Is Perfect Prediction Possible? A response to Veritasium's video on Newcomb's Paradox. See my full conversation with Derek over on the MinutePhysics patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/minu...

Is Perfect Prediction Possible?

What is the farthest on earth you can get from ANYTHING Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM630Z8lho8Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all i...

What is the farthest on earth you can get from ANYTHING

Schrödinger’s Cat (from the cat's perspective) Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOYyCHGWJq4I'm sure you've heard some version of this famous thought experiment: you put a cat in a bunker with s...

Schrödinger’s Cat (from the cat's perspective)

Do *you* understand ISO? Help stop the worst parts of factory farming: http://www.farmkind.giving/minute-physics?promo=minute_physicsThis video explains how ISO is very different to ...

Do *you* understand ISO?

When 2 + 2 = 3.999999999… Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM630Z8lho8A common physics misconception is that you can simply add velocities together — but experiments in spe...

When 2 + 2 = 3.999999999…

Breaking the speed of light from your backyard Full Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR4tJr7sMPMYou may have heard that Einstein's theory of special relativity imposes a cosmic speed limit: nothing ...

Breaking the speed of light from your backyard

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Is Quantum Mechanics Stopping Aliens From Contacting Us?

Not a rainbow! Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9udYi7exojkWhen Isaac Newton originally observed a rainbow of light split by a prism and made his label...

Not a rainbow!

What’s the source of gravity? (a common physics misconception) Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM630Z8lho8Gravity is not dependent on mass, but rather on energy and momentum. Which is something that...

What’s the source of gravity? (a common physics misconception)

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Why The Asteroids Are No Longer Planets

An Argument The Moon is a PLANET! Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysicsThis video is about how the International Astronomical Union's definition for a planet ...

An Argument The Moon is a PLANET!

The TROJAN Test The MinutePhysics t-shirt bundle is available now: https://store.dftba.com/products/physics-t-shirt-bundleHow do we truly know if something is orbiting somet...

The TROJAN Test

Why Some Rainbows Turn White Download Opera for free: https://opr.as/Opera-browser-minutephysicsSupport MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysicsIf you wander outsid...

Why Some Rainbows Turn White

The Most Common Moon Mistakes Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! https://patreon.com/minutephysicsThe moon is a familiar sight - yet it is rarely illustrated correctly. This video will sho...

The Most Common Moon Mistakes

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Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades?

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Draining The Oceans Is HARD

How to STOP Water From Freezing Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! https://patreon.com/minutephysicsFurther reading:- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-020-00750-6- https://www.youtube.com/watc...

How to STOP Water From Freezing

White Balance is Broken Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysicsFurther reading:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqZm6u12RJA- SWBNet: A Stable White B...

White Balance is Broken

The Physics Of Dissonance Thanks to the Acoustical Society of America for sponsoring this video! Start your career in acoustics today with the ASA career toolkit: https://exploresound...

The Physics Of Dissonance

The Magnetic Shadow Effect Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysicsLink to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/Minute Physics prov...

The Magnetic Shadow Effect

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Get one of my original drawings on Patreon!

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Antimatter in Sci-Fi Rundown

What if you pointed the Hubble telescope at Earth? @xkcd_whatif The first video we created together with our friends at xkcd is out now! You can find it here: http://youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif

What if you pointed the Hubble telescope at Earth? @xkcd_whatif

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But What IS A Lens Flare?

The LAST Eclipse in History This Product is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASA’s Science Activation portfolio. The material contained...

The LAST Eclipse in History

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Should You Wipe Off Your Sweat?

Why Aren't There Eclipses Every Month? The moon orbits the earth once per month, which means the moon is on the sun side of the earth every month. So... "why aren't there eclipses every month?" is...

Why Aren't There Eclipses Every Month?

Why Do Eclipses Travel WEST to EAST? The sun rises in the east, the moon rises in the east, and the stars rise in the east... but solar eclipses, oddly, come from the west. If total eclipses ar...

Why Do Eclipses Travel WEST to EAST?

Which Planet Has the Best Eclipse? Check out the interactive lab here: https://labs.minutelabs.io/eclipses/Solar eclipses don't just happen here on earth - moons of other planets also pass bet...

Which Planet Has the Best Eclipse?

The Color Temperature Paradox Go to https://brilliant.org/minutephysics to try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, and also get 20% off your annual premium subs...

The Color Temperature Paradox