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Why is Microgravity called "Microgravity"?

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What happens to matter when it is converted into energy?

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Is an atomic nucleus dense enough to cause significant bending of the spacetime?

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Why do raindrops look like sticks?

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What is a simple argument to prove that the stars in the sky are further away from the Earth than the Moon?

answered Mar 14, 2020 at 3:37

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What is the experimental evidence that the nucleons are made up of three quarks?

answered Oct 17, 2018 at 3:30

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Why no proton microscopes? Proton diffraction; or proton scattering experiments? Proton crystallography?

answered Aug 21, 2020 at 19:59

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Why is finding a mathematical basis for the fine-structure constant meaningful?

answered Jun 11 at 5:10

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Does dusk really remain for a shorter period of time at the equator?

answered Jul 12, 2022 at 19:31

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How many of the molecules that you inhale in a breath did Caesar exhale in his dying breath, on average? - Does this question make physical sense?

answered Jan 1, 2021 at 17:46

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Why exactly do atomic bombs explode?

answered Feb 24, 2018 at 6:27

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Radiation from Sticky Tape

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How many minutes in a year?

answered Mar 20, 2017 at 19:32

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Are we really moving at the speed of light in the time dimension?

answered Nov 11, 2019 at 0:47

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Stability of elementary particles

answered Feb 26, 2018 at 3:26

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How are subatomic particles affected by gravity?

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Attraction between dark matter

answered Dec 18, 2023 at 12:41

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Could speed of light be variable and time be absolute?

answered Jan 6, 2020 at 19:07

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Is there a more "physically mature" way to think about the right hand rule with electromagnetism?

answered Oct 21, 2022 at 4:08

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Why put a radio telescope in space instead on the Moon?

answered Jul 28, 2018 at 20:15

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Why doesn't classic mechanics hold the concept of identical particles?

answered Jun 27, 2021 at 19:23

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How seriously can we take the success of the Standard Model when it has so many input parameters?

answered Sep 25, 2021 at 4:16

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How does classical, Newtonian inertia emerge from quantum mechanics?

answered Aug 22, 2022 at 3:35

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Time dilation for a moving electronic clock

answered Mar 13, 2019 at 15:21

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Why do "relativistic effects" come into play, when dealing with superheavy atoms?

answered Jun 17, 2021 at 15:22

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Why is $\mathbf{B}$ a pseudovector?

answered Aug 21, 2017 at 2:31

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Why is pressure independent of the mass of the particles of the gas?

answered Jul 9, 2022 at 21:02

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Why isn’t CERN afraid of a fusion reaction in the LHC?

answered May 13, 2020 at 4:11

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Why does gravity act at the center of mass?

answered Apr 26, 2017 at 0:54

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If massless objects ALWAYS travel at the speed of light and gluons are massless, how are they trapped within hadrons without a need for event horizon?

answered Jan 26, 2023 at 15:02

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Why is Microgravity called "Microgravity"?

What happens to matter when it is converted into energy?

Is an atomic nucleus dense enough to cause significant bending of the spacetime?

Why do raindrops look like sticks?

What is a simple argument to prove that the stars in the sky are further away from the Earth than the Moon?

What is the experimental evidence that the nucleons are made up of three quarks?

Why no proton microscopes? Proton diffraction; or proton scattering experiments? Proton crystallography?

Why is finding a mathematical basis for the fine-structure constant meaningful?

Does dusk really remain for a shorter period of time at the equator?

How many of the molecules that you inhale in a breath did Caesar exhale in his dying breath, on average? - Does this question make physical sense?

Why exactly do atomic bombs explode?

Radiation from Sticky Tape

How many minutes in a year?

Are we really moving at the speed of light in the time dimension?

Stability of elementary particles

How are subatomic particles affected by gravity?

Attraction between dark matter

Could speed of light be variable and time be absolute?

Is there a more "physically mature" way to think about the right hand rule with electromagnetism?

Why put a radio telescope in space instead on the Moon?

Why doesn't classic mechanics hold the concept of identical particles?

How seriously can we take the success of the Standard Model when it has so many input parameters?

How does classical, Newtonian inertia emerge from quantum mechanics?

Time dilation for a moving electronic clock

Why do "relativistic effects" come into play, when dealing with superheavy atoms?

Why is $\mathbf{B}$ a pseudovector?

Why is pressure independent of the mass of the particles of the gas?

Why isn’t CERN afraid of a fusion reaction in the LHC?

Why does gravity act at the center of mass?

If massless objects ALWAYS travel at the speed of light and gluons are massless, how are they trapped within hadrons without a need for event horizon?