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"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
~Rutherford via Einstein? (wikiquote)

Created by Henry Reich

How long is a day on the sun? 0:43
How long is a day on the sun?
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The Bizarre Way Strings Actually Vibrate 4:43
The Bizarre Way Strings Actually Vibrate
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Why some flames are blue and others are red? 0:26
Why some flames are blue and others are red?
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This Orbit is the WORST 7:31
This Orbit is the WORST
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There Is No 4th Dimension 0:57
There Is No 4th Dimension
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Two Paradoxes of Space Navigation 3:17
Two Paradoxes of Space Navigation
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Why Driving Backwards Is So Hard 0:48
Why Driving Backwards Is So Hard
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The Genius of Thorium Breeder Reactors 4:47
The Genius of Thorium Breeder Reactors
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Is Perfect Prediction Possible? 13:47
Is Perfect Prediction Possible?
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What is the farthest on earth you can get from ANYTHING 0:22
What is the farthest on earth you can get from ANYTHING
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Schrödinger’s Cat (from the cat's perspective) 0:59
Schrödinger’s Cat (from the cat's perspective)
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Do *you* understand ISO? 11:35
Do *you* understand ISO?
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When 2 + 2 = 3.999999999… 0:32
When 2 + 2 = 3.999999999…
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Breaking the speed of light from your backyard 0:58
Breaking the speed of light from your backyard
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The Quantum Fermi Paradox 5:17
The Quantum Fermi Paradox
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Not a rainbow! 0:30
Not a rainbow!
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What’s the source of gravity? (a common physics misconception) 0:35
What’s the source of gravity? (a common physics misconception)
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Why The Asteroids Are No Longer Planets 4:22
Why The Asteroids Are No Longer Planets
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An Argument The Moon is a PLANET! 5:21
An Argument The Moon is a PLANET!
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The TROJAN Test 6:38
The TROJAN Test
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The Physics of Fogbows 4:16
The Physics of Fogbows
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The Most Common Moon Mistakes 5:07
The Most Common Moon Mistakes
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Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades? 4:03
Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades?
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Draining The Oceans Is HARD 6:55
Draining The Oceans Is HARD
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Water That Won't Freeze 3:54
Water That Won't Freeze
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White Balance is Broken 8:01
White Balance is Broken
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The Physics Of Dissonance 27:57
The Physics Of Dissonance
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The Magnetic Shadow Effect 5:54
The Magnetic Shadow Effect
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Fact-Checking Antimatter in Sci-Fi 10:00
Fact-Checking Antimatter in Sci-Fi
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The Teleprompter Paradox 5:13
The Teleprompter Paradox
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Get one of my original drawings on Patreon! 0:44
Get one of my original drawings on Patreon!
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The Chart They're ALL Missing 3:32
The Chart They're ALL Missing
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The Periodic Table in a 2D World 4:21
The Periodic Table in a 2D World
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I'm giving away 14 years of drawings 6:38
I'm giving away 14 years of drawings
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The Moon's Orbit is WEIRD 5:29
The Moon's Orbit is WEIRD
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Does Pressure Keep the Deep Ocean From Freezing? 1:40
Does Pressure Keep the Deep Ocean From Freezing?
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The Color Temperature Paradox 4:21
The Color Temperature Paradox
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I Ranked ALL the Eclipses in the Solar System 8:40
I Ranked ALL the Eclipses in the Solar System
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Why Do Eclipses Travel WEST to EAST? 3:58
Why Do Eclipses Travel WEST to EAST?
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Why Aren't There Eclipses Every Month? 2:22
Why Aren't There Eclipses Every Month?
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Should You Wipe Off Your Sweat? 3:41
Should You Wipe Off Your Sweat?
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The LAST Eclipse in History 4:30
The LAST Eclipse in History
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Explaining Those GHOSTLY Eclipse Photos 5:17
Explaining Those GHOSTLY Eclipse Photos
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What if you pointed the Hubble telescope at Earth? @xkcd_whatif 0:20
What if you pointed the Hubble telescope at Earth? @xkcd_whatif
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Are Magnetic Guitar Picks a Scam? 11:12
Are Magnetic Guitar Picks a Scam?
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But Why Do Geosynchronous Orbits Even Exist? 4:45
But Why Do Geosynchronous Orbits Even Exist?
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Explaining the SECRET of Penrose Patterns 6:36
Explaining the SECRET of Penrose Patterns
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The Ice/Water Paradox 3:13
The Ice/Water Paradox
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What If Pluto Was Plutonium? (with XKCD!) 3:40
What If Pluto Was Plutonium? (with XKCD!)
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Passing A Portal Through Itself 4:04
Passing A Portal Through Itself
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