The Blog of Phyz

I know there are bigger problems in the world. You can read all about them elsewhere. A problem just entered my world that stands to grow fo...

James Lincoln is a high-energy physics teacher from the southland here in California. He's into sharing physics gems and physics teac...

Gender barriers have fallen (or are falling) in many areas of US society. But nationwide gender equity nirvana remains elusive. Physics and ...

Paul Hewitt is on a screencasting rampage, and no topic in Conceptual Physics is safe! He's been producing and releasing short video ...

The System was my homework/classwork/general incentive policy for about 20 years. I developed it in the early 1990s and was very happy with ...

Rio Americano is 50 years old this year. We're trying to celebrate it. So there is cause for thoughts of nostalgia. Faculty and staff ge...

Last time we saw Tim Blais , he was " Rolling in the Higgs ", repurposing Adele's smash hit " Rolling in the Deep " ...

I offered this assignment to students so inclined last week. CTT.1 (Credit Toward Unit Tests) Voyager in the News: September 12, 2013 +...

It appears there is no such thing as a "real psychic". James Randi's Million Dollar Challenge continues to go unclaimed. Cr...

When I present the "Skepticism in the Classroom" workshop at AAPT meetings, physics instructors often dismiss the silliness. ...