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Graduate Dark Matter: Waste or Unknown Substance?

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Undergrad Why do inertial mass and gravitational mass need to be equivalent?

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Graduate River flow on a planet or large object.

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Graduate Is Source Code Film's Interpretation of Quantum Physics Flawed?

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High School Teen uses Fibonacci sequence to make solar energy breakthrough

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Undergrad Equation required to calculate exponential rate

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High School Longitudinal and transverse wave propagation

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High School Where to get feedback on a physics study of weather and ice

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Graduate Integral of dp² with boundaries Ps and P0

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Graduate Is the Cometary Debris Theory of the Chicago Fire Pseudo-Science?

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Undergrad How much compressed air is needed to raise a sunken vessel at 50 feet depth?

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High School Are Earthquakes Induced by Human Activity or Extraterrestrial Factors?

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High School How can we consider this one direction?

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Graduate Physicists DO have a sense of humor

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Undergrad Line integrals distance elements

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Graduate What does "integrating out" mean in physics?

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Graduate Is It Too Late to Learn General Relativity at 50?

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Undergrad Units Question: Avagadro's Constant

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Undergrad How Do You Find the Derivative in Physics?

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Graduate Would special relativity have been discovered without Einstein?

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High School Does Mass Have Volume? Photons Too?

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High School What are waves and how do we detect them?

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Photo of Orion Nebula Taken 2 Weeks Ago

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Graduate Will the Theory of Everything Mark the End of Physics?

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High School Do square, sawtooth, and triangular waves exist in nature?

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Best Graduate schools for Physics

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High School What Is Phase in Physics?

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Graduate Fundemental quesitons within physics

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Is Plausible Magic Possible in a Tenth-Century Setting?

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High School Why Is a Soap Bubble Formed?

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Undergrad At what size do turbines stop becoming efficient?

  • Kidphysics
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Graduate The sinking of the Scorpion SSN 589

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High School Naming of electron photon messon bosson proton?

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High School Is Energy Finite? thoughts ideas

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Undergrad Directed Distance in Coordinate Geometry: Sign Convention

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Undergrad Producing a vacuum using a turbine?

  • jimhebert
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Why Are Physicists Obsessed with Hiking?

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Can caskets really explode underground due to gas buildup?

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High School Hidden boxthe under the surface of earth is missing

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Undergrad Object visibility and size-to-distance ratios

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Graduate Historically Important Problems in Physics

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High School Why we not get attracted by pyramid ?

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High School Thunderstorms and Cars: Is Your Vehicle at Risk?

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Undergrad Why does a plucked guitar string produce multiple harmonics?

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High School What exactly are electrogravitics?

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High School How Do Lithium Batteries Power Our Devices?

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Graduate Fast fourier transform on exponential decay function

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High School What happen if everything in earth becomes steady?

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Graduate Uncertainty of room mode frequencies

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Finding physics speakers for Bay Area college club

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Is Physicsforums Crackpot Bingo a Fun Way to Spot Suspected Crackpots?

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Undergrad Can Matter Really Have Negative Energy?

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What happens to your tongue when you lick a frozen aluminum ice cream scraper?

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Graduate Could Mirror Matter Explain Human Consciousness?

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Graduate Iisc interview for integrated Phd(physics)

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High School If the moon suddenly vanished, what would people on earth experience?

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Graduate Sharpening knife edges, what is actually going on?

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Graduate Is it realistic to finish a classical electrodynamics book in 2 months?

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Experimental Evidence for Conciousness as the Fifth Force.

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Graduate What are things that are expected to be discovered ?

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High School What Are the Consequences of Damage to the Ionosphere?

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Undergrad What is the smallest particle ever detected by scientists?

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Graduate Identifying Proper Photocathode Material

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Movie/game physics you wish would be accurate

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High School Using theoretical science within my book (graphic novel) ADVISE

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Undergrad What is the purpose/significance of doing a FFT on a signal?

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Graduate What Is Perspective Beyond Optics?

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Time travel not possilbe anymore?

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Undergrad What will be the Combined value of solar absorptivity?

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High School Universal Gravitational Constant

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Photo Contest - You Cannot Violate The Laws Of Physics (7/16-7/22)

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Undergrad What are the A and B constants in ionic potential energy?

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Graduate Is There a Deeper Explanation for Coincidence in Physics?

  • Inquirer1
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Undergrad Understanding Doppler Shift Equations for Calculating Object Velocity

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Graduate Feynman is more important than Bohr

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Einstein's Nordic Assembly Speech,Einstein Quotations Etc.

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Graduate What Are the Units of the Green's Function in the Wave Equation?

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My First Pics of Jupiter - Terrible But Awesome!

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High School What are the 6th and 7th states of matter?

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Undergrad Where Can I Find Challenging Classical Physics Problems Online?

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Graduate Do shock waves from different explosions converge to the same shape at distance?

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High School Would a pile of feathers weigh the same as a pile of gold at Earth's center?

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High School Calculating Pond Evaporation: Is Floating Glass a Good Idea?

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High School Are atoms ever added to the universe?

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How Did Femme_physics Celebrate the 999th Post Milestone?

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Undergrad Why Do Things Affect Each Other in the Universe?

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High School Pipe C - More Water Pressure: Solve Puzzle

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Undergrad How bright can sonoluminescence be?

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High School What is the affect of moon on tides?

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Graduate Evaluating a theory connecting quantum mechanics and consciousness

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High School How does a wave pass thru a medium?

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Undergrad Venturi tube obeys ideal gas law?

  • parislad
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Comprehensive online resources for physics and mathematics

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Is physics the easiest science to develop?

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High School How does a light illuminate without a complete circuit?

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High School Learning waves after studying motion

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Graduate When will be the next big leap foreward?

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Graduate Can a bacteria be described by physics?

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Graduate Calculating right ascension from celestial longitude and other variables

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Undergrad Exploding Soap Bubbles: A question of gasses.

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