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Can you explain this? Hunting physics
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Connected conductors with cavities
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ARRRH I'm gonna explode. This is my pet hate
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Toppling giving example of a block on horizontal surface?
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Help with Mousetrap Racer Project
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How Does the Scanning Helium Ion Microscope Compare to Electron Microscopes?
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Can an airplane on a conveyor belt achieve flight?
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What will happen in this situation
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Force of gravity in terms of time, rather than distance.
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Quick question to wat this equation is?
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Why Does a Bullet Fired from a Bullet Train Appear to Travel at 0 MPH?
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Time Travel Possibilities: Examining the Physics of Spacetime
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Forced evaporative cooling in high humidity conditions
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Can Mass Be Directly Created According to E=MC^2?
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Can a Plane Really Fly Upside Down?
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How do you calibrate a hall probe?
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How Does the Gravity Field in a Cave Compare to That in a Homogeneous Sphere?
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How to Calculate the Force Applied on a Plate by Another Plate?
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Could a Machine Magnetize Cast Iron Parts More Than Steel?
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Convert 2.8g/cm3 to kg m-3: Formula Explained
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Understanding Gravity: My Questions on Proven Facts and Debunked Theories
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Question about Center of Gravity
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I just created a vacuum in a cup when doing the dishes?
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Freeze Beer in 2 Seconds - Max's Question
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Young's double slit experiment (shallow slit and deep slit)
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Mathematics proof vs Physicists proof
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What Causes Liquid to Form a Link Chain Shape When Poured Slowly?
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Is Energy-to-Mass Conversion Possible According to E=mc²?
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Physics of Windmills - Get Info & References
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Why do hot objects emit infrared light and how are photons involved?
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Is Normal Reaction Higher on Concave Bridges Than Convex Bridges?
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Why Do Voltage and Current Phase Shift in LC Circuits?
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Can Neutrons Emit Photons? Understanding the Science Behind It
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Exerting forces on massless objects
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How is Coulomb's Law Derived Using Virtual Photon Exchange Theory?
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Is What the Bleep Do We Know? Scientifically Accurate?
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Help understanding chemistry (an idea for harnessing energy)
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The relevance of physics in the causation of a HEART ATTACK
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Why is the bending of waves related to wavelength?
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Designing a Strong Book Stand Using Straws and Tape
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Is Energy Required to Freeze Water?
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How about Mechanisms of Metal Cooling in a Vacuum?
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Water Dispersion: Big vs Small Holes in Tank Bottom
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The energy isn't conserved here Is there any thing wrong?
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Calculating Moments about a point with couples.
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Does the viscosity of air change with change in the degree of humidity
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Will a Large Body on Earth's Surface Pull a Smaller Body Towards Itself?
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Solve the Spin Challenge: Explaining Fundamental Particles to a Layman
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Left Hand Rule of Thumb: Unanswered Questions
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Attacking Einstein (and other pursuits)
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How Would an Imbalance of Charges Cause a Potato to Explode?
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Looking for the author of this quote
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Can't get the concept [of energy]
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Calculate the energy produced by triboluminescence
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Free Classical Physics Lecture Notes
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Can Concentrating Solar Panels Achieve Higher Efficiency with Concave Mirrors?
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Stability of droplets - using Unduloids
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Generate Holograms with a Simulator - Get Answers Now
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1 gal Milk freezes in 12 hrs thaws out in 3 days. WHY?
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How Are Fractals Related to Chaos?
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Available Energy of Stationary & Moving Particles
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Creating a High-Pressure Fire Hose: Conical vs. Cylindrical Tank Design
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Egg Drop Challenges: Ensuring Safe Delivery of 3 Grade A Eggs
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How to Calculate Hour Angle and Solar Noon: Simplified Guide"
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Calculating Tilt Angle for a Top-Heavy Floor Lamp
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Can Explosives Extinguish Fires by Removing Oxygen?
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Could someone clarify the Multiverse theory of things
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What is the Standard Definition of One Second in the Metric System?
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Universal Gravitation and Local G
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Ad Hoc Physics discussion & other subjects
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How Does Saturation Affect Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere?
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Understanding Vacuum Physics and the Crack in My Window
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Calculating error in fit parameter
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Understanding Real and Virtual Images for Beginners
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Helium-3 & Helium-4: Bosonic vs. Fermionic Properties
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Wave passing medium containing discontinuities?
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What Are the Key Characteristics That Define a Dimension?
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Some questions on properties of superconductors
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Do Chemical, Atomic, and Nuclear Reactions Occur in Three Spatial Dimensions?
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Force transferred across a fulcrum
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Need help understanding Half life, decay constant & activity equations
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Kicking a Soccer Ball: Distance & Force Needed
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How design vent silencer pwl and spl
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Waveforms & Barriers | Physics & Electronics Q&A
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De Mourve Theorem: Guide to Find Work & Theorem
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Inverse Square Laws: Gravity & EMR
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Transient (Time domain) in transmission lines
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Antimatter Problem + Arrow of Time
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Why is the 1/2 term necessary in physics equations?
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Transverse vibration in a solid metal rod
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How do waves travel in a vacuum?
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Could Gravity Ever Be Repulsive? Exploring Theories and Possibilities
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Relating gravity to time through black holes and Gravitational time dialation?
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Can I measure the Solar Constant this way?
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Hooke's Law: Mass vs. Length Data Analysis
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Antimatter - a kind of a matter?
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What Is Wavelength in Sound and EM Waves?
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What is the unit vector parallel to A at point P(1,-1,2)?
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How bright are radio and other EM signals?
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Looking for Rocket Nozzle Equations
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