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High School Waves that can pass through the body
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Undergrad Longer conduit Impedes flow? What?
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Undergrad Does plucking one point on the string really can cause standing wave?
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Graduate Can someone explain what Michio Kaku is talking about in this video?
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Graduate Capillary action with respect to "wicking beds"
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MHB Think about it - Airplane on a treadmill
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Undergrad Calculating Waves on a String: Answer Justification and Confusion Dispelled"
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High School Good physics research project for high schooler?
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Undergrad Audio for Wikipedia math articles
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Undergrad Will I float about 100 km above earth surface?
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Graduate Social Physics: A New Theory of Human Social Interaction
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Undergrad Removing Gas Bubbles from Liquid Without Contact
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Undergrad Ultrasonic Cavitation: Can I Produce Acoustic Cavitation?
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Undergrad Indoor Flower Garden & Plant Growth: Inverse Square Law
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High School States of Matter: 3 vs 5? School Help
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Undergrad How much Knowledge about science and math has changed since Einstein?
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Undergrad Why doesn't our body experience equal pressure when we press our finger?
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Graduate Can a string of data be both random and meaningless?
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Graduate Memorizing Equations for Physics: Is It Necessary?
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High School What colour is the sky on other planets?
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Milk Food Coloring And Dish Soap Experiment
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High School Can a Stable Dipole Exist Without Charges Neutralizing?
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What is your favorite branch of physics?
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Do Solids Like Wood Produce Smells?
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Undergrad Would Fluid Droplets Land in the Same Position in a Vacuum?
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Have you ever heard of the physicist Alex Abastian (sp?)
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Uncovering the Mysteries of Sauteing Onions in Boiling Sugar
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High School Lithium Batteries: Benefits & Properties
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Are there any theories in physics that you don't believe?
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Undergrad Will a resonator change its Freq while energy is added?
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Undergrad Can a Boeing 777 survive diving into the ocean like a bird?
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Undergrad Waves having energy with no mass
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Graduate Casual talk. Constrained Hamilton systems. Dirac brackets.
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High School Road where each section 1/10 of the last section.
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Graduate Do physics books butcher the math?
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High School What is the difference between sodium and sodium metal?
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Undergrad Amplitude decrease with geometrical spreading
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Undergrad Some weird physics questions I'd like answering please
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High School Matter & Energy: Is it the Same Thing?
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Undergrad Free Video Lectures from universities, all Math and Physics courses
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Graduate Effects on an explosions force based on varied gas densities?
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High School Bending Vectors: Can We Make Curvy Ones?
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High School Discover the Derivation of Solid Angle: Short and Simple Method
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High School I need to do a project for science fair based on Newton's laws
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High School Cream on Top: Why is it So Much Denser than Milk?
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Where can I find free physics video lectures?
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Undergrad How relevant is the Feynman's Lectures on Physics?
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High School How Do Gradients, Rates, and the Term 'Per' Relate to Division and Ratios?
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Graduate Net gravitational force inside a shell
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Graduate Group Velocities: Understanding Sound Pulse Faster Than C
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High School Battery Capacity Loss: Noob Ques. Answered
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Undergrad What is difference between natural sodium and metal sodium
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High School What are the different types of Mass?
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Graduate How can different types of plastic be cheaply and easily identified?
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Graduate Sampling a signal and do the discrete Fourier transform
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Graduate Material Conductivity: Material with Variable Ohmic Resistance
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Undergrad How Do Waves Propagate on a String?
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Graduate Open End: Definition, Explanation & Equations
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Graduate Individual Measurement Uncertainty vs. Standard Error of Regression
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High School Differences in iron properties inside & outside the body
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High School Does Water on the Table Improve Flip Cup Success?
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High School Does Hair Matter in Soccer Headers?
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High School Newbie Questions about Units in Physics Equations
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High School X-Ray Shielding: Importance in Medical Technology
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High School Is this a real graph or is it made up?
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Undergrad Squaring the Circle - Is There More to It?
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High School Can we perceive matter directly?
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Graduate Overanalyzing things from a physics point of view
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High School What is Fire? Chemical Reactions & Light Energy
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Graduate Calculating Radar Cross Section for a Spherical Object in GHz Frequency
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Graduate Quartz Crystal Microbalance equilibrium
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Undergrad Green LED in liquid nitrogen turns yellow
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Undergrad Measurable quantites vs Base units
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High School The Science Behind Matchbox Experiments for Beginners
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Undergrad What is the nature of the force of gravitation?
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High School How to Convert .4350 into Cubic Centimeters?
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Undergrad Calculating Food Mass for Carb Counting: Tips for Diabetics on the Go
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Summer Reading for Physics Teachers: Physics Books to Read
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Shadow of Steam: Seeing the Unseen
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Undergrad A question on Dimensional Analysis
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Graduate How can teeth be bent without contact forces
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Graduate Effects of Concentrated Waves at a Single Point | Infinite Wave Impact
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Undergrad Significant Figures and Units in Physics Calculations
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High School Where Can I Begin to Understand Physics and Mathematics as a Beginner?
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High School How Does the Floating Match Trick Work?
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Undergrad Why does CO molecule have 7 degrees of freedom?
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Undergrad How Does a Transistor Output Multiple Frequencies Simultaneously?
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High School Why is glass rod used in decanting?
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Graduate Views on Answering Physical Questions
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Idea for a name for a physics youtube channel?
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Graduate What is Menshikov's Theorem and How Does it Relate to Percolation?
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Graduate How Often Has Theoretical Physics Predicted Major Discoveries?
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High School Temperature: Why Measured in Degrees?
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Undergrad What is the true probability of a monkey typing banana in the correct order?
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Undergrad Is There a Constant Value in the AP French Equation for Singing Wine Glasses?
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Undergrad How can we represent an image using basis images?
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Undergrad What is the Smallest Piece of Matter We Can Observe?
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High School Where to find physics talks/lectures for hobbyists?
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Undergrad Random Questions on General Physics
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Undergrad What is the best solar efficiency out there?
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