MinutePhysics
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 464 ratingsCool physics and other sweet science - all in a minute!
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Why You Should Care About Nukes
March 29, 2016 21:58 - 3 minutes - 34.3 MB VideoAliens: Are We Looking in the Wrong Place?
March 24, 2016 18:01 - 4 minutes - 48.7 MB VideoTransporters and Quantum Teleportation
March 15, 2016 20:56 - 2 minutes - 18.6 MB VideoThe Limb of the Sun
March 11, 2016 20:28 - 2 minutes - 13.9 MB VideoHow Do We Know What Air is Like on Other Planets?
February 24, 2016 20:46 - 2 minutes - 17 MB VideoConcrete Does Not Dry Out
February 10, 2016 20:17 - 2 minutes - 24.4 MB VideoHow To Discover Weird New Particles | Emergent Quantum Quasiparticles
February 01, 2016 22:07 - 3 minutes - 30.9 MB VideoWhy December Has The Longest Days
December 22, 2015 20:04 - 2 minutes - 16.5 MB VideoThe Physics of Car Crashes
December 14, 2015 23:15 - 3 minutes - 26.9 MB VideoWhy Isn't It Faster To Fly West?
November 20, 2015 21:42Why Do We Put Telescopes in Space?
September 27, 2015 04:55Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano
September 17, 2015 22:04 - 4 minutes - 41.9 MB VideoHow Long Can You Balance a Pencil?
August 07, 2015 14:00 - 3 minutes - 32.6 MB VideoLearn and try to balance.
A Brief History of Everything, feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson
July 20, 2015 19:48 - 8 minutes - 84.3 MB VideoThe Counterintuitive Physics of Turning a Bike
July 17, 2015 16:04 - 1 minute - 32.8 MB VideoHow Do Bikes Stay Up?
June 30, 2015 02:00How To Detect A Secret Nuclear Test
June 25, 2015 21:49 - 3 minutes - 37.8 MB VideoUpside Down Mountains in Real Life
May 31, 2015 23:11 - 2 minutes - 24.1 MB VideoWhy Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible
May 20, 2015 19:44 - 2 minutes - 22.9 MB VideoHow to Find an Exoplanet
May 06, 2015 14:00 - 2 minutes - 30.3 MB VideoWatch and learn how we detect exoplanets.
How to Subtract By Adding
May 01, 2015 21:37 - 3 minutes - 28.6 MB VideoHow Big is The Sun?
April 25, 2015 18:16 - 2 minutes - 11.3 MB VideoHow Do Airplanes Fly?
April 08, 2015 23:53 - 3 minutes - 18.9 MB VideoComputer Color is Broken
March 20, 2015 01:00 - 4 minutes - 20.6 MB VideoWhat IS Angular Momentum?
January 22, 2015 01:00 - 3 minutes - 28.4 MB VideoAstronomically Correct Twinkle Twinkle
December 22, 2014 01:00 - 2 minutes - 22.1 MB VideoA Simple Proof of Conservation of Energy
December 20, 2014 01:00 - 3 minutes - 34.7 MB VideoHow An Airplane Is Made
December 19, 2014 01:00 - 5 minutes - 82.6 MB VideoWhy is it Harder to Drive Backwards?
December 15, 2014 01:00 - 3 minutes - 37.9 MB VideoSolution to The Impossible Bet
December 09, 2014 01:00 - 3 minutes - 35.3 MB VideoWhy Isn't The Sky Purple?
November 11, 2014 01:00 - 3 minutes - 26.7 MB VideoThis is Not a Rainbow
October 28, 2014 22:21 - 3 minutes - 33.3 MB VideoWhy is the Sun Yellow and the Sky Blue?
October 19, 2014 13:00 - 2 minutes - 29.3 MB VideoAntimatter Explained
September 21, 2014 01:14 - 3 minutes - 41.3 MB VideoWhy are Stars Star-Shaped?
August 27, 2014 01:48 - 3 minutes - 39.1 MB VideoHenry explains the shape of stars.
Pot Theft (A Radiolab Adventure)
June 13, 2014 23:27 - 4 minutes - 45.5 MB VideoA collaboration with RadioLab
Is the Universe Entirely Mathematical? Feat. Max Tegmark
May 26, 2014 21:48 - 2 minutes - 28.5 MB VideoThanks to Max Tegmark for writing & narrating this video.
How to See Without Glasses
April 27, 2014 22:00 - 3 minutes - 35 MB VideoThis cool trick allows you to see without glasses.
When Insanity Becomes Normal - Venezuela
April 11, 2014 01:14 - 6 minutes - 71.4 MB VideoThis has nothing to do with physics, but I thought it was important so I made a video about it: uprisings in Venezuela.
A Polarizing Discovery About the Big Bang!
March 19, 2014 20:53 - 2 minutes - 28.3 MB VideoExplanation of a NEW DISCOVERY about the Big Bang!
How Modern Light Bulbs Work
February 16, 2014 02:53 - 3 minutes - 34.2 MB VideoHow do Modern Light Bulbs Work?
Evolution vs Natural Selection
January 22, 2014 22:35 - 3 minutes - 33.1 MB VideoWhy is the Solar System Flat?
January 10, 2014 01:56 - 3 minutes - 35.7 MB VideoWhy The Full Moon is Better in Winter
December 17, 2013 21:06 - 2 minutes - 27.4 MB VideoWhy winter has the best full moons.
What is Sea Level?
November 25, 2013 22:22 - 3 minutes - 38.8 MB VideoWhen we say Mt. Everest is 8850m tall, how do we know what sea level would be beneath the mountain?
3 Simple Ways to Time Travel (& 3 Complicated Ones)
October 26, 2013 20:39 - 3 minutes - 36.6 MB VideoHenry looks at 6 ways to Time Travel.
Magnetic Levitation
October 18, 2013 21:10 - 2 minutes - 24.9 MB VideoA look at diamagnetism and levitation.
How to Destroy a Magnet
September 28, 2013 21:44 - 2 minutes - 29 MB VideoMagnets are amazingly strong... but there's a very easy way to destroy them. All you need to know is a little bit about ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, and temperature!
How Do Magnets Work?
September 23, 2013 22:07 - 6 minutes - 69.4 MB VideoWhy do they attract and repel at long distances? Is it magic? No... it's quantum mechanics, and a bit more.