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Axe Throwing Venue Opens Near University: Is It Popular?
- Stephen Tashi
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Why Do Kids Prefer Watching Other Kids in Hollywood?
- Whipley Snidelash
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Collaborative Science: The Benefits and Challenges of Large-Scale Experiments
- sbrothy
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Subtle scientific insight in the field of economics. :)
- sbrothy
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Massive blast in Beirut, Lebanon
- davenn
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Old topic, different look, maybe (Money = work/knowledge )
- Alex_Go
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Grocery Stores, Returning Sealed Perishable Items, < 4 Hours after purchase?
- YoshiMoshi
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Feeling Lucky? Get Your Mega Millions Ticket Now!
- jtbell
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Truth and facts about the MBTI Meyers-Briggs test/s
- timeuser84
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Is the following logically sound?
- roineust
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What do you think? When will the NHL 20/19 season resume?
- MathematicalPhysicist
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The Internet has made students lazy
- PainterGuy
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Is materialism common in physics?
- Trollfaz
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What is your status with school with the ongoing pandemic
- karush
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Effect of index funds on stock markets
- Stephen Tashi
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How Will Different Industries Respond to Coronavirus?
- BillTre
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Physicists Discover Neutrinos Just Little Italian Neutrons
- DrChinese
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Can you download article PDFs from Nature?
- HAYAO
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News Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights
- jack action
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What if everybody on the planet received stimulus checks?
- Bob Walance
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What is everything really? All of it?
- Rishabh Narula
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Insights Is Science an Authority? How to View Announcements from Scientists
- PeterDonis
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Is this joke about an atheist and a bear meant to be serious or satirical?
- jtbell
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The notion of progress in the social sciences
- Stephen Tashi
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Is Social Distancing Being Enforced at This Bar?
- sysprog
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Farewell Ian Holm - LOTR, Sci-Fi Icon
- PeroK
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News Brett Crozier, Captain of aircraft carrier fired
- kent davidge
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Ancient artificial intelligence limits
- David_777
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Found This Little Guy in my Garage (Spider Warning)
- Drakkith
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NIH scientists forced to retire or were fired
- jim mcnamara
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Anyone has the movie "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974)?
- Wrichik Basu
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Will You Feel Comfortable Going to Crowded Places Post-Easing?
- kyphysics
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Brokenness of Scientific Method: Up to Half of Papers May Be Wrong
- Ackbach
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Passive Aggressive Asteroid Sensationalism
- Jarvis323
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Possible to network in one's field while learning new science?
- random_soldier
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Jeopardy "Magnet" question - hard or easy?
- gmax137
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Isn’t “kicked out” a derogatory term?
- Adesh
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Can a Test be 100% Accurate? Examining the Evidence
- Merlin3189
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Amending the US Constitution: Finding the Right Balance
- anorlunda
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When All TV Programs are Rated on Teen
- bagasme
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Can scientific papers be made at home and only by searching on the internet?
- manareus
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Food Shortages & Price Increases Ahead?
- Evo
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News Where is Kim Jong-Un? Rumors, Speculation & Updates
- Astronuc
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Do you think we should attempt contact with aliens?
- spacefan
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Conceptual Definition of Intelligence
- Namewastaken
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Anyone Keep Getting Census Stuff After Responding Already?
- kyphysics
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Help with Interpretation of this Quote by Charles Sanders Peirce
- binbagsss
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2020 APS March Meeting (in Denver) canceled
- robphy
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Positive effects from Corona (yes positive)
- pinball1970
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News Remembering Tim Brook-Taylor: Who was the beloved star of 'The Goodies'?
- davenn
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Franchise and voting rights based on measured intellectual capacity?
- mark!
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Is any form of animal torture OK?
- SamRoss
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COVID If COVID-19/Recession Businesses Fail, Why Not Open New One?
- kyphysics
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Can You Imagine Lockdown Without The Internet?
- anorlunda
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Anecdotes about situations wherein a little scientific knowledge paid off
- sysprog
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Lockdown: Authoritarian State vs Liberal Democratic State
- kadiot
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Interest rate cut vs health policy - how are they consistent?
- Grinkle
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WW3 in Syria: Turkey Caught in Self-Inflicted Problem
- kadiot
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Jif peanut butter is helping people pronounce GIF
- scottdave
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Why No Boeing 737Max Prosecutions For Criminal Negligence?
- Point Conception
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Is Nothing Truly the Opposite of Infinity?
- GregoryC
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Autistic Ballerina Got 'Sprayed' on TV Show, Hurtful & Harmful?
- bagasme
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When a Basketball Player Confused Judges with Her Ballet Skills
- bagasme
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Jim Al Kalili Darwin day lecture: written in the stars
- pinball1970
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Are Scientists Being Excluded from Juries?
- sysprog
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Collection of Favorite Movie Phrases
- new6ton
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Are theoretical physicists and pure mathematicians just like priests?
- TechieDork
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Effects and Implications of 100% Income Tax Rate
- bagasme
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How Does Surrealism Transform Our Perception of Reality?
- kyphysics
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News BREXIT - more good than bad or more bad than good?
- sunrah
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Chess VS Video Games.... Which Is Easier To Quit?
- Bab5space
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Jim Lehrer Passes: Honoring PBS Newshour's Brilliant Journalist
- Klystron
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How Big is Australia Compared to Texas?
- davenn
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Are PF Users Enthusiastic Gamers?
- StatGuy2000
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Interested in a Physics Forums Chess Club?
- kyphysics
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I believe .... (JFK - Mars version)
- Bob Walance
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Why does physics keep a distance from philosophy?
- Robin04
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Should the public know what you are thinking and concluding?
- Dazed and Confused
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How will public react if we discover life on another planet?
- jim mcnamara
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Where Can I Find New Far Side Comics?
- BillTre
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I think my parents have raised me wrong and it's backfired
- TechieDork
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Freezing Soap Bubble: Fun Winter Activity
- BillTre
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Has OK Become a Sign of Passive Aggression?
- jtbell
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Why don't they sell the interesting flavors in the US?
- RPinPA
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Can Scientists Influence Public Health Behavior Without Creating Hysteria?
- anorlunda
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Insights What’s Your Science IQ?
- Greg Bernhardt
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Can Deepfake Technology Have Positive Applications?
- anorlunda
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Is Free Science really just intellectual theft?
- kevinmorais
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How old does Google think you are?
- CaptainBlack
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What Are Some Clever Math Puns to Brighten Your Day?
- masters1
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PF's favorite movies poll - nominations
- DennisN
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News Gahan Wilson (Is Nothing sacred?)
- Bystander
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Steve Forbes' Editorial on Switzerland
- anorlunda
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What do we do when the oil runs low
- wolram
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Are collectibles a good/bad investment?
- kolleamm
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Convert horsepower to duck power
- DingusDev42
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