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Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?

jon — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:33:57 GMT

Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?

Is There Poop on the Moon?

jon — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:27:22 GMT

What else did we leave on the moon?

Common Physics Misconceptions

jon — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:46:14 GMT

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

What is Touch?

jon — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:58:01 GMT

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

The Origin of Quantum Mechanics

jon — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:48:17 GMT

The Origin of Quantum Mechanics (feat. Neil Turok)

2012 Nobel Prize: How Do We See Light?

jon — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:37:54 GMT

What was the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics given for? Capturing a single photon of light! Congrats to Serge Haroche and David Wineland

Real World Telekinesis

jon — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:02:46 GMT

Real World Telekinesis?

Why is it Dark at Night?

jon — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:00:06 GMT

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

What if the Earth were Hollow?

jon — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:01:44 GMT

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

Usain Bolt vs. Gravity

jon — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:50:44 GMT

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

Higgs Boson Part III: How to Discover a Particle

jon — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:59:24 GMT

How do you know when you've "discovered" a particle? What do we mean by "discovery"?

The Higgs Boson, Part II: What is Mass?

jon — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:53:20 GMT

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

The Higgs Boson Explained Part 1

jon — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:27:21 GMT

The Higgs Boson. What more need be said?

Open Letter to the Universe

jon — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:49:59 GMT

An open letter to the universe.

Proof Without Words: The Circle

jon — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:35:35 GMT

Proving the area of circle without words

How to Count Infinity

jon — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:20:14 GMT

Some infinities are bigger than other infinities

Why the solar system can exist

jon — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:16:00 GMT

If gravity is so attractive, why doesn't the earth just crash into the sun? Or the moon into the earth?

There is no Fourth dimension

jon — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:02:37 GMT

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

How far is a second?

jon — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:13:27 GMT

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

Einstein's Proof of E=mc^2

jon — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:24:58 GMT

Ever wonder how Einstein proved E=mc^2? This is how.

The Size and Existence of Atoms

jon — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:13:45 GMT

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

Albert Einstein: Why Light is Quantum

jon — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:44:41 GMT

We explain 4 of Einstein's most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old.

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

jon — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:34:21 GMT

It's leap year time... so what are years, anyway? And what do they have to do with the supermassive black hole in the core of the milky way?

Tutorial: Rocket Science!

jon — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:51:00 GMT

The basic physics behind how rockets work!

Football, Physics, and Symmetry

jon — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:52:58 GMT

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

Round Triangles!

jon — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:57:58 GMT

Why circles are round (and triangles too!)

Why are stones round?

jon — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:37:44 GMT

Zach Weiner of SMBC comics is guest illustrator on MinutePhysics! Why are some stones round and others flat?

The Tides

jon — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:00:35 GMT

Bad tidings - the tides are slowing down the earth!

What is a Neutrino?

jon — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:13:18 GMT

Neutrinos are the vampires of physics.

The Tacoma Narrows Fallacy

jon — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:05:40 GMT

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

How lasers work

jon — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:57:46 GMT

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

The Hairy Ball Theorem

jon — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:04:02 GMT

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

Weigh a million dollars with your mind

jon — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:04:54 GMT

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

The Arrow of Time

jon — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:40:43 GMT

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, relativity, and nuclear detection

jon — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:31:30 GMT

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

How to break the speed of light

jon — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:53:19 GMT

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

The Speed of Light in Glass

jon — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:18:30 GMT

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

There is no pink light

jon — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:32:32 GMT

Pink doesn't exist!

2011 Nobel Prize: Dark Energy

jon — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:29:25 GMT

Guest narrator Sean Carroll of Caltech describes dark energy and the acceleration of the universe, the discovery of which was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 4th.

Schrödinger's Cat

jon — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:12:11 GMT

In this episode we discuss Schrödinger's cat, quantum entanglement, and our perception of reality.

Taming Infinity

jon — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:29:08 GMT

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

What is fire?

jon — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:33:41 GMT

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

Distance and Special Relativity: How far away is tomorrow?

jon — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:32:03 GMT

Time is shorter than you think!

What is a dimension? In 3D...and 2D... and 1D

jon — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:59:29 GMT

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

Adding past infinity

jon — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:38:04 GMT

In this episode we take a break from physics and do a little fuzzy math. But not really: this is actually relevant to physics!

What is Quantum Tunneling?

jon — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:48:54 GMT

In this episode we explain what quantum tunneling is and how it works!

The Sound of Hydrogen

jon — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:08:17 GMT

This episode is a little bit different from the norm, because I've created the sound of hydrogen - or, that is, what if it would sound like if it emitted sound instead of light waves!

What is the Uncertainty Principle?

jon — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:31:25 GMT

In this episode, we talk about the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and how it's not really that weird - it's just a property of waves!

How the sun works

jon — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:24:17 GMT

How the Sun works: Fusion and Quantum Tunneling

What is the Wave/Particle Duality? Part 2

jon — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:46:56 GMT

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

What is the Wave/Particle Duality? Part 1

jon — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:45:39 GMT

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!

What is Dark Matter?

jon — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:47:39 GMT

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!

What is Gravity?

jon — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:46:24 GMT

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