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It's a famous mathematical saying that to a topologist, a doughnut and coffee cup are the same, but what are the exact equations and transformations and such that turn a coffee cup of some given dimension to a whatever radius torus?

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The basics of what I understand about resonant frequency is that if you playa glasses resonant frequency, it 'splodes. If that is true, what would happen if we played the earth's resonant frequency on a gigantic speaker? Tell me if I'm wrong about resonant frequency.

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Would result without investment, i.e. Magic, be breaking physics, thermodynamic, or something else?

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Could a baby, in any sense of the word, eat a sibling in the womb? And where is that concept in modern culture, I know it's from a thing but I can't think what, thanks!

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This may sound like a ridiculous idea, but let's say we succeed scientifically with the idea of two men creating a child from their own genes, never mind how it is born but the punnit square for that reads 75 male 25 YY. What would a child born with two y chromosomes be, theoretically?

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Could a small meteorite moving extremely fast (i.e. a large fraction the speed of light) cause the same damage as a slow moving, larger meteor?

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What word describes energy and matter as a blanket term?

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Is it possible to determine how far a moon is from a planet based on it's nighttime luminosity?

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With my rudimentary knowledge of the photoelectric effect, would it be possible to create a machine that a flashlight could move?

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If light is just EM radiation, theoretically, could a camera exists to secrecy all forms of EM radiation? (I.e. A radio wave camera, or a gamma wave camera)

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It's a famous mathematical saying that to a topologist, a doughnut and coffee cup are the same, but what are the exact equations and transformations and such that turn a coffee cup of some given dimension to a whatever radius torus?	1
The basics of what I understand about resonant frequency is that if you playa glasses resonant frequency, it 'splodes. If that is true, what would happen if we played the earth's resonant frequency on a gigantic speaker? Tell me if I'm wrong about resonant frequency.	1
Would result without investment, i.e. Magic, be breaking physics, thermodynamic, or something else?	1
Could a baby, in any sense of the word, eat a sibling in the womb? And where is that concept in modern culture, I know it's from a thing but I can't think what, thanks!	1
This may sound like a ridiculous idea, but let's say we succeed scientifically with the idea of two men creating a child from their own genes, never mind how it is born but the punnit square for that reads 75 male 25 YY. What would a child born with two y chromosomes be, theoretically?	1
Could a small meteorite moving extremely fast (i.e. a large fraction the speed of light) cause the same damage as a slow moving, larger meteor?	1
What word describes energy and matter as a blanket term?	1
Is it possible to determine how far a moon is from a planet based on it's nighttime luminosity?	1
With my rudimentary knowledge of the photoelectric effect, would it be possible to create a machine that a flashlight could move?	1
If light is just EM radiation, theoretically, could a camera exists to secrecy all forms of EM radiation? (I.e. A radio wave camera, or a gamma wave camera)	1