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Oct 16th, 2009
I tell my students that if they can discover a magnetic monopole, then they will receive a Nobel Prize in Physics. An article published recently in Science discusses experiments that seem to have uncovered the elusive magnetic monopole. Why is this important? Why is this news not quite as exciting as you might think?
Aug 25th, 2009
The Dallas Morning News called me yesterday to see if I could help with their research on NFL punt trajectories. The obvious reason was because A.J. Trapasso hit the Dallas Cowboy’s center-field score board while punting.
Aug 24th, 2009
A.J. Trapasso hit the Dallas Cowboy’s 90-foot high scoreboard with a punted football during the Tennessee/Dallas pre-season match-up a couple of days ago. Jerry Jones claims that A.J. was trying to hit it, and must have kicked the ball straight up. He’s wrong.
Jul 18th, 2009
I’ve gotten into tangles with the 9/11 Troofers on this site before. But I’m always amazed at what people will believe. The moon landing was faked! Come on … really?
Jul 15th, 2009
As students of physics, we learn when studying Special Relativity that the speed of light is constant. When we study geometric optics, we learn that the speed of light slows down in a medium. This seeming contradiction leads to a completely understandable misconception about the nature of light.