Can anyone suggest interesting careers for a physicist hoping to make a good impact on society? [more inside]
posted by qmechanic on Oct 29, 2009 - 10 answers

ScienceFilter: Creationists, crystals, and thermodynamics. [more inside]
posted by XMLicious on Feb 6, 2008 - 19 answers

What, if any, is the relationship between bandwidth and power? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Nov 19, 2007 - 14 answers

Remedial physics and sustainability: if energy is neither created nor destroyed, why do we have an energy crisis? Much more extensive question follows: [more inside]
posted by chrominance on Dec 8, 2006 - 17 answers

Hey Tommy, if a spring is bound and dropped into a vat of acid which dissolves it instantly, what happens to the spring's potential energy?

(If you haven't seen the comic before, you should start at the beginning.)
posted by Tlogmer on Jul 19, 2004 - 16 answers