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Peter Cordes

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64 votes

Why are leap seconds needed so often?

answered Apr 22, 2018 at 1:39

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How can a battery charge up another battery to a higher percentage?

answered Jun 28, 2016 at 9:31

15 votes

Speed of light vs speed of electricity

answered Sep 24, 2017 at 16:44

10 votes

If we repeatedly divide a solid in half, at what point does it stop being a solid?

answered Oct 2, 2020 at 1:12

9 votes

What causes electrical boxes to hum?

answered Sep 13, 2015 at 12:05

7 votes

Can you make a laser without cavity, if you have a pump strong enough? I think no, but is my reasoning correct?

answered Apr 13, 2020 at 1:29

5 votes

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Does aluminum in between stop induction cooktop from warming iron?

answered Mar 12, 2020 at 8:09

3 votes

Is speed of sound same for all inertial frames?

answered Aug 31, 2021 at 23:18

1 vote

How do computers store sound waves just by sampling the amplitude of a wave and not the frequency?

answered Oct 26 at 5:40

1 vote

Is throwing dice a stochastic or a deterministic process?

answered May 5, 2019 at 3:38

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What's the best (practical!) shape to maximize the rate of heat transfer?

answered Sep 28, 2015 at 9:57

0 votes

Why would black hole rip me apart?

answered May 22, 2022 at 19:59

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Can electric field pass through a charge particle so that the charge particle behind the one can get energy?

answered Jun 27, 2021 at 1:10