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Physics Lab: Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor

We don’t normally use a capacitor to store energy like a battery, but it’s also sort of like a battery. So, here’s what we are going to do…

6h ago

Physics Lab: Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor

6h ago

What Does Physics Say About this Crazy Stick Pull Up?

This looks like it’s either impossible or some type of trick. I think it’s possible but very difficult. It’s a guy doing a pull up in a…

4d ago

What Does Physics Say About this Crazy Stick Pull Up?

4d ago

Physics Lab: Playing with a Fan Cart

In physics labs, we have been using low friction carts with fans for a long time. A very long time. However, I was never a fan of the old…

Jun 29

Physics Lab: Playing with a Fan Cart

Jun 29

Superman Physics: Could He Really Stop a Falling Building? (The Science Says…)

I don’t know which I like more — superhero movies or trailers for these superhero movies. Oh sure, movies can be great — but with just the…

Jun 25

Superman Physics: Could He Really Stop a Falling Building? (The Science Says…)

Jun 25

Physics Lab: Don’t Measure Current the Way You Measure Voltage.

In physics lab, we measure stuff. With electric circuits, this often involves measuring both the change in electric potential (commonly…

Jun 22

Physics Lab: Don’t Measure Current the Way You Measure Voltage.

Jun 22

The Future of Education and Learning in the Age of A.I. (not real AI).

You can’t deny it. Artificial Intelligence (AI)* is here and it’s not going away. OK, it’s not real AI — it’s Large Language Models (LLMs)…

Jun 19

The Future of Education and Learning in the Age of A.I. (not real AI).

Jun 19

Physics Says We Probably Won’t Have A Space Elevator

Everyone wants a space elevator, but maybe it will never happen. I mean, it’s possible — but something magical will have to happen first…

Jun 15

Physics Says We Probably Won’t Have A Space Elevator

Jun 15

Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Yes, I’m going to talk about artificial intelligence (but I really mean Large Language Models for now), but first let me ask you a couple…

Jun 3

Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Jun 3

The Physics of Size: Could Mini-Me Jump as High as Full-Size Me?

Sometimes I watch videos on YouTube. There was this fun Veritasium video with an interesting interview question from Google. It goes…

May 30

The Physics of Size: Could Mini-Me Jump as High as Full-Size Me?

May 30

The Golden Dome vs. Physics: Is This A Good Idea?

In case you weren’t paying attention (I can hardly blame you), Trump signed an executive order directing the creating of a missile defense…

May 28

The Golden Dome vs. Physics: Is This A Good Idea?

May 28

Rhett Allain

Rhett Allain

Physics faculty, science blogger of all things geek. Technical Consultant for CBS MacGyver and MythBusters. WIRED blogger.

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