Wed, 28 December 2011
Come with us to Italy to find out what went into measuring the FTL neutrinos.
Direct download: Faster_Than_Light_Neutrinos_maybe-_Field_Trip.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 17 December 2011
Neutrinos are the vampires of physics. |
Sat, 10 December 2011
Teach your teacher: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge WASN'T resonance.
Direct download: The_Tacoma_Narrows_Fallacy.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 3 December 2011
How does a laser really work? It's Bose - Einstein statistics! (photons are bosons) |
Sat, 26 November 2011
Ever tried to comb a hairy ball? Math says you failed! |
Sat, 19 November 2011
A million dollars is a ton of money. But how much does it weigh?
Direct download: Weigh_a_million_dollars_with_your_mind.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 12 November 2011
Why is the past different from the future? Caltech physicist Sean Carroll explains how the arrow of time is not an intrinsic property of physics, but rather an emergent feature.
Direct download: The_Arrow_of_Time_feat._Sean_Carroll.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sun, 6 November 2011
GPS is just a big clock in space! (and it can detect nuclear explosions)
Direct download: GPS_relativity_and_nuclear_detection.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 29 October 2011
You can break the speed of light in your back yard! (but don't worry, Einstein is still right)
Direct download: How_to_break_the_speed_of_light.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
Sat, 22 October 2011
How does light speed up after leaving glass or water? What do light and the President of the United States have in common?
Direct download: The_Speed_of_Light_in_Glass.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
Sat, 15 October 2011
Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! |
Sun, 25 September 2011
No cats were harmed in the making of this video. |
Sun, 18 September 2011
In this episode we explain how physicists can tease information out of infinity. |
Sat, 10 September 2011
In this episode we explain why fire is red, gas flames are blue, and why you're too cool to glow. |
Sat, 3 September 2011
In this episode we talk about distance in space and time and answer "How far away is tomorrow?"
Direct download: Distance_and_Special_Relativity-_How_far_away_is_tomorrow.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 5:01pm EDT |
Sun, 28 August 2011
In this episode we talk about dimensions and how we know that we live in 3D (or do we?). |
Sat, 20 August 2011
In this episode we take a break from physics and do a little fuzzy math. But not really: this is actually relevant to physics! Come back and I'll explain later.
Direct download: Adding_Past_Infinity_WARNING-_Math_Ahead.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 10:00am EDT |
Sat, 13 August 2011
In this episode we explain what quantum tunneling is and how it works! To see quantum tunneling in action, watch http://bit.ly/pJhIdW and learn about the sun!
Direct download: What_is_Quantum_Tunneling.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 10:00am EDT |
Sat, 30 July 2011
The Heisenberg uncertainty principle - in a nutshell!
Direct download: What_is_the_Uncertainty_Principle.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 10:00am EDT |
Sun, 24 July 2011
In this episode, we learn about how the sun can burn for billions of years without running out of fuel.
Direct download: How_the_Sun_works-_Fusion_and_Quantum_Tunneling.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 10:00am EDT |
Fri, 15 July 2011
In this episode, I revisit the wave particle duality and present an intuitive analogy for understanding how it works.
Direct download: The_Wave_Particle_Duality_-_Part_2.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 10:00am EDT |
Sun, 10 July 2011
In this episode, we discuss the Wave Particle Duality and why quantum mechanics is weirder than anything we're used to in our daily lives!
Direct download: What_is_the_Wave_Particle_Duality.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 1:13am EDT |
Tue, 5 July 2011
In this episode, we discuss Dark Matter, an exotic type of matter we know very little about, despite the fact that it makes up around 80% of all matter in the universe!
Direct download: Minute_Physics-_What_is_Dark_Matter.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:19pm EDT |
Sat, 25 June 2011
In this episode, we discuss the basic nature of gravity, one of the four fundamental forces in our universe.
Direct download: Minute_Physics-_What_is_Gravity.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 10:19pm EDT |
