Participate in expert physics discussion. Discussion on the nature and properties of matter and energy. This area is for topics that don't fit the other categories. Mainstream physics only.
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What will major scientific breakthroughs look like in ten years?
- Tom McCurdy
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High School What Happens to a Person at the Center of a Hollow Earth?
- auforum
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High School Need Help with O Level Physics in BURMA? Let's Connect!
- RonGrant
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Graduate Can Movement Occur in a Universe with Unquantized Distance?
- kjones000
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Graduate Is Time Travel Into the Past Possible or Merely Science Fiction?
- PoPpAScience
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High School Physics and calculus problem books for IPhO preparation
- AronH
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Undergrad What is the NOVEL method in descriptions of the scientific world?
- EngTechno
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High School Where can I find resources comparing Newtonian and quantum physics?
- relativelyslow
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What's Your Specialism? Professionals Share Their Passion!
- Beer-monster
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Graduate Twisted Experiment: Is Drinking Heavy Water Suicide?
- kjones000
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High School Flares etc: why do they only exist on stars?
- Sariaht
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Undergrad Are Canadian Physics Departments Comparable to Top U.S. Schools?
- sastory
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Physics Songs: A Musical Approach to Learning Science
- Math Is Hard
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Graduate Using empirical observations of turbulent flow to speed up calculations
- Bartholomew
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High School Modern Physics Books for Laypeople: Recommendations like George Gamow's
- yogiwp
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Graduate Standing upon the shoulders of Giants.
- Integral
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High School Self-learning physics and mathematics with no college background
- DogFacedGod
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High School What does an underlined U mean?
- energyflash
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Graduate Possible to percieve God in this ?
- yesicanread
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High School How to find mass, volume and density of a textbook, milk container, and balloon
- seve
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Graduate Where to discuss chaos, complexity and emergence
- Gerinski
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High School Why doesn't an inverted candle burn?
- 7bear
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Undergrad Computing volume of a negative sphere formula
- PoPpAScience
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Undergrad What Connects Mass, Energy, and Time Translations?
- canopus
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High School Physics equations with deffinitions?
- Pythagorean
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Pole-to-pole hole: does the trench scenario make physical sense?
- Pocketwatch
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High School Can Paper Really Move With Your Mind?
- fleetze
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High School What is the Pattern for Solving X^2 and X^3 Equations?
- PFanalog57
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Graduate What is the application of the artificial feel equation in robotics?
- zynko
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Undergrad What is Nothing vs Absolutely Nothing?
- Erck
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High School How to find the volume of a scuba tank from its water capacity
- betz
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Undergrad The Geomagnetic Reversal: Its Effects on Earth
- Mk
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High School What is gravity?
- Pythagorean
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Graduate Can I regain physics intuition after decades in social work?
- Loren Booda
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High School Why Does Metal Melt but Wood Doesn't?
- expscv
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Can Herbs Really Cure AIDS and Cancer?
- budha3
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Site that rates physics accuracy in movies
- Crumbles
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Can't imagine something that is colorless
- Erus
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Graduate Physics and AxiomizationCan the principles of physics be axiomatized?
- Imparcticle
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Undergrad Recommendations for Physics book?
- acgold
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Do people always return to their starting point when paths lead nowhere?
- Dr.Brain
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High School Waves of any sort do not transfer mass
- Nenad
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Is there a connection between physics and happiness?
- Takereasy
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Could the earth be hollow?
- Takereasy
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High School Can you write the Pythagorean theorem as a ratio equation?
- rudeonline
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How to get someone interested in physics?
- darkar
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What if humans were artificial life forms (heh, and aliens for sure)?
- Takereasy
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Graduate Frequency dependence of acoustic mirrors, waveguides and diffraction
- Try hard
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Graduate How does physics allow for the existence of observers?
- Loren Booda
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Graduate Where can I find more about relational theory in physics?
- Jack Ackrell
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High School Solar Energy: Cooling with Solar Panels
- ramair2001
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Graduate The Foundations of a Non-Naive Mathematics
- Lama
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Graduate Reigniting the Cold Fusion Debate: MIT Professor's Quest
- PFanalog57
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Undergrad How Do Music Frequencies and Harmonies Interact in Physics?
- InfPerf000
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Are Physicists Just Like Everyone Else?
- Loren Booda
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High School Advanced placement physics books
- needhelpperson
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Graduate What should I learn to understand quantum physics and mechanics?
- misogynisticfeminist
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Undergrad How Is Total Resistance Calculated in a Cubic Resistor Network?
- Martin
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High School Can I Self-Study and Score a 4 or 5 on the AP Physics B Exam?
- KrnMackMattsta
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Einstein had 6 papers Published in 1905.
- fbsthreads
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Double major in math and physics: how long does it take?
- woodysooner
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High School Manhattan Project's effects on society
- expscv
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Undergrad Need some historical documentation
- History
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High School The physics most common in your life
- Loren Booda
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High School What is a pull?
- Ezekiel.
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Why are Maxwell's equations important to physics?
- Saint
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Graduate Action and reaction determine proportion and symmetry
- yesicanread
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Undergrad Choosing a university for physics undergrad with graduate school in mind
- HungryChemist
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High School Scientific law named after first name
- woodysooner
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High School Free Energy Tell me how my design is flawed
- rghusted
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Graduate BCS Theory Disproven - Credible Source Physicsweb or Scientific American
- Mk
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Time Machine's to be kept clean at all time's. Memo
- Blair
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Undergrad Freak waves are real: A lesson in objectivity
- Ivan Seeking
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Lost in Cyberspace: Can't Find HyperSpace Posts
- Prometheus
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Undergrad What is Spintronic? What effects will it have on our lives?
- Omid
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Undergrad How Do Harmonics Affect Violin String Vibrations?
- Moose352
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Graduate A modern object described in ancient texts: Evidence of Time Travel
- Edward Teller
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Questioning Einstein's Theories: Time to Move On?
- Arctic Fox
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How does loud music and noise affect hearing?
- Mk
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High School New to Forum - Toya Seeks Advice on Physics Course
- Toya
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Undergrad How do you tell the difference between fundamental forces?
- 123learn
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Graduate Accepted Lies vs. Half-Truths: Why Do We Choose?
- shintashi
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High School Explain the Cause of Spin in Billiards
- IMMSHARMA
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Undergrad Why do physics laws remain valid despite new discoveries?
- Mk
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Graduate Did Stephen Hawking Admit He Was Wrong About Black Holes?
- PRodQuanta
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Graduate Converting ppm expansion data to percent change without original length
- mjdwyer23
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Undergrad How Can a Physics Student Find Practical Experience During Summer Break?
- Feynmanfan
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High School What does it mean for a figure to be 3-dimensional?
- no idea
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Graduate Is Quantum Physics Understood Through Our Senses?
- coberst
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Undergrad Multiple reflections creating suspended door illusion between houses
- mouseonmoon
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Historia Actual On-Line Review of Kaku's "Visions
- Cadiz
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What Are the Three Paths for Humanity's Future?
- modmans2ndcoming
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Graduate Russell's Paradox and the Excluded-Middle reasoning
- Lama
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High School Identities and inverses of integers
- n0n
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High School Physics science fair project ideas for 9th grade
- BlackAurora
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Undergrad How does calculus help with physics, and which physics course needs it?
- PrudensOptimus
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Undergrad Freeware for graphing (3D) spherical coordinates?
- cj
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Is a Ph.D equivalent self-education possible?
- Zandorian
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Is UAH a good undergrad Computer Science school?
- Zandorian
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