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Can You Provide Evidence for the Existence of Atoms?
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What would happen if an ICBM was hit by a 1.3 petawatt laser?
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Is EMF conservative or non conservative?
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As we have so many oil mines around the world, how large are these
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Where Is the Error in My Understanding of the Boltzmann Distribution?
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Extending Malus's law to the general case.
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Why Does Water Circle a Sink Hole?
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Feynman's Sprinkler: Explaining the Paradox Without Experiment
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Understanding the Science Behind Blue + Yellow = Green Perception
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Noether's Theorem Explained: Symmetric Quantity & Conservation Laws
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What Causes These Unique Swirly Ice Formations?
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Is the B Field Constant Inside a Toroid?
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Input Impedance - High or Low Resistance?
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Uncovering the Physics Behind 1/x + 1/x = 1/y
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Build a Pasta Bridge: Physics Challenge & Tutorials
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Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force in Physics?
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Egg drop with two straws and 3 sheets of paper
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Can You Compress a Vacuum Void?
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Is Normal Force Relevant in Frictionless Scenarios?
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Curvature of an Artificial Rainbow (created in Lab).
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Physics of Passengers on an Airplane
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Which Vector Notation is Best for Physics, Engineering, and Mathematics?
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Stress tensor and viscosity relation
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Can 600 Tons of Force Be Applied with Two 300 Ton Cylinders?
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Calculating Warp Speeds and Travel Times Using Alcubierre Warp Drive
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Understanding Energy Flow in a DC Circuit with a Capacitor and Resistor"
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What Will Happen to a Fan in Space?
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Help with understanding gravity and why some things float?
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Vertical Movement: Alternatives to Using a Cam
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Does something weigh less 1km under the ground?
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The Landau-Zener transition & spin-flipping in an external field
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My Puzzle: Does Light Travel Instantly in a Smaller Scale?
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10 calories for 1 calorie of food
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I'm trying to explain some physics principles to a general audience
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Surprising Benefits of Adding Salt to Ice/Water Mixture
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Changing the Surface of an object
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A interesting phenomenon about fingerprints and liquids
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Fourier Transform and Complex Plane
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What is the force distribution in a string wave?
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Why has it been so hard to cominbe Gravitational Forces with
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Can I Accurately Test Hardness of Materials Without a Microscope?
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Radon Gas & Radium 226: Health Effects & Decay
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Can a 1/60th Scale Model Locomotive Truly Mimic the Original's Performance?
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Physical law behind some physical effects
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Questions Re: Apocalyptic Explosions
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Flywheel & Energy: Calculating Efficiency
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Why Do Units on Plank's Constant Include Mass, Length, and Time?
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What physics (topics) to study to become a pilot
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Compressing CO2 - Can Air Compressor Work?
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Is Cold Fusion in 3 Months a Legitimate Possibility?
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Antimatter at the Speed of Light: Uncovering the Mysteries
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Discover the Fascinating World of Fine Structure: Explained in Detail
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Is it possible to produce anti matter and if yes what could be its
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Understanding Real vs Virtual Objects in Convergent/Divergent Lenses
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Why Does the Endolymph Move Opposite to Head Movement in Vestibular Function?
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How to Calculate Travel Time for a Maglev Train in a Vacuum?
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Question - Atmospheric Perspective
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Is measurable physics based on three things?
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Ouestion About the Matter Antimatter Reaction
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Idea for graphics programming project?
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Window Fog Evaporation: Why Does It Happen?
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Does Temperature Increase Lead to More Moles According to Avogadro's Law?
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Propagation through Subwavelength Waveguide
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Comparing Flywheels: Energy Requirements
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Does gravity generate energy at least once?
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Can a man made fire be visible a few miles in the night?
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Are Length and Time Quantized According to Future Theory?
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Need help figuring out precession rate
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Looking for help on Lancsoz algorithm to solve schrodinger equ
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Does gravity affect gravity the way gravity affects time?
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Gravity Wave - Wavelength / Freq
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Calculating Gear Ratios for a Bicycle
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How many litres of air do I need for a raft in a Daft Raft Race?
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Why does air rush into a vacuum?
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Cup of hot tea, and I need it just *warm*
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Why is Air in Pneumatic Cylinders Pressurized so High?
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Convert MPH to lb-force - Easy Guide
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How to Calculate Water Jet Distance in a Tank?
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What are the potential real world applications for a magnetic levitation system?
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Mysterious Freezing Patterns: What Causes Them?
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Can a Ring Around Earth Stop Its Rotation?
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Does the presence of a cat affect the shock received from a cowherd experiment?
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Does Size Influence Our Perception of Time?
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Got caught at 150, cop put 110++ with the mnath HELPPPP
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What Pressure Does a 0.5" ID Tube Have on a 39"x75" Area?
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Time Machine will not be invented
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Tips For How To Understand Application of Integrals In Physics
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Quick and easy question been pondering it for days.
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Does Gravity Leak into Extra Dimensions and What Would Happen if it Did?
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Peeling Direction and Adhesive Force: Explained
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Is this flow turbulent or laminar?
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The affect gravity has on a bullet
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Theoretical Gunshot with Thunder
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How can I interpret the superpostion of Fourier analysis?
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How does the Earth's magnetic field direct charged particles towards the poles?
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How come you have more stability riding a bike than standing still with a bike?
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Is a Homemade Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Possible?
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Can you outperform an ABS brake system as a driver?
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Energy Converter: Find an Online Calculator
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What is the meaning of a fundamental constant? Dimensioned or dimenionless
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