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Why does my beveled mirror make triplicate "ghosts"?

answered Sep 11, 2017 at 1:21

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Super Fast Message

answered Oct 19, 2017 at 17:37

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If you were invisible, would you also be cold?

answered Dec 7, 2021 at 22:07

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Are there classical physics phenomena that remain unexplained?

answered Jun 20, 2025 at 5:04

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Why does the wave velocity of EM signals in a wire depend on the insulator's permittivity?

answered Jan 26, 2022 at 20:58

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How can you measure the zero resistance in a superconductor?

answered Jul 14, 2021 at 20:28

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Why is the potential energy of a spring the same when it is compressed and stretched?

answered Sep 6, 2017 at 13:55

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What's the physics behind XKCD #2027 (time between lightning flash and radio wave burst)?

answered Aug 1, 2018 at 14:44

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Reversed First Joule's Law : heating a resistor produce voltage?

answered Sep 8, 2017 at 18:54

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Why Is an Inhomogenous Magnetic Field Used in the Stern Gerlach Experiment?

answered Nov 26, 2020 at 22:17

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What is Chirped Pulse Amplification, and why is it important enough to warrant a Nobel Prize?

answered Oct 8, 2018 at 1:52

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Why aren't all dielectrics transparent?

answered May 25, 2018 at 13:08

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What is the difference between a transparent material and an opaque one at the atomic level?

answered Oct 14, 2018 at 18:12

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Is the specular reflection on a polished gold sphere white or gold in colour?

answered Jun 17, 2019 at 4:09

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Does Pythagoras theorem hold for length contraction according to Special relativity?

answered Jul 20, 2021 at 1:54

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What is meant by 2D fourier transform of an image?

answered Dec 17, 2021 at 18:45

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Is there a frame of reference in which I was born before I was conceived?

answered Mar 4, 2019 at 16:18

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How is silver a better conductor than platinum?

answered Oct 28, 2017 at 1:34

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Speed of electrons in a current-carrying metallic wire: does it even make sense?

answered Feb 23, 2018 at 6:25

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Number of bands in 1D tight-binding model

answered Feb 24, 2018 at 21:04

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Crystals and Earnshaw's theorem

answered Oct 8, 2020 at 23:58

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Why did I measure the magnetic field to vary exponentially with distance?

answered Dec 4, 2020 at 2:53

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Will a planet rotate if it is the only being in the universe?

answered Jan 4, 2022 at 3:47

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Did LIGO measurements prove that the speed of gravity equals the speed of light?

answered Mar 21, 2021 at 15:43

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What is the source for Osmium's colour?

answered May 29, 2018 at 14:19

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Why do metals have high optical reflectivity?

answered Aug 27, 2018 at 20:20

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Why is there emissivity + reflectivity + transmittance = 1?

answered Aug 29, 2017 at 11:29

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What are the physical processes involved in feeling warm from the sunlight?

answered Apr 8, 2021 at 14:02

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What does the "true" visible light spectrum look like?

answered Feb 11, 2021 at 3:09

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Is momentum separately conserved in each axis?

answered Nov 17, 2021 at 0:51

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Why does my beveled mirror make triplicate "ghosts"?

Super Fast Message

If you were invisible, would you also be cold?

Are there classical physics phenomena that remain unexplained?

Why does the wave velocity of EM signals in a wire depend on the insulator's permittivity?

How can you measure the zero resistance in a superconductor?

Why is the potential energy of a spring the same when it is compressed and stretched?

What's the physics behind XKCD #2027 (time between lightning flash and radio wave burst)?

Reversed First Joule's Law : heating a resistor produce voltage?

Why Is an Inhomogenous Magnetic Field Used in the Stern Gerlach Experiment?

What is Chirped Pulse Amplification, and why is it important enough to warrant a Nobel Prize?

Why aren't all dielectrics transparent?

What is the difference between a transparent material and an opaque one at the atomic level?

Is the specular reflection on a polished gold sphere white or gold in colour?

Does Pythagoras theorem hold for length contraction according to Special relativity?

What is meant by 2D fourier transform of an image?

Is there a frame of reference in which I was born before I was conceived?

How is silver a better conductor than platinum?

Speed of electrons in a current-carrying metallic wire: does it even make sense?

Number of bands in 1D tight-binding model

Crystals and Earnshaw's theorem

Why did I measure the magnetic field to vary exponentially with distance?

Will a planet rotate if it is the only being in the universe?

Did LIGO measurements prove that the speed of gravity equals the speed of light?

What is the source for Osmium's colour?

Why do metals have high optical reflectivity?

Why is there emissivity + reflectivity + transmittance = 1?

What are the physical processes involved in feeling warm from the sunlight?

What does the "true" visible light spectrum look like?

Is momentum separately conserved in each axis?