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Ooookay.... Another seemingly easy vexer and we had only two attempts and one correct answer. Our last week's vexer was: Using the ideal gas law PV=nRT=nkT,...
This one should be soooo easy, I'm almost embarass to post it, but what the hey.... Hanging over a pulley there is a rope, with a weight at one end. At the...
If you haven't been reading sci.physics.research regularly, you might not know anything about the newest "scandal" in physics. This article can get you up to...
As I thought. I was again wrong at guessing that the last vexer was "easy". In last week's vexer, I asked: Hanging over a pulley there is a rope, with a weight...
This week's vexer will make you use your noogle. It also uses a very important method in logic and mathematics - induction. Let's see if you can solve this. ...
Here is something that I obtained from the conference that I just attended. It is a simulation of the fields from a charge bunch moving in a series of...
This Bogdanov brothers seem to be getting way too much publicity for nothing. I think the major reason here being that some people have brought up the...
The November 2002 issue of the APS News contains the start of the Top Ten list of PRL's most cited paper. This obviously will continue for the next 10 months...
A few of our members answered last week's vexer correctly. If you recall, last week, I asked the following: You are given 9 identical-looking marbles. 8 of...
This week's vexer promises to be another simple one. So do send in your answer! When you are ice skating, why do your skates slide smoothly along the ice...
I was asked by a couple of new members on the exact nature of this Undernetphysics Yahoo group. It is a reasonable question to ask especially if the members...
Hello all, I was inspired about your riddle of the marbles to put up another one I've heard before. I think this one is a step above in level of difficulty....
The "APS" in "APS News" means the American Physical Society. Most practicing physicists in the US are a member of this organization, which is a professional...
As promised, this is the first in (hopefully) a series of articles from individuals within the field of physics. The main emphasis is on the area of physics...
The Bells of St. Mary’s Vic Stenger Chapter 1 of Has Science Found God? soo to be published by Prometheus Books Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to...
Some people start their physics careers very focused and goal-oriented. Some don't. I was definitely in the latter category. When I was applying for ...
Strangely enough, both your and my experience with regards to knowing (or not knowing) exactly what we want to do when we enter graduate school seem to be the...
There is a very fascinating article on the e-print server by Frank Wilczek of MIT on this topic. It is also a very entertaining read. So check it out! ...
OK, the holiday mood must have set in, because I thought this was an easy one. In the last vexer, I asked: When you are ice skating, why do your skates slide...
Since we had quite a few participating in our 9-marbles vexer a few weeks ago, I decided to present a similar one, which is a rather trickly variation to that...
My experience getting a PhD is a bit different from either ZZ's or Tom's. I suspect that its greatest value to undergrads will be in the "what not to do"...
Hey Scott! Thanks for the wonderful essay on your journey. I think that more than just an issue of pursuing physics, your description puts in perspective the...
It comes as no surprise that many members had difficulties with this one. It wasn't easy. If you recall, last week's vexer was: You have 6 identical-sized...
Since it is the holiday time of the year, I thought I'd find a vexer that ties in to the occasion. This should be an easier one than last week's. Halloween =...
The two top stories of physics this past year according to the AIP Physics News Update was (i) the accounting of the solar neutrinos, which has been a major...
Continuing the listing from APS News of the 10 most cited papers in Phys. Rev. Lett., this month's issue reveals the 9th most cited paper in that journal: ...
... T.A. ... Hilarious! In the senior lab course here at my university, one of the labs is a crystal growth lab, and we were looking at that exact paper not a...
Talking to any physicist about the skills you will need going through a university undergraduate (and even graduate) degree in physics always results in the...
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