The Blog of Phyz

The AAPT's 2010 Summer Meeting in Portland was another sip from the fire hose. Much more to see and do than can be fit into the brief wi...

A prominent string theory physicist says so.

When it comes to closely held beliefs, facts often don't matter. At all. Research from The University of Michigan suggests that people ...

The Amazing Meeting 8 is coalescing. Attendees are arriving at the South Point. The Del Mar is filling with skeptics from around the world. ...

From Britain's Orange : A bus company in China has launched a new 'drive safely' campaign - by hanging big bowls of water next t...

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Star trail shots are difficult to take but very groovy when they turn out well. I got one at Crater Lake years ago, and the current edition ...

That crafty James Dyson reveals the physics behind his Air Multiplier. I hope it doesn't offend anyone's Bernoulli sensibilities. I ...

The Amaz!ng Meeting 8 (TAM8) is July 8-11 at the South Point Hotel Casino Spa in Las Vegas. My addiction precludes my absence. The organizer...

So says Captain Disillusion. And he doesn't just say so, he shows how the video trickery was done. He's quite good at this. See for ...