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175 Which is stronger, a rope without knots or a rope with knots? Sep 6 '16
37 What is a “decade” as a unit of measure (ex. a decade of the EM spectrum)? Mar 15
14 Why does thermal radiation only occur at infrared and visible frequencies? Dec 9 '16
14 Why does hot air rise in a column instead of cold air pressing down? Feb 11 '16
12 Why does water have no color? Apr 4 '17
11 Tree vs lightning rod: why does one burn and the other not? Nov 16 '17
9 Is “The curl of the gradient of any scalar field is identically zero” contradictory to Faraday's Law? Feb 15 '17
7 Where do gamma ray photons come from? Sep 5 '16
5 Why don't gas flames radiate much heat directly, but metal objects heated by them do? Sep 2 '16
5 When is a water level no level? Sep 9 '16
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