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Did Anyone Win AOL Member Awards?

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Graduate Jack Sarfatti's backaction theory and UFO propulsion

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Undergrad Y used to refer to light 'particles'?

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High School When was the pi-meson predicted by Yukawa first discovered?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Graduate Metallurgy, slip planes, shock theory

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High School How Do Scientists Measure the Radius of the Earth?

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Graduate How many physical states are there (that we can't physically touch)?

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The eyes have it: Globeandmail.com

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High School What is Energy?

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Undergrad Why we call standing waves as waves

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High School Can Someone Explain Zeno's Paradox for Me?

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Physics authorities and their comprehensive books

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Gulf experiment seeks to explain the Bermuda Triangle

  • Ivan Seeking
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Graduate How Do New Consumer Laws Impact Product Labeling in Modern Physics?

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High School What Are the Fundamental Principles of Physics?

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High School What is InstantOn?

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A new point of view on Math language

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Undergrad Can deterministic computers generate chaotic behavior?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Undergrad Why not use the moon for energy?

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High School Action Does NOT Equal Reaction ?

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Looking for a Helium Neon Laser? Welcome to the forum!

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High School Physics Equation Map: Solve Problems Easily

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Does the sun's gravity make the world go around?

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What physicists think about physics: What is real?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Graduate What Laws Explain the Infinitude of the Universe?

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What physicists think about physics

  • Ivan Seeking
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How many points are there on the Beaufort scale for measuring wind force?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Discover the Power of a Well-Designed Web Page | EFTaylor.com

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Graduate The Continuum and The Discreteness concepts in Math language

  • Doron Shadmi
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Undergrad Does a recharged battery weigh more than when discharged?

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Areas of physics unaffected by Einstein's work

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Undergrad What is the definition of POP SCIENCE?

  • Ivan Seeking
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What Is the Fundamental Unit of Matter?

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High School Physics book for self-study before AP Physics exam

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What would you do to Win a Nobel In Physics?

  • Mr. Robin Parsons
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High School Do We See In Digital or Analog?

  • PeteGt
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Graduate Why is a black hole with q>e singular?

  • Loren Booda
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High School What Determines the Strength of an Object's Gravity?

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High School A square has 360 degrees, if you measure the degrees on the outside,

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High School Glowing vapor trails in the night sky with no moonlight

  • Artman
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Graduate The Eightfold Way categories which groups of particles?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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What would be the extensiveness of a

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High School Who first derived Bernoulli's equation?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Could a scaled-up frog levitation experiment work on humans?

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Undergrad Why is an octave structured the way it is?

  • Andy
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High School What two types of forces contribute to the lift on a wing?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Do X-rays reveal what's under clothing?

  • Ivan Seeking
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High School Thermal expansion, heat capacity, and hydraulic lift problems

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Undergrad Matter or Energy: Which Concept Defines Our Reality?

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Is There a Men of Physics Book Similar to Men of Mathematics?

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The Final Theory: Who Will Win the Battle?

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Why do some believe that ghosts are affected by gravity?

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Undergrad Construct a maglev launch system on our moon

  • wolram
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Undergrad Why are cirrus clouds thin and rippled while cumulus clouds are puffy and opaque?

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Graduate Latest theories are for inter stellar propulsion

  • wolram
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High School What is Energy and How Does it Relate to Matter?

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Graduate Can energy be extracted from a system at absolute zero?

  • wolram
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Graduate Physical Chemistry vs. Chemical Physics?

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Undergrad Are Directed Energy Weapons Still Viable in Modern Warfare?

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Undergrad How Does Honda's The Cog Ad Illustrate Principles of Physics?

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Glaring errors or misconceptions

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High School Can Physics Explain Astrology?

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New Frontier Book: Part I Found on John-Gotti.com

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Graduate Out of Phase Matter: A Discussion

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High School F a transmiter for arguments sake, fitted in a satalite orbiting the earth

  • wolram
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Undergrad Is the total gravitational energy of the universe zero?

  • maximus
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Graduate Physics = ghost of of mathematics?

  • Alexander
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Who are the Best Physicists of All Time?

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Where can I find current nuclear medicine research?

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Undergrad Is Brown's gas real or pseudoscience?

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Differences between acoustic and electric guitars and how amps work

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Who Can Solve the Universal Calculation?

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Graduate Einstein Field Equations Locations

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Your favorite original, pet physics theory

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Graduate Are You Ready for Your Qualifier Exams?

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High School Piano tuner hears beats per second from tuning fork and piano note

  • miyuki9
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Undergrad Where Can I Find Compression Rates of Liquids for Hydraulics Calculations?

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Undergrad LEVELS OF CONCEPTS (anti-science people read NOW)

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High School What is the best approach for buying books as a science major?

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Why do physicists obsess over their place in the hierarchy of physics?

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High School What is the definition of 1 meter?

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Graduate Does maximizing interactions follow from Occam's razor?

  • Loren Booda
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High School ArXiv's popular physics section for young learners

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High School I don't think Telepathy could possibly be electromagnetic in nature

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High School Can I build a small EMP device cheaply for a school project?

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Unique Version of the Periodic Table

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High School Quiz questions about Newton, Schrödinger and Hawking

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High School What are the major areas of physics?

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Graduate What are the two varieties of infinity and how do they differ?

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Undergrad If I drop a vibrating 440 Hz tuning fork down the elevator shaft

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Patience and principals in physics problems

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Tell me the 3 greatest physicist u think

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Graduate Can paradoxes help develop a theory of everything?

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High School What is the correct equation for energy?

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High School What are the effects and explanations of blue shift and red shift?

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Undergrad The difference between system equili and system and steady state

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Graduate Can the Big Bang Contain Infinite Information?

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High School Difference between scientific law and theory

  • dav2008
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Graduate Is infinite divisibility possible through quantum mechanics?

  • Ivan Seeking
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