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55 votes
5 answers
9k views

Why is matter-antimatter asymmetry surprising, if asymmetry can be generated by a random walk in which particles go into black holes?

8 votes
3 answers
1k views

Meaning of $5.1\sigma$ significance with regards to GW150914

6 votes
3 answers
640 views

Shouldn't $CO_2$ forcing depend on the surface temperature?

5 votes
2 answers
2k views

Why does this simple equation predict the Venus surface temperature so accurately?

5 votes
2 answers
2k views

What exactly is delta-14C and why are there periodic plateaus in the delta-14C curve?

4 votes
1 answer
220 views

What was the rate of Black Hole - Black Hole mergers expected to be detected by LIGO prior to GW150914?

3 votes
1 answer
463 views

Is the GW150914 signal consistent with a superluminal gravitational wave burst?

2 votes
1 answer
321 views

Should a Bismuth coin slide slowly down a magnetic ramp?

2 votes
1 answer
159 views

Are there reliable sources regarding the motion of the Solar System through the Milky Way?

2 votes
1 answer
1k views

What does Newton's Theorem XXXIII in his book "Principia" mean?

1 vote
0 answers
231 views

Pair Production via Black Hole

1 vote
1 answer
105 views

If spacetime is discrete, would we observe continuous models to show non-rounding and non-truncation errors?

1 vote
1 answer
202 views

Which results in greater net entropy production: Building a house or skyscraper? [closed]

1 vote
1 answer
96 views

If quantum entanglement causes the violations of Bell's inequality why don't we see perfect correlation?

0 votes
2 answers
116 views

What problems would arise in physics by treating infinitesimals as ~1 (in units much smaller than the measurement precision) rather than ~0?

0 votes
3 answers
160 views

Is it consistent to use GR for cosmological (etc.) scenario's, given that GR reduces to Newtonian gravity?

0 votes
0 answers
55 views

Does the gravitational wave community plan to lower the threshold for claiming detections by 2000x?

-1 votes
1 answer
155 views

Which of Newton's shell theorems applies to a galaxy?