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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.

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What's the Steepest Gradient for a Road Bike?

Mar 12, 2013 4:00 PM

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How Fast Would the Earth Have to Spin to Fling People Off?

Mar 11, 2013 8:27 AM

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What Does Pi Have To Do With Gravity?

Mar 8, 2013 8:32 AM

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The Acceleration of Moon Dust

Mar 7, 2013 8:23 AM

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Another Look at Friction in Bad Piggies

Mar 6, 2013 8:22 AM

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Physics and Green Beer Bottles

Mar 5, 2013 8:27 AM

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How Far Could a Drug Cannon Shoot?

Mar 4, 2013 11:06 AM

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How Fast Would a Small Meteor Travel?

Mar 1, 2013 8:28 AM

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Could You Build a Banana-Powered Generator?

Feb 27, 2013 8:31 AM

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A Duet From Space

Feb 26, 2013 8:27 AM

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Why Would I Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?

Feb 22, 2013 8:18 AM

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Video Analysis of the Russian Meteor

Feb 20, 2013 8:17 AM

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Why Does a Meteor Explode in the Air?

Feb 18, 2013 8:13 AM

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Reddit-Inspired Star Wars Physics Homework

Feb 15, 2013 8:46 AM

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How Much Does Darth Vader Weigh?

Feb 12, 2013 8:24 AM

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What if Everyone Jumped in a Lake?

Feb 11, 2013 8:35 AM

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Happy e Day. What is e?

Feb 7, 2013 8:18 AM

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How Much Gasoline Would It Take to Power the Superdome?

Feb 4, 2013 3:52 PM

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xkcd's Interplanetary Cessna and Trajectories

Feb 1, 2013 8:27 AM

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Did the DirecTV Genie Delete Your Stuff?

Jan 30, 2013 8:26 AM