Participate in expert physics discussion. Discussion on the nature and properties of matter and energy. This area is for topics that don't fit the other categories. Mainstream physics only.
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Undergrad Aviation safety plane crash question/idea
- girts
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High School Why Are Sounds Louder at Night Compared to Daytime?
- Zed the Conqueror
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Undergrad Linear fitting in physics experiments with errors
- kvothe18
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High School Fundamental Constants: How Do We Know They're Constant?
- PumpkinCougar95
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Undergrad Error of a measurements taken with a multimeter
- MementoMori96
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High School Converting Units (Medical Application)
- Arman777
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High School Can you prove anything using the Scientific Method?
- Varsha Verma
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High School How Do You Properly Calculate Uncertainty in Measurements?
- jk494
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News What are the best educational trips for first-year physics students in Europe?
- fcoulomb
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Undergrad Can energy exist by itself (without time and matter)?
- The Math Guy
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Compare and contrast Bohr and Feynman?
- Christina Lin
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Undergrad What does this n(MAX)j=1 part mean?
- msaxby15
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Where will Hawking stand in the future?
- Physicslover19
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High School Do Electrons Get Excited and De-Excited Equally in Colored Compounds?
- PumpkinCougar95
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High School Measuring which Post-It note pad is more red
- Xelikai
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Insights Interview with Theoretical Physicist Clifford Johnson - Comments
- Greg Bernhardt
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High School Difference between Gravitational Force and Gravity?
- K00lDudE1
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Insights Think you know Richard Feynman? - comments
- Greg Bernhardt
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Undergrad Which physics branch contributed more to modern civilization
- Ricster55
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Undergrad Equation for Fire Evolution Dynamics
- Thomas Gajdek
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High School Why does the mesosphere appear thicker near the edges of an atmospheric layer graph?
- JFS321
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High School Is It true that matter cannot be created or destroyed?
- PokemonPhysics
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"Trajectory" question for my novel
- msjhord
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High School Km and km: Is the Difference Real?
- YoshiMoshi
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Why did you start learning physics?
- Robin04
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High School Why is there a node in the middle of an open-open tube?
- CuriousBanker
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High School Does Wind Affect How We Perceive Sound Volume?
- kent davidge
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High School Launching a Juice Company: Seeking Advice on Slush-Ice Production
- Juicer82w
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Undergrad Should the Wave Equation for a Longitudinal Wave Include Time?
- dyn
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Graduate I Have a Hypothesis and No Degree
- WCOLtd
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Was Nikola Tesla overrated or did he genuinely make important contributions?
- lekh2003
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News How Did Nobel Laureate Richard Taylor Impact Physics?
- Choppy
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Undergrad Why does cyan and magenta paint mix to blue, not black?
- JohnnyGui
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Undergrad What physical phenomena is this?
- appliedF
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High School What are the Most Popular Topics in Physics?
- Space_Girl
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Undergrad Noise level at high-rise buildings
- deRoy
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Undergrad How Do Vortices Form in Fluid Dynamics?
- TheWonderer1
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Undergrad How did you learn "simple" physics?
- dRic2
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High School At which point is gravity the strongest?
- Rigel84
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Insights How well do you know Albert Einstein? - Comments
- Greg Bernhardt
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Undergrad Why do thin fried potato slices curl into a saddle shape?
- lightarrow
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High School Maintaining the same flow rate while subdivding a tube
- Pyper
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Graduate What type of chamber and material would be required?
- Eatyourknowledge
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High School Archimedes' Principle for gases - derivation?
- Amaterasu21
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High School Why doesn't wood melt while ice won't burn?
- Scott 224
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Undergrad Guitar Playing and Standing Waves
- fog37
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The "dwindling relevance" of physics
- ShayanJ
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Graduate Why Do We Still Not Know the Reason Behind Gravity?
- bhobba
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High School What makes the Navier-Stokes equation so difficult?
- jedishrfu
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Undergrad Is it possible to use the vacuum to launch a rocket?
- Peanut Butter Space
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Undergrad Which is the best conductor? Silver or gold? Why?
- yuganes warman
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Undergrad 2 sign questions related to the wave equation
- Clara Chung
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High School Toothpick suspended on spider web moves near plastic straws
- MulderFBI
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High School Reason for black gel pen refills leaking in winter
- Wrichik Basu
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High School Overview of identification methods
- physea
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Heating underneath snooker tables
- TSN79
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What originally got you interested in physics?
- Fig Neutron
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High School Exponential decay convolved with Gaussian
- Rajini
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High School Will we be able to visit other solar systems anytime soon?
- Biker
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Undergrad How to write measured value with error
- UiOStud
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High School How does calculus relate to dimensions?
- paulo84
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High School Would it be possible to make something float?
- doglover9754
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High School Important to know what is myth and propaganda
- Gil Lee
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High School What is the cryptic clue for the Higgs boson effect in a crossword?
- PeroK
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High School Struggling with function notation f(x) when revisiting physics math
- paulo84
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High School Trying to get a basic understanding of the 4 key forces?
- paulo84
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Graduate Calculating Vibration Modes of a Cylinder (Drum Shell)?
- mikejm
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Edward Witten: what makes him such a good physicist and mathematician?
- RFeynman
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Graduate Photo Contest - Physics+Maths (12/23-1/5, win a book)
- Orodruin
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Undergrad Scientific law vs. theory, Newton vs. Einstein
- Sophrosyne
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High School Do bodies lose mass due to gravity?
- Allen_Wolf
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High School What is the reason for the attraction force of a bubble?
- Gazi
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High School Are the Laws of Physics consistant and universal?
- TheQuestionGuy14
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Undergrad Combination sink/source in one object
- nomadreid
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Undergrad What Are Fascinating Examples of Emergence for a School Project?
- MiKiDe
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Undergrad Error in the average of same-value measures
- Guilherme Franco
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Trusting Physics channels on YouTube
- Abphysics
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Undergrad Can You Really Build a Cyclotron for $17?
- Giada
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Undergrad Typographical question: the section sign
- nomadreid
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Were the Laws of Physics designed for torture?
- Vagulus
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What are the robots shown on the current visitors page?
- Jacinta
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Undergrad Is There an Absolute Maximum Density for Substances?
- Cody Wall
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Undergrad Is it possible for airplane radars to scan minefields?
- Lugonja
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Undergrad Why there is no unit for memory recognised by SI
- Abhishek kumar
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High School How can I start learning physics from the basics?
- ethardsdaisy92
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High School I want to Fetch Ideas for my School Project
- Vivan Vatsa
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Undergrad How 'big' is the present moment in terms of time?
- Gondur
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High School Why don't we measure our weight in Newtons?
- Jacinta
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High School Is Wikipedia a reliable reference for the physics student?
- KurtLudwig
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Can aeroplanes be technically used as time travel machines?
- Jacinta
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High School Propagation of information/energy at different frequencies
- AzP
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High School What is the ΔEp = ΔEk + W equation used for in thermodynamics?
- kburkus
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High School How should I express this angle in words?
- ChanYoung Park
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Undergrad Ancient furnace slowing down WiFi
- Xilus
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Undergrad Formulas describing fluid viscosity/compress-ability
- Motorsports-X
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High School Two waves moving at right angles go in circles?
- Vriska
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Undergrad Interpretation of complex wave number
- MaAl
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High School Node at a closed end and an antinode at a open end of a tube
- Cardinalmont
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High School How Did Eratosthenes Measure the Angle of the Stick?
- Taylor_1989
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What are great places in US or UK for a physicist to visit?
- Tio Barnabe
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