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What is the biggest most fundamental question in all of physics?
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Graduate The shock required to detonate C4
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High School What are the physics behind the internet?
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Graduate Was the faster-than-light neutrino result a mistake caused by a loose cable?
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Undergrad Linear wave equation vs. linear system
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High School Electricity Poll: which way were you taught?
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Undergrad What Are the Laws of Nature and How Do They Explain Similarities Among Entities?
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Undergrad Should I Learn Calculus Before Teaching Myself First Year Physics?
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High School Ice Floats: Understanding the Law of Flotation
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Physicist alive today who you believe deserve a nobel prize
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High School Why do people think physics is so hard?
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Understanding the Damaged Back of an Old Record/TV Console
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Graduate Can Lorentzian Relativity Unify Quantum Mechanics and Einsteinian Relativity?
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High School Least Count of a Vernier Calliper
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Did This Short Film Break the Laws of Physics?
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Graduate What's the Term for Spinning an Olive in a Glass Without Touching It?
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High School What is the number of significant digits in a integer with trailing 0's ?
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High School What Is Delta Δ and Why Do We Use It?
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Undergrad What is the precise definition of a year?
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Graduate The science behind the so called Philadelphia Experiment ?
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Graduate Are there any new states of matter yet?
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High School Can you manipulate any formula in Physics?
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Undergrad What does negative resistivity mean
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Undergrad What is the Partial Derivation Question in Mary Boas's Book?
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Graduate What Are Perturbations and How Do They Affect Cellular Aging Models?
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Looking for Physics Enthusiasts? Join Me!
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High School Here is an excerpt i found on the web. Ernest Rutherford, born on
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Graduate Are there any books describing only experiments?
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Physics Docs: Recommendations on Cosmology, Astronomy & Theory
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Undergrad What are the key differences between linear and non-linear waves?
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High School What Is the Opposite of Dense?
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Undergrad How does density affect pressure in longitudinal waves?
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Graduate Cnoidal Waves vs Solitons: Understanding the Differences
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Can someone explain why this works?
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Undergrad Why No Noise is Added to Sound Travel Through a Wall?
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What's a funny physics invention for making a charlie chaplin film?
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Graduate Radial Breathing Mode for hollow cylinder - formula needed
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Undergrad What is the g-force of a car stopping on a dime?
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High School Why is sound different in lower temperatures
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High School Different between Wandarama and Fun Fly Stick?
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Undergrad What are the fundamental physical units of measure ?
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What Letter is the Circled One? - Bob
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High School Home applications that use a solenoid?
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Undergrad How Does Air Pressure Behave in Vibrating Wind Instruments?
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Undergrad What hidden gems can be found on archive.org for physics enthusiasts?
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High School How Does Resonance Occur with Wavelength and Layer Thickness?
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Undergrad Can You Ionize Hydrogen in This New Shoot the Electron Game?
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High School Can two things happen at EXACTLY the same time?
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Graduate Why is my N-Body Simulation in Matlab Showing Errors?
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Graduate How Do Garrett Lisi's Theories Challenge Current Physics Paradigms?
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Undergrad Understanding Error Bars on Least Squares Fit Line
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Undergrad How Do I Combine Measurement Uncertainties?
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High School Mysteries of the Bright Red Cloudy Sky
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MHB Why are the most famous scientists physicists and not mathematicians?
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High School Why is 4 ∏ in so many physics formulas?
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Undergrad Sanity check for earth launched moon pod
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Graduate Special Cases for Gravity Force Inside Solid Objects
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Undergrad DUARS Satellite Re-Entry: Impressive Light Show & Potential Debris Threat
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A Revolutionary Invention: The "Owie Stick
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Are there any formulae that involve decibels?
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High School Can I Block Signals in My House for Better Sleep and Health?
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High School What do you call this kind of attraction?
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Graduate Why is Mathematics so successful in Physics?
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High School Did Blaise Pascal Experiment with a Barrel?
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Graduate Is a Fractal Dimension of 0.65 Possible in Nonlinear Oscillator Systems?
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Graduate How to Find the B Matrix in Matlab for Wavelet Basis Functions?
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Undergrad What Causes Unusual Cloud to Cloud Lightning?
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High School What Would an Explosion in a Vacuum Look Like?
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High School What are the meanings of cm^2 and cm^3 in the metric system?
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Graduate Einstein's Quote: Reality Is an Illusion
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High School Primary School Teacher Seeks Evidence of Thick Materials & Sound Insulation
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Graduate Nonsensical representation of gravity
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High School What Are the Basic Principles in Various Fields?
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High School The illusion of the hanging aircraft
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Undergrad Efficient Ways to Verify Answers in Physics and Engineering Problems
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Graduate Energy of an axisymmetric fluid jet
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Graduate Is Ed Witten the "Greatest Theorist"?
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Graduate Levi-Civita Symbol Exchange: LT or Leprous Tyrannosaurus?
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Question about a question about Ch 1 physics
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News Is PASCO Overcharging for Educational Equipment?
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Graduate Is there anything in the physical world that is actually random even
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High School Vectors of 3 components (3 dimensions)
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