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Bad Science in Movies: Examples & Reviews
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Graduate Maxwell's Equations: Exact or Approximate?
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High School What does this word mean in physics language?
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Graduate Is Gravity Shielding Possible on the Moon and Mars?
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Graduate Ground Roll Identification and Fresnel zone
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Undergrad How Does D'Alembert's Solution Explain Physical Phenomena?
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High School Physics & Music: Finding Conversion Formula
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High School Noob Asks: Can Spinning Cheat or Delay Gravity?
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Undergrad Can Physics Disprove Horoscopes?
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Undergrad How Can a Computer Engineering Student Start Learning Rocket Design?
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What Would Happen if the Sun Suddenly Stopped Emitting Energy?
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High School Can Inert Gases Be Made Visible?
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Graduate Ferrofluids: do they produce a force?
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High School Grade 12 Physics Student Seeking Experiment Ideas
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Graduate How to involve people in high energy physics?
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Graduate Can Physics Be Made Fully Axiomatic?
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Filling petrol in the day or night
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Undergrad Resonant frequincy of capped cylinders
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High School Archimedes' Death Ray: Myth or Reality?
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Undergrad Air Displacement: Is It Possible?
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High School Look at Ice Through a Microscope - Charlie
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Undergrad How will fusion solve all the world's energy problems?
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RIP John Wheeler: Remembering a Great Scientist
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Physicists and Their Social Interactions: Breaking Stereotypes
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Undergrad How Does Quantum Physics Challenge the Law of Attraction?
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Graduate Transitioning to Quantum Mechanics and Relativity: A More Accurate Approach?
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Graduate Will There Ever be a Definitive Answer to the Quantum Interpretation Debate?
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Graduate How do you convert vibrating silicon atom frequencies to energy in meV?
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Theory of Everything: Videos with Michio Kaku & Walter Lewin
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High School Why Does Gravity Make My Feet Stay on the Ground?
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Bad Movie Physics: The Science Behind the Disasters
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Melt Ice Quickly: Best Ways to Do It
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Was Niels Bohr Closed-Minded About Quantum Mechanics?
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Is Having Kids Necessary for Success as a Physicist?
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High School Explaining the Difference Between 58deg N of E and E 58deg N
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Undergrad Concept Question about Resonance and Oscillations
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Undergrad What is the absolute shortest distance a plane can take from JFK to LAX?
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High School Six Flags Magic Mountain Physics Day Solutions?
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Undergrad How did Richard Feynman approach integration with a different set of tools?
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What Objects Behave Like Donuts in Certain Circumstances?
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High School Can Argon Gas Remove Oxygen from Liquid?
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High School What Form of Energy Converts Most Efficiently to Electrical Energy?
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High School Find Weight of Passenger Jet Plane
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High School What does alpha symbol mean?
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Graduate Seeing the past future and possible in an image.
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Undergrad Why does 90 degrees equal arccot(300/1000)?
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High School Is Amplification of Energy a Valid Concept in Ecology and Green Energy?
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Graduate Are Extra Dimensions Just Mathematical Mumbo Jumbo?
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High School Telekinesis Not Physics: Trick Photography or Static Movement?
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Undergrad Why Do All Known Life Forms Thrive in Oxygen-Rich Environments?
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Discover the Innovative Trap Technique by Frans Michel Penning
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High School Converting Between MKS and CGS Unit Systems: Tips and Tricks?
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High School Why does smoke always rise upwards?
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Undergrad How Does Pi Relate to Non-Circular Equations?
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Ideas for Rube Goldberg Everyday Objects
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High School Optimal Notations for Writing Numbers: 2.234e6 vs 2.234M in Physics Community
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Undergrad Resistors become insulators at some high temp.
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Solition Wave in Bose Einstein Condensate
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High School Can Styrofoam Support Heavy Loads?
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Graduate How Do Asymmetric Capacitors Achieve Lift?
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Physics: Guessing a Solution - Einzats Spelling
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Undergrad The Kaye effect - Leaping Shampoo
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Graduate Tachyon Pistols: A Fun Little Paradox
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Where Can I Find a Quality Dewar Flask for Under $400?
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Undergrad Why Is Weather Considered a Chaotic System?
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High School Doppler wavelength shift equation
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Beware the tidal bulges: We'll be devoured very soon
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Undergrad Should linear regression always be forced through the origin?
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High School Basic physics- chain strength question.
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