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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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Points for Participation: A Bad Idea

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The Scale at the Bottom of a Pool

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Do Artists Need Math?

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Stacking One Trillion Dollars

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Learning to Think Like a Human

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More on Twitter vs. Earthquakes

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How Fast Is Falling Rain?

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Tweet Waves vs. Seismic Waves

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How Fast Are Colbert's Heroes?

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Measurement and Uncertainty Smackdown

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Python Notes: Lists vs. Arrays

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Why Do Mirrors Reverse Left and Right?

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It's Not a Bomb, But What Is It?

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Welcome to the Fall Semester

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Exposing a Fake Video Trick

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Farmer's Insurance Ad Fails Physics

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Acceleration of a Fungus Spore