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    Undergrad Has the speed of light remained constant throughout history?

    I think your question as posted touches on Hume's problem of the uniformity of nature: How are we to infer that the laws which govern light were the same during the early universe as they are now? Since we don't have one of those fabled "time machines" to go back and see what light was like...
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    Graduate Question about the Reynolds number and fluid drag

    Hello! First time poster, long time lurker. I've been doing my own independent study of fluid dynamics (not recommended, i know!) and I've hit a wall. I'm trying to imagine problems of fluid dynamics other than the "river and pipe" variety to confirm that I'm really getting this drag stuff. I'm...