14-2/20)
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At what point can one be considered a physicist?
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Meet Ryan_m_b: A Lifelong Love of Science & Nanomedicine
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Got road rage? Consider who the other guy might be
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When did the zombie apocalypse begin?
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Where did all the physics ladies go?
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Why are the words corps and corpse so similar?
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Good Science Project for a 5-year-old
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Why Didn't Germany, Italy, and Scandinavia Colonize the New World?
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Owning a Duplex and Attending Grad School
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WWF match idea involving a scientist
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Argument Essay Topic Ideas: AI Research
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News Is Modern Slavery Still Prevalent Worldwide?
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News Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber announces his resignation
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EMF radiation shielding and dirty electricity
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Try Turbo-1's Habanero Sauce - Hot Stuff!
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News Yemen's Unraveling: US Surprised by Collapse of Govt
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News Bob Simon, CBS News Legend, Dies at 73 in NYC Car Accident
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Photo Contest - Tropical Paradise (2/7-2/13)
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Walter Lewin (MIT Physics) resembles Viktor Frankl
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Kakuhido: Protesting Valentine's Day in Tokyo
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What Are the Best Physics Jokes on the Internet?
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Did Ettore Majorana Choose to Disappear?
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Did Seattle's last minute interception cost them the Superbowl in 2015?
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How Can You Enjoy Nature's Wonders From Home?
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Look at one point - can you make the train change directions?
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Why is our society the way it is?
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Feynman's Discoveries: Impact on Technology & Why He Won a Nobel Prize
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Fact checking - Scientific method
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Monday Joke: Giggle-Induced Smile!
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Canada-U.S. temperature conversion chart:
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Feel good Sunday: Friends Forever
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Can You Graduate From the Starter Phase on this Forum?
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Are the non-physicist physics lovers here content?
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How should we format units in scientific writing?
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Interesting ideas for mathematics presentation
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Photo Contest - Life Is A Highway (1/31-2/6)
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News Saudi King Abdullah dies at age 90
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Sociology of Physics: comment and indices
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No problem.Meet a Mentor: D H - Get to Know Your Wonderful Mentors Better
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Websites that do free photoshop requests?
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Is Matter Mind-Dependent? Exploring the Scientific Perspective
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Science of Interstellar: Is it Worth Reading?
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Sixty men can dig a post-hole in one second
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When did you began discussing math and science on the web?
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News Is the Death Penalty in the USA Effective or Ineffective?
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How much should my tax return be?
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MHB Questioning Science: Why Ecology is Subjective in Environmental Science
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Dealing with Rejection: Tips and Strategies for Overcoming Setbacks
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How Can I Improve My Descriptive Paragraph on Nature?
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News Bringing My Desktop Back to Life: RIP Drakkith's PC
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A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science
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Photo Contest - This Week's Purchases (1/24-1/30)
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Thought experiment; what happens if you alternate an image
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What Are the Real Benefits of Jogging?
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News Air Asia flight from Indonesia to Singapore vanishes
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Has Sensationalism Overshadowed Quality in Modern News Websites?
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News Was Alcohol Involved in White House Drone Crash?
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News What Happened During the Sydney Cafe Siege?
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Is physics being recorded in any really hard-to-destroy way?
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UK pilots landing sideways in Leeds - Video
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Interesting archery demonstrations
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News What lessons can we learn from the Charlie Hebdo shooting?
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News Obama in India: What Can Be Achieved?
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I Don't Like Mondays: How Boomtown Rats Got Stuck in My Head
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Which Threads Should Be Included in the General Discussion Classics?
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Looking For a Theory whose entities turned out not to exist
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Fun Activities to do in the Summer""Summer Fun: Enjoy Creative Activities!
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Writing and publishing an e-book.
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What are some must-read threads in PF's General Discussion?
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Comparison of ghosts between U.S.and U.K.
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Applying Physics to find lost pet
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Can love survive graduate school and long distance?
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Discover the Truth About Groupthink and Stupidity - A Case Study in Doughnuts
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Weird People in Faculty: Have You Seen Any?
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Will society ever get rid of Lookism?
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King Tut "Irreversibly Damaged" by Botched Repair
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Photo Contest - Snow White (1/17-1/23)
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Martial Arts and Physics (TKD to Fencing)
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Friday funnies - 3 cartoons with a related socks theme
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