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Sep 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
6 min
Liquid oxygen has unusual magnetic properties. This demonstration with the MIT Technical Services Group and a crazy blowtorch demonstration on the curie point of iron share a glimpse into how different kinds of magnetism work.

Sep 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
3 min
Can you answer the spool riddle? Special guest Anne Wojcicki joins Physics Girl for the answer(s?!) to the hiker riddle and to hear the next riddle

Sep 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
2 min
How does soap change the surface tension of water? I have used my degree to make a fifth video -- for you all -- to explain this very question.

Sep 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
3 min
Learn how to make a wispy cloud come out of your mouth, even when it's not cold out. Like any awesome trick, physics is to thank for the mouth cloud. This simple and fun demonstration can be used to explain the cloud in a bottle experiment, and real clouds in the sky.

Sep 14, 2026
Sep 14, 2026
3 min
What happens when you drop a perfectly balanced stack of balls? And how is the result like a supernova? The classic momentum transfer demonstration, taken to the next level. A big thank you to my nephews and niece Drew, Max and Whitney for creating the trampoline footage! Thank you to the Vlogbrothers for sponsoring this video, to Kyle Kitzmiller for filming, and to Island School on Kauai for providing the balls

Sep 14, 2026
Sep 14, 2026
2 min
These 5 holiday-themed physics experiments will keep you and your family busy with science during the winter holidays! All experiments involve materials found around the house. Parental supervision advised . Flame Eraser – put out a candle by pouring CO2 over the flame! Easy-to-do experiment, and CO2 is made from household ingredients: Baking soda and vinegar. Materials: cups, baking soda, vinegar, candles, matches Resonant Straws – discover the property of resonance in a straw by creating a home-made kazoo out of nothing but a straw! Materials: straws, scissors

Sep 14, 2026
Sep 14, 2026
6 min
Quantum coin flipping is the fairest way to flip a coin over the phone. How does it work?!

Sep 14, 2026
Sep 14, 2026
7 min
Tic tacs have the strangest behavior when you bounce them on a very hard surface. What is going on?! Find out the physics.

Sep 13, 2026
Sep 13, 2026
6 min
See if you can solve the next two riddles in this video: (1) the silent round riddle (2) the broom riddle ft. Kurt Hugo Schneider!

Sep 13, 2026
Sep 13, 2026
11 min
Thanks to LIGO Hanford, Michael Landry, Amber Strunk, Sharan Banagiri and Salvatore Vitale.

Sep 13, 2026
Sep 13, 2026
11 min
Thanks to LIGO Hanford, Michael Landry, Amber Strunk, Sharan Banagiri and Salvatore Vitale.

Sep 13, 2026

Sep 9, 2026
Sep 9, 2026
8 min
Ever wondered, what does stretching do to your muscles and your body? What in the best way to stretch? Science has some answers.

Sep 9, 2026
Sep 9, 2026
6 min
Slime exhibits some crazy unusual properties, like viscoelasticity, because it's a non-newtonian fluid.

Sep 7, 2026
Sep 7, 2026
11 min
We visited a giant field of solar mirrors to learn about Concentrated Solar Power technology!