Why Masks Work BETTER Than You'd Think

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Sep 2020

The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks

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Jun 2020

How To Tell If We're Beating COVID-19

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Mar 2020

How to Detect Antimatter Aliens | CP Violation & The Ozma Problem

This video was made with the support of the Heising Simons Foundation. Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics">http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/">http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ This video is about the Ozma problem of distinguishing...

Feb 2020

Hacking the Periodic Table

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Dec 2019

Why Do Mirrors Flip Left & Right (but not up & down)?

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Dec 2019

Do Photons Cast Shadows?

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Nov 2019

The Man Who Corrected Einstein

Sign up for Brilliant FOR FREE at http://brilliant.org/minutephysics">http://brilliant.org/minutephysics - the first 200 people get 20% of a premium subscription. This video is about how Russian physicist Aleksandr Fridman corrected Albert Einstein about the expansion of the universe. Einstein thought that general relativity implied that space had...

Oct 2019

When It's OK to Violate Privacy

Go to http://www.dashlane.com/minutephysics for a free 30 day trial and 10% discount with offer code 'minutephysics' Watch the main video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT19VwBAqKA Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ REFERENCES Cynthia...

Sep 2019

How The 2020 Census Will Protect Privacy

This video was made in collaboration with the US Census Bureau and fact-checked by Census Bureau scientists. Any opinions and errors are my own. For more information, visit https://census.gov/about/policies/privacy/statistical_safeguards.html or search "differential privacy" at http://census.gov. REFERENCES Differential Privacy in the Wild: http://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol9/p1611-machanavajjhala.pdf...

Sep 2019