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Question about the Two-Body systems
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Pressure, Volume & Temperature: Investigating the Relationship
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What is the impact of speaker direction on noise levels?
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Is this effect common in all fields of physics?
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What are Chords? What is the smallest unit in physics?
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Fast Fourier Transform in Real Time
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Distribution of molecules throughout the atmosphere
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How Do You Calculate the Acceleration of Buckets Using Tension and Mass?
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Why are we thrown backwards when a train stops?
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Understanding Reverse Osmosis Water Filters: Fact or Fiction?
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Is the Strong Force causing any of the effects of a Black Hole?
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How to Calculate Net Force using Newton's Second Law?
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Do I Perceive an Induced E Field in Free Fall Next to a Falling Line Charge?
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I need data from the Cavendish Experiment
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Unravelling Mysteries of the Universe: Researching for a Book
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How can squinting be used by both a myopic & hyperopic eye?
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Dimensions and Degrees of Freedom
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Force on the top hinge of an open door
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The physics of the greenhouse effect.
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Question about battery amp hours
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How toxic is strontium 90 (lab use)?
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MARVEL's fictional Adamantium in real life?
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Waves - Matter is transported or not?
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Calculating DC Cable Loss for Solar System Design
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Where did all this stuff around me come from?
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Accoustic wave propagation and effects in a tube
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Seesaw Balancing: The Science Behind Weight Distribution Explained
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Mixing He, O, Ge, N and U: What Could Happen?
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What is the difference between dot product and cross product in physics?
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Find Distance proton traveled AP Problem
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Creating an Egg-Carrying Device Without a Parachute
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Inifinte integers between each interval of time
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Sig Figs: Adding Accurate Lengths with Fewer Decimals
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Will siphoning continue during free fall in an elevator?
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Carrying Uncertainty in Math: A Paradox?
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Energy - Can energy be negative?
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Does Combining Lumens Make a Difference?
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Why Can't Vernier Calipers Measure Less Than 1 cm Accurately?
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Why candle reduces cigarette smoke odor?
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Help Choose Physics Topic for AP Class Presentation
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Understanding 1amu to 931.5MeV/c^2 Conversion: Explained in Simple Terms"
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Determining Mass of Individual Objects in Bags - Oil, Candy, Millikan?
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How do i make a heavy object float?
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Can You Determine an Epicenter in a Classroom Seismic Activity Simulation?
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Win Tug-of-War: Where to Place Strongest Person & Physics Explained
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What Does the Solar Spectrum Look Like at Night?
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Representing Force as a Unit Vector - Explained
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Adding Vectors: Using Angles and Formulas | Vector Addition Explained
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Do Vibrating Systems Only Relate to Sound Waves?
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Force of a small object Vs a larger object.
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Designing Refraction Lab to Prove Critical Angle Equation
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What has mass, but is not considered matter?
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Need help on explanation of Jiskoot sampler.
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Is the process of fusion really enough to keep stars from imploding?
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Maximum EMF - parallel to field?
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How is the natural period of vibration obtained experimentally?
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Stopping Rocket Spin: A Space Physics Mystery
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How Much Heat Energy is Inside the Earth?
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The relationship between the moment and curvature
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What's the difference between entrainment and resonance?
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How to Calculate Catapult Velocity and Maximum Height?
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Codification of fundamental principals of physics
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Anti Matter - Does it exist on Earth?
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Has the first law of thermo dynamics been broken?
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Moving Airplane; Strongman Competition
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Spherical near to far field transformation
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Can I see sea-level sunset if something lower than me is blocking my sight?
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Why Are D and H Fields Convenient for Calculations?
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Can Magnetic Super Fluids Create Gravity Waves?
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How Can Catalysts Enhance the Recombination of Oppositely Charged Ions?
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Standing waves on a circular plate.
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Generating Electricity from an Aeroplane Flight
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Can Atmospheric Composition Change Prism Effects?
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Understanding Vector Components: A Simple Concept with Examples
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Characteritics of an acceptor circuit
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Example Problem Involving Forces
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Component of the quadrupole Q_ij
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How much energy does it take to Sink an Island?
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Bermuda Triangle: Unsolved Mysteries & Gravitational Forces
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Resolving Forces: Logic & Effects
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Converting equations in Natural units to SI?
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How safe is a digital-TV repeater?
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KdV Equation - weakly nonlinear weakly disspersive
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Sphere spins faster at poles/axis?
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Need Expert help on levitating an object
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Do Thoughts Have Physical Mass?
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If theta is considered small in problems
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Why do some parts of the sky appear more yellow during sunrises and sunsets?
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Myth or Bust: Tint shatters sun roof
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What Happens to Potential Energy in a Disappearing Field?
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Would different intensities affect the droptime of parachutes?
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How does the ionocraft's electrical circuit work without a ground?
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Why does condensation on a glass window make it opaque?
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Behavior of wire subjected by two equal and opposite pulling forces?
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What Physics Experiment Can Combine Computers, Soccer, or Music?
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How Does the Equation F→∏ A l Z Relate to Fundamental Physics?
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Galileo's experiment and equivalence principle
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Constructing an Egg Drop Device with Limited Materials
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Waves can cause the displacement of an object.
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Do quarks temporarily lose mass when giving off gravitons?
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