01.04.24 3:59 Why Do Eclipses Travel WEST to EAST?
The sun rises in the east, the moon rises in the east, and the stars rise in the east... but solar eclipses, oddly, come from the west.
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21.03.24 2:23 Why Aren't There Eclipses Every Month?
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20.12.23 3:42 Should You Wipe Off Your Sweat?
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13.12.23 4:31 The LAST Eclipse in History
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06.12.23 5:18 But What IS A Lens Flare?
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29.11.23 0:21 What if you pointed the Hubble telescope at Earth? @xkcd_whatif
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14.06.23 11:13 The Bizarre Physics of Electric Guitars
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22.12.22 4:46 Geosynchronous Orbits are WEIRD
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01.12.22 6:37 Why Penrose Tiles Never Repeat
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14.10.22 3:14 Freezing water expands. What if you don't let it?
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01.09.22 4:05 Passing A Portal Through Itself
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18.08.22 6:26 How Many Fossils to Go an Inch? (ft. Robert Krulwich)
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04.08.22 4:57 Another Portal Paradox
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29.06.22 7:33 The Trinity of Quality
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26.05.22 3:44 Most Collisions Are Secretly in One Dimension
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22.12.21 7:13 Is Anything on the Internet Real?
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21.10.21 6:17 The Problem With The Butterfly Effect
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08.10.21 3:12 (A book with the answer)
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18.08.21 3:27 The Rocket & String Paradox
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19.05.21 5:35 A Better Way To Picture Atoms
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01.04.21 3:03 Windmills Are NOT Like Dams
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21.03.21 4:16 Why Do Boats Make This Shape?
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02.03.21 3:27 The Physics of Windmill Design
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18.02.21 6:09 General Relativity Explained in 7 Levels of Difficulty
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14.01.21 6:41 Why LESS Sensitive Tests Might Be Better
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08.09.20 7:11 Why Masks Work BETTER Than You'd Think
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18.06.20 6:08 The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks
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27.03.20 7:16 How To Tell If We're Beating COVID-19
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