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  1. Why is cold fusion considered bogus? - Physics Stack Exchange

    Sep 22, 2011 · In the past, after Fleischmann and Pons announced their cold fusion results, in perfectly good faith, they were proven wrong by subsequent experiments. What are the experimental realities …

  2. Why do I get negative entropy? - Physics Stack Exchange

    Aug 29, 2025 · Yes, but I was trying to find the absolute entropy (like the one in the Boltzmann definition), not the Δ. So I thought to do this. Once we know that ΔS=Cln (T2/T1) we can split …

  3. Why do whips hurt so much? - Physics Stack Exchange

    Oct 16, 2018 · The reason, a Whip hurts so much is that the tip of whip moves extremely fast, causing the skin to tear. The reasoning behind this is easy to analyze from momentum conservation. Lets …

  4. astronomy - How big a coincidence is the Sun and Moon having …

    May 3, 2020 · It's consensus that the very similar apparent sizes of the Moon and the Sun as seen from Earth is a coincidence (as already answered in this site). This provides us with almost exact total solar

  5. What is causing the Trumpet Sounds that are emited from the sky?

    Aug 1, 2015 · Occam suggests that the sounds are either able to be explained as typical noises that 'just happen' or are hoaxes. It is unfortunately extremely common for a large number of copy-cat reports …

  6. electricity - Would rubber shoes offer any form of protection against ...

    Jul 19, 2020 · I haven't tried that but according to me it would do more damage than to protect. Since if by any chance lightning strikes you , the rubber shoes will provide more resistance causing extreme …

  7. What exactly does the *frequency* of a photon mean?

    Jan 7, 2017 · If you emit a single photon, wait an interval, emit a second photon, wait the same interval, and keep repeating, is the resultant stream of photons describable by the frequency at which you …

  8. Conversion of cartesian position and velocity to spherical velocity

    Apr 24, 2020 · Let's say that there is a particle with Cartesian coordinates $ (x,y,z)= (1, 2, 3)$ and Cartesian velocity $ (x', y', z')= (4, 5, 6)$. Converting the position to ...

  9. kinematics - Why isn't the acceleration at the top point of a ball’s ...

    Imagine you're in space and your ball has a little rocket engine. You throw the ball away, and the rocket engine is thrusting to return it to you. At the farthest point, before it reverses direction, it briefly …

  10. electrostatics - Why is the Electric Field Zero at this point ...

    Jun 9, 2015 · This answer needs editing because it is confusing as it stands. You say "same intensity and direction", but I think you mean "same intensity and opposite direction"? Electric field is zero at …