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How Can Expedited Permits Unlock 2000 Gigawatts of Clean Energy?
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What's Your Funniest ChatGPT Interaction?
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Understanding GDP and its practical meaning
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Why globular clusters don't collapse.
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Why do my pockets turn inside out in the dryer?
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Preorder the Hyperspace Watch "Black Hole" Edition
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Looking for a word similar to aimed toward, but not active
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Happy Star Wars Day - May the 4th Be With You
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Cool Space Watch: Celebrating Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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Judge gets scientific method better than scientists
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Did the Dallas Ransomware Attack Put Lives at Risk?
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Thinking Critically Of The Future Of Science
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Better than Wordle (Today's Hurdle)
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Why is Gordon Lightfoot's passing in 2023 mourned by fans worldwide?
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Is "Umbrella" Insurance Worth it for "Average Joe" American?
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How to Visually Document Darts League Playoff Progressions and Results?
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Plotting My Air Flight Path from Photos
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What was the impact of Stanley Deser's work on the field of relativity?
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Photo Contest - Going Up (9/16-9/22)
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How Did Jerry Springer Influence Public Conflict Resolution?
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Where Did Andrew Jackson Really Come From?
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How Effective Are Virtual Poster Sessions in Online Conferences?
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Harry Belafonte Dead at 96: Farewell to an Iconic Entertainer
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Does the absence of the term "valley" make a difference?
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RIP Ahmad Jamal (92), cool jazz pianist/keyboardist
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Can ChatGPT Handle Complex Physics Questions Accurately?
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Playing Video Games in a Language You Don't Understand
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Manned (or Staffed) space exploration
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RIP Harry Lorayne, memory expert and magician
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Is ChatGPT promoting Physics Forums?
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News ChatGPT fought the Law and the Law Won?
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Techno-scientific terms omitted from translation
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Unofficial, broadcaster-specific World Cup sponsors
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Ever Play Stress (Stratego and Chess)?
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How can I save gas when boiling water on my gas stove?
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PSA - Shallow water drowning, aka shallow water blackout
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RIP Al Jaffee (102), Mad cartoonist extraordinaire
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How Did David Crosby's Unique Voice Blend with CSN's Harmony?
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I've been feeling lost as of late.
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News Chinese "weather" balloon shoot-down over US
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Exploring Mental Blocks in Mathematics: A Personal Perspective
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Can I Only See My Posts on the Newly Opened Theme if I'm Logged In?
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ChatGPT Given A Voice In Japanese National Assembly
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Is Neil DeGrasse Tyson a Reliable Source for Physics?
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Can Monkeys Really Type Shakespeare?
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RIP Keith Reid, Procol Harum lyricist
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What Does TAing Mean in PhD Programs?
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Is Google's Chatbot BARD Failing in Public Testing?
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We Bought a House (A materials question)
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Is ChatGPT Becoming Teachers' Favorite Tool for AI Writing?
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How Are People Helping Ukraine?
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ChatGPT Results: Testing Special Relativity
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Remembering Andy Anderson with Kansas City's Marilyn Maye
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Has this Twitter account been hacked?
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RIP Jay Pasachoff - Astronomer with 74 Solar Eclipses Seen
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Mathematicians' contributions to physics
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Is Fresh Clam Chowder Expected to Have Sand?
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Summer Is Here: Taking Back the Sun from the South!
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Great Youtube Video Review of the GPT-4 Paper
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RIP Lance Reddick (60): Keanu Reeves Mourns Loss
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Why haven’t we made blow up wings to fly with them
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Exactly what is considered to be a mathematician?
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An XKCD comic—and the absurdity of academic research/publishing
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What once was Science Fiction now is Fact
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Comic strip Dilbert comes to an end
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What Are the Unknown Forces Shaping Our Random Thoughts?
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Mini road trip - Knox Knox, who's there?
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Dick Fosbury who invented the Fosbury Flop has died at 76
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Searching a book's contents instead of a book title on internet archives?
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What's Your Favorite Scientific Theory?
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Isn't wholesale what they would pay for it?
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Actor who played Tevye dead at 87
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Don't waste your money on organic food
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News Massive Fire at Notre Dame cathedral
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What research fields in physics are you working in?
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Most commonly mispronounced scientists' names
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Creature from the Black Lagoon guy dies
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Are Quantum Mechanics Interpretations Misrepresented in Fiction?
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My Friend's Math Talent: A Story of Amazement
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AI creates images of what people see from just an fMRI
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Effect of time dilation on Earth/space communication?
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Poll: Database Mini Project of an Ancient Civilization -- Which One to Choose?
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What Is the Significance of PF Signatures in Historical Physics Debates?
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GptZero app to Identify ChatGPT content
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Is ChatGPT useful yet for answering astronomy questions?
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Gift Ideas for Scientists and Engineers
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British Medical Journal study finds parachutes ineffective
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Hiking the Grand Canyon - take precautions
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This is what happens to an aluminum block when it hits...
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Getting unbanned from thephilosophyforums.com
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Teach Kids 'Financial Responsibility' Not Debt
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New Chip Company coming to Kansas
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Computational, Theoretical, and Experimental Research: A Comparison
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RIP Raquel Welch (82), long time actress
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2018 Thai Cave Rescue Soccer Captain dies while at College in England
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I tested Dall.e 2, an AI that creates images from text
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Vote for a PhysicsForum member who made a difference
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Anyone notice that the World Cup ball is a Pyritohedron?
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Longest Road Trip Since the Pandemic?
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Uncovering Your Passion for Chemistry: What Drives You?
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