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High School What are the essential physics formulas for studying?
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High School Discover the Top Physics Reference Book for Foundation Science Students
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High School Weapon that produces the same effect as a taser?
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Undergrad Is the distance between any object infinite?
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Graduate Spatial Frequencies of the Fourier Transform
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Undergrad Does the Diameter of a Barometer Tube Affect the Height of the Mercury Column?
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High School What should I teach myself this summer?
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Undergrad How Long Can a Wire Be? Laws of Physics and Wire Length Explained
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High School The Science Behind the Blue Evening Sky: Why is it Blue Instead of Red/Orange?
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High School Understanding Physics: What is Time?
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Undergrad What does exponential growth really mean?
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High School Comparing Silver and Gold Melting Points: Understanding Coefficient C/G °C
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Graduate What Is the Connection Between Viscosity and Shear Stress in Perfect Fluids?
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Undergrad Should We Use Tau Instead of Pi in Physics Papers?
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High School Can You Get Electricity From Car Catalyst?
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Undergrad Can I Connect a Smaller Valve to a Varian M4 Diffusion Pump for Lower Costs?
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Undergrad Can We Create a Visual Radio Camera?
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Undergrad Does our perception of time vary based on our location in the universe?
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Graduate Analysis of Standing Waves on a Fixed-End String
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I was wondering if such a pistol can exist?
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Graduate Question about force in transverse waves on a string
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Undergrad Hearing which natural frequencies
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Undergrad What is a Rate? Should Pressure be Defined as a Rate?
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High School At Home Experiments to Prove Scientific Facts
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Graduate Primary Sources for Measurement of g
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High School What Happens When Two Bubbles Interact?
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Graduate Fluorescence of fused silica, quartz and Borofloat 33?
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Where Can I Find Dr. Leonnard Susskind's Quantum Mechanics Lectures on DVD?
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Undergrad What changes does human body exert when it enters a room ?
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Undergrad Piezo materials -- piezo cable under saddle pickup for accoustic guitars
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High School What Can We Learn About Pluto and Charon from New Horizons?
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Undergrad Could a planet's atmosphere produce flares?
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Why Is Physics Least Popular in July?
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Undergrad Understanding Vector Notation: The Role of i, j, and k as Standard Unit Vectors
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Graduate Do sound waves affect the distance between protons in an atom?
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Graduate Is absolute count of emission spectrum meaningful?
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Undergrad What is the coffee ring of toluene and hexane?
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Graduate Can a Leaking Argon Gas Line Draw in Air and Create a Mixture?
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High School Battery Capacity: 3800 mAh vs 5800 mAh
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Graduate Is the Delayed Choice Experiment Defining Our Understanding of Time?
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Design Your Own Physics Monopoly Board | Fun Ideas & Suggestions
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Undergrad Error in least squares fit: how to include error of points?
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High School Why Are Derived Units Formed by Multiplying and Dividing Basic Units?
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How to wet cotton wool without shrinking it?
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Graduate Planck Measurements: Meaning or Trite Observation?
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Graduate Do things happen the way they can?
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High School How can standing waves be created on a string fixed at both?
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High School Earth Shadow Tapering: Why Does It Happen?
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The Bicycle Inventor's Mystery: How Did They Know?
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High School Why does the tropical sun feel hotter in the evening?
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Graduate How do we justify the generality of the wave equation?
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High School How Do Sound Waves Influence Water Flow?
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High School Is this plane flying backwards or is it an illusion?
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Perimeter Institute Course Videos & Tutorials: Accessible to Everyone?
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How Can I Access Walter Lewin's Course Materials from Past Years on MIT OCW?
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Undergrad Problem solving skills for Physics Olympiad
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High School Which Physics Books Are Best for a Year 9 Student Aiming for MIT?
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Undergrad What are the ionization methods?
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Graduate How can I accurately measure the density and volume of microdroplets in oil?
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How and where can i comfirm my theory about de'ja vu
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Undergrad How is the UTS different from breaking stress and why?
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Emmy Noether and Changing the Course of Physics
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