Category Archives: Physics

This video was created in partnership with Bill Gates, inspired by his new book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” Find out more here: https://gatesnot.es/3u7UUVU This video is about how physics dictates the design of modern windmills – why they are so big, have so few blades, and have such skinny blades. REFERENCES H. Glauert: […]

Go to https://curiositystream.com/minutephysics get access to CuriosityStream AND Nebula (where you can watch the extended version of this video), plus you’ll get a 26% discount on an annual subscription. This video covers the General theory of Relativity, developed by Albert Einstein, from basic simple levels (it’s gravity, curved space) through to the concepts of how […]

Lesson 19 (Voltage, Resistance and Current) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need a review of AP Physics concepts before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. If you connect 10 AA batteries, each with a voltage […]

Lesson 18 (Electric Charge and Light) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need a review of AP Physics concepts before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. How many electrons are in 1 Coulomb of charge? How […]

Lesson 17 (Waves, Light, and Sound) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need a review of AP Physics concepts before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. You measure an oscillating wave to have a wavelength of […]

Lesson 16 (Simple Harmonic Motion) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need a review of AP Physics concepts before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. A. Find the length of a pendulum that swings with a […]

Thanks to Brilliant for sponsoring this video – the first 200 people to click on https://www.brilliant.org/MinutePhysics will get 20% off a Premium subscription to Brilliant. This video written & produced in collaboration with Aatish Bhatia, https://www.aatishb.com This video is about how cheap, fast, and LESS sensitive rapid antigen tests might be better for screening (& […]

Lesson 15 (Angular Momentum) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need a review of AP Physics concepts before the exam? This course is for you! More fun exploration of water spinning angular momentum demo from Steve Mould and Smarter Every Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4-L8UgPkOk […]

Lesson 14 (Rotation and Torque) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. If you are standing on Earth’s equator (radius about 6380km), how fast […]

Lesson 13 (Collisions) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. Are the following collisions elastic or inelastic? – Asteroid hitting Earth? – Spitball smacking […]

Lesson 12 (Conservation of Momentum) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. Compare the momenta of two objects: one with a mass of 260kg […]

As part of THE GREAT GIFT EXCHANGE, Physics Girl is transported to a whimsical “Wrapshop” to wrap a charitable gift for creator Alex Wassabi. With help from The World’s Most Famous Gift Wrap Artist, Physics Girl creates an EXPLOSIVE gift wrap and deep dives into the science of paper folding.

Lesson 11 (Power) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1A) You carry a 1kg backpack up a 6m hill. How much work did you […]

Lesson 10 (Conservation of Energy) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. You compress a spring by 0.2 cm. You measure a restorative force […]

Lesson 9 (Work and Energy) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. A rocket pushes a space cow, from rest, with a Force of […]

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Lesson 8 (Gravitation and Orbits) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: 1. An object with mass M is a distance R from the center […]

Lesson 7 (Circular Motion) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: Problem1: You have a one kilogram ball on a two meter long string. You […]

Lesson 6 (Friction) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: Problem1: The coefficient of friction between your car’s tires and concrete is 0.7. Your car’s […]

Lesson 5 (Free Body Diagrams) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: Problem 1: Draw a free body diagram (FBD) for a bottle of nail […]

Take a look at a bubble and you’ll see all the colors of the rainbow… right? WRONG. Bubbles are actually missing colors! Check out Self-Evident on PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/Bwsne4eMVyU My Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl If you liked this video, check out: Only some humans can see this type of light: bit.ly/pgpolarized How rainbows with NO COLOR are […]

Lesson 4 (Newton’s Laws of Motion) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: Problem 1: You push your square space cow, mass 5kg, with a […]

Lesson 3 (2D Motion & Kinematics) of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: Problem 1 You’re jumping off a 10m high cliff with an initial […]

Creator/Host/Writer: Dianna Cowern Producer: Laura Chernikoff Head Writer: Jeff Brock Researcher/Writer: Sophia Chen Editor: Levi Butner Exercises in this video: Problem 1: 1. You are running north-east at a speed of 4 m/s. What component of your velocity is north? How about east? Problem 2: You are kite-surfing and your kite is pulling you upwards […]

Thanks to the Heising-Simons foundation for their support: https://www.hsfoundation.org (their COVID-19 grants: https://www.hsfoundation.org/grants/covid-19-response-grants/ ) Check out https://aatishb.com/maskmath to explore and for references. This video is about how masks (whether surgical, or N95, or cloth) are counterintuitive and actually work much better epidemiologically than one might expect. Masks do double-duty, and the fraction of interactions with […]

Check out David Blaine’s video with Physics Girl’s Dianna Cowern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZCJ8kZ2IKY ASCENSION full Livestream: David Blaine casually floated up to 25,000ft over the Arizona desert holding 52 helium balloons. I was invited to witness the testing and preparation! Thanks to David Blaine, Luke Aikins, and the rest of the team for having us and for […]

Lesson 2 of Dianna’s Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Topic: Freefall. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: Problem 1: If we drop a wrecking ball from a height of 35 meters, […]

Breaking the bottom out of a glass bottle by hitting the top is a challenging trick, but involves a ton of physics. The explanation is related to cavitation – a process seen in the Mantis Shrimp attack, head injuries and pouring honey! Creator/Host/Writer: Dianna Cowern Editor/Videographer: Levi Butner Research/Writer: A.J. Fillo Research: Meredith Fore Slow […]

Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! In this class we will cover these topics: 1D Motion Free Fall 2D Motion Newton’s Laws Free Body Diagrams Friction Circular Motion Gravity & Orbits Energy & Work Energy Conservation […]

Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video: PROBLEM 1 A girl is riding her bike with a constant velocity of 10 m/s. How far has she gone after 7 seconds? Graph her motion […]

How likely are you to get sick on an airplane? How safe are airplanes? The science of ventilation and bioaerosol research. If you liked this video, check out: What stretching actually does to your body: Only some humans can see this type of light: Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern Video Editing: Levi Butner Research/writing: Sophia Chen Writing/Editing: […]

If you liked this video check out these: HOME CHALLENGE: 20 Easy Experiments in 5 mins Laser Cooling: Special thanks to our Sally Ride level patrons: Alejandro Gutierrez, Brian O’Connell, David Cichowski, Fabrice Eap, Henning Bitsch, Kenneth Hunter, Margaux Lopez, Patrick Olson, Vikram Bhat, wc993219. Join the Physics Girl Patreon community! ►► https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl Creator/Host: Dianna […]

Head to https://brilliant.org/MinutePhysics to sign up for free and get 20% off a Premium subscription to Brilliant! This video was written in collaboration with Aatish Bhatia – https://aatishb.com To learn more about using & decontaminating N95 masks: https://www.n95decon.org Thanks to Manu Prakash for useful discussion and feedback (Manu is involved with the N95 decontamination project) […]

Dipping hand in boiling hot oil to demonstrate physical properties! Check out Prideland on PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/ZETEru4Xepk Check out PBS Deep Look https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-3SbfTPJsL8fJAPKiVqBLg Check out PBS Above the Noise https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4K10PNjqgGLKA3lo5V8KdQ Water in Boiling Oil – Nick Moore Check Out Nick’s channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT7EuC-o1dMvz-hatkytk9w Special thanks to our Sally Ride level patrons: Alejandro Gutierrez, Brian O’Connell, David […]

Dianna from Physics Girl walks through 5 experiments with jello, lasers, balloons, surface tension, band-aids and candles, with some bonus facts and trivia! If you liked this video check out these other Physics Girl videos: 7 Science Tricks with Surface Tension HOME CHALLENGE: 20 Easy Experiments in 5 mins for Bored Adults and Kids at […]

Dianna from Physics Girl interviews an ER Nurse Practitioner and an Epidemiologist about their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic. Support more science content like this by joining my Patreon community! http://patreon.com/physicsgirl Many things to my Sally Ride Level Patrons on Patreon Sally Rides: Alejandro Gutierrez, Brian O’Connell, David Cichowski, Fabrice Eap, Henning Bitsch, Kenneth Hunter, […]

What happens when you shoot a ballistic ping pong ball going 450kph at a tennis ball? Check out Brandon’s iPhone video on GizmoSlip: https://youtu.be/JYivWedGCKc Support more physics content like this by joining our Patreon community! http://patreon.com/physicsgirl Many things to my Sally Ride Level Patrons on Patreon Sally Rides: Alejandro Gutierrez, Brian O’Connell, Darkbit, David Cichowski, […]

This video made possible with support of Brilliant – the first 200 subscribers to go to http://Brilliant.org/MinutePhysics get 20% off a Premium subscription to Brilliant. Go to http://aatishb.com/covidtrends to see the interactive graph RESOURCES Grant’s 3Blue1Brown Video: Exponential Growth and Epidemics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas0tIxDvrg Aatish’s Exponential/Logistic Curve-Fitting Site: https://github.com/aatishb/covid/blob/master/curvefit.ipynb Data Source: https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19 Our World in Data Page […]

Are you a bored adult or a parent stuck at home during the coronavirus quarantine? Try these DIY science experiments! Join my Patreon Community! ▶▶▶ http://patreon.com/physicsgirl SAFETY TIPS FOR TEA BAG ROCKET • Flammable surfaces: DO NOT light tea bags on a flammable surface. Experiment should be conducted on a fireproof surface, like a metal […]

Physics Girl riddle: what happens to your image if you bend a spoon from concave to convex? Check out Antarctic Extremes on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRAuy1ZmTc If you like riddles, check out these: Can you solve the boat puzzle? Which tank fills first? ft. Simone Giertz Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern Editor: Levi Butner Animations: Levi Butner, Keegan […]

This video was made with the support of the Heising Simons Foundation. Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ This video is about the Ozma problem of distinguishing the chirality (ie left-handedness or right-handedness) of matter using weak interaction processes like beta decay (for example in uranium), or neutral kaon/k-meson decay. This […]

What the heck are spider-web rainbows? What are these rare white rainbows, and how do they form? If you liked this video check out these: Does this look WHITE to you? The Projector Illusion: Special thanks to our Sally Ride level patrons: Alejandro Gutierrez, Brian O’Connell, Darkbit, Dave Butler, David Cichowski, Edi, Fabrice Eap, Henning […]

Download the PBS Video App: https://www.pbs.org/pbs-video-app/ The universe is microwaving itself. A mystery signal discovered in the 1960s led to a Nobel prize. In this video, Dianna explores one of the most mysterious discoveries in physics – a constant microwave signal that seemed to be coming from everywhere in the universe. It turned out to […]

Thank you to Brilliant.org for supporting PBS. You can learn more at www.brilliant.org/PhysicsGirl Dianna from Physics Girl visited CERN in Geneva Switzerland to find out what the detectors at the LHC are looking for, and dive into the fundamental question: what are particles? If you liked this video check out these: Cern Part 1 Cern […]

Go to https://Brilliant.org/MinutePhysics to gift Brilliant Premium for the holidays, and for 20% off! This video is about cutting, taping, and rearranging the periodic table into the Left Step form, the Mendeleev’s flower form, the cake form, the wide form, the standard form, and so on. A great holiday craft!! REFERENCES Alternate Periodic Tables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_periodic_tables […]