MinutePhysics

How do we know the Earth is round?

A look at how to stay dryest in the rain.

Is there poop on the moon?

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

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.

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

Dear Mr. President....

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!

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

Featuring Neil Turok

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

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

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

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

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

MinutePhysic's take on the Millennium Simulation

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

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

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

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

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

The Higgs Boson. What more need be said?

My open letter to the universe.

Where does all the stuff in the universe come from?

Prove πR² using only beads and a ruler!

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

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

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

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

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

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

How Einstein (& others) discovered Special Relativity.

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

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!