Could Superman Make Diamonds with His Bare Hands? | Because Science w/ Kyle Hill

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 21 мар 2018
  • Grab your new Because Science merch here: shop.nerdist.com/collections/...
    Superman is known for his super powers, but could he be capable of even more? Kyle has the crushing evidence on this week's Because Science!
    Subscribe for more Because Science: bit.ly/BecSciSub
    More science: nerdist.com/topic/science-tech/
    Watch more Because Science: nerdi.st/BecSci
    Follow Kyle Hill: / sci_phile
    Follow us on FB: / becausescience
    Follow us on Twitter: / becausescience
    Follow us on Instagram: / becausescience
    Follow Nerdist: / nerdist
    Because Science every Thursday.
    Artist: Andrew Bowser
    Learn more:
    • HOW DO DIAMONDS FORM: bit.ly/2pv852E
    • SUPERMAN AND DIAMONDS: bit.ly/2pts3M2
    • COAL: bit.ly/2u5cz5C
    • GRAPHITE TO DIAMOND PHASE TRANSITION: bit.ly/2GesIuf
    • DATING DIAMONDS: bit.ly/2HT68UZ
    • TURNING GRAPHITE TO DIAMOND: bit.ly/2pvzWzD
  • НаукаНаука

Комментарии • 2,4 тыс.

  • @becausescience
    @becausescience  6 лет назад +526

    I'll address this in next week's vlog too, but creating diamonds from the common pencil has the same problem as creating diamonds from coal -- impurity. I mentioned pencils as an example of where to find graphite (which is pure carbon, an allotrope), but taking normal pencil rods wouldn't help the synthetic diamond creation process. For that, pure graphite is used. Thanks for watching! -- KH

    • @GodofLoveandLust1998
      @GodofLoveandLust1998 6 лет назад +1

      Wait, in the clip you showed Superman used his strength and body heat. So how hot is Superman? Does he have a normal human body temperature or can change his own body temperature because he can survive the heat of the sun. Sure he can finely use his heat vision along with his strength but without it would seem more impressive.

    • @Hedazu
      @Hedazu 6 лет назад +8

      Kyle said it was Superman's heat vision, but even if that wasn't the case the pressure itself can generate heat. Perhaps not to 1k Celsius but a lot

    • @rockaholictom
      @rockaholictom 6 лет назад +2

      Woo my name’s Tom! Thanks I enjoyed the episode!

    • @KarmaIsEternal
      @KarmaIsEternal 6 лет назад +1

      What do you mean by carbon purity and 1 contaminant per 1,000,000?

    • @Hedazu
      @Hedazu 6 лет назад +3

      He means that in every 1 million particles, 1 of them is not carbon. That's contaminant

  • @Jeroen734
    @Jeroen734 6 лет назад +376

    Better start working on my grip...

    • @cloud4011
      @cloud4011 5 лет назад +5

      Lol

    • @ruaboutasize14
      @ruaboutasize14 3 года назад +3

      Careful there, diamond d*ck......

    • @man_enough955
      @man_enough955 2 года назад +8

      I still got 499,999,990 Newtons to work on. I may, or may not, have been too generous on that estimate.

    • @collinnear3570
      @collinnear3570 Год назад +1

      A woman then? Men always work on their grip lonely ones at least

    • @y0kian
      @y0kian Год назад

      ​@@collinnear3570 Idk if this is sexist or completely random

  • @9xM7iGT9xM21u
    @9xM7iGT9xM21u 6 лет назад +122

    "His logo looks a lot like a diamond"
    Well yeah, he's humanity's gem.

    • @becausescience
      @becausescience  6 лет назад +33

      Oh dannnnngggggg -- KH

    • @oneiraxd3098
      @oneiraxd3098 4 года назад +7

      Omg wtf, kyle actually replied

    • @bm-ub6zc
      @bm-ub6zc Год назад

      that's bs, he's not even human

    • @zeehero7280
      @zeehero7280 Год назад +7

      Despite being an alien, he at least admires and is inspired by the human spirit. that's what modern writers get backwards. Superman is as inspired by humans as they are by him.

  • @robbertjohnsson482
    @robbertjohnsson482 6 лет назад +196

    A better name would be
    "Every kiss begins with Kal-el"

  • @Spiderlanky
    @Spiderlanky 6 лет назад +549

    "Become bling, I command you!"
    Not the line I wanted to hear after my appendix removal. Laughing hurts, and you sir just pushed my recovery back a few days

    • @THEANIMAL359
      @THEANIMAL359 5 лет назад +13

      i know how it feels mate i hope you recover well

    • @raphaelroy4543
      @raphaelroy4543 5 лет назад +9

      3:31

    • @TheOuchee
      @TheOuchee 5 лет назад +1

      i know that feel brah we were in the same position 8 months ago

    • @ITPalGame
      @ITPalGame 5 лет назад +8

      I'm sorry you had to lose an organ that helps with your immune system.

    • @manuelg.rodriguez8810
      @manuelg.rodriguez8810 5 лет назад +9

      We need to get this message seen by Kyle. It’s probably a dream for any communicator to know that their video was so funny they made someone pull their stitches.

  • @anthonylongoria2638
    @anthonylongoria2638 5 лет назад +41

    Gems in general are rare, however diamonds in comparison to most all gems are common af, even before we began making them (In reality the factor that we make them takes all of the rarity out of it). They're also sometimes considered to be the most common gem on the planet.

    • @baileypianta9569
      @baileypianta9569 8 месяцев назад +1

      Well they are made of one of the most abundant elements in the universe all it really takes is pressure. Compared to like and opal which needs many different things to happen in its environment. I think maybe the hardness of diamonds is what gives them their value, but idk 🤷‍♂️ I don’t rlly think diamonds are that pretty.

  • @zachryder3150
    @zachryder3150 6 лет назад +1177

    This channel's name is "Bs" but it isn't BS... why?...
    BECAUSE SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!

    • @donloder1
      @donloder1 6 лет назад +14

      BS

    • @the4thElement88
      @the4thElement88 6 лет назад +15

      So that's why it isn't BS, makes sense

    • @tyreseamos8449
      @tyreseamos8449 6 лет назад +3

      Zach Ryder

    • @JayFolipurba
      @JayFolipurba 6 лет назад +5

      So that it looks like an element. Na, Au, all are Caps-small: Bs

    • @henrygreen2096
      @henrygreen2096 6 лет назад +3

      I thought the same thing but I hadn't thought of it till seeing this vid hahah

  • @avatareternal3204
    @avatareternal3204 5 лет назад +36

    "Become bling, I command you!"
    Well, I was nearly finished with my drink anyway.

  • @Nujabesme
    @Nujabesme 6 лет назад +205

    correction: carbon14 is not decaying because it is radio active. It is radio active because it is decaying ;-)
    love the show!!!

    • @protorhinocerator142
      @protorhinocerator142 2 года назад +1

      Correct.

    • @Jacksonmason112.-_
      @Jacksonmason112.-_ 2 года назад +2

      Did you know that after thousands of years carbon 14 decays and breaks down into carbon 12 (regular carbon) and we detect how much of this there is through a special machine and that helps us to find out the estimative age and date of a long dead person or very old thing of some sort. It's called carbon dating

    • @Nujabesme
      @Nujabesme 2 года назад

      @@Jacksonmason112.-_ yes, I do Know. It had to be corrected after Mankind amaged to throw a shitload of nuklear material into the environment!

    • @Meshamu
      @Meshamu Год назад

      @@Jacksonmason112.-_ Nah, think it breaks down into nitrogen-14 by beta decay.

    • @ryanmarbut1035
      @ryanmarbut1035 Год назад +2

      ​@@MeshamuNo it breaks down into Au through a process of 'wishful thinking' decay after about 1 day 🤣

  • @kilppa
    @kilppa 5 лет назад +8

    "Become bling, I command you!" I genuinely burst out laughing. :D

  • @twobearshighfiving7660
    @twobearshighfiving7660 4 года назад +16

    "Diamonds are rare"
    DeBeers got vaults full of em.

    • @doriangrigorie7345
      @doriangrigorie7345 3 года назад +1

      He said "diamonds are considered are on earth" which is true, they really are *considered* rare

  • @Ies_Xqgr
    @Ies_Xqgr 5 лет назад +66

    The only man who can make chemistry interesting.

  • @Nogarda_
    @Nogarda_ 6 лет назад +58

    I’m just imagining Clark Kent stealing office supplies and hoarding pencils. Then on a slow day carefully using his super strength to remove the wood and erasers from the graphite cores. All while lamenting there must be an easier way.

    • @travissmith2848
      @travissmith2848 6 лет назад +2

      Should not need super strength to do that. pair of pliers to give the torque needed to twist the crimped on metal holder off and a little bit of moist heat to undo the glue. Assuming the Daily Planet has an in-house art department that uses pure graphite pencils (which likely don't have erasers anyway) it would be just plausible.

    • @79thjedi52
      @79thjedi52 6 лет назад +2

      Or mechanical pencil graphite

    • @TSEDLE333
      @TSEDLE333 6 лет назад +4

      He could drill the planet itself and go get the diamond from the crust, he could go into space (easier...) and get it from an asteroid (even get carbon from such remains of celestial bodies would be easier too)...and so on and so forth...

  • @HORRIOR1
    @HORRIOR1 6 лет назад +358

    1:07 Kyle, diamonds aren't rare. They are very common (in terms of gemstones), it is just that gem quality diamonds all come from a monopoly, which makes them overly expensive. Stop falling for the lies of the diamond market!

    • @SigTheSauceMan
      @SigTheSauceMan 6 лет назад +4

      I thought monopolies were illegal since like, a hundred years ago.

    • @anthonyshonk4533
      @anthonyshonk4533 6 лет назад +49

      It's not a monopoly, they just throttle supply to increase pricing. A monopoly would imply only one mining company and distributor.

    • @SmilingCorpse
      @SmilingCorpse 6 лет назад +69

      Correct. The DeBeers Corporation has a monopoly on almost all of the worlds diamond mines. Since they also sell the diamonds at jewlery stores, they artificially restrict the supply and jack up the price claiming rarity.

    • @lordbuttlington9523
      @lordbuttlington9523 6 лет назад +9

      If diamonds aren't rare, they wouldn't be expensive, not because one company controls the supply, but because any one can find one without much effort. That is what you're saying. Which is also not the case. Maybe everything u read in random internet posts isn't true, hmm?

    • @Valandar2
      @Valandar2 6 лет назад +43

      They're also the reason synthetic diamonds are looked down on for jewelry purposes, even if they are almost literally perfect quality and with zero flaws.

  • @alexthegreat4285
    @alexthegreat4285 6 лет назад +27

    I got stabbed by a pencil too but in my leg. A little bit of the graphite is still there.

    • @B_M_DUBBA_U_
      @B_M_DUBBA_U_ 5 лет назад +2

      Alex the great bro same

    • @masontigger7584
      @masontigger7584 5 лет назад

      Me to but in my finger

    • @AzamKhan-qe1dl
      @AzamKhan-qe1dl 5 лет назад

      SAME BRO!

    • @andrewftbrujah
      @andrewftbrujah 5 лет назад +2

      1. Go to the gym
      2. Leg Press and squats like a motherfucker with heat bags around the leg!
      3. ???
      4. Profit!

  • @johnkelly90
    @johnkelly90 Год назад +4

    His laser vision was also so good, he cut the diamond perfectly.

  • @jong2359
    @jong2359 6 лет назад +21

    Kyle's future hand-mined graphite-turned-diamond brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "Blood Diamond."

  • @hozimina
    @hozimina 6 лет назад +230

    Actually a pencil is not made of pure graphite. Many pencils are made with a graphite and clay mixture so squeezing and heating it would probably make a really weird looking glass, unless he used his super vision to pick only pencils that consisted of only pure graphite but that's just splitting hairs.

    • @khilorn
      @khilorn 6 лет назад +4

      Assuming pencils are not pure graphite, what is the pencil to diamond ratio. Give me minute to do some smart boi calculations.

    • @MatterBeamTSF
      @MatterBeamTSF 6 лет назад +13

      Good point! 8B pencils are the best, and they still only have 90% graphite. A 2B pencil is 74% graphite.
      www.quora.com/What-is-added-to-graphite-in-order-to-make-pencils-of-different-blackness-and-hardness

    • @argr4sh
      @argr4sh 6 лет назад +1

      leaving comment to get the answer of this question

    • @richiejacobson4272
      @richiejacobson4272 6 лет назад +3

      Kyle mentioned this very briefly with coal but if the graphite isn't nearly pure carbon as you've pointed out, then, assuming most of the rest of the lead is clay, Supes would end up with some rock (from the compressed clay) and small fragments of diamonds where the graphite was more pure

    • @hozimina
      @hozimina 6 лет назад +3

      Kyler Freilinger well if we want to get really sciencey then clay is usually a chemical mix of aluminum and silicon so he would never actually achieve "diamond" but rather he would have sapphire and not even pretty one either.

  • @lcewolf1991
    @lcewolf1991 6 лет назад +12

    Question: i've always wondered how does banshee fly using just the sound he emits? would that even be possible given the way sound waves work and how "loud" would he have to scream to achieve that movement?

  • @schopflabrassofficial4980
    @schopflabrassofficial4980 6 лет назад +5

    I have the same "injury" :-D the danger of pencils is highly underrated, thanks to The Dark Knight for bringing awareness to the subject

  • @1mezion
    @1mezion 6 лет назад +8

    Kudos for your quick correction on the number 2's pencils, it was hilarious.

  • @macacofrito
    @macacofrito 6 лет назад +23

    should have drawn a little crowbar when you said "half-life" ;D

  • @alexthomas7470
    @alexthomas7470 6 лет назад +2

    "Become bling, I command you" one of the funniest lines I've ever heard a person speak

  • @inujosha
    @inujosha 3 года назад +2

    I really enjoyed the commentary by both Kyle and the guy in the glasses.

  • @stephendetwiler2787
    @stephendetwiler2787 6 лет назад +43

    Graphite is possibly formed from the metamorphism of Coal (inernite, type 4 petroleum products). Thus if superman was able to take a whole lot of coal and was able to create metamorphic conditions to turn into graphite then it could be turned diamond. what this does is add an extra step to his process but it does allow for him to turn coal into diamond.
    -From your friendly geologist

    • @shanok3
      @shanok3 6 лет назад +10

      Stephen Detwiler Friendly Neighborhood Geologist*

    • @mazingdaddid
      @mazingdaddid 6 лет назад

      So what you are saying is it would take some extra time under extreme pressure to push out the impurities allowing the carbon to form a more pure crystalline structure, thereby allowing the pressure to then form diamonds?

    • @stephendetwiler2787
      @stephendetwiler2787 6 лет назад +2

      Essentially yes, that would cause the coal to get to a high enough carbon concentration to allow for graphite to form

  • @mk7893
    @mk7893 6 лет назад +9

    Hi Kyle! just want to say that you and the crew dont only motivate young people to pursue sciences but also inspire studying engineers (like myself) to work harder and have fun in what they do. Hope you keep being you Kyle! and for everyone who works on BS, keep up the good work! :)

    • @becausescience
      @becausescience  6 лет назад +4

      Incredibly kind of you Jonathan, thank you. That's the best praise I can get -- KH

  • @hip-hopcomics710
    @hip-hopcomics710 6 лет назад +7

    Great channel. Love the mix of science and comic book characters. Keep it up! 👍

  • @LilTechCricket
    @LilTechCricket 4 года назад +17

    "That sounds more like a Lex Luthor Plan."
    Lol! Even when Kyle tries to be heroic his true nature can't help itself and he ends up being the supervillain. 😂🤣 🖤💎😈

  • @robertjerome9171
    @robertjerome9171 6 лет назад +13

    Hey Kyle I've been watching Because Science for a long time now and love how you do so much research and go in depth about so many various topics. Wish you nothing but future success and more good things coming your way

  • @MaxHP
    @MaxHP 6 лет назад +24

    I’m becoming smarter with every episode.
    Soon, I probably will take over the world.
    And make number two diamonds.

    • @hagenvon5926
      @hagenvon5926 6 лет назад +1

      MaxHP who needs school anymore, everyone should just watch this show to learn.

  • @tay012
    @tay012 6 лет назад +25

    Proof coal doesn’t make diamonds, there is no life on Neptune or Uranus (That we no of) for there to be coal but it RAINS DIAMONDS! Also the star BPM 37093 aka Lucy that is 1.1 solar masses and has a crystallized carbon core similar diamond.

  • @zachryder3150
    @zachryder3150 6 лет назад +95

    I wondered why they didn't make this video using Toph but instead of Superman
    But no-one wants a 27 second long episode

    • @ItachiUchiha-nh2mq
      @ItachiUchiha-nh2mq 6 лет назад +3

      Zach Ryder lol

    • @zachryder3150
      @zachryder3150 6 лет назад +39

      Because a mere "Superman" doesn't compare to *Melon Lord!!!*

    • @jamrose6322
      @jamrose6322 6 лет назад

      Zach Ryder who is toph

    • @zachryder3150
      @zachryder3150 6 лет назад +11

      jam rose A character from Avatar: The Legend of Aang

    • @ninjahombrepalito1721
      @ninjahombrepalito1721 6 лет назад +27

      jam rose a little blind girl (like 12 yrs old) who is very funny, fun and has a bit of an attitude. And can control earth (including rocks, sand, mud, crystal, and even some metals, like iron). And I mean literally tons of the stuff. She can also see everything that is touching the ground if she is touching the same ground, even from hundreds of meters away. And although she cannot see what is touching ground that she isn't touching (for example, a man standing on a rock on top of a tree if she is on the ground), she can feel earth that is not touching the same ground as her. And she is the greatest earth martial artist of her time.

  • @wisdombeyondyears
    @wisdombeyondyears 6 лет назад +21

    I have a rebuttal based on the definition of a diamond.
    While Superman couldn’t make bulk synthetic diamond from coal he could easily make Nanodiamonds. Nanodiamonds can be described as sub micrometre diamonds as it is pure(apart from occasional nitrogen vacancies) and retains the diamond cubic crystal structure.
    So if Superman used anthracite coal and using only his heat vision with the coal in ethanol at standard temperature and pressure, he could ablate the coal and create Nanodiamonds. This is one among several methods of creating Nanodiamonds from coal.
    While it’s not as macho as squeezing coal, imagining Superman in a lab coat using his heat vision on a flask is much cooler to me.

    • @kourtneyr.scruggs0988
      @kourtneyr.scruggs0988 6 лет назад +1

      StrangelyAmusing because science. Right.

    • @dalmarampere6637
      @dalmarampere6637 6 лет назад

      Nano diamonds would make for a lousy engagement ring. To be fair though, Kyle does {blink and you'll miss it) allude to this.

  • @katiebishop7773
    @katiebishop7773 6 лет назад +4

    Love your videos! Got a question for you; how do Gambit's powers work?

  • @7hobbygaming18
    @7hobbygaming18 4 года назад +4

    he makes me giggle like a school girl, he's so adorkable

  • @ilovewobbuffet
    @ilovewobbuffet 6 лет назад +1

    I would totally buy a shirt with "Become bling I command you!" and a cartoon Kyle firing eyebeams at some lumps of coal.

  • @MrLinkinDrake
    @MrLinkinDrake 6 лет назад +13

    Related to star wars and han solo...what is Carbonite? And how could a person be "Frozen in Carbonite"?

  • @jonathanbronico
    @jonathanbronico 6 лет назад +3

    Hey Kyle, love the show. I'd like to respectfully point out that cyanide drawn without a counter-ion should be negatively charged with a lone pair of electrons on the carbon atom. It's a minor thing for a show like this, but many of my organic chemistry students over the years made similar mistakes because they forgot to account for all of the electrons in the carbon atom. Since many people watch this show for its educational value, I think that it's important for me to chime in on this in the spirit of encouraging people to think more critically about seemingly minor details.

  • @charlieb1575
    @charlieb1575 5 лет назад +1

    "Become bling, I command you!" my new favorite saying.

  • @somedaysuperhero2184
    @somedaysuperhero2184 6 лет назад +9

    Could you please do the science of Crysis the game specifically the Nanosuit

  • @lonequester
    @lonequester 6 лет назад +14

    His logo DOES really look like the shape of a diamond!!!

  • @derskalde4973
    @derskalde4973 6 лет назад +4

    I absolutly love your videos. Not many people can make science interesting and funny.
    A little personal question. I try writing a story and came up with a disease, that over time splits the red colour from the blood. The iron (and whatever else makes blood red) then is excreted with the sweat. Is that scientifically possible and how long could you survive that?

    • @Casz5
      @Casz5 6 лет назад

      I would recommend reading up on hemoglobin, the circulatory system, and how we sweat to better understand the physiology of the human body. It will help writing your story and building the base of the disease. If you don't have hemoglobin your body cannot transport oxygen, which means you will die.

    • @derskalde4973
      @derskalde4973 6 лет назад

      Casz5 thanks

  • @Ingolenuru
    @Ingolenuru 5 лет назад +2

    You got a like as soon as you finished 'kiss begins with k....rypton. :) Love it. It makes me sad that the coal thing is total bunk and so completely common at the same time. :( I hope the comic writers are watching! The movie writers too!

  • @tomroberts9684
    @tomroberts9684 Год назад +3

    Another thing I realized is: that kind of temperature and pressure means a normal human cannot be anywhere near a Kryptonian squeezing graphite into diamond without being cut by any streams of gas escaping from Supes' hand. Also, if you squeeze some modeling clay in your hand, that's kinda the shape of the diamond Superman would get, not the radially symmetrical 💎 we've seen in movies and TV.

    • @kingol4801
      @kingol4801 10 месяцев назад

      True.
      Also, he can use his heat vision to cut it flawlessly.
      His heat vision is not the same as Homelander’s mere lazer, and will get the job done.

  • @krazyk8083
    @krazyk8083 6 лет назад +90

    So according to this I'm just a spongy fleshbag of uncompressed diamonds. Neat!

    • @rewrose2838
      @rewrose2838 6 лет назад +1

      Are you full of pencil leads?

    • @TheodoreMinick
      @TheodoreMinick 6 лет назад +4

      Uncompressed coal. You're not made of graphite

    • @GeneralKnife
      @GeneralKnife 6 лет назад +7

      Theodore Minick let him believe in his dreams!

    • @krazyk8083
      @krazyk8083 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah what GeneralKnife said! Bunch of buzzkills...

    • @JamesSarin
      @JamesSarin 6 лет назад +1

      Well if we are all carbon based and carbon makes diamonds then that would be true...ish. That also makes the #2 joke accurate as wouldn't our waste have carbon in it?

  • @DavidxXD1
    @DavidxXD1 6 лет назад +12

    ooh oohh do a video of "scientifically possible" chuck norris facts, that would be amazing

    • @Link71386
      @Link71386 6 лет назад

      See my above comment made to @ZombieBroKill about episode suggestions. Your idea would be really fun to watch.

  • @apsuenbwyfer11
    @apsuenbwyfer11 5 лет назад

    I laughed so much at the clip at the end when you showed the graphite mark on your hand from stabbing yourself with a pencil because I did the exact same thing when I was in high school, and one of my friends did too. I wonder how common it is for people to do that??

  • @Zarathos11
    @Zarathos11 3 года назад +1

    2:30 When Salt has one of the most complex Molecular Structures known to Man. And we use it to make our food taste better.

  • @ghqebvful
    @ghqebvful 6 лет назад +67

    Since coal still contains Carbon what would it take for superman to refine it to the level it would need to make a reasonably sized diamond?
    From my (admittedly limited) research coal is on average between 60% and 80% carbon, and 1 carat 200mg.
    Assuming the percentages of carbon were based on mass, we can conclude that we would need around 250 to 333.333.... mg of coal to make 1 carat of diamond.
    If super man wants to go big or go home he could gather 776.6875 to 1035.58333... grams of coal to make one of the largest diamonds.
    This is all of course assuming super man could refine the coal and use just the carbon from it, but I mean he has pretty much every other power so why not?

    • @VictoryNibbles
      @VictoryNibbles 6 лет назад +20

      The problem is that he'd have to go through all the complex chemical processes to render all that carbon down from the coal. As it is, the coal in way too impure (as Kyle stated) a source of carbon to get diamonds. Basically, it would be like trying to get pure ice cubes by freezing diarrhea.

    • @edwarddoernberg3428
      @edwarddoernberg3428 6 лет назад +10

      yeh but Superman has the knowledge of Krypton and easy access to intense heating and cooling.
      with heat vision and freezing breath he could easily distill pure ice from diarrhea.
      he could probably do similarly to make diamonds from coal.

    • @ghqebvful
      @ghqebvful 6 лет назад +6

      VictoryNibbles At one point superman performed brain surgery through a man's eye in split second time or something like that. I don't think he'd necessarily struggle with purifying the coal like we would

    • @leesadrone7343
      @leesadrone7343 6 лет назад +6

      VictoryNibbles hahaha that example give me good laugh👍😂

    • @joseramonpenamercedes3709
      @joseramonpenamercedes3709 6 лет назад +6

      No, its not the same as surgery, to refine materials you need other materials to make chemical reactions in which those impurities are bonded into other material which are easier to extract, so its not only pressure and heat or precise surgeon abilities.

  • @TomMcKee33
    @TomMcKee33 6 лет назад +10

    IM TOM! IT WAS ALL FOR ME!? OMG THANK YOU KYLE HOW SWEET

  • @paopaothesiopao995
    @paopaothesiopao995 4 года назад +1

    "Oops. That doesn't make sense."
    I AM DED HAHA

  • @Budderb0yloves
    @Budderb0yloves 6 лет назад +1

    Alright, I've watched you the past two weeks. Subscribed.

  • @bell5082
    @bell5082 6 лет назад +5

    Man I am glad you exist

  • @flyingaceify
    @flyingaceify 6 лет назад +12

    Who was that guy that kept invading Kyle's show?.. How did he not notice that?... lol

    • @rewrose2838
      @rewrose2838 6 лет назад +2

      I believe his name is Dan Cassey, he works with Kyle on various projects like *_MuskWatch_*

    • @piboy6228
      @piboy6228 6 лет назад

      After years of seeing both of them daily (however never at the same time) I still can't figure it out. It's weird they don't seem to have any connection but they just randomly pop up in the same place. To be honest I never noticed this but now that you mention it, it's slightly strange. What a mystery.

    • @mattw5702
      @mattw5702 6 лет назад

      correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure this is a joke about the glasses lol

    • @piboy6228
      @piboy6228 6 лет назад

      Matt W no it's about that other person that appeared in his video obviously. Did you not notice him; don't know where Kyle was though.

    • @mattw5702
      @mattw5702 6 лет назад

      Oh lol I must have been on my phone and just listening haha I feel like an idiot

  • @chulumancosifuba4889
    @chulumancosifuba4889 6 лет назад

    I love it when Kyle takes sly digs at superhero tropes LOL.

  • @drakebletl7754
    @drakebletl7754 5 лет назад +1

    9:34 does anybody else remember that one scene from the Incredibles where syndrome explained why he used "sitter" instead of "baby sitter"

    • @19TheFallen
      @19TheFallen 3 года назад

      "What does the 'S' stand for?"
      "For.......Sitter! Yeah! Sitter! I was original gonna go with a symbol for 'babysitter', but then I'd be walking around with a big 'BS', and you can understand why I couldn't go with THAT!"

  • @koimaxx
    @koimaxx 6 лет назад +11

    How many No.2 pencils would it actually take to make a 2 carat diamond?

    • @ilovepinatas3179
      @ilovepinatas3179 6 лет назад

      koimaxx good question!

    • @CarFreeSegnitz
      @CarFreeSegnitz 6 лет назад +1

      2 carats is .4 grams... not much. My lazy ass would just use a couple of mechanical pencil refill leads.

    • @koimaxx
      @koimaxx 6 лет назад

      Now that you mention it, I realized it would have been a straight conversion since theoretically there wouldn't be any change in mass even it got compressed and heated. Technically it would probably be about 40 pieces of pencil refills. Derp! :P

  • @Zicc
    @Zicc 6 лет назад +17

    4:29 Half life 3 confirmed

  • @Strickalator
    @Strickalator 5 лет назад

    Love this channel! Subscribed

  • @Henglaar
    @Henglaar 5 лет назад

    I like the phaser sound effect for the heat vision . . .

  • @tomtatham5233
    @tomtatham5233 6 лет назад +3

    10:24 how did Thor know my name???

  • @TheRealJahan
    @TheRealJahan 6 лет назад +89

    Already watched this episode a couple days ago, came to give the vid a view and drop a like 👍🏾

    • @becausescience
      @becausescience  6 лет назад +18

      Now THAT'S the kind of support I appreciate! Thank you! -- KH

    • @Mike-km6vg
      @Mike-km6vg 6 лет назад +1

      W

  • @PachucoDesigns
    @PachucoDesigns 5 лет назад

    I like the way he says "thoooousands." It has the perfect note of "holy shit." lol

  • @sushiwalrus5333
    @sushiwalrus5333 6 лет назад +1

    I hope future teachers learn how to teach like you, thank you Kyle c:

  • @jadendeviera2851
    @jadendeviera2851 6 лет назад +3

    I have a question on the last Bs what if you turn your head and raise your leg at the Same time isn't that multi tasking

  • @magunbfp9030
    @magunbfp9030 6 лет назад +12

    So would Superman actually need to use his heat vision to apply the heat to all that graphite... or would him “rubbing his hands together” while crushing the graphite within such a small space generate the heat without any other source? Obviously he’d also incinerate any nearby flammable stuff... or people but he’s Superman I’m sure we’d give him a pass for that

    • @nickbryan_video
      @nickbryan_video 6 лет назад +2

      Magun BFP Doesnt lots of pressure cause things to heat on their own?

    • @FlagCutie
      @FlagCutie 6 лет назад +2

      Magun BFP that description makes me think of Superman intently staring into his fist full of graphite and repeatedly crushing it akin to an old timey villain rubbing his hands back and forth forming a plan...

    • @magunbfp9030
      @magunbfp9030 6 лет назад

      I’m remembering back to high school physics so take it with a grain of salt... but applying pressure exerts energy which has to go somewhere, potentially as sound but usually heat... but if you’re applying all that force into such a small area how hot would it get?
      Who’s to say that Superman might not be the Boy Scout he claims to be... “I just wanted to help the guy out... I didn’t know, with all my advanced Kryptonian knowledge, that everything would explode in fire” perhaps he is an old timey villain...

    • @1roscos
      @1roscos 6 лет назад +3

      I thought this as well. Even without rubbing his hands together, the heat created from the pressure required to rearrange the carbon into diamond would probably be enough. There's another problem with the heat vision though. As far as I know superman can't selectively heat material on the other side of material. What I mean is, he can't heat the carbon without eye-lazering through his hand first. And if he left a hole to beam his heat vision through, surely the high pressure would squeeze the graphite out.

    • @energydragonslayer2681
      @energydragonslayer2681 6 лет назад

      Scott Roscoe what if he heats it before he starts crushing it? That might work

  • @morningstar5535
    @morningstar5535 6 лет назад

    3:33 become bling 😂😂😂😂

  • @acepiton2114
    @acepiton2114 6 лет назад

    hey just binge watched a bunch of your vids, Absolutely Love your channel(s). but i have a question : just watched the first Batman (Micheal Keaton) movie and the scene where joker frys the mobster with a hand buzzer....How much power would you need in that hand buzzer to do that to a person?

  • @alexanderrupe6302
    @alexanderrupe6302 6 лет назад +3

    Me and my 5yo daughter love watching your show. Even tho she doesn't understand what's going on she is always asking stuff like why we don't float away like helium balloons.

  • @rewrose2838
    @rewrose2838 6 лет назад +4

    Question: Is it true that _detonation nanodiamonds_ are formed in nuclear weapons' _strike-zones_ with abundance of coal?
    Considering Hiroshima was mostly woodland , is there a chance for any nanodiamonds to be found there?
    Btw HPHT (high-pressure-high-temperature) method is used since 1964 to create artificial diamonds from Graphite rods at 130k atm and 1705 Celsius, where they use impurities like Boron and Nitrogen to get Blue or Yellow gems that look similar to the famous _Hope_ diamond,
    so -minisicule- impurities aren't always bad~!

    • @GeneralKnife
      @GeneralKnife 6 лет назад +1

      Rew Rose new even synthetic diamonds are being made in China which forced De Beers to find out how to differentiate the two since they are so similar. Also because the synthetic ones are cheap as well.

  • @corygwinn7115
    @corygwinn7115 6 лет назад

    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)?

  • @havblablemost205
    @havblablemost205 6 лет назад

    Hey Kyle, love the show

  • @Varsocona
    @Varsocona 6 лет назад +28

    Uh, I came here for Kyle. Not some random Nerd in glasses.

    • @rewrose2838
      @rewrose2838 6 лет назад +1

      Thats not some randonerd! He's Kyle's first-born-clone! (I believe Kyle named him Dan Cassey after his co-host from *_MuskWatch_* )

    • @Varsocona
      @Varsocona 6 лет назад +7

      That can't be a clone, he doesn't look anything like Kyle. He wears glasses, Kyle doesn't. D'uh.

    • @baronnexus8524
      @baronnexus8524 6 лет назад +1

      Lay off the glasses nerd! It's his first day on the job!

  • @barrybend7189
    @barrybend7189 6 лет назад +8

    Please do a video on the mobile trace system from mobile fighter G Gundam.

    • @GundamFranxx
      @GundamFranxx 6 лет назад +1

      Or anything Gundam really. How about, could Gundam Deathscythe's beam scythe work under water?

  • @AMx39
    @AMx39 5 лет назад

    Bro you remind me of a “dude” Felicity Smoke. lol!! Love your your vids man.

  • @larrykellogg578
    @larrykellogg578 5 лет назад

    Great show! Keep up the good work. Have you dealt with anything Godzilla-ish?

  • @zombiebrokill6605
    @zombiebrokill6605 6 лет назад +131

    What's the science behind the leap of faith and how high could you fall from? (Assassins creed) I WILL ASK THIS EACH EPISODE UNTIL YOU NOTICE ME KYLE

    • @joseramonpenamercedes3709
      @joseramonpenamercedes3709 6 лет назад +10

      notice me sempai

    • @Link71386
      @Link71386 6 лет назад +8

      At the end of most of his videos, Kyle specifically mentions to follow him on twitter and episode ideas can be mentioned there. Yours has me intrigued. I myself actually have two ideas. However, I'm a deployed National Guard soldier with no phone. Therefore a twitter request is out of the question for me, unless there's another way to sign up for twitter without a phone. Good luck in your idea being made a video.

    • @mattw5702
      @mattw5702 6 лет назад +6

      I'm pretty sure you can get on twitter straight from the internet my man

    • @Link71386
      @Link71386 6 лет назад

      Matt W thanks. I'll check it out

    • @davidburke4101
      @davidburke4101 6 лет назад +4

      Game theory already did a video on the leap of faith. If you want just the science, game theory should be good enough for you.

  • @The-Real-Red-Bard
    @The-Real-Red-Bard 6 лет назад +3

    I love yo- wait *becomes a subscriber* I LOVE YOURE VIDS

  • @ecliptorcalrissian5014
    @ecliptorcalrissian5014 5 лет назад +1

    Lol. At the end of the "Elseworlds" crossover, he does exactly that. I found this right after and was sure that it was inspired by that, but it turns out this video came out in March.

  • @jacksonhughes8119
    @jacksonhughes8119 4 года назад +1

    You technically couldn't use number 2 pencils, as they contain clay to harden the lead. However, full graphite pencils are sold at art stores

  • @gooberproductions8961
    @gooberproductions8961 6 лет назад +5

    I have a question that might make a good "because science" video. How cold does mr. Freezes gun have to be to be able to freeze people in a matter of seconds?
    Ps I love the show and keep up the good work:)

    • @VelociraptorsOfSkyrim
      @VelociraptorsOfSkyrim 6 лет назад

      MONDO GECKO Liquid Nitrogen, or a similar fluid.

    • @nickbryan_video
      @nickbryan_video 6 лет назад

      MONDO GECKO or better yet Men's freeze gun.

    • @nickbryan_video
      @nickbryan_video 6 лет назад

      Velociraptors of Skyrim Liquid nitrogen would be able to cool someone but it would require lots of fluid and tons of time

    • @Will-Woll
      @Will-Woll 6 лет назад +1

      I guess it will depend a lot on the distance you're trying to freeze them at. The temperature of whatever you're spraying will be increased slightly by the air for more time depending on how far away they are. Making it take longer to freeze someone further away. Also bear in mind that the minimum temperature anything can reach is about -273.15'C (iirc) absolute zero, so freezing somebody solid will take longer than it does in the movies no matter what.

    • @tokleb
      @tokleb 6 лет назад

      Someone got into a similar question: ruclips.net/video/kcUDf2rUfoc/видео.html He is doing the calculation for the Overwatch character Mai but it works the same way

  • @markkelly9147
    @markkelly9147 4 года назад +11

    What are you doing with those glasses discount Thor. . . Oh hey Kyle, have you seen the walking L’Oréal commercial that is discount Thor. He was just here a minute ago. 🤔

  • @adamkotter6174
    @adamkotter6174 2 месяца назад

    So, this is five years late, but I have a pencil tip stuck in my right hand from a similar childhood injury too! Mine's more on the palm side of my thumb, but you can still feel the bump there.

  • @Bubbajones213
    @Bubbajones213 2 года назад

    There's also the problem with him using heat vision while crushing the graphite. He'd have to encapsulate the material with his hands to crush it properly, but since he's basically completely covering it his heat vision wouldn't be able to heat through his hands to superheat the matter.
    Considering all the trouble associated with gathering enough graphite (or whatever) and then converting it to make a diamond, Supes would be better off taking a quick jaunt over to Uranus or Neptune or one of the other "nearby" planets that have diamond rain and just chill there for a second.

  • @ITPalGame
    @ITPalGame 5 лет назад +2

    "assuming"... that is where c14 etc have faults.
    C14 can't be used for dates beyond ~500k, and even under that it can give wild dates that are wrong for known ages.
    What about c14 found inside diamonds?

  • @Lucas-bt5lm
    @Lucas-bt5lm 6 лет назад +6

    If your body suddenly stopped being affected by the earths gravity, would you shoot straight up into the air because of the centripetal force from the earth’s rotation?

    • @LoboLakerGaming
      @LoboLakerGaming 5 лет назад +5

      It would be moreso at an angle but yes

    • @DearHRS
      @DearHRS 5 лет назад +1

      Not staright up, but tangetially if the Earth was only rotating and not revolving around the Sun, if you consider rotation and revolution then you will fly off at some angle but not straight up, just like Lobo Hog wrote.

    • @justinroberts8103
      @justinroberts8103 5 лет назад +1

      First consider a feather it is so light it falls slowly because air resists the motion down.
      So what your asking is if a person became so light much much lighter then a feather but was still the same size body. Almost like a human balloon.
      Well a person would do almost exactly what a balloon does but as long as they don't pop as they get higher they would float up and out of the atmosphere.
      Now if you think of it as magic where they retain the mass of a person and are just no longer pulled along by the mass of the earth then they might be affected by wind and air as they are just left behind while the earth circles around the sun.

    • @rushikeshwagh8542
      @rushikeshwagh8542 5 лет назад

      Yep

  • @myishenhaines1706
    @myishenhaines1706 5 лет назад

    Thank you for such an interesting channel!

  • @Nenanin
    @Nenanin 6 лет назад

    Always the most fun kind of possible!

  • @AndyJP
    @AndyJP 6 лет назад +6

    Who was that guy at the beginning of the episode?

    • @rewrose2838
      @rewrose2838 6 лет назад

      I think he is Dan Cassey , his co-host from *_MuskWatch_*

  • @semiawesomatic6064
    @semiawesomatic6064 6 лет назад +71

    Or he could just ask molecule man for some help.

    • @kourtneyr.scruggs0988
      @kourtneyr.scruggs0988 6 лет назад +7

      semi awesomatic Wrong universe.

    • @rebmiami6803
      @rebmiami6803 6 лет назад +2

      kourtney scruggs Not the point.

    • @kourtneyr.scruggs0988
      @kourtneyr.scruggs0988 6 лет назад +3

      Rebmiami Minecraft but it is. He couldn't ask Reese for help if he doesn't exist in his universe. Now, I believe that there's a Molecule Man equivalent in DC, so he does have options.
      I mean, he could also hit up a State Alchemist and have them transmutate whatever was required. But then when apply context that's also impossible because there are no State Alchemists in the DC universe.

    • @DelinquentChibi
      @DelinquentChibi 6 лет назад +9

      kourtney scruggs Technically, according to DC comics canon, the Marvel universe does exist, as did the crossover. That is DC canon, so Molecule Man technically exists to Superman. Although, said crossover did not happen in Marvel canon, so DC universe does not exist to Marvel, which means Superman does not exist to Molecule Man. All in all, it's a really weird situation.
      While it's not quite the same universe, it is, in a way, the same multiverse, which Supes should have little trouble crossing with someone like the Spectre.

    • @kourtneyr.scruggs0988
      @kourtneyr.scruggs0988 6 лет назад

      J. Lee Tillery You are my new best friend for taking my best arguement dead out of my mouth. That was awesome. You're awesome.

  • @TMWriting
    @TMWriting 6 лет назад

    I never thought I'd hear Kyle say my name at the end, because he already used Tommy back when he first started the gag. What a pleasant surprise.

  • @uncle_murk7069
    @uncle_murk7069 3 года назад

    I love your Krypton joke 😆😆🤣🤣

  • @PBanJ96
    @PBanJ96 6 лет назад +3

    Having your own Ad on your own video. #Savage

  • @TheMetalOverlord
    @TheMetalOverlord 6 лет назад +5

    Kyle, about superpowers you should not want, what about the power of stopping time?
    It sound really cool, but the more i think about it, the most catastrophic it becomes.

    • @balintkeszthelyi1293
      @balintkeszthelyi1293 6 лет назад +1

      Instead of stopping, wish for slowing time.

    • @TheMetalOverlord
      @TheMetalOverlord 6 лет назад +2

      Well, slowing time have almost all of the drawback of stopping time, only less deadly.

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 6 лет назад +1

      well call me a rapist but i would go around humping all the frozen ladies. sorry

    • @michaelcoulter1114
      @michaelcoulter1114 6 лет назад

      TheMetalOverlord
      Anything to do with time is better not tampered with, imo.

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 6 лет назад

      I agree. I'd be like driving playing golf in a supermarket & then i'd see a frozen hot lady & i'd be like "i could just slip my dick into her a little bit?" but then i'd be edisgusted with myself & shout "NO YOU MUSN'T"
      "..but she won't even know....NO YOU MUSN'T....i'd use a condom....NO YOU MUSN'T" like back & forth debating with myself for fucking weeks & then 1 night i get seriously drunk & when i wake up she's bent over with her face in the supermarket till ladies lap & we both wearing sexy lingerie from the clothes department

  • @michaeldickerson1470
    @michaeldickerson1470 5 лет назад

    love the channel. how many pens do you think he goes through?

  • @skAteSMR
    @skAteSMR 5 лет назад

    Comedy mixed into this is on point ahaha

  • @LouieS-PH
    @LouieS-PH 6 лет назад +3

    How many pencils are needed to make it worth the effort of turning them to diamond.

    • @krzysztofbandyk168
      @krzysztofbandyk168 6 лет назад +3

      A killogram of diamonds weighs the same as a kilogram of graphite so just buy and sell by weight. Assuming supermans strengtht is free.

    • @mk7893
      @mk7893 6 лет назад +1

      assuming 100% efficiency process.

  • @serviceunavailable304
    @serviceunavailable304 6 лет назад +5

    Can superman make any other jewels than diamond like emeralds

    • @soulextracter
      @soulextracter 6 лет назад +5

      Emeralds are just polluted diamonds mate. They contain chromium, it makes them green. Same with Rubies, amethysts and sapphires.

  • @Telliott1985
    @Telliott1985 5 лет назад

    Haha, I also have a little grey dot from a pencil stab. Didn't know they were so common.

  • @jar_knight
    @jar_knight 5 лет назад

    3:32 You made my day!!