Like the MIT physics simulator - a game played by drawing physical objects to solve a series of puzzles. Best played with a tablet.

New material has reflective index of only 0.00045.

Thanks, Tosh!

Quoted: U.S. researchers said on Tuesday they have made the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light.

Great article full of fan mail for MIT physics professor, Walter Lewin.

Quoted: Walter H. G. Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., has found devotees across the country with his online lectures.

MIT's Physics lectures - by the best physics lecturer in the world. You can watch the complete course on video for FREE on MIT's Open Courseware website (unfortunately, you need Real Player - but I find that the Real Player is less obnoxious than they used to be).

Quoted: This section contains the video index and videos for the various topics of the course.

click to play

Very cool demo of using CD players as a gyroscopic platform in space.

Quoted: PhysOrg news: Case closed: MIT gumshoes solve 'throbbing' oil mystery

John Fontanella discussed his new book - The Physics of Basketball - on Science Friday this week. Sounds really excellent (what's the optimal angle for a free throw shot - about 49 degrees - depending on your height).

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9243416

Quoted: Amazon.com: The Physics of Basketball: Books: John J. Fontanella by John J. Fontanella

Great video of gameplay to watch here. Reminds me of a Katamari type game - funky music, happy surroundings. Looks like fun to play with friends.

Robert Scoble takes a tour of the Museum at CERN. Both physics exhibits, and Tim Berners-Lee's NeXT machine on which he created the first version of the World Wide Web.

Interesting video times:
20:00: WWW and Tim Berners-Lee Story
30:00 Emacs mention
50:00 Conversion from IBM/Cray to Unix grid computing
"Linux is everywhere"

Ben Segal narrates much of this, who worked closely with Tim.