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Why Can't You See Your Reflection on Notebook Paper? The Science Behind It
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Speed of Light = 12000 Lunar Orbits/Earth Day ?
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Materials that produce Diffuse Acoustic Reflections
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Light through difrent substances
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Can anyone explain the unusual energy losses in my UV-laser mirror setup?
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Why does the sum of incoherent light sources result in non-zero intensity?
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Speed of Light: Can We Go Faster?
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Is Fluorescent Lighting Polarized?
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Is Light Considered Matter in Physics?
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Can Light Particles Propel Spacecraft to the Speed of Light?
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How do I create a ray diagram for refraction using a beaker and pencil?
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Superposition of two waves and infinitely many waves?
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Photons as a wave traveling in a vacuum
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Understanding the Definition of a Photon: Debunking Common Misconceptions
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Glass refractive index vs wavelength, exceptions?
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Fresnel lens with focusing light
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How do gravitational waves transfer angular momentum in general relativity?
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Is existence faster than the speed of light?
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Explaining reflection and refraction in atomic level
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Do Atomic Particles Absorb or Reflect Light?
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Why Isn't a Mirror the Same as a White Surface?
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Radio Wave Speed: Reduce Source Transmission?
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Spectral distribution of light source -> Kelvin degrees?
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Polarizer Setup: How Does Rotating Change Polarization?
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Here's a question on light ray optics and focal length.
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Confusion in the secondary refrac. of light
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Mirror Sunglasses: How Do They Work?
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2 particle system: Photon + Massive particle
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Reflection of sound from open pipe
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Does the Inverse Square Law Apply to Lasers and Perfect Lasers?
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Rocket acceleration after lauch and during flight
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What Happens to Electrons and Cloud Charges After Lightning Strikes?
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Plano-Convex Lenses: Collimating Light w/ 2m Diam. at 30m Dist.
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Does my lightning rod sound worrying to you?
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Can Destructive Wave Interference Defy the Law of Energy Conservation?
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Is light faster in vacuum than it does in water?
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Why Light Has No Net Charge & Can Be Bent by Gravity
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Reflection of Light: Understanding the Angle of Incidence & Reflection
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Speed of Light in Gas: FAQs & Explanations
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What is the relationship between the magnitude of a sound wave and distance?
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How does light spread beyond a cone?
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Light transmission, reflexion, refraction and diffraction at a atomic level
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Lens Flare/Halo: Photographing in Vacuum - Effects
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Why High Energy Needed for 3-Level Laser Inversion?
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What Causes Light to Bend in Gradients?
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Order of Magnitude: Definition & Meaning
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Why does my HDTV appear red when reflecting light?
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Doppler Effect, Light, and Fan Blades
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Polarization Confusion: Plane of Vibration vs Plane of Polarization
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Explaining Snell's Law in Simple Terms
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Do lenses bend light in a special way?
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What Causes Lightning? Understanding the Science Behind the Flash and Sound
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Maximizing Winter Sunlight for Your Solar Project: Tips from a DIY Enthusiast
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Gyroscopes feel lighter when spinning
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Which direction is skylight polarized at sunset?
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Polarization of Light: Angular Momentum
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Predicting Spectral Lines: Formula for All Elements
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How does a Reflection diffraction grating work?
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Focusing light using a pyramidal mirror setup
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What is the equation for calculating the speed of light in different mediums?
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Does the dipole send out light at a certain spinning speed?
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Index of refraction question-.
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How does the EYE/LIGHT/LENSES WORK FOR REAL?
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Heavier Weight Lifted By Lighter
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How do a photon's two fields look like
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DIffraction vs. Inteference Help
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Geometric Optics: Can Virtual Objects Form Images?
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Understanding the Interaction of X-Rays & Electrons
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Doppler Law in Light: Seeing the Light Barrier
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How do other types of optical spectrum analyzers work?
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Turning lightbulbs on and off makes it blow faster False or true?
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Standing waves in a microwave oven
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How Do Light Frequencies Combine to Create New Colors?
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Aerobatic flight and the physics principles
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What are the wavelengths of the primary colors of light?
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Refraction, Fermat's Principle and Lawnmowers
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Can Photons Have Acceleration? The Uncertainty Principle and the Speed of Light
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Circuit with superconducting wire 1 light year in length
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Infrared Laser spinning a small paper
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Can refractive index matching make a solid invisible in a liquid?
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Polarization of a Guitar String
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Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down?
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Calculating Number of Images in Mirrors
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Calculating Refractive Index of Liquid Mixtures: Is There a General Formula?
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Moving faster than the speed of light
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