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Cool physics and other sweet science - all in a minute!

Neptune Studios

  • Mar 29, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 3m AVG DURATION
  • 97 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from MinutePhysics

Why You Should Care About Nukes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2016 3:15


Aliens: Are We Looking in the Wrong Place?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2016 4:23


Transporters and Quantum Teleportation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2016 2:01


The Limb of the Sun

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 2:17


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

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2016 2:43


Concrete Does Not Dry Out

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2016 2:04


How To Discover Weird New Particles | Emergent Quantum Quasiparticles

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2016 3:14


Why December Has The Longest Days

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2015 2:52


The Physics of Car Crashes

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2015 3:09


Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2015 4:20


How Long Can You Balance a Pencil?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2015 3:02


Learn and try to balance.

A Brief History of Everything, feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 8:30


The Counterintuitive Physics of Turning a Bike

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2015 1:47


How To Detect A Secret Nuclear Test

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2015 3:48


Upside Down Mountains in Real Life

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 2:34


Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2015 2:54


How to Find an Exoplanet

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2015 2:48


Watch and learn how we detect exoplanets.

How to Subtract By Adding

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2015 3:14


How Big is The Sun?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2015 2:16


How Do Airplanes Fly?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2015 3:11


Computer Color is Broken

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2015 4:14


What IS Angular Momentum?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2015 3:19


Astronomically Correct Twinkle Twinkle

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2014 2:09


A Simple Proof of Conservation of Energy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2014 3:58


How An Airplane Is Made

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2014 5:14


Why is it Harder to Drive Backwards?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2014 3:25


Solution to The Impossible Bet

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2014 3:58


An Impossible Bet

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2014 1:37


Should you take the bet?

Why Isn't The Sky Purple?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2014 3:10


This is Not a Rainbow

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2014 3:05


Why is the Sun Yellow and the Sky Blue?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2014 2:42


Antimatter Explained

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2014 3:48


Why are Stars Star-Shaped?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2014 3:41


Henry explains the shape of stars.

Pot Theft (A Radiolab Adventure)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2014 4:23


A collaboration with RadioLab

Is the Universe Entirely Mathematical? Feat. Max Tegmark

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2014 2:47


Thanks to Max Tegmark for writing & narrating this video.

How to See Without Glasses

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2014 3:23


This cool trick allows you to see without glasses.

When Insanity Becomes Normal - Venezuela

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2014 6:10


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!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2014 2:42


Explanation of a NEW DISCOVERY about the Big Bang!

How Modern Light Bulbs Work

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2014 3:10


How do Modern Light Bulbs Work?

Evolution vs Natural Selection

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2014 3:01


Why is the Solar System Flat?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2014 3:24


Why The Full Moon is Better in Winter

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2013 2:31


Why winter has the best full moons.

What is Sea Level?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2013 3:38


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)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2013 3:26


Henry looks at 6 ways to Time Travel.

Magnetic Levitation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2013 2:21


A look at diamagnetism and levitation.

How to Destroy a Magnet

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2013 2:43


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, and temperature!

How Do Magnets Work?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2013 6:38


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?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2013 1:39


There is no centre of the universe!

Science, Religion, and the Big Bang

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2013 5:32


Did the Universe have a beginning?

Do We Expand With The Universe?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2013 2:29


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

Where is the True North Pole?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2013 4:06


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

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