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Rhett Allain
Contributor
Rhett Allain is an associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University. He enjoys teaching and talking about physics. Sometimes he takes things apart and can't put them back together.
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physics
We Swear There's a Reason to Model This Ball Bouncing Off a Wall
May 24, 2016 9:00 AM
Science
A New Record for Physics Graduates
May 20, 2016 7:00 AM
physics
The
Independence Day: Resurgence
Spaceship Has Its Own Gravity
May 17, 2016 11:00 AM
physics
Physics Says Hollywood Shrank the Angry Birds for Their Leading Roles
May 16, 2016 10:00 AM
physics
Go Ahead, Connect an Inductor and Capacitor and See What Happens
May 11, 2016 4:53 PM
Science Blogs
No, Jose Ramirez's Helmet Doesn't Defy the Laws of Physics
May 10, 2016 3:01 PM
physics
Whoa: A Tesla Coil Can Zap Nanotubes Into Long Nanowires
May 5, 2016 11:00 AM
physics
Happy May the 4th! Let's Break Down a Super Star Destroyer's Super Death
May 4, 2016 7:00 AM
Science Blogs
Don't Put a Crane Outside a Physicist's Window if You Don't Want Some Math
Apr 29, 2016 2:45 PM
Science Blogs
If Your Science Professors Aren't Confusing, They're Doing It Wrong
Apr 26, 2016 4:35 PM
Movies
Civil War's
Winter Soldier Couldn't Survive This Giant Jump
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 AM
physics
Calculate Your Way to Special Relativity Just Like Einstein
Apr 19, 2016 4:00 PM
Space
How Breakthrough Starshot's Tiny Spacecraft Can Hack Physics to Go Interstellar
Apr 14, 2016 5:28 PM
Sports
The Physics of That Crazy Ricochet Hole in One at the Masters
Apr 12, 2016 2:55 PM
Science Blogs
Dang, the Death Star Is Coming Together
Quick
in the New
Star Wars
Trailer
Apr 8, 2016 1:29 PM
Science Blogs
The Physics Behind Another Bogus Perpetual Motion Machine
Apr 7, 2016 2:00 PM
physics
Would Magneto Get Whiplash if Quicksilver Pushed Him Out of Danger? No, He'd Just Die
Apr 5, 2016 1:52 PM
physics
Three Ways to Make a Rocket From a Bottle (Bonus: GIFs!)
Mar 31, 2016 1:17 PM
Science Blogs
Science Education Is Woefully Uncreative. That Has to Change
Mar 30, 2016 7:00 AM
physics
You Can Solve Quantum Mechanics' Classic Particle in a Box Problem With Code
Mar 25, 2016 2:31 PM
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