MinutePhysics

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

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

What is matter, anyway? What does it have to do with math?

A brief intro to the current theory of (almost) everything - the Standard Model of particle physics.

How much do you need to vomit in order to levitate?

Two linemen colliding can light a 60W bulb for over a minute! 

Why circles are round (and triangles too!)

Zach Weiner of SMBC comics is guest illustrator on MinutePhysics!

Bad tidings - the tides are slowing down the earth!

Come with us to Italy to find out what went into measuring the FTL neutrinos.

Neutrinos are the vampires of physics.

Teach your teacher: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge WASN'T resonance.

How does a laser really work? It's Bose - Einstein statistics! (photons are bosons)

Ever tried to comb a hairy ball? Math says you failed!

A million dollars is a ton of money. But how much does it weigh?

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.

GPS is just a big clock in space! (and it can detect nuclear explosions)

You can break the speed of light in your back yard! (but don't worry, Einstein is still right)

How does light speed up after leaving glass or water? What do light and the President of the United States have in common?

Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute!

No cats were harmed in the making of this video.

In this episode we explain how physicists can tease information out of infinity.

In this episode we explain why fire is red, gas flames are blue, and why you're too cool to glow.

In this episode we talk about distance in space and time and answer "How far away is tomorrow?"

In this episode we talk about dimensions and how we know that we live in 3D (or do we?).

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.

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!

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle - in a nutshell!

In this episode, we learn about how the sun can burn for billions of years without running out of fuel.

In this episode, I revisit the wave particle duality and present an intuitive analogy for understanding how it works.

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!

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!

In this episode, we discuss the basic nature of gravity, one of the four fundamental forces in our universe.