phys.org
Mixed
Results vary across phys.org: of 6 URLs tested, 3 are disrupted some of the time and 3 load normally. 168 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-05-24, the most recent on 2026-06-24.
The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
The site itself
http://phys.orgIntermittenthttps://phys.orgas of 2026Not blockedPages and subdomains (4)
https://phys.org/news/2013-06-carbon-world-forests-absorb.htmlas of 2026Not blockedhttp://phys.org/news/2015-03-mathematicians-year-old-problem.htmlIntermittenthttp://phys.org/news/2015-07-historic-environmental-awareness-china.htmlas of 2026Intermittenthttps://phys.org/news/2018-01-good-storytelling-base-modern-society.htmlas of 2026Not blockedAbout phys.org and the Great Firewall
Results vary across phys.org: of 6 URLs tested, 3 are disrupted some of the time and 3 load normally. 168 tests have been run under this domain since 2012-05-24, the most recent on 2026-06-24.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://phys.org is intermittent, https://phys.org is not blocked. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
Elsewhere on the site
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