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Earth and Moon Orbits Aligned: Consequences?
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Egg drop experiment design project
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Cheap and relatively efficient insulated container
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Energy: fundamental or emergent?
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Explanation for the Fountain effect in superfluids
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A roller coaster's force and energy?
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Gravitational Field From Ring Mass
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What Should a Good Theory of Gravity Explain?
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How Does Ultrasonic Cleaning Work?
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Crookes Radiometer: Momentum Transfer Explained
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What is the Meaning of the Symbol in Equation (4) on arXiv?
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Are There Laws Governing the Passage of Time?
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How to write joules per metre squared per second
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Fundamental Equations in Physics: Uncovering the Building Blocks of the Universe
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32 tonne mass dropped from 1.5m
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Intermolecular attractions and Wave propagation
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Some Questions on Physics (Force) HELMETS
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Understanding Different Waves Propagating Through Water
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Questions on Archimedes principle
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Quasistatic Process Explained: What is dH=δQ+Vdp?
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Does a shrinking disk grow in the z-direction?
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Immeadiacy of sensory experience
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Do Luminous Objects Create Light?
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I require the assistance of a physicist.
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Leap seconds- the debate communicated by a designer.
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Question About Cooling Rate in Gun Barrels
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What Is a Perpetual Machine? | Thermodynamics Explained
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Physics of a Cloud Chamber: Neutrons, Kinetic Energy, and Ionization
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The problem described with image in topic
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Euler Lagrange derivation in book
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How to make a discovery in Physics/How to get in the Physics Mindset
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From Celsius to Kelvin - why +273?
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Galilean Transformation Limitations: Explained w/ Example
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Are fictitious forces necessary to solve certain problems?
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Multi resolution Time Domain (MRTD)
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Intuitive understanding of dimension (units)
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What Is the Real-Time Position of the Sun in the Sky?
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Solving PDE involving Gaussian fields.
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Have You Experienced This Visual Phenomena with Oil Droplets?
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Is a 6.03% Increase in Particle Counts Statistically Insignificant?
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Simulate Earthquakes for Video Game Physics Class
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A question regarding the definition of a tensor
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Gravitational field has energy, E field does not?
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Help on vacuum permittivity related question
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Understanding the Mystery of Static Arm Reactions
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How does polarisation affect a lit candle near a Van de Graaff Generator?
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Is there a unified understanding of time and its dimensions?
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Green Grass in Night: What Color Will We See?
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What is Chlorine Trifluoride and How Does it React with Fire?
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I don't understand something about the Lagrangian / action?
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Gravity Change by Canister Pressure: Gas in Balloon
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Translational movement of a signal atom in a vaccuum?
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Reaching Max height with a baton using physics.
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Normal Modes Solution for Two-Body Oscillator
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Swinging mass on a string + Oscillations
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Why Does Gravity Pull Objects Together?
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How to solve air dynamic issue for rocket?
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Spinning Superconductor Questions
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Are stale bagels better insulators than fresh ones?
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What does time mean at t=1/infinity?
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Device to measure materials' vibration?
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Infrared Wave Length & Working Range
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Electric Field from Gauss' Law - Vector Form
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How can I write a conclusion for a Hookes law experiment?
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Unleashing a Slow Burn: The Possibility of Controlling Antimatter in Fiction"
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Upthrust in a fully submerged object
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Trying to figure out the forces needed to push a heavy sliding door.
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Technical question about nucleation of beer?
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Finding revolution of different sized wheels
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How many laws explain everything we know about nature, and what are they?
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Understanding Force: Mass x Acceleration
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Can Solenoids Be Used as Shock Absorbers Through Electromagnetic Damping?
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Question on The Dichotomy Paradox
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Determining flowrate (GPM) through a partially open gate valve
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Balancing Forces on a Pivot: Q&A
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Calculating Angular as a Function of Proton Movement in Magnetic Field
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Harnessing Solar Energy to Provide Power & Water
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States of Matter: Number & Properties
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Is Any Applied Force Truly a Normal Force?
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Does Burning Material Create Ash and Smoke?
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Information about chalk sticking to blackboard
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Is someone know how to calculate vertical G-force
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Physics behind Crealev's devices.
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Overall, H2O More Negative Than Positive?
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Is someone tell me what is quadrant system ?
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How Does Blue Tack Adhere to Smooth Surfaces?
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How Can I Optimize Paper Wing Designs for Aerodynamics in a Physics Project?
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The Teapot Effect: Investigating the Causes
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Radar Doppler Effect: What Does the "V" Stand For?
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Focusing on a small image from a short distance
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Why is the gauge group for Ashtekar variable theory for General
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Helicopter - Variable Air Density
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Bathtub Water Drainage: Northern vs Southern Hemispheres
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Young Double Slits Experiment: Investigating Fringe Width
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Can 1,000 Boats Really Push the Chao Praya River Out to Sea Faster?
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Symmetry and Causality: are the two connected?
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