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Scilights showcase the most interesting work across the physical sciences. View in Browser OUR JOURNALS MANAGE MY ALERTS ABOUT AAPT American Association of Physics Teachers Recently Published Scilights Scilights showcase the most interesting work across the physical sciences published in AAPT journals, including American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher. A scilight, or science highlight, written by professional science writers, briefly summarizes newly published articles, emphasizing its importance to a particular field. Below are some of the most recently published American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher scilights and source articles. Get Your Work Read by Physics Educators Worldwide Publish with us and shape the future of physics education. LEARN MORE > To read the scilights, click on the scilight badge next to each article. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A simple Minkowskian time-travel spacetime John D. Norton READ MORE > Playing with active matter Angelo Barona Balda, Aykut Argun, Agnese Callegari, Giovanni Volpe READ MORE > A simple model of a gravitational lens from geometric optics Bogdan Szafraniec, James F. Harford READ MORE > On cat–human interaction from the viewpoint of physics: An equation of motion Anxo Biasi READ MORE > An exploration of circumbinary systems using gravitational microlensing Brett C. George, Eleni-Alexandra Kontou, Patrycja Przewoznik, Eleanor Turrell READ MORE > On the bifurcation behavior of a folded notebook page Chenguang Zhang READ MORE > How the air slows a closing book J. Pantaleone READ MORE > The game of life as a species model David A. Faux, Peter Bassom READ MORE > Playing melodies on a single string by exciting harmonics using the Lorentz force Yukai Wei, Hao Zhu, Haotian Jiang, Quanxin Luo, et al. READ MORE > A story with twists and turns: How to control the rotation of the notched stick Martin Luttmann, Michel Luttmann READ MORE > THE PHYSICS TEACHER Serious Physics on a Playground Swing—With Toys, Your Own Body, and a Smartphone Ann-Marie Pendrill READ MORE > Rainbows in Different Refractive Indices Yuan Zheng, Kexun Shen, Xianghe Wang, Xing-Xing Yao READ MORE > Probing Mechanical Properties of a Spider Web Using a Simple Rubber Band Model Hyo Seok Choi, Kyung Suk Lee READ MORE > Strategies for Supporting Equitable Group Work Marta R. Stoeckel, Kelly O'Shea READ MORE > The bat signal Keith Zengel, Anna Klales READ MORE > Sauntering Sauropods: The Preferred Walking Speeds of the Largest Land Animals That Ever Lived Scott A. Lee, Justyna Slowiak READ MORE > Jack Reacher and the Deployment of an Airbag Gregory A. DiLisi, Richard A. Rarick READ MORE > Books from AIP Publishing and AAPT Our AAPT co-published titles are curated to provide educators with the tools and methodologies to train the next generation of physical scientists. Check-out our Professional titles at pubs.aip.org/books where all first chapters are free to read and download. If you're an AAPT member, enjoy 25% off digital access to all AAPT co-published and AAPT Book Archive titles. To purchase, log in at pubs.aip.org using your AAPT credentials. EXPLORE AAPT BOOK TITLES > Interested in Becoming an AAPT Member? AAPT is the premier global professional society established to advance the greater good through physics education. Member benefits include free online access to The Physics Teacher and American Journal of Physics, leadership/networking opportunities, discounts on educational products, career advancement opportunities, and much more! LEARN MORE > Follow us on social media   Copyright © 2025 American Association of Physics Teachers. All rights reserved. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 You are receiving this email because you have opted-in to receive alerts from us. To guarantee delivery of this email please add aaptpubs@aip-info.org to your address book and safe senders list. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us then please unsubscribe or amend your settings.