Professor Clint Sprott, David Newman, Chris Watts, and Uma Bhatt, from the University of Wisconsin, are all part of a program called "The Wonders of Physics".  The other day I came across a few more cool physics experiments that you can do at home so I figured I would pass them on to you here:

Home Meteorology
Your Reaction Time
The Doppler Effect
A Random Walk
A Vortex Bottle
Smoke Rings

Be sure to check the Wonders of Physics Web Site for more information

Dr. Robert Anthony Reveals How To Use Quantum Physics To Supercharge Your Life
By: Rick Miller

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What if you could have anything you want simply by using your mind in a certain revolutionary way?

Undoubtedly, Dr. Robert Anthony, author of 15 best-selling books, including the Beyond Positive Thinking, is the undisputed master of teaching people to manifest their desires and turn them into reality.

Dr. Anthony recently spoke with Tellman Knudson as part of the List Crusade program, a series of audio lessons from over 52 leading self-help gurus and Internet marketing experts.   more »

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Bryan Dahmes is rambling about physics and faith.  Can religion and science mix?  He seems to think so and has some interesting points.  Read the full post as there is some interesting conversation in the comments section...

"I really don't think that the Bible says anything about Quantum Mechanics.  All we have is that God said "Let there be light".  Does it matter that we now call the light "photons"?  There's a t-shirt that I really like, where on the front God "speaks" Maxwell's equations, and on the back it says "and there was light". 

Salt-weathering is one of the main causes of rock disintegration in nature, particularly in deserts, polar regions and along coastlines. However, it is also a very widespread cause of damage to man-made constructions. Bridges, for example, are attacked by de-icing salts, and cities such as Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Adelaide are affected by rising damp from high ground-water levels. Indeed, many examples of cultural heritage, including the Islamic sites of Bokhara and Petra in Jordan and the Sphinx in Egypt, may ultimately be destroyed due to the effects of salt-weathering.

Now Lourens Rijniers and colleagues at Eindhoven University in the Netherlands have developed a way to observe the solubility of various salts inside porous materials directly (Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 075503).

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