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Buy Amazon and Support PF Using This Link
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Guidelines for speculative and political topics
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Do you mind if there is larvae in your fruit?
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Not Penrose
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AI Satire...
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I've been reused but not credited
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RIP David Clayton Thomas, lead vocalist of Blood, Sweat & Tears
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Collins's Law
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Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars?
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Looking for movies where mathematics actually matters
  • DanielH
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Speaking of Lorentz-Fitzgerald Contraction...
  • sbrothy
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Anyone see “Time After Time?”
  • BadgerBadger92
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Philomena Cunk Interviews Brian Cox
  • Hornbein
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Any advice for learning how to spot legitimate physics from kooks?
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Electric Vehicle Fires on Ships
  • BillTre
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Anyone a watch collector?
  • BadgerBadger92
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Anyone like “2001: A Space Odyssey?”
  • BadgerBadger92
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Books on the philosophy of math
  • BadgerBadger92
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Good forums for physics beginners?
  • BadgerBadger92
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RIP Carl H Brans (1935 - 2026), general relativity
  • robphy
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Housecat Reproduction
  • Hornbein
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Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed
  • Filip Larsen
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April Fool's Physics Papers 2026
  • ohwilleke
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Any "chess.com" users here who can answer a simple question?
  • sbrothy
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RIP Dave Mason (79), May 10, 1946 - April 19, 2026
  • Astronuc
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"A good big man will beat a good little man" (boxing)
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Point of particular Doonesbury strip?
  • sbrothy
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Why are all NFL lineman tall?
  • sevensages
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How Far is Due East From Due West on Earth?
  • bob012345
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Stirring Coffee Effectively
  • Hornbein
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RIP Andrzej Trautman (1933 - 2026), relativity and gravitational waves
  • robphy
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Fast Food Discussion: Mexican Pizza at Taco Bell
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Anthony Leggett obituary
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What should sit beside a physics equation?
  • samuel_a
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Some Parents take their kiddo to the beach while others take their kitty to the beach
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RIP Anthony J Leggett (1938 - 2026), superfluidity
  • robphy
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Advice on visiting CERN?
  • Borg
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Erdos, the Hungarians And other scientists of the era
  • pinball1970
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RIP Actor Robert Duvall (95, January 5, 1931 - February 15, 2026)
  • Astronuc
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Missing-links-in-galaxy-evolution
  • pinball1970
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Grade Inflation at Harvard
  • Hornbein
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I still have mine; do you still have yours?
  • DaveC426913
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RIP Carl Grillmair, Caltech Astrophysicist (67)
  • Astronuc
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News BITCOIN, Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and Losses
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RIP Herman Lamonte McLemore (1935 – 2026)
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Sick nonholonomic problem
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RIP, Charlie Munger (99), Warren Buffet's partner
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What the heck is that thing?
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Is mathematics invented or discovered?
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A mechanical problem with complicated geometry
  • wrobel
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RIP Scott Adams
  • .Scott
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Why is it not allowed to question General Relativity?
  • nataliaeggers
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What is the fourth dimensional equivalent of volume?
  • BillTre
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Open Access Scientific Publications
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NASA Shutdown
  • PeroK
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Movies you'd forgotten were really cool?
  • sbrothy
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Happy Thanksgiving - YouTube Video
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"The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to reduce inflation"
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Legal AI Shenanigans
  • jedishrfu
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What is this Facebook formatting trend?
  • DaveC426913
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Anybody following (or followed) Jack Ryan (2018)?
  • DaveC426913
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A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid
  • sevensages
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How the Blue Angels Train
  • Ivan Seeking
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The Case of Andrew D. - out
  • Borek
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A Crisis in France -- Bottled water may not be what it's advertised to be
  • jedishrfu
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ChatGPT Facilitating Insanity
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News JWST may be shut down by DOGE
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Anyone been to a Savannah Bananas Baseball Game?
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In defense of the philosophy of physics
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Body Language: Head posture
  • AlexB23
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Osaka Expo 2025
  • Hornbein
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Tram rail pressed to the limit today...
  • sbrothy
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What Are You Watching Lately? (Rants/Raves/Reviews)
  • kyphysics
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Hearing Woody in Tom Hanks Movies
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German court convicts 4 ex-Volkswagen managers of fraud
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I love Poland
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Just for fun (Earth Sciences)
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Getting started in photography
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What is special about TikTok?
  • Ivan Seeking
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For anyone who remembers Batty Books
  • paulb203
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Where to post a short ‘all phenomena as transformations’ idea
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MH370, On-again, off-again search
  • Astronuc
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Movie Recommendation for Students
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To use or NOT to use ChatGPT that is the Question Lawsuit
  • jedishrfu
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Pacific Palisades Fire Threatening Santa Monica, California
  • Ivan Seeking
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News The US Digital Service, aka DOGE
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Arxiv, ResearchGate : Would academic ethics require citing from them?
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Adulting 101 (in Siberia)
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Trivia, what make and model car is parked in front of the enterprise?
  • edwardII
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R.I.P Teri Garr
  • phinds
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Fun Facts
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Would you pay $6.2 million for a banana?
  • jtbell
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Found a nice YouTube channel
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Are true geniuses extinct?
  • Maximum7
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News Dennis Overbye, NY Times Columnist to retire
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Amazing general relativity themed watches!
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Is the question "why does anything exist" troubling for physicists?
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Student loses Court Case over Plagiarism and Use of AI
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New sippy cups in Premier League soccer?
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Made for TV movie about a former professor who becomes homeless
  • sevensages
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Fortune Cookies (in STEM fields)
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My list of the top five heavyweight boxers of all time
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