Participate in expert physics discussion. Discussion on the nature and properties of matter and energy. This area is for topics that don't fit the other categories. Mainstream physics only.
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Graduate Mixing kinetic and hydrodynamic descriptions in plasma models
- zaki belh
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High School Stereo separation of vocals and instruments in Yellow Submarine
- Newton Lopes
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Graduate Proxima Centauri Observing with JWST
- robphy
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Physicist monkey and vending machine story
- Ayaya
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Undergrad Are Lab Experiments with Strong Magnetic Fields and Plasma Expensive?
- avpol
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Undergrad Can Conservation of Energy Be Applied to the Expanding Universe?
- zuz
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Graduate Should we hit Mars with The Behemoth Comet?
- tsmspace
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High School What is the underlying phenomenon of waves?
- accdd
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Undergrad What is the function of the air cavity inside drums?
- Aethermimicus
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Quora question: Did Richard Muller ever meet Richard Feynman?
- jedishrfu
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High School What are some free and legal video lectures for first year physics?
- sponsoredwalk
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Potential for progression at now age 70
- Martyn Arthur
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Undergrad Infrared Photovoltaics: Powering Ham Radios & Cooling Earth?
- J3J33J333
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What is the best free website for publishing my articles on astrophysics?
- Abbas Khaleghi
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Graduate Can an AI language model write about quantum mechanics interpretations?
- mitchell porter
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High School Everything Energy? My Thoughts on the Question
- Lisastronomy
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High School Is there anything such as "Magazine of Physics problems"?
- LCSphysicist
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Undergrad Why does the effect linger with Glow in the dark?
- pinball1970
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Undergrad Aviation Enthusiast's Tale of Ruining a Flight Sim
- Field physics
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High School Can Neon Signs Emit Harmful X-Ray Radiation?
- Trifux
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High School Why don't humans orbit the Earth?
- Prog47
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High School Why isn't the Earth's core a gas?
- yohanblake
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Undergrad Experimenting to Answer Research Q's
- Nakul Iyer
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Undergrad Where does rest-mass energy fit among kinetic and potential energy?
- Green dwarf
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Graduate How Can Investing, Athletics, and Physics Intersect in Your Life?
- Field physics
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Creating physics content for social media platforms
- AstroJH
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Why do donut holes fall faster than donuts?
- .Scott
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Undergrad Intermediate axis theorem and the tennis racket flip
- CPW
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What are theoretical physicists employed to do?
- Hacker Jack
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Undergrad Discussing Information Theory with non-scientists
- Anko
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Undergrad Why aren't UV lasers being used in warfare?
- Mike S.
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Undergrad What wavelength can penetrate soil to 15 feet?
- Gold Dredger
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Undergrad What is meant by 'affine' model in physical sciences?
- feynman1
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Undergrad Is anything in the physical world infinite?
- LightningInAJar
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High School Why are things the color they are?
- Kyran
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High School Distance between two points on Earth doesn't increase with altitude?
- biologist
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RIP Eugene Parker - Legendary Solar Scientist (1927-2022)
- robphy
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Graduate Being careful with semantic arguments in physics
- .Scott
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High School Why exactly do we need the gravitational constant?
- Keith Koenig
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High School Why is gravity only attractive while electromagnetism can be repulsive?
- Narandi
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Graduate KE of photo-electron and nominal interest rate
- Hall
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Graduate Finding length scale from ISS water droplet coalescence video
- member 428835
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Graduate Implications of a "theory of everything"
- Physics Slayer
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Why isn't Geophysics a division of the APS?
- AryaKimiaghalam
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Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer film and atomic bomb physics
- ergospherical
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High School Can Inductive Reasoning Explain the Movement of Strings on Spools and Bikes?
- leafy
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Undergrad What makes Cassiopeia A a fascinating supernova remnant from the 17th century?
- Nugatory
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High School Can Himalayan Salt Dissolve in Candle Wax?
- Tamtam
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Graduate UAP Report and the Standard Model
- Cobul
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Graduate Does Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter support the Multiverse hypothesis?
- Suekdccia
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Graduate Does Quantum Entanglement Define Our Existence?
- wavques
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Graduate Increasing confidence in theoretical calculations
- ergospherical
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Graduate Ideas in physics used for creating art
- dariushde
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Undergrad Rotational Orientation of Monatomic Gas: Angular Momentum Effects
- InkTide
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High School Why does a specific temp feel different inside depending on the temp outside?
- CDrush
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Undergrad Could the Universe's Infinite Nature Align with Thermodynamics?
- willard
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Are Next Generation CMB Satellites on the Horizon?
- Lameguy
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High School Is there something happening below 0°C in this daily temperature graph?
- Andrea Vironda
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Graduate Tonga eruption shockwave and weather station(s) in Poland
- Borek
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High School Power surge video - why does the spark travel?
- Borek
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Graduate Did Michio Kaku Agree with Max Tegmark's Mathematical Universe Hypothesis?
- Suekdccia
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Undergrad Application of failure criteria to viscoelastic materials
- Gekko12
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Stephen Hawking is the Jan 8, 2022 Google Doodle
- robphy
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Undergrad A kind of strange Underwater Air Bubble question
- CS_SJ
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A collaboration between different forums (PF and audio)
- arivel
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Undergrad Usage of First Order Elastic Constants in Soft Body Equations
- doenn1616
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Examples of really famous female physicists?
- Suekdccia
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High School How do the Ivanpah Solar Power Towers work?
- symbolipoint
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Graduate The value of popular science in physics education
- ergospherical
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Accurate depiction of cosmological redshift?
- Kwantumnaut
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Undergrad Do you have an example of a truly random phenomenon?
- The_Baron
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High School Beam of air: Extending the range of a fan
- Anachronist
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Some questions for working Physicists from a curious young Physics student
- Flying_Cookie
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Undergrad What are your favourite physics/mathematics misconceptions?
- ergospherical
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High School Space propulsion without mass ejecting
- leafy
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The Feynman Lectures: Physics Gift for Your Son
- Dr. Courtney
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An alternative to the word 'Schlieren'?
- Galexy
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Undergrad Designing parabolic dish and feedhorn
- GhostLoveScore
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High School Simple Acoustics Question -- Which neighbor hears the other better?
- alex282
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High School Does magnetizing iron and cobalt require the same mechanical power?
- Emeth
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Undergrad Can you practically measure an infinite amount of some quantity?
- MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad Is there any physicist doing research who was once an astronaut?
- Suekdccia
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Graduate What exists in a perfect vacuum?
- Bullhead
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Graduate Interacting with the fourth dimension?
- Bullhead
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Undergrad What Are the Lesser-Known Subjects Studied in Physics?
- LightningInAJar
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Undergrad Can iron filings cause permanent eye damage?
- durhamer
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Graduate Preparing for the Next Big CME: Detection and Mitigation Strategies
- jedishrfu
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High School What can I say about this dentist light lens?
- mcastillo356
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Graduate What are the rational solutions to the square root of four?
- MathematicalPhysicist
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High School What if I could see in radio instead of light?
- DaveC426913
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2021 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for climate modeling
- Blackberg
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Undergrad Can one Nobel Prize span completely different domains like complex systems?
- hacivat
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Future Italian Nobel laureates in physics?
- Suekdccia
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Undergrad Gage Block Physics: Is It Understood?
- James William Hall
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Graduate Can Earth be moved out of the Sun's way during its red giant phase?
- Dennis Plews
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Undergrad The role of mathematics in physics
- PeroK
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Graduate Physical Meaning of Time Inverse
- Antonio Lao
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RIP Thanu Padmanabhan: Legendary Physicist at Age 64
- George Jones
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Is the JETP Server Down or Has the URL Changed?
- Nicco
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High School Why can't we just recycle polluted air?
- ayami123
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