Making Diamonds from Human Hearts | Because Science Footnotes

Kyle discusses making diamonds from the carbon based bodies of human, responds to your comments, and more!

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[becausescience]

Like if you have some pencil graphite lodged somewhere in your body forever -- KH

[mk]

When Kyle answers your questions better than your college engineering professors </3

[dog]

Loved the explanation for “the little one”

[elinobenjamin_val]

At first I was wondering who this new person with glasses was and why he was doing BS today but it's fine he just did the intro Kyle came back

EDIT: 17:30 he came back! :O

[JP-lbsb]

“Keep asking your dad as many questions as possible all the time” 😂 priceless

[jonathanbronico]

Hey Kyle, thanks for featuring my comment! Do you think there's enough material for you to do an episode on hard light? Iron Man's repulsor blasts and Cyclop's optic blasts exert a force without appearing to generate significant amount of heat. Is there a way to explain how this works?

We already know that light exerts a force. You could look into phenomena such as optical lift and radiation pressure for potential jumping off points. Solar sails are also worth a mention. In a world with sufficiently advanced technology, would hard light be possible?

[gerardoruybal]

My new break up advice for friends "it gets better buddy... On average".

[wisdombeyondyears]

We need to update that trope for graphite, update that ALLOTROPE.

[ECOTheKid]

Hi Kyle, So, me and my friend were thinking about sound. So, you know how there is a universal speed limit. What is the universal decibel limit. Like, how loud something can possibly be.

What we did was take the speed of light in a vacuum, and use of that (about how fast matter can move). And thought that if you could make the sound have so much energy that it vibrates said matter at the speed if light.

So, basically just a sound with so much energy that it "super charges" the particles it hits.

Anyways. Give me your opinion. Thanks.
~Emmett

Edit: So I've found a bunch of helpful comments in the reply section.

I've found that shaking a particle at near light speeds, basically shakes the other atoms off, and also creates a fusion reaction (so loud sounds basically equal a very powerful nuclear bomb). Furthermore, sound is just the amplitude of a wave. But that doesn't really mean anything, because you can just make a big wave. (And I'm not talking about the loudest thing in the universe, I'm talking about the loudest 'possible' sound in the universe).

[SynapticWyrm]

"ask your dad as many questions as possible"
what have you done




my sister won't shut up now

[kephrarubin]

"keep asking questions" i love it whenever a kid writes in and you respond to them

[cameronmccorkle]

I love you dad lol.No but for real you keep me interested in science and all and its amazing what you do

[saintdeyma]

*as he sips from his BS mug after the parsec comment* “But that’s none of my business”

[AkahigeNoAmo]

very infotaining episode again - and the lit sabre indeed is really nice to look at on that grey wall ... especially noticable after the last cut to your outro when it is not glowing anymore

[km]

nothing says 'I love you' when you cut out your own heart, have it made into a diamond and gifting that.

[PrimalEdge]

I really enjoy the way you engage the younger viewers. my son, Joey, and I are so excited for your new channel! he loves watching you. he's a wickedly smart kid and I am trying to inspire him to never stop learning and use his gifts. please keep doing what you're doing! you're awesome!

[dawsquads]

Kyle, you should create a science myth-busting mini series. Like how you busted the 10% brain power myth. I know it's not nerdy like the show is normally, but I'd really enjoy it.

[Teraphas]

Had a superstrength moment this week. Picking up a soda fountain cup and having the lid fail causing you to crush/ drop the cup.

That seems like a great way to think about superstrength and our world. Where everything is a paper cup with a plastic lid that could fail at any moment and you inadvertently make a mess of things

[corygwinn]

Hey kyle, In the film the dark knight, They tell us that batmans wings are a sort of textile that gained rigidity when applying electric current. Is there a current textile or textile like compound that acts in this way? If not what would be a good substitute that sticks as close to this description as possible, and is there a way to make his cape/wings work but be bullet proff as seen in a few batman cartoons (blocking himself from bullets with his cape)?

[akromakroma]

"Turn your personal misery into cash"
The face at 7:51 sells it.