How do we know the Earth is round?

Direct download: TOP_10_REASONS_Why_We_Know_the_Earth_is_Round.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00am EST

A look at how to stay dryest in the rain.

Direct download: Is_it_Better_to_Walk_or_Run_in_the_Rain.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 4:42pm EST

Is there poop on the moon?

Direct download: Is_There_Poop_on_the_Moon-_ft._Smarter_Every_Day.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 6:28pm EST

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

Direct download: Common_Physics_Misconceptions.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00am EST

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.

Direct download: Does_the_Universe_Have_a_Purpose-_feat._Neil_deGrasse_Tyson.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 3:59pm EST

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

Direct download: What_is_Touch.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 9:28pm EST

Dear Mr. President....

Direct download: Open_Letter_to_the_President-_Physics_Education.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00am EST

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!

Direct download: Can_we_predict_everything.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00am EST

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

Direct download: Emc2_is_Incomplete.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 10:11pm EST

Featuring Neil Turok

Direct download: The_Origin_of_Quantum_Mechanics_feat._Neil_Turok.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00am EST

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

Direct download: 2012_Nobel_Prize_-_How_Do_We_See_Light.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 6:22pm EST

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

Direct download: Real_World_Telekinesis_feat._Neil_Turok.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00am EST

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

Direct download: Why_is_it_Dark_at_Night.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 7:34pm EST

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

Direct download: Is_Racewalking_a_Sport.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 10:00am EST

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

Direct download: AMAZING_Simulation_of_the_Evolution_of_the_Universe.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 10:14pm EST

MinutePhysic's take on the Millennium Simulation

Direct download: How_to_Simulate_the_Universe_on_your_Laptop.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 10:09pm EST

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

Direct download: What_if_the_Earth_were_Hollow.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 8:50pm EST

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

Direct download: Usain_Bolt_vs._Gravity.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 2:32am EST

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

Direct download: The_Most_Burly_Hurls.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 7:57pm EST

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 EST

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 EST

The Higgs Boson. What more need be said?

Direct download: The_Higgs_Boson_Part_I.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 5:31pm EST

My open letter to the universe.

Direct download: Open_Letter_to_the_Universe.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 2:18am EST

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 EST

Prove πR² using only beads and a ruler!

Direct download: Proof_Without_Words-_The_Circle.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 6:21pm EST

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 EST

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

Direct download: How_to_Count_Infinity.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 7:58pm EST

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 EST

Ye Olde Debunking

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

Direct download: Ye_Olde_Debunking.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 3:52am EST

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 EST

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

Direct download: How_far_is_a_second.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 10:39pm EST

How Einstein (& others) discovered Special Relativity.

Direct download: Einstein_and_The_Special_Theory_of_Relativity.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 9:00am EST

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 EST

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 EST

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 EST

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 EST

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 EST

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 EST

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 EST

Why circles are round (and triangles too!)

Direct download: Round_Triangles.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00am EST

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 EST

Bad tidings - the tides are slowing down the earth!

Direct download: The_Tides.mp4
Category:science & medicine -- posted at: 8:00am EST

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