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Could You Use Physics to Wall-Run This Bridge?

Everybody loves parkour — it’s like when a human becomes a superhero and does the unthinkable. Oh, you think only Spider-Man runs on walls…

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Could You Use Physics to Wall-Run This Bridge?

1d ago

Physics Lab: Measure the Charge to Mass Ratio for the Electron

The electron is a fundamental particle, but there’s a big problem — you can’t directly see them. That means that it’s quite difficult to…

5d ago

Physics Lab: Measure the Charge to Mass Ratio for the Electron

5d ago

Magnetic Fields: From Lines to Loops to Solenoids

The electrodynamics course starts off with a bunch of electric field stuff. After that, it finally gets to magnetostatics (non-changing…

Nov 3

Magnetic Fields: From Lines to Loops to Solenoids

Nov 3

What Happens to Physics When A.I. Makes a Demo Video?

People use AI for all sorts of things. It’s possible to make something useful stuff — but you can also make silly stuff. So, how well is…

Oct 31

What Happens to Physics When A.I. Makes a Demo Video?

Oct 31

Does This Exercise Equipment Understand Physics? Let’s Find Out.

The university rec center updated their fitness equipment. With that, they put in these four stair climber machines (Matrix Performance…

Oct 27

Does This Exercise Equipment Understand Physics? Let’s Find Out.

Oct 27

What Is the Electric Displacement Field and How Does It Cheat Physics?

We know that there are interactions between electrically charged objects. If two things have the same net electric charge, they will repel…

Oct 22

What Is the Electric Displacement Field and How Does It Cheat Physics?

Oct 22

According to Physics, What Is the Steepest Gradient You Could Cycle?

A cycling race on completely flat roads might be a little boring — but also not very realistic as very few roads are without hills. So, if…

Oct 20

According to Physics, What Is the Steepest Gradient You Could Cycle?

Oct 20

Can A.I. Make Physics Diagrams? Let’s Find Out.

I’m not sure if you already know this, but I often create physics diagrams for blog posts and stuff. Sometimes I even create stuff for…

Oct 8

Can A.I. Make Physics Diagrams? Let’s Find Out.

Oct 8

Rubber Band Physics: Measuring Weight* and Mass

What’s the difference between mass and weight and how do you measure both of them? Yes, that’s what we are going to do — measure these two…

Oct 6

Rubber Band Physics: Measuring Weight* and Mass

Oct 6

The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment to Determine the Charge of an Electron

The charge of an electron (e) is often called the elementary electric charge. This is because everything object has some integer value of…

Oct 2

The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment to Determine the Charge of an Electron

Oct 2

Rhett Allain

Rhett Allain

10.1K followers

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

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