The Blog of Phyz

You know it's possible to use ice to start a fire . Here's a story of water starting a fire . UPDATE 1: This space reserved for the ...

After giving my lesson on atmospheric refraction and mirages last week, I decided that the accompanying preso needed some Warner Brothers ca...

PTSOSer Bill Taylor's students came up with this gem. I drew it and we'll see who (among my students) wins the shiny new Ticonderoga...

UPDATE 5/11/09: See comments for the detailed explanation from Sargent Welch. The short version: Technical difficulties--please stand by. (W...

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Or perhaps we knew ye all too well. Either way, with a scant 18 sign-ups in AP Physics for the 2009-10 academic year, the school has decided...

I'm a little late on this, but I've been busy! Check the page listed below for the solutions and competition results (as they come i...

My buddy and fellow skeptical photographer, Scott Hurst , sent this along. I see physics. And I see pain. But mostly... WOW! It's 5:38 o...

Alec Hodgins and I go back to 1988, when he joined the faculty at Rio Americano. I was a 1.5-year veteran at Rio at the time. We've had ...