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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Graduate What is a less painful way to study Lagrangian Mechanics?
- lagrangian90
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High School How do I keep my room cool when my housemate wants the heating on?
- zenpoopypants
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Undergrad Direct and alternating current, a personal approach to understand them
- mcastillo356
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High School Lottery physics: ball placement and positions in lottery games
- shaab
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Physics has taken the wrong turn
- Adrian59
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Graduate How much funding/resources are spent in string theory research?
- pines-demon
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Undergrad Why does my ceiling glow in the dark?
- fro2g
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Graduate Supporting neurodivergent talent: ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in physics and space sciences
- symbolipoint
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Shroedinger's Cat, New Yorker Cartoon
- lavinia
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High School Microwave causes Wi-Fi to freeze when it's on
- Hill
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High School Should you use rounded or exact values in multi-part calculations?
- Arnav
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Graduate RIP James D. Bjorken (1934 - 2024)
- robphy
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Graduate Questions about information limits in the Universe
- stuartmacg
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Graduate RIP Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-2024), Nobel 1957
- robphy
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Grow to High Energy, Nuclear and Mayonnaise, Particle Physics subforum
- Frabjous
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Graduate Bruker TopSpin import function in pulse program
- Will Johnson
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Graduate Can quantum mechanics be combined with game theory?
- Spathi
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Undergrad Popular future physics beliefs that are completely wrong?
- Maximum7
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Undergrad Decorrelation steps in Wolff algorithm
- IWantToLearn
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Undergrad Can a giant's punch exceed light speed if scaling preserves punch duration?
- ferg
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Undergrad Fiction Writer with question for research physicists - Looking for opinions and experiences with peer-reviewed publishing
- randodude
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Undergrad Need to identify a physicist from a documentary on TV some years ago
- Tiger Blood
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Undergrad What's Going on with the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant?
- BillTre
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High School What will be the reading of this vernier calliper?
- Micheal_Leo
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Undergrad Increasing tone while mixing sugar in water
- billr
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Undergrad Can Physics Explain the Phenomenon of Love?
- curiousman
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Publishing books on arXiv, a new trend?
- sbrothy
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Undergrad Discussion about least squares method
- Dario56
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High School Does Energy Exist as a Physical Entity or Merely a Mathematical Concept?
- KleinMoretti
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Undergrad Replacing the Measurement standards (SI units)
- akardos
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Tommy Lee Jones Contemplates Plank's Constant
- Hornbein
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Undergrad What drives osmosis? (Statistics or Dynamics?)
- Swamp Thing
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What would you memorize if you could?
- AndreasC
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Cut lemon moved by itself
- mii
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NASA Black Hole Visualisation
- ergospherical
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Graduate Relation between Rosenbluth Potentials and Spitzer Resistivity
- gaiussheh
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Undergrad Does a shaking hammer blow cause less damage than a stiff blow?
- Username34
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Graduate How does phase of merging sines affect overall periodic tones?
- Crimadella
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Undergrad Any alternatives to Tracker from physlets?
- sirlimonada
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Why does the left pane of this two-pane mirror magnify?
- petershlagor
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High School Interstellar Spacecraft Voyager 1
- alan123hk
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Undergrad Does an aerial punch or kick transfer more power than a standing one?
- Username34
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Undergrad Is a thrusting motion more powerful/deadly than a swinging one?
- Username34
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Undergrad NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth
- Colin Wilson
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Why did a Budweiser bottle survive a 10-story fall from a Hawaii balcony?
- dzbshea
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Undergrad Commercials with a Science Pitch
- BillTre
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Peter Higgs - 1929 - 2024
- mfb
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Graduate Is Relativity Denial Still Prevalent in Science Forums?
- topsquark
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News Can sound be localized enough to injure through walls?
- substitute materials
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Graduate Is it Valid to Average Two Metrics in Spacetime?
- nomadreid
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Graduate From Nyquist plot to real conductivity spectra (sigma)
- Olha
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Why Does the US Space Force Reference the Dark Side of the Moon?
- KingGambit
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Undergrad What is the Equivalent Strength of the Chicxulub Impact in Atomic Bombs?
- KingGambit
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Undergrad Is "scalar wave" a legitimate term?
- EleanorW
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High School Speed of light and Euler's constant
- hassan23
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High School Are there any unsolved physics problems?
- John_Williams
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Graduate Dynamics and convergence of a general flow network
- SteveMaryland
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Undergrad Why is not possible to store electric energy from a Lightning?
- Thalita Luna
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RIP physicist Arno Penzias, 1978 Nobel Laureate in physics
- StatGuy2000
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What is your favorite technical physics blog?
- pines-demon
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High School Information sources and physics teaching
- syfry
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News Plot of Parton distribution function
- Elham1990
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Is N. David Mermin's Autobiography Relevant for Today's STEM Scholars?
- sbrothy
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High School Quanta Magazine Video on Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics in 2023
- jedishrfu
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What ONE Physics topic would you choose to study and why?
- bigmike94
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Where to find nonprofessional collaborators/science friends?
- Jeredin
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News Why do so many people not believe in the Big Bang?
- BadgerBadger92
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Undergrad Forces Required For Steeling A Blade?
- abrogard
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Science magazines that cover physics discoveries for general readers
- James William Hall
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Graduate Correcting units from this physics paper?
- halcyon_zomboid
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Is it possible to break this baseball bat with the heel of the foot?
- Username34
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Undergrad Converting 1/angstrom to cm⁻¹ and Joules in atomic physics
- kelly0303
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Undergrad Data collected from different devices: how to combine for analysis?
- Mikki123
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High School Why Do Some Toxins Persist Despite Chemical Reactions?
- syfry
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High School What hand tools do physicists commonly use in the laboratory?
- Mgt3
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Undergrad What can we scientifically measure directly?
- democura
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Undergrad The Problem With Science Communication (Veritasium)
- DennisN
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Double Sunrise Phenomenon Explanation?
- Cmotive98
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Graduate "Big Bang" according to the 19th century poet ("Science-v-Poetry")
- EdDa
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High School Which science communicator do you find to maintain the most accuracy?
- syfry
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What is the newest installment of 'Random Thoughts' on Physics Forums?
- Evo
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High School What is Causing the Zig Zagging of Stars in the Night Sky?
- a1971oneway
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News Death of astrophysicist Hubert Reeves at 91
- jack action
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Undergrad How was electronics propagation delay measured historically?
- Muhammad Usman
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Graduate Nobel Prize 2023: Attosecond pulses
- DrClaude
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Graduate How Many People Can Perform Quantum Mechanical Calculations?
- Chas Tennis
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Graduate My modernization of Definition I in Newton's Principia
- PencilPusher
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Graduate Room temperature superconductor paper published
- BWV
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Undergrad Flow rate calculation for laser cutting nozzles
- Adam Bryan
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Undergrad How much impact mass does a boxing strike need to compensate for slower speed?
- Username34
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Graduate Is There a Dark Side to Studying Statistical Mechanics?
- DaveE
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Undergrad How can tomographic image resolution be obtained using wifi sensing and imaging?
- tomography
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Where Can I Find The Ballad of Maxwell's Equations Sung to Take On Me?
- miner_tom
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Undergrad The best way to keep an office cool in the hot summer
- pinball1970
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Graduate What can AI do and not do in physics currently?
- non_physicist
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Undergrad What's the trick to this "perpetual" marble device?
- DaveC426913
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High School Is a Brain Wave Actually a Wave?
- pabloweigandt
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Undergrad Where can I find explanations about physics applications in real life?
- revix
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High School Meaning of Multiplication and Division in Physics
- mremadahmed
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Graduate Famous quotes from Einstein, Dirac, Feynman and other scientists
- Demystifier
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