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High School Why Inverted Candles Don't Burn: Explained
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Undergrad Computing the Volume of a Negative Sphere: Formula and Implementation
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Undergrad What Connects Mass, Energy, and Time Translations?
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High School Physics equations with deffinitions?
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What Happens When You Jump into a Hole from the North Pole to the South Pole?
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High School Can Paper Really Move With Your Mind?
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High School What is the Pattern for Solving X^2 and X^3 Equations?
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Graduate What is the application of the artificial feel equation in robotics?
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Undergrad What is Nothing vs Absolutely Nothing?
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High School How Do You Calculate the Volume of a Scuba Tank with a Hemispherical End?
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Undergrad The Geomagnetic Reversal: Its Effects on Earth
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High School What is Gravity? Philosophies & Theories
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Graduate Is Ignorance Essential to Discovering the Mysteries of Physics?
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High School Why Does Metal Melt but Wood Doesn't?
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Can Herbs Really Cure AIDS and Cancer?
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Movie Physics Reviews: Check Out Intuitor.com
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Can't imagine something that is colorless
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Graduate Physics and AxiomizationCan the principles of physics be axiomatized?
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Undergrad Recommendations for Physics book?
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The Theory of No Choices: Do Humans Always Return to Their Original Path?
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High School Waves of any sort do not transfer mass
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Discovering Happiness: The Truth Revealed
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Someone said that the earth is hollow. Is this possible?
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High School Pythagorean Theorem: Simplifying with Ab/Ab + Bc/Bc = Ac/Ac
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How to get someone interested in physics?
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What if humans were artificial life forms (heh, and aliens for sure)?
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Graduate Acoustic Mirrors, Waveguides & Interference Effects
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Graduate How does physics allow for the existence of observers?
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Graduate Relational Theory II: Understanding Reality & Physical Systems
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High School Solar Energy: Cooling with Solar Panels
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Graduate The Foundations of a Non-Naive Mathematics
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Graduate Reigniting the Cold Fusion Debate: MIT Professor's Quest
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Undergrad How Do Music Frequencies and Harmonies Interact in Physics?
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Are Physicists Just Like Everyone Else?
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High School Advanced placement physics books
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Graduate What should I learn to understand quantum physics and mechanics?
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Undergrad How Is Total Resistance Calculated in a Cubic Resistor Network?
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High School Can I Self-Study and Score a 4 or 5 on the AP Physics B Exam?
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Einstein had 6 papers Published in 1905.
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Double Major in Math & Physics: Advice from an Insane Person
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High School Manhattan Project Impact: Positive & Negative Consequences
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Undergrad Need some historical documentation
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High School The physics most common in your life
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High School Pulls: What They Are & How They Can Help You
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Discover the Importance of Knowing Them
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Graduate Please scrutinize my symmetric concept.
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Undergrad Physics? Where to be to study Right?(Help)
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High School Scientific law named after first name
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High School Free Energy Tell me how my design is flawed
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Graduate BCS Theory Disproven - Credible Source Physicsweb or Scientific American
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Time Machine's to be kept clean at all time's. Memo
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Undergrad Freak waves are real: A lesson in objectivity
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Lost in Cyberspace: Can't Find HyperSpace Posts
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Undergrad What is Spintronic? What effects will it have on our lives?
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Undergrad How Do Harmonics Affect Violin String Vibrations?
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Graduate A modern object described in ancient texts: Evidence of Time Travel
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Questioning Einstein's Theories: Time to Move On?
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How does loud music and noise affect hearing?
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High School New to Forum - Toya Seeks Advice on Physics Course
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Undergrad How do you tell the difference between fundamental forces?
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Graduate Accepted Lies vs. Half-Truths: Why Do We Choose?
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High School Explain the Cause of Spin in Billiards
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Undergrad What Makes Laws Definitly Right No Matter What?
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Graduate Did Stephen Hawking Admit He Was Wrong About Black Holes?
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Graduate Connection between ppm and length?
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Undergrad How Can a Physics Student Find Practical Experience During Summer Break?
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High School Discovering 3-Dimensional Figures and Their Role in Space Exploration
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Graduate Is Quantum Physics Understood Through Our Senses?
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Is the Theory of Everything Incomplete Without Including God?
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Undergrad What Causes Mysterious Reflections and Lights in My Room at Night?
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Historia Actual On-Line Review of Kaku's "Visions
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What Are the Three Paths for Humanity's Future?
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Graduate Russell's Paradox and the Excluded-Middle reasoning
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High School Without a prefix: What are the Identities and Inverses of Integers?
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High School Helpful Ideas for 9th Grade Physics Science Fair Project
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Undergrad Mastering Physics & Calculus: Benefits, Meaning & Tips
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Undergrad Freeware for graphing (3D) spherical coordinates?
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Is a Ph.D equivalent self-education possible?
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Is UAH a good undergrad Computer Science school?
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Where Does Physics Development Stand?
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High School Can someone explain what the 4th Dimension is?
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Physics PhDs | University/College Physics Programs
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Graduate Discovering the Capricious Constants: Uncovering the Non-Fundamental Truths
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High School Can a Physics Major Pursue a Career in Robotics?
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Did anyone see the documentary about Einstein's wife?
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What is the top physics schools in Canada?
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High School Why thunderbolts don't travel in straight lines
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Discover What to Do with Your Ideas: Tips from Knowledgeable Experts
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Graduate Solving Rolling Problem: Sphere & Cylinder's Angular Velocity
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Undergrad Proof there is TIME as a dimension
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Which Universities in England Offer Nuclear Physics Programs?
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String Theory Color Associations - Reasons Why
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What Does Something Really Mean?
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High School Learn How to Solve Physics Problems Easily
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High School How to Find Volume of Air in Filled Cylinder?
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Undergrad Could Anti-Gravity Ever Be Possible?
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Will humans need computers in the future?
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Most competent physicist on the web
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Graduate Is Conciousness only available in Three-Dimensions?
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Undergrad What Are the Top Resources for Science and Space Travel Exploration?
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