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RIP Cormac McCarthy - Celebrating the Legacy of America's Great Novelist
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Avi Loeb + ʻOumuamua and evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence
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Right handed co-ordinates and Left handed co-ordinates
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Was Astrud Gilberto Fairly Compensated for Girl from Ipanema?
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So many people are unable to do simple algebra
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The Youtube Science Spam Problem
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What are the drawbacks of using non-anonymous cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin?
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Vietnamese traditional wrestling - the rules?
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Should I have studied E&M before learning Optics, Waves & Oscillations
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Protein nanowires + Geobacter + humidty = electric potential
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Reading comprehensive tamper-proof and tapping process
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Importance of communication and how to improve it
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Share Exam Dreams & Teeth Loosening Nightmares Here!
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How Was Einstein Really As a Student?
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The Battle of the Little Big Chat at Texas A&M
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What type of mathematics did you find the most difficult?
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Focus all of your ire on me, if you would
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What are the odds I can get this through TSA tomorrow?
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Why are Hydrogen cars not popular?
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What's Your Funniest ChatGPT Interaction?
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Understanding GDP and its practical meaning
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Why globular clusters don't collapse.
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Why do my pockets turn inside out in the dryer?
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Preorder the Hyperspace Watch "Black Hole" Edition
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Happy Star Wars Day - May the 4th Be With You
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Cool Space Watch: Celebrating Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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Judge gets scientific method better than scientists
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Did the Dallas Ransomware Attack Put Lives at Risk?
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Thinking Critically Of The Future Of Science
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Better than Wordle (Today's Hurdle)
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Why is Gordon Lightfoot's passing in 2023 mourned by fans worldwide?
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What is the significance of the number 2023?
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Is "Umbrella" Insurance Worth it for "Average Joe" American?
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How to Visually Document Darts League Playoff Progressions and Results?
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Plotting My Air Flight Path from Photos
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What was the impact of Stanley Deser's work on the field of relativity?
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Photo Contest - Going Up (9/16-9/22)
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How Did Jerry Springer Influence Public Conflict Resolution?
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Mini road trip: Roa, roa, roa...
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How Effective Are Virtual Poster Sessions in Online Conferences?
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Harry Belafonte Dead at 96: Farewell to an Iconic Entertainer
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Does the absence of the term "valley" make a difference?
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RIP Ahmad Jamal (92), cool jazz pianist/keyboardist
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Can ChatGPT Handle Complex Physics Questions Accurately?
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Playing Video Games in a Language You Don't Understand
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Manned (or Staffed) space exploration
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RIP Harry Lorayne, memory expert and magician
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Is ChatGPT promoting Physics Forums?
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News ChatGPT fought the Law and the Law Won?
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Techno-scientific terms omitted from translation
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Unofficial, broadcaster-specific World Cup sponsors
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Ever Play Stress (Stratego and Chess)?
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How can I save gas when boiling water on my gas stove?
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PSA - Shallow water drowning, aka shallow water blackout
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RIP Al Jaffee (102), Mad cartoonist extraordinaire
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How Did David Crosby's Unique Voice Blend with CSN's Harmony?
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I've been feeling lost as of late.
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News Chinese "weather" balloon shoot-down over US
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Exploring Mental Blocks in Mathematics: A Personal Perspective
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Can I Only See My Posts on the Newly Opened Theme if I'm Logged In?
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ChatGPT Given A Voice In Japanese National Assembly
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Is Neil DeGrasse Tyson credible?
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Can Monkeys Really Type Shakespeare?
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RIP Keith Reid, Procol Harum lyricist
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"TAing" meaning in PhD programs?
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RIP Virginia T Norwood (96), "Mother of Landsat"
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Is Google's Chatbot BARD Failing in Public Testing?
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We Bought a House (A materials question)
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Is ChatGPT Becoming Teachers' Favorite Tool for AI Writing?
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Ukraine - How people are helping
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ChatGPT Results: Testing Special Relativity
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Remembering Andy Anderson with Kansas City's Marilyn Maye
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Has this Twitter account been hacked?
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RIP Jay Pasachoff - Astronomer with 74 Solar Eclipses Seen
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Mathematicians' contributions to physics
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Is Fresh Clam Chowder Expected to Have Sand?
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Summer Is Here: Taking Back the Sun from the South!
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Great Youtube Video Review of the GPT-4 Paper
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RIP Lance Reddick (60): Keanu Reeves Mourns Loss
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Why haven’t we made blow up wings to fly with them
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Exactly what is considered to be a mathematician?
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An XKCD comic—and the absurdity of academic research/publishing
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What once was Science Fiction now is Fact
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Comic strip Dilbert comes to an end
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What Are the Unknown Forces Shaping Our Random Thoughts?
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Mini road trip - Knox Knox, who's there?
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Dick Fosbury who invented the Fosbury Flop has died at 76
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Searching a book's contents instead of a book title on internet archives?
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What Are Your Favorite Theories?
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Isn't wholesale what they would pay for it?
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Actor who played Tevye dead at 87
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Don't waste your money on organic food
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News Massive Fire at Notre Dame cathedral
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What research fields in physics are you working in?
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Most commonly mispronounced scientists' names
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