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High School Does Mass Have Volume? Photons Too?
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High School Understanding Waves: Is There Hope?
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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?
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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?
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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 What happens when you pluck a guitar string?
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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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Searching for Physics Experts in the San Francisco Bay Area
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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 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 Calculating Net PE in Ions: A & B Constants
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Graduate Is There a Deeper Explanation for Coincidence in Physics?
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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 Understanding Shock-Wave Propagation in Air: Impact and Observations Explained
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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 Atoms: Adding to Universe & Changes Explained
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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 My neighbor's friend discovered the Neutron Dipole Moment
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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?
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Very comprehensive encyclopedia-like webpages on Physics/Math/other sciences
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Is physics the easiest science to develop?
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High School Is this electricity science or a HOAX?
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High School Getting Started with Wave Physics: A Beginner's Guide
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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 Help with Right Ascension and Hour Angle
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Undergrad Exploding Soap Bubbles: A question of gasses.
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High School What are audio sampling signals?
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What Happens When Physics Meets Microwaves in a Summer Honors Program?
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Undergrad Can Energy Be Converted to Mass?
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Undergrad Unit Conversion: How to Find Volts/kRPM for Motor Modeling with 245 RPM/Kv Value
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Graduate Do Objects in Motion Share the Same Time Reference?
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Graduate A doubt about Indian EE aspirant physicists
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I had a funny thought when i was vacuuming. I was vacuuming dust
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Undergrad Is the Gravitational Acceleration on Jupiter Different from Calculated Values?
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High School Is the Atom and its particles proven?
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2010 Rudolf Ortvay Competition in Physics Prize Winner
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The best physics conversation you've had with a novice
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Graduate Is theoretical physics becoming a new dogma in the scientific community?
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Undergrad Is There Destiny? - Can We Predict the Future?
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Mythbusters & Physics: Surprising Experiments
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Undergrad What Are the Physical Applications of Matrices?
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High School Treadmill vs Free Running: Which is Better for Your Health?
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Undergrad I'm trying to find what is true, what is myth and what is as yet
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High School Converting cm to cm-1: How to Calculate 1/37
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High School (I'm 14 and still learning physics so I obviously don't know as much
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High School Can a Wineglass Shatter from Two Notes?
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