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physics enthusiast and electric bassist, recovering ex-engineer (there's a 12-step program for that but it's notoriously ineffective). Tries to answer questions on the stack exchange in order to help people and improve his game. Website full of weirdly cool stuff he's done at www.nielsenkillowatt.com

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160 Why do spaceships heat up when entering earth but not when exiting? Dec 31 '17
135 Why does a sticker slowly peel off, but if it is pulled quickly it tears? Aug 25 '19
108 Why doesn't the road lose its thickness to the tyre? Dec 8 '19
73 Why can we distinguish different pitches in a chord but not different hues of light? Dec 1 '18
72 Why does the humidifier make a stove's flame orange? Nov 18 '18
64 Why do fusion and fission both release energy? Jan 30 '19
62 What is meant by “gravity waves we see at sea surface”? Dec 16 '19
57 Emissitivity of copper - Why are copper heatsinks all shiny? May 14 '18
47 Why are steel thermal mugs much better than plastic ones? May 31
46 What explanations are there for a rug steadily creeping at about a millimeter/day rate across a room? Nov 3 '17
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