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Ideas for Rube Goldberg Everyday Objects
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High School Need help in determining formula for for fishing lure depth
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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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High School Do Dark or Light Colored Clothes Offer More UV Ray Protection?
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Solition Wave in Bose Einstein Condensate
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Undergrad Is The Road to Reality Too Difficult for Undergraduates?
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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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Physicists famous for not-physics
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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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High School What are the Chinese translations for common physics terms?
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Graduate Can Objects Escape a Hole Through a Planet Without a Core?
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High School Which is Denser, Liquid Water or Ice?
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High School Odd results from an incandescent bulb
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Undergrad Is There a Formula Linking Charge, Velocity, and Weight of a Molecule?
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Undergrad How Do I Determine Salt Density and Convert Voltage to Intensity for Graphing?
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News Looking for a Physics Comic Strip
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How to Make Such Thing: Tips to Solve the Puzzle
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Undergrad Would a Human in Space Be Pulled Toward the Sun Without External Forces?
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Undergrad Physical meaning of a fourier transform?
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High School Binding Energy makes life possible. Do you agree?
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High School Does mass directly affect gravitational pull in perfectly spherical objects?
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Graduate Help for a hypothesis about gravity etc
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Undergrad Will Fuel Burn Up Upon Re-Entry?
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Undergrad Creativity in Physics: Berkeley vs IIT
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High School Physics Olympiad: Links, Notes, Problems
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Graduate How Can Color Theory Modeling Be Applied to Avian Species Perception?
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Undergrad The Magnetic Force of 12-21-2012: Effects on Today's Technology
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Undergrad How Do Bonds Behave in Liquids?
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Graduate Torsion Field Question from a total newbie
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Graduate Molecular Simulation Research Ideas Needed
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Films about (fictional) physicists
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Did You Know Feynman Played the Bongos?
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Whispering Gallery at St. Paul church
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High School One What is the shortest wavelength you can hear?
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Undergrad Organ Pipes: Wave Reflection Explained
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Is it too late to learn advanced physics at 27 years old?
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Is There a List of Must-Watch Physics Documentaries?
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Graduate Physics of far from equilibrium systems and self organization
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Graduate QM in Early Universe: Would Rules be Different?
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Graduate Potential Risks of the Large Hadron Collider
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Undergrad How Do Cube Root Numbers Relate to the Fraction 1/8 in Determining Pitch?
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High School Why Did the Water Level Drop in a Sealed Graduated Cylinder?
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High School Digital and quantized signal, are one same thing?
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Where Can I Watch 'The Mechanical Universe...and Beyond' Online for Free?
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Graduate Getting an extra 22 nanoseconds out of life
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Graduate Can something massless be stationary ?
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High School Canceling out low frequencies noises (subwoolfers)
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Graduate Is Swapping Time and Light Concepts Valid in Physics?
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Undergrad Conceptual question about syphons
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Undergrad Resonance, standing waves and bass
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How Much of the Universe is Directly Observable?
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Undergrad Vacuum vs. Centrifuge - equivalence
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High School Ice sticking to the mould problem.
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High School Significant Numbers: Rounding Rules
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Undergrad What Modern Physics Concept Is Easiest to Understand?
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High School Making a stronger air flow using 2 fans
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High School What is Time? | General Physics Discussion
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Undergrad Understanding Intensity of Plane SHW in 1D, 2D, and 3D
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Graduate Is the scientific method limiting the potential of physics?
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Favourite Physics/Maths Related Pictures
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High School How fast can a ship travel at 525 gravities in space?
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Undergrad Phases of SHM & Wave Motion: Are They Equal?
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High School Can a *gas* be visible to the naked eye?
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High School How Can I Build a Stable Tower with Just Paper and Tape?
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Undergrad What is the relationship between sound wave compression and the Doppler Effect?
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Physicists & Habits: Stress-Induced Smoking, Drinking, & Coffee?
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FREE Materials Science Lecture Notes
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High School Finding Wavelength of mosquito wings
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High School What Happens Inside a Cathode Ray Tube During Electron Movement?
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High School Where Can I Find Detailed Physics Study Resources with Animations?
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High School Is the Russian Helicopter Death Ray Based on Multi-Beam Klystron Technology?
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High School Discover the Universal Physical Constants: Total Count and Dependencies
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Undergrad Can someone explain this physics passage and picture?
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Graduate Physics motivated POVs in the time problem
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Graduate Sonoluminescence experiment help
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High School Advantages of Radian Measurements
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Noisy Farts: A Puzzling Conundrum
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Graduate Is there any truth to this? FTL Gravity and EM Waves
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High School What is Energy? - Physics Forum Introduction
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Undergrad How Does Plasma Cosmology Explain the Sun's Function?
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High School How to Measure Height of Clouds with Binoculars, Camera, etc.
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Graduate What is the physics behind Ouija board experiences and the ideomotor principle?
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Graduate Schrodinger's cat filmed experiment
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Undergrad What Are the Fundamental Laws of Vibrating Strings?
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High School How does tension affect wave speed in different mediums?
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Undergrad Solving Problems Using Ratios: Tips & Tricks
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High School Physics Fun at Home: Share Your Ideas!
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Undergrad What Are the Values of Young's Modulus and Poisson's Ratio for Sand?
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High School The 7-Fold Paper Dilemma: Is There an Explanation?
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Can I Take Inflated Coffee Bean Bag on Plane?
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