The Blog of Phyz

I suppose it's only natural for those toiling away in a dying medium to want to point a finger at something else and say, "Hey, tha...

Physics teacher Jean Gifford found our " Egg Toss " activity deep in The Book of Phyz and thought it might be worth a try at Tay...

The geometry and trigonometry of interference patterns is non-intutive to students. I think it's non-intutive to most of us. Doing real ...

The good people at PhET have launched a new physics simulation into the world. Bending Light. It's a robust refraction sim with many t...

If this guy's not a Libra, I shall renounce my faith in Zodiacal Astrology. Wait: I have no faith in Zodiacal Astrology. Durn . Bu...

PhET's " Radioactive Dating Game " sim has a fun game-like element to it. Too much for me to resist, and why would I? So I w...

Saturday, May 21, 2011. Sunday, Mat 22, 2011. Rest in peace, $100M Family Radio media empire...  Go gentle into that good night...  Let ...

Goodwin Liu (Rio '87) was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals. I wrote about Professor...

was a bit of a disappointment, actually. Power cuts at school typically happen in the late morning or early afternoon in conjunction with wi...