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Wave interference: where does the energy go? « Skulls in the Stars The two waves cancel each other out, leaving a completely unmoving string due to destructive interference. My student asked me: what happens to the energy? As posed, it seems that we started with two waves carrying energy, but…
Coyotebanjo: Day 03 "In the Trenches" (shout-out Friday edition) The "Friday Shout-Out," an interesting classroom technique. (via Pedablogue) (tags: academia education society psychology) onipress.com 23-page free preview comic for the upcoming Jumper movie. (tags: books movies SF) Graphene…
Kwiat Quantum Information Group The quantum physics version of "24." Can Professor Paul Kwiat save his research group from striking grad students, visiting sponsors, broken lasers and a missing password without violating the University of Illinois ethics regulations? (tags: physics academia silly…
The Republic of T. » Sotomayor & The Vulcan Standard, Pt. 2 "It hit me like a slap in the face. It sounded familiar, but different. To me, this fictional family was white. But in the time and place they occupied on the page they weren't "white enough." "Oh my God!" I exclaimed. My husband,…