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How a Solar Day Differs From a Standard Calendar Day
In a metronomic whiteboard animation, Minute Physics explains how a solar day differs from a standard calendar day. A solar day encompasses a full rotation…

Why Mirrors Don’t Actually Flip the Letters in a Word
In a contemplative whiteboard animation, Minute Physics explains the manner in which a mirror reflects the image in front of it. This video is about…

Why Black Holes Are the Most Efficient Yet Unlikely Method for Converting Mass Into Energy
In a powerful episode of MinutePhysics, narrator Henry Reich explains via whiteboard animation why black holes are considered the most efficient yet unlikely vehicles for…

How Time Travel Has Been Portrayed in Fiction
MinutePhysics host Henry Reich has created an absolutely fantastic whiteboard animation documenting and diagramming the different forms of time travel employed in various films, books,…

How Simpson’s Paradox Allows For a Single Set of Data Analysis to Have Contradictory Results
In a two-part video, Henry Reich of MinutePhysics host explains how a single set of data analysis can have contradictory results per Simpson’s Paradox, the…

How to Teleport Schrödinger’s Cat to the Moon
MinutePhysics explains how to teleport Schrödinger’s cat to the Moon in a video that breaks down quantum entanglement and looks at what is currently possible.…

Why Time Doesn’t Flow Backwards
MinutePhysics and physicist Sean Carroll teamed up to explain why time doesn’t flow backwards in a series of videos that shows the relationship between time…

An Explanation of the Twin Paradox and Why It’s Not Technically a Paradox
MinutePhysics host Henry Reich explained the twin paradox, its solution, and why it is not technically a paradox in a pair of recent episodes. The…

How Long Is a Day on the Sun?
MinutePhysics tried to answer the question, “How long is a day on the Sun?” The answer is complicated because humans measure days according to the…