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How did Archimedes calculate the volume of spheres using infinitesimals?

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How could I experimentally derive the speed of light with nothing more than a convenient store trip, basic household supplies, and a car?

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Why is it so difficult for particle accelerators to increase in energy, seeing as you need about 10000000 Tev for ~one Joule?

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If we assigned a 3 digit number to letters a-z, plus punctuation and space, then mapped that onto pi or e, would we get a "monkey's writing shakespeare" effect?

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What chemical compound contributes to the classic "campfire smell?"

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How do we calculate million/billion plus half lives of elements?

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Does the uncertainty principle just pertain to velocity and position, or are there other "quality pairs" that it stops us from getting perfectly?

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Would a being living in a hyperbolic space be able to tell that its space was a hyperbolic shape?

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Why is it that during continental drift over the earths history, none of the continents rotated, and I can, on a large scale, piece them back together just with sliding left and right?

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If we had been alive to see the Martian atmosphere get stripped away, what would it have looked like?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did Archimedes calculate the volume of spheres using infinitesimals?	5266
How could I experimentally derive the speed of light with nothing more than a convenient store trip, basic household supplies, and a car?	342
Why is it so difficult for particle accelerators to increase in energy, seeing as you need about 10000000 Tev for ~one Joule?	88
If we assigned a 3 digit number to letters a-z, plus punctuation and space, then mapped that onto pi or e, would we get a "monkey's writing shakespeare" effect?	38
What chemical compound contributes to the classic "campfire smell?"	24
How do we calculate million/billion plus half lives of elements?	24
Does the uncertainty principle just pertain to velocity and position, or are there other "quality pairs" that it stops us from getting perfectly?	22
Would a being living in a hyperbolic space be able to tell that its space was a hyperbolic shape?	19
Why is it that during continental drift over the earths history, none of the continents rotated, and I can, on a large scale, piece them back together just with sliding left and right?	6
If we had been alive to see the Martian atmosphere get stripped away, what would it have looked like?	5