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    Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?

    Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?

    21.5M views20 Dec 20122:02(opens in a new tab)

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    Passing A Portal Through Itself

    Passing A Portal Through Itself

    14.1M views1 Sept 20224:05(opens in a new tab)

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    Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force - Which Wins?

    Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force - Which Wins?

    13.8M views25 Jan 20133:35(opens in a new tab)

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    Time Travel in Fiction Rundown

    Time Travel in Fiction Rundown

    11.8M views26 Oct 20178:05(opens in a new tab)

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    What if the Earth were Hollow?

    What if the Earth were Hollow?

    10.6M views26 Aug 20123:59(opens in a new tab)

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    The True Science of Parallel Universes

    The True Science of Parallel Universes

    10.5M views2 Apr 20134:56(opens in a new tab)

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    How to See Without Glasses

    How to See Without Glasses

    10.4M views27 Apr 20142:34(opens in a new tab)

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    Why is the Solar System Flat?

    Why is the Solar System Flat?

    9.5M views9 Jan 20143:12(opens in a new tab)

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    Solution to the Grandfather Paradox

    Solution to the Grandfather Paradox

    8.2M views13 May 20162:48(opens in a new tab)

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    Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox

    Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox

    8.1M views13 Sept 201717:35(opens in a new tab)

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    Schrödinger's Cat

    Schrödinger's Cat

    7.8M views26 Sept 20111:48(opens in a new tab)

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    How To Tell If We're Beating COVID-19

    How To Tell If We're Beating COVID-19

    6.4M views27 Mar 20207:16(opens in a new tab)

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    Einstein's Proof of E=mc²

    Einstein's Proof of E=mc²

    6.3M views29 Mar 20122:11(opens in a new tab)

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    Common Physics Misconceptions

    Common Physics Misconceptions

    6M views6 Dec 20122:41(opens in a new tab)

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    The Portal Paradox

    The Portal Paradox

    6M views28 Jun 20195:08(opens in a new tab)

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    A Better Way To Picture Atoms

    A Better Way To Picture Atoms

    5.8M views19 May 20215:35(opens in a new tab)

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    There is no "Fourth" dimension

    There is no "Fourth" dimension

    5.6M views14 Apr 20122:03(opens in a new tab)

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    This is Not a Rainbow

    This is Not a Rainbow

    5.4M views28 Oct 20142:53(opens in a new tab)

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    3 Simple Ways to Time Travel (& 3 Complicated Ones)

    3 Simple Ways to Time Travel (& 3 Complicated Ones)

    4.9M views26 Oct 20133:14(opens in a new tab)

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    Why is it Dark at Night?

    Why is it Dark at Night?

    4.7M views30 Sept 20123:53(opens in a new tab)

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    There is no pink light

    There is no pink light

    4.6M views16 Oct 20111:04(opens in a new tab)

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    MAGNETS: How Do They Work?

    MAGNETS: How Do They Work?

    4.6M views23 Sept 20136:26(opens in a new tab)

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    What is fire?

    What is fire?

    4.6M views11 Sept 20111:29(opens in a new tab)

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    The Unreasonable Efficiency of Black Holes

    The Unreasonable Efficiency of Black Holes

    4.5M views31 Dec 20176:22(opens in a new tab)

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    Solution to The Impossible Bet | The 100 Prisoners Problem

    Solution to The Impossible Bet | The 100 Prisoners Problem

    4.4M views8 Dec 20143:58(opens in a new tab)

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    How to break the speed of light

    How to break the speed of light

    4.3M views30 Oct 20111:27(opens in a new tab)

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    Computer Color is Broken

    Computer Color is Broken

    4.2M views20 Mar 20154:14(opens in a new tab)

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    Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano

    Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano

    4.1M views17 Sept 20154:20(opens in a new tab)

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    The "Mountain Or Valley?" Illusion

    The "Mountain Or Valley?" Illusion

    4M views29 Jun 20174:13(opens in a new tab)

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    Simpson's Paradox

    Simpson's Paradox

    4M views24 Oct 20174:40(opens in a new tab)

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    What is Sea Level?

    What is Sea Level?

    3.7M views25 Nov 20133:26(opens in a new tab)

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    Feynman's Lost Lecture (ft. 3Blue1Brown)

    Feynman's Lost Lecture (ft. 3Blue1Brown)

    3.7M views20 Jul 201821:44(opens in a new tab)

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    The Order of Operations is Wrong

    The Order of Operations is Wrong

    3.7M views18 May 20134:11(opens in a new tab)

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    Why Isn't It Faster To Fly West?

    Why Isn't It Faster To Fly West?

    3.6M views20 Nov 20152:06(opens in a new tab)

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    Minute Physics: What is Dark Matter?

    Minute Physics: What is Dark Matter?

    3.5M views7 Jul 20111:09(opens in a new tab)

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    How Airplanes Are Made

    How Airplanes Are Made

    3.5M views19 Dec 20145:14(opens in a new tab)

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    Science, Religion, and the Big Bang

    Science, Religion, and the Big Bang

    3.5M views19 Aug 20135:20(opens in a new tab)

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    E=mc² is Incomplete

    E=mc² is Incomplete

    3.4M views28 Oct 20122:07(opens in a new tab)

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    How Quantum Computers Break Encryption | Shor's Algorithm Explained

    How Quantum Computers Break Encryption | Shor's Algorithm Explained

    3.4M views1 May 201917:31(opens in a new tab)

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    How Big Is The Sun?

    How Big Is The Sun?

    3.2M views22 Apr 20152:16(opens in a new tab)

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    The Origin of Quantum Mechanics (feat. Neil Turok)

    The Origin of Quantum Mechanics (feat. Neil Turok)

    3.2M views14 Oct 20124:20(opens in a new tab)

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    Minute Physics: What is Gravity?

    Minute Physics: What is Gravity?

    3.2M views26 Jun 20111:26(opens in a new tab)

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    How to Subtract By Adding

    How to Subtract By Adding

    3.2M views1 May 20153:14(opens in a new tab)

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    How ISPs Violate the Laws of Mathematics

    How ISPs Violate the Laws of Mathematics

    3.2M views1 Mar 20196:08(opens in a new tab)

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    How lasers work (in theory)

    How lasers work (in theory)

    3.1M views4 Dec 20111:42(opens in a new tab)

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    How Big is the Universe?

    How Big is the Universe?

    3.1M views25 Feb 20134:17(opens in a new tab)

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    Antimatter Explained

    Antimatter Explained

    3M views20 Sept 20143:03(opens in a new tab)

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    How Long Can You Balance a Pencil?

    How Long Can You Balance a Pencil?

    3M views20 Aug 20142:06(opens in a new tab)

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    How far is a second?

    How far is a second?

    3M views7 Apr 20121:30(opens in a new tab)

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    Does the Universe Have a Purpose? feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Does the Universe Have a Purpose? feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson

    3M views27 Nov 20122:34(opens in a new tab)