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Has anyone on PF seen the film "Oppenheimer"?
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How to search the internet well?
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To radio hams on PF: What is this slow digital mode?
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Forces Required For Steeling A Blade?
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How great is the overlap of Philosophy and Physics?
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Looking for a Recommendations for a General Science Periodical to Subscribe to
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Chrome dinosaur game high scores
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I Made a Thing! (AKA where did the 'DIY projects' thread go?)
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Why are the paths of our cosmic explorations, pretty?
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Dr. Eddie Boyes' Youtube videos on Quantum Entanglement
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Toyota Commemorative museum in Nagoya
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Is there any evidence to support the belief that tech doesn’t end?
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Alphabetic Design Elements - or: I've had too much coffee!
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Mini road trip: South (and maybe north) of the border
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Is it possible to break this baseball bat with the heel of the foot?
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A question about where shall I ask this type of questions
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Unable to operate coffee vending machine :(
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"I am the Ghost of XM's Past" (Weird signals on shortwave)
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Social Media content creation glitches
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Colour of engineering drawing board, sit or stand?
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What were some of Norman Lear's most iconic sitcoms?
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Why do some hurdles come with adjustable bases?
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Good PDF Reading App That Can Bookmark and Annotate?
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RIP Shane McGowan of the Pogues 1957-2023
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Internal combustion engines founded in GBR and car industry collapse
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Last night Nov 23rd at exactly 4:41pm mountain time, lights in the sky
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Mathematicians Have Modest Goals
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To supercharge science, first experiment with how it is funded
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What hand tools do physicists commonly use in the laboratory?
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The Problem With Science Communication (Veritasium)
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Double Sunrise Phenomenon Explanation?
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What Causes a Staccato Rattling Noise in Central Air Systems?
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Another (old) example of fake news
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Could my DNA results reveal surprising ancestry connections?
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Introducing integral in textbooks
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Interesting article about the Nobel Prize "Rule of Three"
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Discussion on the science-literature relationship and more
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Statistics problem: Comparing written work with & w/out use of AI
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About the news of missing Titan sub
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Is a Mobius Strip Truly a 2D Object in a 3D Space?
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"Big Bang" according to the 19th century poet ("Science-v-Poetry")
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What is the newest installment of 'Random Thoughts' on Physics Forums?
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Canadian Politics Boring Dispelled
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The British word "boffin" is polarizing the boffins
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Random dehydration and loss of fluid in the body
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Controversial: Harald Schumacher's Assault on Patrick Battiston in 1982
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Is Halloween the Perfect Time for Neighborly Pranks?
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Anyone Ever Get Slimy Substance on Sink Drain Filter that Keeps Coming
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Weird tendency of many professors
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