Surely, You're Joking, Mr. Physicist
Real physics that sounds like a joke at first glance, and simple questions that turn out to have no tidy answer.
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Ocean waves: how many wavelengths at once?
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Meteor shower traces: how much you can infer?
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Which headphones are best? Do you hear, know, or believe?
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Color, or How We Perceive Infinite Combinations of Wavelengths
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Physics Is Not Engineering: "Hooray, It Does Not Work!"
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Physics of Watermelon Waves: Is It Ripe?
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How Big Is a Rainbow You Never Saw?
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Lightning and Thunder: Still Carrying Secrets
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What Shape Is a Raindrop? Physicists Are Still Working on It
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A Train Hits a Tennis Ball: Frames of Reference Explained
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Schrödinger's Cat on Franklin's Kite? The Cat Would Get Wet
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Why a Crookes Radiometer Spins: Both Popular Answers Are Wrong
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A Story of a Levitating Frog
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Is Light a Wave or a Particle? Two Experiments, Two Answers
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What Is a Black Body? The Sun Is Almost a Perfect One
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Why Do Cats Always Land on Their Feet? Physicists Still Argue About It
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Schrödinger's Cat: One Electron, Two Slits, and a Cat in the Box
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Are Cats Solid or Liquid? Physicists Actually Studied This
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