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Components of Darkness: What Forms the Dark?
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Is There a Material Transparent to UV but Reflective to Visible Light?
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A gear that i don't know its name
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E-Field from Rotating Charged Rod: Cerenkov?
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Can someone explain this equation to me?
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Large Scale <-> Small Scale failure of intuition.
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Is a Mechanical Wave Just a Sinusoidal Graph of Particle Motion?
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Understanding Physics Beyond Equations: Seeking Help
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Can Objects Be Infinitely Divisible?
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How Do You Derive u=p/ρ₀c₀ and ρ=p/c₀² from 1D Wave Equations?
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How is energy of an isolated system defined ?
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Incompressible vs constant density fluid flow
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Using Formulas in Sentences for Physics Paper
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Gravity and ideas of how we can effect it on earth
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Kitchen Chemistry. Cooking pasta
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Ionization Blackout: Solutions for Rocketeers
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New Possibilities for Kagome-Lattice Antiferromagnet Excitations
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When does the normal force act on something?
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Want to know effect of differnet material on capillary action
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Calculating angle of thrown sand
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Center of Mass in Line Following Robot
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What Are the Higher Moments of Force and Their Role in Particle Motion?
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Please help me figure out what this graph is called
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Can Someone Explain What String Theory Is? (Simple Terms With Examples)
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Basic gyroscope question about replacing the flywheel with balanced masses
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Propeller - need to calculate the area
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Is the marble shot, fired, or thrown?
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Mystery Gear: Sodium Lamp + Tuning Fork Jig
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What happens to a shear wave at a solid/fluid boarder
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Proper equation for converting horizontal to vertical force on a taper?
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Functioning of a compound microscope
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Do one-dimensional signals truly exist?
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Does Phase Relationship Matter in AC Circuits and SHM?
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Submerged Objects: Is My Assumption Correct?
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Are the 4 Forces Really Interconnected?
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Lissajous figures and anisotropic oscillators
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Simple physics questions about Atoms and Quarks - Thanks
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Is Gravitation Necessary for Unification?
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Rigid Object In Static Equilibrium
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Weired Ice Cube - How'd it happen?
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Can Light Be the Perfect Reference Frame to Solve Problems of Reference Frames?
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Can Tachyons Enable Messages to the Past?
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How Does an Astronomical Telescope Form an Image at Infinity?
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Difference between Dark energy and Dark matter
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Why are Clouds White? Raman Effect & Rayleigh Scattering
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What happens to the helicopter when
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Is There Any Motion at Absolute Zero?
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Is it possible to push Earth down more than you weigh?
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Mach-Woodward Effect: New Experimental Measurement Setup Proposed
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Mass lost in a single fusion reaction
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Vibration Experiment. Equipment and Setup
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Confused about the principle of least action
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What Would Happen If You Drilled to the Other End of the Planet?
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Identify Stansi mystery lab gear from old lab
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Normal Force While Going Up Stairs
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The sky's red color during sunset and sunrise
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Real life tire mark analysis; help me prove I'm innocent
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What are the effects of overblowing on wind instruments?
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What happens when a large amount of antimatter gets in contact with matter ?
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Finding linear density at a given location along a rod
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Evolution of Physics: Could Physical Laws Change Over Time?
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Perpetual Battery with Pickup Coil and Magnents
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Question about the wave equation
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Ionized Air Propulsion: Is it Possible?
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What Are the Prerequisites for Beginning a Self-Taught Education in Physics?
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Representing violet with an RGB display
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Applying MGD for Racing - Practical Use with Physics and Math
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Angular Momentum & Precession: Harnessing Torque?
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Are Quarks Really Inside Protons?
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Solving Physics Questions: Scalars, Vectors, Displacement, Paths & More
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What is a reversible cyclic process?
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Trying to Express an Amount of Force
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Understanding Wider Viewing Angles: 96 Degrees & Critical Angle
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Doubling Computing Power Every Year: Where Will We Be in 50 Years?
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Why don't I get shocks on neutral wire?
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What is the energy ordering for d4 ions in a crystal field?
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What will the gravitational field inside the Earth be?
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How to justify the shell theory by using Gauss Law?
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Where can I learn all of this? Fluid Physics
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Does anyone have an document which contains all definitions of physics laws
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Can Multiverse Theory Impact Our Understanding of Universal Physics?
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Graph Plotting Q&A: Velocity & Acceleration Data
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Stoke's model of the luminiferous aether
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Fitting Pulsed NMR Data for Spin-Lattice Relaxation Time (T1)
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Intera: Understanding This Revolutionary Technology
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Driving Through a Rainbow: The Truth Behind This Phenomenon
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Need Help Finding Data Concerning the Pyrolysis and Smouldering of Materials
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Phase Shift vs Phase Shift Keying
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What is going on when a solar cell goes into reverse bias?
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I'm writing a program that simulates circular
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Calculating autocorrelation function
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Gyroscope Precession Explained: Simple Explanation
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Average Velocities and Musical Conducting?
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The existance of constant = lack of knowledge?
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Why an object has the color complementary to the color absorbed?
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Why Does Light Not Refract at a Convex Lens's Optical Center?
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Waveforms compatible with transmitting channel?
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Suggestions for a metal for use in a aural/kinesthetic exhibition
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Have I found the world's first endless source of energy?
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Why is there a central line in Zeeman effect?
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