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Why don't choir voices destructively interfere so that we can't hear them?

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Why does carbon dioxide not sink in air if other dense gases do?

asked Jan 31, 2021 at 11:45

50 votes

9 answers

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Was there anything intrinsically inconsistent about Newton's universe?

asked Jan 4, 2021 at 23:38

38 votes

9 answers

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How does an isolated body in deep space 'know' it's rotating? [duplicate]

asked Nov 24, 2018 at 13:15

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How much energy is wasted by a noisy refrigerator?

asked Dec 10, 2018 at 0:24

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Would objects float when completely submerged in an incompressible liquid?

asked Feb 11, 2023 at 2:31

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Is the Earth orbiting an 'illusory' Sun, owing to the 'speed' of gravity? [duplicate]

asked Dec 4, 2018 at 13:25

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How fast will air travel to fill a vacuum?

asked Mar 23, 2019 at 14:37

4 votes

9 answers

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How can an ordinary person have confidence in the currently accepted laws of physics? [closed]

asked Sep 23, 2020 at 10:56

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Speed of light vs wavelength due to gravitational lensing - straight path versus curved path

asked Jul 20, 2020 at 23:50

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4 answers

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How does the exchange of energy between an archer's arrow and their arm work?

asked Jan 14, 2021 at 20:51

2 votes

2 answers

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Can we catch a bullet in a gun barrel? If not, why not?

asked Sep 14, 2015 at 12:40

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1 answer

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If I drive East, how much lighter am I than if I drive West?

asked Jan 6, 2019 at 12:45

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1 answer

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What counts as a gravitational wave?

asked Jul 19, 2020 at 22:23

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1 answer

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According to some theories space is constantly expanding but at what granularity? [duplicate]

asked Nov 3, 2015 at 0:34

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1 answer

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If entropy only increases, at what point was it at its lowest value?

asked Sep 10, 2020 at 11:35

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Can a frictionless brachistochrone provide maximum range when projecting a mass on exit?

asked Mar 25, 2023 at 19:03

1 vote

3 answers

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Where do gravitons reside - in atoms?

asked Apr 28, 2021 at 15:10

1 vote

6 answers

502 views

In the limit, does walking slowly downstairs cost me as much energy as walking upstairs?

asked Dec 26, 2020 at 20:12

1 vote

1 answer

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Speed, acceleration, accelerating acceleration, etc. How do we know where to stop?

asked Jan 4, 2021 at 17:46

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Could this Nitinol engine work in reverse?

asked Jan 8, 2021 at 13:54

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1 answer

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How can vertical force due to gravity vary in a column?

asked Mar 4, 2023 at 11:46

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Is the maximum possible charge on an object asymmetrical with regard to polarity?

asked Nov 13, 2020 at 17:46

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2 answers

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How to calculate the probability of an enclosed gas migrating to one side of an enclosed box

asked Aug 1, 2020 at 10:32

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Why specifically should a Foucault pendulum be long and massive?

asked Aug 6, 2020 at 16:47

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How can we quantify gravity within and outside a non-rotating cylinder in outer space?

asked Aug 19, 2020 at 23:23

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2 answers

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Would large scale quantum computing slow the universe. If so, how could we detect that? [closed]

asked Nov 16, 2018 at 18:09

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Why don't choir voices destructively interfere so that we can't hear them?

Why does carbon dioxide not sink in air if other dense gases do?

Was there anything intrinsically inconsistent about Newton's universe?

How does an isolated body in deep space 'know' it's rotating? [duplicate]

How much energy is wasted by a noisy refrigerator?

Would objects float when completely submerged in an incompressible liquid?

Is the Earth orbiting an 'illusory' Sun, owing to the 'speed' of gravity? [duplicate]

How fast will air travel to fill a vacuum?

How can an ordinary person have confidence in the currently accepted laws of physics? [closed]

Speed of light vs wavelength due to gravitational lensing - straight path versus curved path

How does the exchange of energy between an archer's arrow and their arm work?

Can we catch a bullet in a gun barrel? If not, why not?

If I drive East, how much lighter am I than if I drive West?

What counts as a gravitational wave?

According to some theories space is constantly expanding but at what granularity? [duplicate]

If entropy only increases, at what point was it at its lowest value?

Can a frictionless brachistochrone provide maximum range when projecting a mass on exit?

Where do gravitons reside - in atoms?

In the limit, does walking slowly downstairs cost me as much energy as walking upstairs?

Speed, acceleration, accelerating acceleration, etc. How do we know where to stop?

Could this Nitinol engine work in reverse?

How can vertical force due to gravity vary in a column?

Is the maximum possible charge on an object asymmetrical with regard to polarity?

How to calculate the probability of an enclosed gas migrating to one side of an enclosed box

Why specifically should a Foucault pendulum be long and massive?

How can we quantify gravity within and outside a non-rotating cylinder in outer space?

Would large scale quantum computing slow the universe. If so, how could we detect that? [closed]