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Inorganic life now likely? (Its life, Jim, but not as we know it)
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Understanding the Invariance of dl in Biot-Savart Law
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Definition of a Tensor: Learn Physics Basics
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What actually is the Dirac Point ?
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How does sun rays pass through the atmosphere layers?
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Is this a truth and its evidence?
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Guitar fret decreasing down a guitar
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Ok so my teacher has recently covered this chapter, but one of the
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Fluorescent Lamps: Why Phosphor Drops Off in Efficiency & Mechanisms
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Is Chaos Truly Nonexistent in a Digital World?
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Classification of Three-Dimensional Forces/Vectors
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Does Sequential Rowing Increase Boat Speed?
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Understanding Attenuation Lengths for Radioactive Materials in Hollow Spheres
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How fast is air blown from a propeller.
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Is My Battery Safe After Extended Heat Exposure?
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How Does Newton's Laws of Motion Explain a Multi-Car Rear-End Collision?
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Inside a container with non-pure helium
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Wave through a compressbile material
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How Much Force is Applied to a Spotlight at 100 MPH?
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Directly UPWIND faster than the wind
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Engeeniring Physics Bachelor question
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Systems (under control) which constantly go from stable to unstable states.
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Estimating Star Formation Rate in Plasma Clouds
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Raising an Object with Force mg: Intuition and Physics
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Understanding Battery Energy Flow: Simplified Explanation
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The repelling force of a superconductor how strong?
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What Causes Air Bubbles to Form in Pools and Lakes?
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Superconductor in vacuum chamber - low energy consumption solution?
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How do I calculate the mass density, given the mass?
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Why do attractive force have a negative sign? like F= -GMm/r^2
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What is the molar volume of gas at S.T.P. and S.A.T.P.?
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Seeing the Wind: Is It Possible?
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Can We Detect an Ongoing Enlarging of Everything in the Universe?
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What if overtone is not achieved?
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How Does Pascal's Principle Affect Fluid Dynamics and Comfort in Bedding?
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Why Do I Need to Divide the Velocity by 2?
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Flow rate (CFM) in a different inlet are & outlet area
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What Are Tensors and How Can They Be Easily Understood by High School Students?
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Different formulas, same physics?
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What exactly do we mean by nothingness? Im asking about when this
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Questions about the amount of force needed to propel 50 pounds 20 feet
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Where do positrons come from in the production of EM radiation?
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How can wind stiffness be calculated for a MDOF model using wind speed data?
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How is energy converted in a ball rolling down a ramp and triggering a switch?
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Understanding Rayleigh Scattering: The Science Behind the Blue Sky
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Why atom is structured the way it is?
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What is the difference between t0 and ti?
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Can objects be redshifted to the point of becoming invisible?
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Explain Field Theory in Detail - No Quotes Needed
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Forces on a cylindrical vacuum chamber
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Understanding Buoyancy: The Role of Object Shape and Archimedes' Principle
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Does Low Resolution Compromise Measurement Accuracy?
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Deriving Current from Drift Velocity Basics
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Someone please explain this Sun Phenomenon
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Why is 1 u = 1.6605 x 10^-27 kg?
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How to draw 2d objects on 1d paper?
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Rubber compression strength question
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Why does diffusion always go down the concentration gradient?
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Mass vs Size: Does Size Affect Mass?
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Complex Eigen Values: Physical Insight
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Why is the total energy of the system shown in the figure Q^2/2C
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Can Room Temperature Fusion Create Deuterium?
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What is the size and behavior of atoms in relation to celestial bodies?
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Pushing a trolley (equal and opposite forces)
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Help with liquid transfer through tube
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Understand Phase & Dimension: Self-Taught Guide
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What Are First and Second Order Changes?
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Pushing a stick thought experiment
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Distance travelled with constant increasing force
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Units of Volume in Deriving Boltzmann Constant
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Wax Rubbed on Paper: Why Paper Becomes Translucent
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Millikan Oil Drop: Atom Size & Ions
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Cathode Ray Tube: Explaining Phenomena with Green Beam and Fluorescent Glow
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Why are we able to feel the textures of objects.
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What is the force exerted on a paddle in a river in the following situation?
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About applicability of singularities in Physics
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Why is the Harmonic Oscillator so common in physics?
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Measuring Length, Area & Volume: Classical vs Quantum Physics
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What happens to you if you get pulled into a black hole?
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Understanding REALD 3D Cinema Glasses: Experiments and Confusions Explained
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I don't understand the nature of gravity
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Producing a Spark Reliably with a Circuit
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Are Quarks Composed of Strings or Photons?
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Which Door Type Uses Less Energy: Hinged or Sliding?
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A hypothetical machine (fluid expansion)
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Using imaginary time to unify QM and GR
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Why Can People Typically Leg Press More Than They Bench Press?
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Planck time/length infinite and defined?
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Conservative and non-conservative fields
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Calculating Efficiency of LED Without Plastic Dome
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Jacob's Ladder construction help.
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Question about absorption spectra
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Is two way communication possible over same wire
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Is the schooling necessary to satisfy my curiosity?
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What Would Happen to Earth In This Scenario
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Time as non-fundamental physical quantity
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How Should We Mine Asteroids: Robots or Humans?
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Is the Cheerios Effect Analogous to Gravity?
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Right Hand Thumb Rule: Maxwell's Conclusions
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Absorption and Emission Spectrum
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