MinutePhysics

Why You Should Care About Nukes

29 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Aliens: Are We Looking in the Wrong Place?

24 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Transporters and Quantum Teleportation

15 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Limb of the Sun

11 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

How Do We Know What Air is Like on Other Planets?

24 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Concrete Does Not Dry Out

10 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

How To Discover Weird New Particles | Emergent Quantum Quasiparticles

01 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Why December Has The Longest Days

22 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Physics of Car Crashes

14 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Why Isn't It Faster To Fly West?

20 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Why Do We Put Telescopes in Space?

27 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano

17 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How Long Can You Balance a Pencil?

07 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Learn and try to balance.

A Brief History of Everything, feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson

20 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Counterintuitive Physics of Turning a Bike

17 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How Do Bikes Stay Up?

30 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How To Detect A Secret Nuclear Test

25 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Upside Down Mountains in Real Life

31 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible

20 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How to Find an Exoplanet

06 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Watch and learn how we detect exoplanets.

How to Subtract By Adding

01 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How Big is The Sun?

25 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

How Do Airplanes Fly?

08 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Computer Color is Broken

20 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

What IS Angular Momentum?

22 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomically Correct Twinkle Twinkle

22 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

A Simple Proof of Conservation of Energy

20 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

How An Airplane Is Made

19 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it Harder to Drive Backwards?

15 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Solution to The Impossible Bet

09 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

An Impossible Bet

08 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Should you take the bet?

Why Isn't The Sky Purple?

11 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This is Not a Rainbow

28 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Why is the Sun Yellow and the Sky Blue?

19 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Antimatter Explained

21 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Why are Stars Star-Shaped?

27 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Henry explains the shape of stars.

Pot Theft (A Radiolab Adventure)

13 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

A collaboration with RadioLab

Is the Universe Entirely Mathematical? Feat. Max Tegmark

26 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to Max Tegmark for writing & narrating this video.

How to See Without Glasses

27 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This cool trick allows you to see without glasses.

When Insanity Becomes Normal - Venezuela

11 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This has nothing to do with physics, but I thought it was important so I made a video about it: uprisings in Venezuela.

A Polarizing Discovery About the Big Bang!

19 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Explanation of a NEW DISCOVERY about the Big Bang!

How Modern Light Bulbs Work

16 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

How do Modern Light Bulbs Work?

Evolution vs Natural Selection

22 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Why is the Solar System Flat?

10 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Why The Full Moon is Better in Winter

17 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Why winter has the best full moons .

What is Sea Level?

25 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

When we say Mt. Everest is 8850m tall, how do we know what sea level would be beneath the mountain?

3 Simple Ways to Time Travel (& 3 Complicated Ones)

26 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Henry looks at 6 ways to Time Travel.

Magnetic Levitation

18 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A look at diamagnetism and levitation.

How to Destroy a Magnet

28 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Magnets are amazingly strong... but there's a very easy way to destroy them. All you need to know is a little bit about ferromagnetism, paramagnetism,...

How Do Magnets Work?

23 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Why do they attract and repel at long distances? Is it magic? No... it's quantum mechanics, and a bit more.

Where Was The Big Bang?

22 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

There is no centre of the universe!

Science, Religion, and the Big Bang

18 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Did the Universe have a beginning?

Do We Expand With The Universe?

01 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

When the universe expands... do we expand with it?

Where is the True North Pole?

01 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Is it in the Arctic Ocean? In Canada? Russia?

How to Turn Sound Into Light: Sonoluminescence

03 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Another awesome thing the Mantis Shrimp does...

Can Humans Really Feel Temperature?

30 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A look at what it means for something to be hot or cold.

The Order of Operations is Wrong

18 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Why the Order of Operations is WRONG

Foiled Proof

05 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Henry shares a simple rule for solving tricky mathematical problems.

Parallel Universes: Many Worlds

17 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A look at the mind-boggling many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

The True Science of Parallel Universes

01 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Are there parallel universes?

Youtube Video vs. The Universe

10 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Using a YouTube video to describe the size of the Universe.

How Big is the Universe?

24 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

It has NO EDGE. And NO CENTER... or does it?

What Is The Universe?

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

When we say the Universe, what do we really mean?

Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force - Which Wins?

24 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny.

Another Physics Misconception

02 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

p = mv is not quite true

TOP 10 REASONS Why We Know the Earth is Round

27 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

How do we know the Earth is round?

Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?

20 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A look at how to stay dryest in the rain.

Is There Poop on the Moon- ft. Smarter Every Day

13 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Is there poop on the moon?

Common Physics Misconceptions

05 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Does the Universe Have a Purpose- feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson

27 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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...

What is Touch?

22 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Open Letter to the President: Physics Education

10 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dear Mr. President....

Can we Predict Everything?

04 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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...

E=mc² is Incomplete

29 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

The Origin of Quantum Mechanics

13 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Featuring Neil Turok

2012 Nobel Prize: How Do We See Light?

11 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Real World Telekinesis (feat. Neil Turok)

07 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Why is it Dark at Night?

30 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Is Racewalking a Sport?

20 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

AMAZING Simulation of the Evolution of the Universe

02 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

How to Simulate the Universe on your Laptop

02 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

MinutePhysic's take on the Millennium Simulation

What if the Earth were Hollow?

27 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Usain Bolt vs. Gravity

12 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

The Most Burly Hurls

03 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Higgs Boson Part III: How to Discover a Particle

27 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

The Higgs Boson, Part II: What is Mass?

12 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

The Higgs Boson, Part I

05 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Higgs Boson. What more need be said?

Open Letter to the Universe

14 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

My open letter to the universe.

Picture of the Big Bang

07 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Where does all the stuff in the universe come from?

Proof Without Words- The Circle

29 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Prove πR² using only beads and a ruler!

Every Force in Nature (Theory of Everything, Part III)

21 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

How to Count Infinity

12 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Why the solar system can exist

03 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Ye Olde Debunking

21 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

There is no "Fourth" dimension

14 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

How far is a second?

08 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Einstein and The Special Theory of Relativity

18 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

How Einstein (& others) discovered Special Relativity.

Albert Einstein- The Size and Existence of Atoms

13 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

Albert Einstein- Why Light is Quantum

12 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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

What are years... and the galactic supermassive black hole!

27 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

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