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Rhett Allain

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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.

Science

Why Does the Balloon Move Forward in an Accelerating Car?

Apr 28, 2014 8:33 AM

Science

Can You Slow Down a Day Using Angular Momentum?

Apr 24, 2014 8:44 AM

Science

Is Captain America's Shield a Capacitor?

Apr 16, 2014 8:46 AM

Science

This Car Talk Puzzler Solution is Bogus

Apr 15, 2014 8:37 AM

Science

How Do We Know the Earth Orbits the Sun?

Apr 14, 2014 8:26 AM

Science

How Quiet Is This Lawn Mower?

Apr 10, 2014 11:29 AM

Science

The World Looks Different Through an Infrared Camera

Apr 9, 2014 6:19 PM

Science

Exploding Anvils With Incorrect Physics

Apr 4, 2014 12:55 PM

Science

Education, Robots and Cosmos

Mar 31, 2014 4:17 PM

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Can I Find Any 1964 Silver Quarters?

Mar 27, 2014 8:35 AM

Uncategorized

Is This a Good Math Question?

Mar 24, 2014 8:34 AM

Science

How Much Does Captain America's Shield Weigh?

Mar 20, 2014 8:30 AM

Science

When Will I Get One Million Twitter Followers?

Mar 18, 2014 8:29 AM

Science

Calculating Pi For Pi Day

Mar 13, 2014 8:40 AM

Science

Could Captain America Jump Without a Parachute?

Mar 11, 2014 8:45 AM

Science

Book Review: The Art of Tinkering

Mar 7, 2014 8:26 AM

Culture

Want to build a hoverboard? We suggest ion thrusters

Mar 7, 2014 5:30 AM

Science

Why Can't We Have Hoverboards?

Mar 6, 2014 8:30 AM

Science

Could You See the Curvature of the Earth in this Airport?

Mar 4, 2014 8:32 AM

Science

Could the MythBusters Shoot a Cannonball Made of Ice?

Feb 28, 2014 8:29 AM