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Is Chaos Truly Nonexistent in a Digital World?
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High School What Causes Air Bubbles to Form in Pools and Lakes?
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Graduate What areas in physics would you like the Theory of Everything to explain?
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High School What physicist said SR would be garbage by 1945?
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Undergrad How Does Pascal's Principle Affect Fluid Dynamics and Comfort in Bedding?
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Graduate How time did Einstein waste on a unified field theory
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Graduate What exactly do we mean by nothingness? Im asking about when this
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Undergrad What is the difference between t0 and ti?
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Undergrad Does Low Resolution Compromise Measurement Accuracy?
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High School Why does diffusion always go down the concentration gradient?
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High School Mass vs Size: Does Size Affect Mass?
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Undergrad What is the size and behavior of atoms in relation to celestial bodies?
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High School Help with liquid transfer through tube
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Undergrad Understand Phase & Dimension: Self-Taught Guide
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Undergrad What Are First and Second Order Changes?
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Why Do Scientists Prefer the Kelvin Scale for Temperature Measurements?
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Graduate Units of Volume in Deriving Boltzmann Constant
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High School Wax Rubbed on Paper: Why Paper Becomes Translucent
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Undergrad Cathode Ray Tube: Explaining Phenomena with Green Beam and Fluorescent Glow
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High School Why are we able to feel the textures of objects.
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My friend is insufferable and thinks astro is a waste of time
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Undergrad Measuring Length, Area & Volume: Classical vs Quantum Physics
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Writing questions out is better than asking them
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Graduate Planck time/length infinite and defined?
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High School Are ghosts real or just a scientific phenomenon?
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Undergrad What Is the Best Motion Analysis Setup for Simple Physics Experiments?
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Undergrad How Should We Mine Asteroids: Robots or Humans?
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Undergrad Is the Cheerios Effect Analogous to Gravity?
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Graduate Fastball Physics: Relativistic Baseball
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Graduate Idea to intercept alien communications
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How Can Someone with a Disability and a Passion for Physics Find Fulfillment?
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High School What is between the erath and the moon?
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Graduate Wetness of object after submerging in fluid
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High School What is the mysterious particle that caused a solar paradox?
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Feynman diagram tattoo suggestion
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Undergrad Scientific principles involved in Pan flute
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Undergrad Why is the range of gravity considered infinite?
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Undergrad Is There a Software for Simulating Capillarity Action in Various Shaped Tubes?
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Graduate Can Magnet Doors Launch a Spaceshuttle into Outer Space Without Using Fuel?
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Graduate Understanding dE = d slash Q + d slash W Notation: Explained by Experts
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Undergrad Is Telekinesis Scientifically Possible?
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Undergrad Why Does Moving Medium Not Change Detected Frequency?
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Undergrad Where Do Optics and Photonics Fit in the Classification of Physics?
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Graduate How to calculate the bonding force due to wringing effect in slip guages
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Undergrad Can Branching Capillary Increase Water Height?
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Getting Help with Patent Funding for Climate Research
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News Proof of 'God particle' found (?)
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Undergrad What is the Effect of Ferrofluid Surfactant on Particle Repulsion?
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Can matter be perceived directly?
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Undergrad Expert Advice: Essential Physics Topics for Undergraduate Students
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Did Albert Einstein Say "Everything is Energy"?
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Graduate Can We Identify Precise Margins Between Phases in Biphase Material Imaging?
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High School What are some nice modern physics experiment that I can do?
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High School Does anybody know what this apparatus is for?
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High School Why is Air Invisible to the Naked Eye?
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Undergrad Does Running in the Rain Keep You Drier?
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Graduate How Can I Get My Physics Theory Published?
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Graduate What is the name for a curve similar to a blackbody radiation curve?
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High School Portal Physics Scenario: A or B? Input from Physics Forum Community
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Undergrad Forum Etiquette inquiryIs it rude to ask how to design a home project?
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What Does Nothingness Really Mean?
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Undergrad What Are Some Recommended Review Articles in Physics?
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If you had nothing pressing to do, would you look at the ISS?
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Graduate The problem of infinite divisibility and how QE sheds some light
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High School How Long Is the Piano String for the 3rd Harmonic?
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High School Why do planes cause vibrations on the ground as they fly pass?
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Graduate Is there a Young-Laplace equation for solids and gases?
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Graduate Is the allotropy of nitrogen tetranitrogen,
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Undergrad Is Relying on Integral Tables Over Manual Calculation Common in Physics Careers?
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Graduate Metropolis Algorithm and integration volume
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Undergrad A couple questions about gravity
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High School Join two broke pieces of the same material
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High School What happens to a fan inside a system without air?
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High School Should the Rear Wheel Be Larger on Cars?
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High School Physical Quantities: Distinguishing Scalars & Vectors
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An observation regarding pop sci books
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Graduate Should luminous intensity be a fundamental unit?
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High School Air Density vs Height above Earth
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High School When anti-matter and matter collide are they destroyed?
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Undergrad Is our solar system in danger from the galactic rift?
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High School What Is the Best Website for Beginners to Learn Physics?
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Atoms: Do They Die & Where Does It Lead?
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