You've probably spun around a coin for fun at some point, but this physics toy uses the physics of a spinning coin to keep spinning faster and faster for up to 2 minutes. As seen on The Big Bang Theory,... continue reading

YouTube description: This video is about Simpson's paradox, a statistical paradox and ecological fallacy where seemingly contradictory results are implied by a single set of data depending on how it's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,977 views • 4:40

What if you went back in time and killed your own grandfather? Would you still be born? Or would you have thus killed yourself?

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 150 views • 2:48

For info about divesting from nuclear weapons companies, go to http://responsibleinvest.org/

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 100 views • 3:15

Minute Physics looks at why, given that the Earth spins to the East, isn't it faster to fly West.

posted by RFlagg 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 360 views • 2:06

Brilliant!

posted by brycewi19 7 years 3 weeks ago • 418 views • 8:30

Behind-the-Scenes of an Airbus A350 being built!

posted by eric3579 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 829 views • 5:14

Various ways of turning electricity into light.

posted by wormwood 8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 298 views • 2:58

Jiggly bits

posted by Mordhaus 9 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,400 views • 2:34

a short (5 minute) presentation talking about why this toy is a "wonderful piece of physics". Something that Einstein himself could not figure out.

posted by reiwan 1 decade 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 4,286 views