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Graduate Can't be described as one or many?

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Who was the greater physicist, Newton or Einstein?

  • theoristo
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High School Will a Vacuum-Formed Elastic Sheet Create a Parabolic Shape?

  • CosmicVoyager
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Undergrad Can moisture be repel or attract using forces?

  • kevin_tee
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High School Percent uncertainty for noobs (like me)

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Graduate How To Incorporate Sensor Uncertainties With Multiple Measurements?

  • 012anonymousx
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Undergrad How do famous physicists create their formulas?

  • timespeed
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Undergrad What are the Physics Behind Common and Uncommon Natural Phenomena?

  • MManuel Abad
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High School Tossing Coins: Can We Predict the Outcome?

  • quawa99
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New Chinese University Student Seeks to Learn About Physics

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Graduate How to Propagate Errors Across Models?

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Graduate When is it ok to exclude data for a model to fit better?

  • elegysix
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Undergrad Equal flow distribution to 3x3 grid

  • syphex
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How unrealistic are super powers?

  • MathJakob
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Undergrad Forced Vibration: Amplitude Of Vibration Changes Periodically?

  • roshan2004
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Undergrad Why does dE appear in integrals for electric field calculations?

  • jaydnul
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Undergrad Prof. Walter Lewin Explains "That's that rho of s

  • anhnha
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Graduate Questions about the physics of the trumpet

  • keigoh
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Why we always say that time is forward?

  • Sivasakthi
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High School Curved building in London melts car—is the Archimedes mirror legend real?

  • epenguin
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High School Is It Risky to Use Mobile Phones in Lightning?

  • Manula
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High School What is wavelength and how does it apply to electrons and protons?

  • ankit.jain
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How much water is needed to float a ship

  • Fizzicfanatic
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High School How do you know if someone far away is walking towards you or away

  • Perrault
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High School Biophysical? Does the room feel colder?

  • Alltimehigh
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High School Dots on physics equations. What do they mean?

  • epislon58
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How can physicists make the world a better place?

  • nst.john
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High School What are the main branches of physics?

  • Avichal
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Undergrad Why does data from 74 sums of million random factors look like a waveform?

  • MickN
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Graduate Planck and Boltzmann Distribution

  • lonewolf219
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Can physicists fund their own research by running a business?

  • Akaisora
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Graduate Significance of orthogonal polynomials

  • lonewolf219
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Undergrad Difference between nano physics and nanotechnology

  • Abhilash H N
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Undergrad Can wind speed and altitude predict a radiosonde's track?

  • pedrobele
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Undergrad Why Mild Steel has two Yield Points ?

  • phydis
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Graduate What does it mean when an object weighs 8.7 kg²?

  • johann1301
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Welcome Matthew! 14 Yr Old Theor. Physicist w/ Asperger's

  • blokpoi
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Why do eggs and bacon pop and splatter when cooking?

  • bjarnidk
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High School What happends when you cut something in half?

  • epislon58
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Physics comic about refuting beliefs in gravity and thermodynamics

  • QuantumCosmo
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Graduate Can Relativity and Quantum Theory be Applied to Infinity?

  • Adrian07
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High School How do MRI-compatible headphones work without metal?

  • noahsdev
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Undergrad Why did the ISS cost so much money?

  • MathJakob
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Graduate What is the Dynamic Scaling Theory for Ultrasonic Absorption in Binary Mixtures?

  • wonder phy
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Undergrad Can energy be defined without reference to matter or its forms?

  • Epicurious
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Undergrad Symbols used to represent surface area Ratio in Refrigeration

  • recreated
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Graduate Is there order in chaos beyond quantum indeterminacy?

  • TeCNoYoTTa
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High School How does energy and forces interact?

  • abi.ayan
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Undergrad What known equations have units s²/m² ?

  • Fieldwaveflow
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High School Dalton's Law: Why is My Answer Wrong?

  • bwd111
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High School Is resistor a conductor or an insulator?

  • RonZ_RknoB
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Viewing the Perseid meteor shower

  • MarkFL
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Who is Celebrating Their 126th Birthday Today in the World of Physics?

  • davenn
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High School Where can I find beginner-friendly physics videos to understand the universe?

  • conure
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I'm a Portuguese physics student willing to know people like me

  • tsuwal
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Can You Rap Your Way Through Physics?

  • MathJakob
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Graduate Computer Simulations and Their Importance

  • radoo
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Undergrad What does it mean to model an object?

  • susskind99
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Undergrad What was the first continuity equation?

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Undergrad Can Scalar Wave Communication Be Interfered With or Enhanced?

  • otpisani
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High School Explain Energy (is it physical)?

  • xmenfan
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Undergrad Why does learning special relativity feel unsettling?

  • MathJakob
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News Script for Curiosity video for French physics students

  • lesieux
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High School Does an object with specific gravity equal to 1 float, sink or suspend?

  • Suarden
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Most beautiful science quotes you can think of

  • theoristo
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I feel like my passion for science is gone. IDK how to get it back.

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News Pitch drop experiment finally filmed at Trinity College

  • lisab
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Using steam to force out fumes in apartment

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Graduate Derivation of formula for capillary action

  • jd12345
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High School Physics activities for a maritime museum partnership

  • Gersty
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Average IQ of professional physicists/mathematicians?

  • Tim92G
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Introducing Myself: Learning About the Universe

  • CosmicEye
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Graduate How can we detect a human inside a sealed crate using physics?

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Know of any Funny Physics Jokes for Shirts?

  • digipony
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Graduate What is the latest breakthrough in stopping light?

  • MathJakob
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Undergrad Why does air flowing up a 60-foot inclined pipe exit drier and colder?

  • tejolson
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Undergrad Is the Law of Attraction Connected to Quantum Physics?

  • ArunX
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Graduate The Story of Energy, or How To Write Garbage

  • ZapperZ
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Who's the smartest living physicist?

  • theoristo
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Undergrad Why must the string be parallel to the horizontal plane in a friction experiment?

  • kiddiegrade
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High School Why did the crude oil train crash and explode in Canada?

  • arydberg
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Science museums, monuments and tours in europe

  • Fabric
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Why do new sneakers squeak and how to stop it?

  • nst.john
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Stephen Hawking warning that our extinction is on the horizon

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Graduate What did you get out of 1000 hrs. of Susskind lectures?

  • DiracPool
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Graduate What direction is a shrinking cube going + logical problem

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High School Does the nth harmonic always produce n loops in sound?

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High School Why multiplication produces new uniits but not addition or subtraction

  • jd12345
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Graduate Is it possible to calculate in physics with different sets of axioms?

  • silenzer
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High School Gravity Weaponry: Fact or Fiction?

  • darkxponent
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Graduate How do irrational numbers play a role in physics?

  • bhpv
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Can Protons Pass Through the Brain?

  • OmCheeto
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Undergrad Power needed to generate 42 PSI in a 7.3 cubic foot air chamber

  • daleb
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Undergrad Would a big enough manmade metal sphere have gravity?

  • ZionsRodeVos
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Undergrad Solving Oxygen Flow Rate Issue with One Cylinder

  • tacticsnz
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Graduate How Does Dr. Ian Chapman's Research Impact Nuclear Fusion Technology?

  • Astronuc
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Undergrad How can an isolated system be defined and applied in different contexts?

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Graduate Will quantum mechanics and relativity be superseded by future theories?

  • |mathematix|
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Undergrad How to Calculate Air Flow Through a 1/4 Inch Pipe at 90 PSI?

  • Norm Koster
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Looking to purchase some Mu Metal but

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