minutephysics’ most viewed videos of 2016
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Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.
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Solution to the Grandfather Paradox
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How Long To Fall Through The Earth?
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Hitting the Sun is HARD
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The No Cloning Theorem
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Complete Solution To The Twins Paradox
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How Long Is A Day On The Sun?
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Aliens: Are We Looking in the Wrong Place?
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Why Are Airplane Engines So Big?
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Transporters and Quantum Teleportation
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Why You Should Care About Nukes
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Why Doesn't Time Flow Backwards? (Big Picture Ep. 1/5)
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Concrete Does Not Dry Out
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The Twins Paradox Primer (Rotating TIME!)
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Gravitational Waves Explained Using Stick Figures
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Do Cause and Effect Really Exist? (Big Picture Ep. 2/5)
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What is the Purpose of Life? (Big Picture Ep. 5/5)
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How Perspective Shapes Reality
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How To Discover Weird New Particles | Emergent Quantum Quasiparticles
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Where Does Complexity Come From? (Big Picture Ep. 3/5)
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How Do We Know What Air is Like on Other Planets?
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Where Do Galaxies Come From?
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The Limb of the Sun
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How Entropy Powers The Earth (Big Picture Ep. 4/5)
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MinutePhysics BEHIND THE SCENES – Teleportation