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High School Why is glass rod used in decanting?
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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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High School Do Waves Truly Exist in the Physical World? A Fundamental Question
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High School Double use of energy ? possibility of free energy ?
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Undergrad What is the importance of Phase in case of Multidimensional signals?
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High School The Science Behind Ripples in a Moving Cup
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Does Time Have a Direction Like a Vector?
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Graduate Dimension, Temperature & Time: Semantically Misleading?
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Graduate Explain telepathy using any physics that we have known.
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A paragraph about cosmology that made me laugh in the last 24 hrs
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Undergrad Why do we still teach Bohrs Model?
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High School Metric Prefix Help - Find 2mL=200L
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What is Physion?
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Undergrad Do famous physicists (Kaku and Hawking) pass off asumptions as fact?
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Undergrad What is the flow rate through a capillary tube?
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Graduate Did Maxwell truly follow Faraday's views in his theory?
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High School Understanding formulas involving divison and multiplication
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Graduate Snorkel Breathing: Max Length & Factors Explained
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Undergrad Calculating mass of a solvent in a mixture, given volume and molality?
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High School Why can't amplitude make a tranverse wave faster
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Graduate Why Do We Conflate Particle Physics with Theoretical Physics?
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Graduate How far would physics have progressed without electricity
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Undergrad Insulation blocks mobile phone signals
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Undergrad Testing IFFT and FIR Filter on FFT Sin Wave Output
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Is Physics the Ultimate Reason for Everything?
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If you had to jump from very high, what would you use as a parachute?
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Favorite physics videos on internet
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High School Create a Vacuum at Home: Easy Tips for Making a Partial Vacuum in a Small Box
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Graduate What is the Best Approach for Solving a Fourier Coefficient Problem in MATLAB?
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Graduate Could fluorescence quenching be used for making 3D images?
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High School Resources for simulations in physics
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Undergrad Term paper on historical physicist
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High School What is the top solar cells in market?
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Undergrad Unraveling the Meaning of t = 0 in Physics
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High School Bel is unit for what physical quantity?
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A question born from a dispute in a Tabletop Game.
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High School What is the 4th dimension n terms of visualization ?
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Undergrad What's so special about resonant Frequencies?
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High School Vacuum Pump & Setup for 20-25cm Cylinder
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Graduate Which Physics Simulation Programs Can I Use to Visualize Complex Phenomena?
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Minecraft Physics: Facts for School Project
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Graduate Do we know that time actually exists?
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Undergrad Do vacuum vessels have issues with the interior layers flaking off?
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Graduate Derive the van der Waal interaction between 2 spheres.
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High School Atoms never touch each other because of electons
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Undergrad Waves on a String: Pitch, Harmonics & Resonance
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High School Physics Club Ideas: 1-3 Year Projects for High School
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Graduate Find Resources on Principals of Dichroism & Polarizational Filters
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Undergrad Solving Standing Waves Problem: Why Nodes at Multiples of 3 Remain Unexcited
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Undergrad Why is the term w(t-x/c) used in the cosine representation of a traveling wave?
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Undergrad When Will Node and Antinode Energies Be Equal?
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Undergrad Vibrating Strings: Physics of Stationary Waves & Oscillation Types
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Undergrad Exploring Phosphorescence in Gelatin, Celluloid, Paraffin and Ivory
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High School Is There a Relationship Between Density and Boiling Point?
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High School Solve the Puzzling Mystery of the Speeding Plane
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Undergrad Expanding earth possible on mars?
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High School Material for not permanent 'sticking'
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What Essentials Should I Pack for a Meteor Shower Viewing Party?
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Graduate Understanding Energy Transfer: From Atoms to Photons and Beyond
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High School What is the difference between resonance in a vacuum and resonance in a medium?
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High School What Little-Known Physics Phenomenon Fascinates You?
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Graduate Young-Laplace Eq. for 2 Radii of Curvature: Solving for a Droplet
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Undergrad Interpretation of Multiplicity Function
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Undergrad Calculate required valve diameter (Darcy-Weisbach)
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Graduate How Does X-Ray Ionisation Impact Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment?
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Undergrad My Mind going to blow Why Conservative field Path independ? by TMSxPh
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Graduate A problem in submitting .pdf files to the arXiv.org
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Is it Crazy to Start Studying Physics at 36?
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Undergrad How does humidity affect conductivity of air?
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High School Basic but important question on mass, matter, and atom
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Undergrad Is dm/dv a Valid Expression for Density in Variable Conditions?
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High School Is an intramolecular bond the same thing as an intramolecular force?
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Undergrad Experimental Uncertainty and Error
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High School What is the Meaning of \Subset Symbol?
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Graduate Effects of backstreaming on a diffusion-pumped system
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Graduate What is the propulsion behind UFOs?
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Undergrad Can capillary action lift water to 10 meters?
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High School What do you think the differences between these scientists were?
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High School What type of solid elements will not burn
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High School Finding Line Strength Formula for Fishing Line Tests
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High School Can Pi's Digits Become Obsolete Beyond Planck Length?
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Undergrad How are physics formulas derived
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High School What Is the Definition of 'Energy'?
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High School What is meant by transfer of matter and energy in waves?
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Undergrad Is this photo physically possible?
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Undergrad List of Interactive Programs/Software/Applets
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Undergrad NiCu Alloy Resistivity - Is it 3.5*10^8 or 35*10^8 Ω*m?
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Undergrad Doppler Effect inconsistent in terms of relative velocities
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High School What Are the Best Books for Independent Physics Study?
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