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Undergrad Noise cancellation technique can be used to neutralize laser weapons?
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Insights How Well Do You Know Isaac Newton?
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Who Were Miguel Angel Virasoro and Steven Weinberg?
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Graduate The current state of physics and comparing it with the past
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High School Four fundamental forces of physics -- explanation for dummies please
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Superdeterminism ruined the significance of DCQE experiment
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Extremely rare "ball lightning" phenomena caught on video.
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Undergrad Can we calculate the efficiency and output of solar panels on an electron level?
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One who knows enough to think he is right, but not enought to.... ;)
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Help, new physics student looking for advice
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Best Platforms for Posting Word Problems on Physics Forums
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Do scientists have a social life?
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How can I find physics journals near me?
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Undergrad Why high Q factors have low phase noise
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High School Do all great scientists possess a genius level IQ ?
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High School Popular talks by PhD students, May 27
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High School Radon testing my first basement (already has a mitigation system)
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Undergrad Surfers Unaware of Shark Nearby: Drone Photo Captures the Moment
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Undergrad How can artificial gravity be created for space exploration?
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Future Nobel laureates in physics?
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Undergrad The problem with Mathematics in Physics
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Undergrad Telescoping antenna -- why is there a knob on top?
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Graduate Nobel laureates who may consider the multiverse hypothesis?
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High School Is Nuclear Energy Beneficial for the Future?
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Graduate The Future of Space Travel: Can We Protect Our Brains from Radiation on Titan?
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Undergrad What is the Role of U-235 in Nuclear Fission?
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Undergrad What are the biggest problems in the study of complex systems?
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Undergrad Negative Ease in knitting (both in flat rows and in rounds)
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High School Archimedes Strength: What Determines Strength?
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High School How Did You Prepare for the Physics Olympiad?
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High School Will Metal Obstruction Affect WIFI Reception of My Sonos One Speaker?
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Graduate Nuclear meltdown in 2015 on antineutrino map?
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Neil deGrasse Tyson said that your mind should be blown once a day
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Undergrad Looking for large dataset of non image-centric physics data
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Undergrad Question about data analysis and error
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Graduate Would Advanced Aliens Need Our Resources?
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Physical Valentine's Day -- quotes from particle physics magazine
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High School Why is fire colored orange and sometimes blue?
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Undergrad Different conceptions of pop physics
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Undergrad Why is the Sabine equation considered an equation, but not a law?
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High School Can I Use GIMP to Edit My Checkerboard Images for Synthetic Schlieren Imaging?
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How did Vanadium50 become a polymath in physics and computer science?
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High School The Purposes of Physics: Understanding the Fundamentals of Nature
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Trains Plowing Snow: Interesting Physics Videos
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News Miranda's Cliffs: Surviving a 12 Mile High Fall
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What is the reality of being a physicist?
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Movies that feature physics concepts
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Who was Martinus Veltman: Nobel Laureate and Physics Pioneer?
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High School Are ICTP and NORDITA international institutions (like CERN)?
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Graduate When Does Particle Population Size Shift from Microscopic to Macroscopic?
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High School Do you think quantified things exist in reality?
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High School Significant figures for special functions (square roots)
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Best scientific/physics magazines for laymen like me?
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Undergrad Viewing Distant Celestial Objects: Could Hubble Have Seen the Moon Landings?
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News Jack Steinberger: Nobel Laureate Passes at 99-1/2
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Graduate How does consciousness affect our perception of gravity during sleep?
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High School Is there a clever name for Newton's 2nd Law?
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Undergrad What are the real benefits of anion mode in air humidifiers?
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Graduate Understanding the mechanism of capillarity
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Undergrad Questions on Studying Computational Physics in Undergrads
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Undergrad Numerical Analysis or Computational Physics
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What Scientific Concept Was the Hardest For You to Comprehend?
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Undergrad How Does Touch Occur in the Brain in a Vat Hypothesis?
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Undergrad Pure Physicist - A physics simulator app
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#BlackInPhysics week (Oct 25 - 31, 2020)
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High School Why are serrated knives more effective than normal knives?
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Undergrad Why does wind blow leaves in circles?
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Graduate Examples of physics to maths and vice versa
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News More about the passing away of Mr Dyson
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Graduate 10 yrs at the LHC - a live talk organised by The Royal Institution
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Undergrad Favorite Physical Sciences Podcasts?
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Undergrad Perceived Height and actual height
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The nostalgic popular physics book that I can't remember its name
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Graduate 25 Years of the End of Science (or at least the end of physics?)
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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to....
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Graduate How to surround myself with other physicists/students outside of academia?
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Who Was John D. Barrow?
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Undergrad Will steam generated inside an oven not break it?
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Undergrad Sea breeze and Chinese lantern question
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Undergrad How Does Bryson DeChambeau's Physics Background Affect His Golf Game?
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RIP Joan Feynman: A Woman Scientist Ahead of Her Time
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Undergrad What does "m0 → 0" mean in physics
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Graduate Curious about how you've seen research work out
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Undergrad What do people mean when they say "Volts of charge"?
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High School Do physical (macroscopic) waves consist of matter?
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Undergrad How Can Non-Scientists Explore Ideas About Time and Dark Matter?
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Undergrad How to relate to math expressions that don’t have physical representations
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Graduate Recent Noteworthy Physics Papers
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Graduate Abour Riccardo Giacconi's opinion about the multiverse?
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News Discussing Eric Weinstein's Physics Views: Caveats & Qualifications
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High School Which Cleanroom ISO Class is suitable for Liquid Crystal research?
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Do you see any "spirality" in this picture?
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Graduate Curvilinear.... isn't that a strange word?
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Undergrad Unconventional methods for pumping down a vacuum chamber?
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Graduate What Particles Do Educators and Students Worldwide Favor?
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High School Do we need another language other than math?
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Undergrad What is the Meaning of First Principle in Chemistry?
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Undergrad Physics and Philosophy are intertwined....
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High School How Unique Is Our Voice in Nature?
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Graduate Software for cross section calculations using .cif files
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