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Undergrad Can Rayleigh–Bénard Convection Be Observed at Home?
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How much time do you spend on physics each day?
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Undergrad Why does the surafce of a liquid act as a stretched membrane?
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Graduate Are properties quantities or do properties have quantities?
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Good Quality Physics & Science Podcasts
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High School E =mc2. e = hf is it different?
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Undergrad Noise cancelling device, making one
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High School What Does It Really Mean to Touch Something at Macro and Nano Scales?
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High School Stationary waves and Resonance
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High School Why dont we explode when we go indoors?
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Undergrad What is the reason for the square attenuation?
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High School Flamethrowers: Why Do They Need Compressed Gas?
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Undergrad Is there any way to predict if a substance is flammable or not?
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High School Could someone explain this image to me?
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Undergrad Building A noise cancelling program.
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Undergrad Question about brightness temperatur​e
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High School How do transverse waves propagate through a string?
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Undergrad Measuring CO2 Solubility in Various Liquids: Experimental Setup Suggestions
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Undergrad Discover the Best Resources for Understanding Ocean Bathymetry Technology
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Average IQ of a physicist/mathematician
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Undergrad Why the laws of physics will eventually decay Moore's Law
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High School Where Did the Concept of Predicting the Universe's Future Originate?
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Retired physicist and enjoy discussing physics
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World class Physics and Bikinis Don't Mix
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Undergrad Doubts in Epitaph of Stevinus .
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Website / program speed of light simulation
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Undergrad Basic questions about signal processing and fourier analysis
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Where do you get your physics news and publications?
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Undergrad Confusion regarding SI base units
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Undergrad Question on why metal ions are remain stationary in the metal body
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Driving requires one to be a physicist
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Was the Hindenburg Disaster Caused by Static Electricity?
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Hangout With Cern: Lhc And The Grid
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Graduate Learn about the proof of Lamb-Chaplygin dipole
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Undergrad Converting CFM on an Anemometer help? 4.5 inch orifice on vacuum
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R.I.P. Donald Glaser (inventor of the bubble chamber)
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High School Preparing for Your First Physics Olympiad: Tips and Strategies for Success
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Graduate Occam's Razor in Different Fields of Physics
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High School What if there were no atmosphere
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High School Ideas Wanted: World's Simplest Physics Demos
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Let's rename Valentines day and call it Monopole day
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Undergrad Air Consumption Rate of Cylinder Actuators on SKG200 Valves
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Greatest work of physicist done in their 20s?
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Graduate Topics Not on Wikipedia: Special Relativity, General Relativity, etc.
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Graduate What Does the Equation K(q,q;T)=Ae(q,q;T/π) Mean?
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Looking for LHC cost-benefit analysis video online
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High School Energy Use, Storage & Expenditure: All You Need To Know
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High School Has anyone played a flight simulator that has also studied physics?
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High School Can Time Travel Ever Become Reality?
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Is the first 3 minutes the best pop sci book ever written
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Why Is Documenting Your Physics Research Essential?
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Hole in reality? Very strange experience I (we) had
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Is a Day Truly 24 Hours Long?
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Imperial measurements just feel better
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Undergrad Physics Project ( College/University )
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Graduate Solve Harmonic Wave Equation: Manish from Germany
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Global Particle Physics Photowalk Contest
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Graduate How much can we rely on theories?
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Good science/physics documentaries?
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Undergrad What is the meaning behind multiplication in Physics?
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High School Ruben's Tube - Is a one inch OD pipe okay?
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High School Help with a real life physics mystery
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Undergrad Difference between rule and law in physics
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Undergrad How Can a Particle Move Downwards and Be Displaced Upwards in a Wave?
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High School What Causes a Circular Hole in Snow on an Attic Skylight?
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Graduate Setup for the saturn effects of Kristian Birkeland's experiments
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Why Did My Gate Suddenly Transform?
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Graduate Langevin Equation in Plasma Media: Explained
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Graduate Low Wavelength and Photosynthesis
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Graduate Compressible flow in cylindrical coordinate
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High School Can Liquids Really Be Compressed Under Pressure?
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How do professional physicists think?
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Undergrad Help with Doppler effect radar question.
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High School How physicists were writting papers in the old times?
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What makes physics so fascinating and appealing?
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High School Where Can I Find Piezo Discs for My Project on Piezoelectricity in Canada?
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Undergrad What is the purpose of the exp[-(t^2)/2] term in Fourier transforms?
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Graduate Capillary Action and Young-Laplace
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High School Can I wire a piezo disk with detectors?
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Undergrad What is the Significance of Constraints in Relationships Between Variables?
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Graduate How has lithography evolved over the past 20 years in relation to Moore's laws?
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Graduate Resonant Frequencies from Fourier Analysis
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Undergrad Movitation For Definitions In Physics
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Graduate Could an Atmospheric Siphon Create a Self-Sustaining Effect?
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Undergrad Why do people associate red with hot and blue with cold
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High School How Can Moisture Be Introduced into the Air?
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High School Piezo Crystal Load vs. Current Values Explained
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Undergrad Understanding the Viscosity of Glycerine and Oil in Hydraulic Brakes
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High School What the heck is measured in m2 / s2?
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Undergrad Effect of wind shear on noise propagation
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Undergrad Sensitivity and Uncertainty in measurements
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Physics Quotes: Mind-Bending Ideas from Famous Physicists
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Graduate What is the minimum energy required to escape a gravitational field?
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High School Newton vs Einstein: Who Revolutionized Physics?
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Graduate What is the Fascination with Physics Beyond the Standard Model?
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High School Doppler Effect: Moving Objects & Wavelengths
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Suggestion needed for 3rd grade physics demonstation
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What Are Good Physics Books for Casual Reading?
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Graduate Does resonance have limit?+Fluid
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