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Questions in this tag must be answered in a manner that can be understood by a general audience with at most a basic understanding of physics, mathematics and related sciences. Apply it to questions where the asker clearly requests such answers.

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Behaviour of duvet covers in washing machines

When you put a duvet cover in a washing machine without buttoning it up any other items of bedding (e.g. pillow cases) inevitably end up inside it. Instinctively, I would think that the opposite would happen (although I have no rigourous basis for…
rlms
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Scientists observe the laws of the physics but, Where do they come from?

Has anyone ever considered how the laws of physics that we study came into being.
Richard Hesketh
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How to take a Picture of Ice in Mars Pole?

It is say in other thread, that impossible to make satellite orbit above of poles. But there is a claim from NASA, that in pole of Mars there is a cap of ice. So they take a picture of it. How can someone explain this. Is possible to make the…
Mohammad Fajar
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Scientific Laws for Engineering Materials

I have a conceptual question. There is a law in science for every phenomenon in nature, like gravity or electric field. But also there are laws for springs or capacitors etc... I mean the engineering materials that are produced by engineering…
user50322
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Does the ground beneath a levitating object change due to the rotation of the earth?

I don't know whether this question pertains to physics. But anyways, here goes... If I were to hover 1m above the ground in a helicopter, would the ground below me change after 1 hr due to the rotation of the earth?
Jay Raj
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Why is there uncertainty in physics?

In physics, why do we come up with a theory that is unable to explain what is actually going in a phenomenon? Just we are creating a theory which explains the results and satisfies the data, does not mean that it will not have mistakes. Why cant…
Syed Jaffri
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