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How can electrons be “topological”?
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What it means, and doesn’t mean, to get a job in physics
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The fastest possible mile (2009)
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How thick is the atmosphere? A derivation of the Boltzmann distribution
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Your body wasn’t built to last: Math of human mortality (2009)
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The meaning of Noether’s Theorem (2011)
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What if I were 1% charged? (2013)
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150 points
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What if I were 1% charged?
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Pedestrians as interacting particles
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115 points
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151 points
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Self-reported happiness measured on a log-scale to relative to income.
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on May 7, 2013
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Where the periodic table ends
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266 points
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So is the universe made of tiny springs, or isn’t it?
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3 points
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on Aug 30, 2010
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The "where did the energy come from?" game
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1 point
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tyn
on Sept 17, 2009
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Braess’s Paradox and “The Ewing Theory”
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3 points
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maw
on Aug 4, 2009
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Rush hour traffic and the price of anarchy
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1 point
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maw
on Aug 4, 2009
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Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates
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51 points
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