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Join host Dianna Cowern as she puts her MIT physics degree to the test. With experiments, demonstrations, and cool new discoveries, Physics Girl sheds new light on the fun, adventurous side of physical science.

Watch a soda can rip itself apart in a fiery explosion!
Take a look at bubbles and you’ll see that they're actually missing colors!
I got invited to see David Blaine float 25,000 feet up in the sky!
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Watch a soda can rip itself apart in a fiery explosion!
Take a look at bubbles and you’ll see that they're actually missing colors!
I got invited to see David Blaine float 25,000 feet up in the sky!
What is cavitation?
How likely are you to get sick on an airplane?
Fun DIY at-home science experiments.
What happens when you shoot a ballistic ping pong ball going 450kph at a tennis ball?
Dianna from Physics Girl walks through 5 experiments.
ER Nurse Practitioner and Epidemiologist talk about their experiences with the pandemic.
Bored adult or a parent stuck at home during the coronavirus quarantine? Try this!
What happens to your image if you bend a spoon from concave to convex?
What the heck are spider-web rainbows? What are these rare white rainbows?
The universe is microwaving itself.
Dianna visits CERN and dives into the fundamental question: what are particles?
How is it possible that you can't see 95% of the universe?
There’s a factory in Europe that makes antimatter!
We caught the short window of time to see the largest digital camera's massive lens.
Wine legs aka wine tears or wine fingers are stranger than they seem.
What happens when black holes collide? What is the speed of gravity?
Wanna know all the reasons Mars will kill you and how we know?
The Physics Girl team visited LIGO once again.
What activates your butt muscles more, running or squatting?
Unboxing an MIT Physics Exam from the 8.012 Classical Mechanics course.
When you look through a straw in water something strange happens as you move it up & down.
Top 5 creepy science experiments ft. iJustine
Experiments with $100,000+ Speakers
DIY Science - Make a colored vortex ring in the pool
Try to sing up the scale of notes into a pipe, certain notes are impossible to sing!
Magnet paper or magnet film shows you were magnetic fields are.
The black hole information paradox and Soft Hair
Dianna from Physics Girl makes DIY crazy vortex ring shapes.
Exploring how Slime is made through science
We made a pinhole camera in the back of a Uhaul!
Don’t try this at home! We did it for you – and for science!
Using a box with a candle and GoPro inside, Physics Girl tests a candle in free-fall.
Dianna discusses studying physics and doing physics research before shifting her career.
Bandaids and tape glow an eerie blue when you peel them open. What is going on?!
What does your skin look like with and without sunscreen in UV light?
Physics Girl asks Michael Stevens from Vsauce to solve some challenging physics riddles.
Physics Girl and Michael Stevens explain the solution to the ice diamond riddle.
Extras
How did the field of quantum mechanics come about in the first place?
How does a touchscreen work? Why can you text with your finger, but not with a q-tip?