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Mass: Creation & Destruction - What Does it Mean?
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Why Do Bombs Fall in a Straight Line from Planes?
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Simple Line Graph Software: Create Plots Effortlessly
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Dr. Donald Luttermoser: Solids & Fluids
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More silly semantics that are nagging me
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What is a hand stroboscope and how does it work?
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Learn the Science Behind Human Hair and Its Unique Properties
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Anyone know where i can buy a solutions manuel? (Fundamentals of Physics)
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How to simulate gunshot with FEMLAB
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Why Does Evaporation Cool You Down If It Uses the Sun's Energy?
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What caused the strobe effect on the raindrops during the thunderstorm?
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Why is gravity weaker than the other fundamental forces?
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Man-Made Diamonds a reality now.
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Find Pictures for General Relativity Project
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Hot food = more energy for your body?
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EM Spectrum Limits: Frequency, Temperature & Planck Time
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Quiet Revolution: Can Our Wind Turbines Power Themselves?
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Black and White Room: Dad & I Hypothesizing Ideas
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How Does Sound Diffraction Affect What You Hear Through Barriers?
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Why Does the Sky Appear Blue During the Day?
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What Are the Effects of the Euler Force?
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How to Make Air Moist | Explained
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Understanding The Importance of Centre of Mass for Balance - Explained by Peter
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Time Period & Oscillations: Engineer's Best Option
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I promise this is the last question
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A childish question, even though I'm an aligator
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A bit of a semantic question but still
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Green Functions: Finding Solutions for Equations of All Types & Dimensions
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Physics window experiment,please comment
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Finding Maximum Thrust: Flow Rate, Velocity, Area & Pressure
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What Experiments Can I Conduct to Explore the Doppler Effect?
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What Happens to a Person in an Accelerating Elevator?
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Why aren't all overtones integer multiples of the fundamental?
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Transmission Coeff of Window Glass vs Wavelength?
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Idea of greater force as neccesary to do anything
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Better for egg cooking? Asphalt Vs. Sewer cap
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Proving Faulty Glass Caused Injury
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Suggest good books for exam preparation
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What are the essential equations for projectile motion and other physics topics?
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Estimate Collision Duration: 1.5 N Force on Plastic Box
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Artificial Gravity: Is It Possible?
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Birkhoff's theorem with cosmological constant
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Man plans to luanch himself 20ft in the air
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Atmospheric methane as energy source?
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Sig Figs: Debate on # of Trailing 0's?
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EinsteinFest 2005 - Tues May 10 in NYC
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Trying to simplify a permeability expression
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What is the ideal mixture ratio of oxygen to aluminum for a rocket fuel?
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Uncovering the Correlation of Wire Creep and Temperature
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Buoyancy and Density and Buoyancy
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Average Wind Farm Size & Energy Production
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Why are Physicists Important in Understanding the Concept of Democracy?
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Does Mass Affect Vibration Response in Single Degree of Freedom Systems?
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Find Top UK Physics Researchers for 6th Form Lectures
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Interaction between solid objects
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What is the Feynman-Wheeler Theory and its connection to Huygens' Principle?
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Building a Farnsworth-Hirsch-Fusor: Pressure Requirements for Bell Jar
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What Are Color Shifts Like Redshift in Science?
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Can You Truly Create Green Using Red, Yellow, and Blue?
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Understand Noether's Theorem: Momentum Conservation & Exchange
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Why do some objects have colors while others don't?
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Why Does Less Foam Form in a Soda Cup?
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The Janet Periodic Table of Elements
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What Determines an Object's Transparency and Reflectivity?
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What is the Accreting Matter Paradox in Astrophysics?
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D=E/pi does this equation explain gravity and more?
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Problems with the gravity option
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Why do British Leyland vehicles have notorious electrical issues?
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16-Year-Old Seeks Help Building a Coil Gun
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Triple Point of Water: Hail Rain Explained
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Digital holography - why not 3d?
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Radiant Energy from Sun: Visible Light vs. IR
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Rubber Bands and Energy Dissipation
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Can You Feel Pain in Zero Gravity?
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Zinc-air fuel cells, advantes/disadvantages?
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How Does Light Speed Vary with Environment and Obstacles?
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Strength In Relation To Bone Structure.
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Where can I find classic papers in physics?
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How Do You Convert 290mcd to Candelas/Meter Square?
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Lower Force Impact on Child Safety with American Inventor Car Seat
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Could Vehicle A's higher acceleration have caused the crash at a 4-way stop?
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Does Wind Affect the Doppler Effect on Sound?
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Question On Resonance- Intuitive feeling required
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Riding a Bicycle Easier Than Walking: Explained
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Build Your Own Rube Goldberg Machine: Ideas & Inspiration
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Fire and Smoke: Understanding the Phenomenon
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Physics Discovery: 99.99995% Confidence Level and Quantum Mechanics
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Electromagnetism: Moving Electrons & Magnetic Fields
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What are the fundamental units of nature?
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What's the hottest topic in physics?
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Is my Kasamba.com expert on crack?
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Does a Pendulum Ever Stop Moving?
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A Serious Question from an Educated Layman
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Idea for Science Fair that deals with Tuning Forks
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A pool with vapor over it at night
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Why would jumping on a shoe box boat cause odd propulsion?
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How Can the Emission Spectrum of a Gas Be Manipulated?
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AC vs DC: Understanding Charge Pulled Through Converters
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