The Blog of Phyz

There's a rather robust treatment of The Amaz!ng Meeting (TAM) and James Randi in this week's SF Weekly. The Demystifying Adventures...

If you think academic standards are troublesome, take a look at this story about our favorite standard for mass: The kilogram has a weight-l...

You call yourself a physics teacher and you don't have a sonic ruler in your pocket ? Tisk tisk! Sonar Ruler Demo from cc laan on Vime...

They didn't make the usual August 15 posting date. That was a Saturday, so you have to give them that. Then again Monday, August 17 came...

'Twas the night before STAR scores, when all through the school The IT guy was stirring, he’s nobody’s fool The envelopes were placed in...

The University of Nebraska - Lincoln is bringing together outstanding undergraduate women researchers in Physics for a three-day conference,...

See the Google Doodle in the post below. Assume that current is flowing through the copper wire and that the painted (red) end of the compas...

I got a charge out of today's Google logo mod. I have a colleague who takes some level of offense at what Google does or doesn't do...

My first time tinkering with a customized Google Map. My advice? Zoom out (-) until you see the markers. View Arizona 2009 Roadtrip in a la...

So far: Valley of Fire State Park (Nevada), Zion (Utah, 1 pic), and Grand Canyon's North Rim. Click the pic to get there quick. More to ...