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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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The Physics of Materials at Minus 80 Degrees Celsius
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How NASA Finds the Mass of the Dirt Grabbed From an Asteroid
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Everything You Need to Know About Energy
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What Even Is Friction, Anyway?
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What Would Happen If All the Antarctic Ice Melted?
Oct 13, 2020 9:00 AM
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The Cool Physics of a Supersonic Baseball
Sep 23, 2020 9:00 AM
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Hey Students! Here's How to Deal With School in a Pandemic
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What Happens If You Smash a Boat Into a Whale?
Sep 14, 2020 9:00 AM
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Sep 9, 2020 10:00 AM
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What’s Up With the Funny-Looking Moons in
Onward
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May 23, 2020 7:00 AM
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The Science of Temperature Is Weirder Than You Think
May 14, 2020 9:00 AM
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Science Fairs Are Canceled. Maybe That’s Just as Well
May 10, 2020 10:00 AM
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How Much Energy Does It Take to Blow Up a Planet?
May 4, 2020 10:00 AM
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Build Your Own Pinhole Videocam!
May 2, 2020 10:00 AM
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Wait a Second, That Table Has No Legs!
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