MinutePhysics: Recent Episodes

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Cool physics and other sweet science - all in a minute!

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Learn and try to balance.

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Watch and learn how we detect exoplanets.

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Should you take the bet?

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Henry explains the shape of stars.

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A collaboration with RadioLab

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Thanks to Max Tegmark for writing & narrating this video.

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This cool trick allows you to see without glasses.

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This has nothing to do with physics, but I thought it was important so I made a video about it: uprisings in Venezuela. 

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Explanation of a NEW DISCOVERY about the Big Bang!

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How do Modern Light Bulbs Work?

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Why winter has the best full moons.

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When we say Mt. Everest is 8850m tall, how do we know what sea level would be beneath the mountain?

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Henry looks at 6 ways to Time Travel.

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A look at diamagnetism and levitation.

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Magnets 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!

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Why do they attract and repel at long distances? Is it magic? No... it's quantum mechanics, and a bit more.

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There is no centre of the universe!

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Did the Universe have a beginning?

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When the universe expands... do we expand with it?

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Is it in the Arctic Ocean? In Canada? Russia?

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Another awesome thing the Mantis Shrimp does...

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A look at what it means for something to be hot or cold.

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Why the Order of Operations is WRONG

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Henry shares a simple rule for solving tricky mathematical problems.

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A look at the mind-boggling many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

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Are there parallel universes?

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Using a YouTube video to describe the size of the Universe.

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It has NO EDGE. And NO CENTER... or does it?

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When we say the Universe, what do we really mean?

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The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny.

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p = mv is not quite true

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How do we know the Earth is round?

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A look at how to stay dryest in the rain.

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Is there poop on the moon?

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What if you thought the earth was flat? And then you found out it isn't?

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Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked by the Templeton Foundation to answer the question "Does the Universe Have a Purpose". Then he read his answer aloud and I drew some pictures for it.

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In this quantum world, what does it mean to touch something?Do we really hover above the chairs we're sitting in?

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Dear Mr. President....

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Einstein didn't like quantum mechanics because it wasn't able to make perfect predictions... but science is not about what you like, it's about what's true!

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You've heard of E=mc²... but you probably haven't heard the whole story.

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Featuring Neil Turok

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What was the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics given for? Capturing a single photon of light!

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How do magnets attract each other from a distance? How does the sun heat us from millions of miles away?

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Have you ever wondered why you look up and see a dark sky at night?

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What is a sport? Do arbitrary and technophobic rules matter?

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Sit back, relax and enjoy the evolution of the Universe.

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MinutePhysic's take on the Millennium Simulation

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What if there were a tunnel through the middle of the earth and you jumped in?

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Who's faster over 10 meters - the fastest sprinter in the world, or gravity?

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Which is the most intense Olympic throwing event? Shot put? Hammer? Discus? Javelin?

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How do you know when you've "discovered" a particle?

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What is mass and what does it have to do with the Higgs Boson?

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The Higgs Boson. What more need be said?

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My open letter to the universe.

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Where does all the stuff in the universe come from?

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Prove πR² using only beads and a ruler!

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In which we explain economic equilibrium, how to make money from nothing, and every fundamental force in physics.

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"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities" - Hazel Grace Lancaster, in "The Fault in Our Stars," by John Green

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If gravity is so attractive, why doesn't the earth just crash into the sun? Or the moon into the earth? The answer: Stable Orbits

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Have you ever wondered where "Ye Olde" spelling comes from? Today we unravel this thorny linguistic issue.

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Just because there are four dimensions doesn't mean there's a "fourth dimension".

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The moon may be 1.3 light-seconds away, but why on earth do we measure distances using time?

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How Einstein (& others) discovered Special Relativity.

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How do we know atoms exist? And just how big are they?

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Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old

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It's leap year time... so what are years, anyway?