Sun, 12 August 2012
Who's faster over 10 meters - the fastest sprinter in the world, or gravity? |
Fri, 3 August 2012
Which is the most intense Olympic throwing event? Shot put? Hammer? Discus? Javelin? |
Thu, 26 July 2012
How do you know when you've "discovered" a particle?
Direct download: Higgs_Boson_Part_III-_How_to_Discover_a_Particle.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 10:51pm EDT |
Thu, 12 July 2012
What is mass and what does it have to do with the Higgs Boson?
Direct download: The_Higgs_Boson_Part_II-_What_is_Mass_1.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 7:33pm EDT |
Thu, 5 July 2012
The Higgs Boson. What more need be said? |
Thu, 14 June 2012
My open letter to the universe.
Direct download: Open_Letter_to_the_Universe.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 2:18am EDT |
Thu, 7 June 2012
Where does all the stuff in the universe come from?
Direct download: Picture_of_the_Big_Bang_a.k.a._Oldest_Light_in_the_Universe.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 5:48pm EDT |
Tue, 29 May 2012
Prove πR² using only beads and a ruler!
Direct download: Proof_Without_Words-_The_Circle.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 6:21pm EDT |
Mon, 21 May 2012
In which we explain economic equilibrium, how to make money from nothing, and every fundamental force in physics.
Direct download: Every_Force_in_Nature_Theory_of_Everything_Part_III.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 5:21pm EDT |
Sat, 12 May 2012
"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities" - Hazel Grace Lancaster, in "The Fault in Our Stars," by John Green |
Thu, 3 May 2012
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
Direct download: Why_the_solar_system_can_exist.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 5:15pm EDT |
Sat, 14 April 2012
Just because there are four dimensions doesn't mean there's a "fourth dimension".
Direct download: There_is_no_Fourth_dimension.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 7:09pm EDT |
Sat, 7 April 2012
The moon may be 1.3 light-seconds away, but why on earth do we measure distances using time? |
Sun, 18 March 2012
How Einstein (& others) discovered Special Relativity.
Direct download: Einstein_and_The_Special_Theory_of_Relativity.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
Tue, 13 March 2012
How do we know atoms exist? And just how big are they?
Direct download: Albert_Einstein-_The_Size_and_Existence_of_Atoms.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
Mon, 12 March 2012
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
Direct download: Albert_Einstein-_Why_Light_is_Quantum.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EDT |
Mon, 27 February 2012
It's leap year time... so what are years, anyway?
Direct download: What_are_years..._and_the_galactic_supermassive_black_hole.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 25 February 2012
What is matter, anyway? What does it have to do with math?
Direct download: Theory_of_Everything-_What_is_Matter.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 18 February 2012
A brief intro to the current theory of (almost) everything - the Standard Model of particle physics.
Direct download: Theory_of_Everything_intro.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 3:42pm EDT |
Sun, 12 February 2012
How much do you need to vomit in order to levitate?
Direct download: VomitPhysics_Physics_of_Fiction.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 4 February 2012
Two linemen colliding can light a 60W bulb for over a minute!
Direct download: Football_Physics_and_Symmetry.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sat, 14 January 2012
Zach Weiner of SMBC comics is guest illustrator on MinutePhysics!
Direct download: SMBC_Physics-_Why_are_stones_round.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EDT |
Sun, 8 January 2012
Bad tidings - the tides are slowing down the earth! |
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 |
