WEBVTT - Lab 005: Wakanda Forever 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:02.240 The streets are talking about us. 0:00:02.360 --> 0:00:04.960 I really love Jordan Peele. You could just see how 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:05.720 smart he is. 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:09.080 Listen. I like horror, but not like no plot line. 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:11.680 This has made my eyes are peeled, they're dry when 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:13.159 I leave the movies because I know I need to 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:14.960 look for every little clue. 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:17.040 Like where is it that ambulance? It might mean something? 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:21.120 Right, And everybody turns into researchers. Listen, everybody turns into 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:23.440 a detective exactly everybody. 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:26.880 Yes, people are saying did you see whatever was embroidered 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:29.920 on the shirt? And I'm like, on the shirt, what 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:30.120 was it? 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:30.800 How did you see? 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:34.000 People are turning into what's the name of that movie 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:36.200 with Tom Hanks where he was running around da Vinci 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:43.040 Code Yes, Code, da Vinci Code us Yes. And I 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:47.440 love it because you could really see like people's scientific 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:51.720 minds coming out and it's so beautiful. I'm like, look 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:54.080 at Jordan Peele turned us all into PhDs. 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:58.640 Listen, everybody got on a PhD is suspense Okay, I'm 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:00.480 t T and I'm the key and. 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:17.000 From Spotify Studios, this is Dope Labs. 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:21.280 So everybody is going crazy about Jordan Peel's US. Yes, 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:24.200 people are seeing it two, three, four times in a 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.920 row at the theater, just trying to piece. 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:27.679 All those clues together. 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.080 But another reason why we really love it is because, 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.319 just like with Get Out, Jordan Peel is making these 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:37.880 blockbuster movies but with primarily black characters. Yes, right, And 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.679 so I feel like every time something like this happens 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:42.640 when we have these black and minority characters in these 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:47.199 huge films, everybody goes crazy, like get Out us crazy 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.720 rich Asians, like everybody's going wild for it. We have 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:55.320 people talking on Twitter, Instagram, the memes get out of control, 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:58.840 and I always feel, like he said, Ray, I'm like, 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:01.760 I'm rooting for everybody, right, And the. 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.920 Last time people were this excited, I feel like it. 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:08.680 Had to be Black Panther. Yes, that was revolutionary. 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:12.320 I feel like for us, Black Panther was doubly exciting 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:16.799 exactly because not only was it, you know, these black 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.600 superheroes which we had never seen before, well. 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.720 We've seen them before, you know, but not like this, 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:23.600 not like that. 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.360 But then there was also this whole like science and 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:30.120 tech aspect of Black Panther that we were just like, yes, 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:32.079 because black people were at the forefront. 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.680 Surrey, Surrey is listen when Surrey came on the screen, 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:39.519 I was like, a TT girl, is that you girl? 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:42.080 I was like, I totally identify with Surrey. 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:46.720 Did Marble run you your check? Marvel? Were you following 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:47.120 me around? 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:47.399 Duke? 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:48.320 Come on somebody? 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.240 Because I was like, this is TT. I loved it. 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:55.680 I love watching her create things, event things, modify things, 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.440 and prove things, but then also just be super fun 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.799 and dope and funny and all these things like that. 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:02.880 So I really really loved it. 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:08.480 So today we are talking about Wakanda, specifically vibranium, because 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:09.800 that's really the star of that movie. 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:14.280 Yes, okay, this makes me very happy. Yes, T is 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:15.239 in our happy space. 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:17.200 Yes, because for those of you who don't know, my 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:21.400 parents are West African and I also am a material 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.560 scientist and engineer. So Wakanda just encompasses all the things 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:27.000 that I love, yes, Africa and science. 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:31.040 So let's kick off the recitation, right. 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.440 We want vibranium, and we want it now, but we 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:35.040 also want to know a little bit more about it. 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:37.560 Let's hear from you. Here are some of your thoughts 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.440 on vibranium and its possibilities. 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:41.520 Vibranium can do anything. 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.080 Libranium is powerful, like it can. 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.200 It can reverse time, it can stop bullets, it can 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.280 heal you. It's amazing. It's already had a lot of 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:55.040 applications weaponized for defense, military, civil. 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.720 I mean, it's kind of like hopeful, right. Vibranium, I 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:00.760 think is like just wronger armor. 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.320 So if you get hit, obviously it absorbs the force 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:05.800 and gives it back. 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.040 Do you think that there's anything out there in our 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.200 world that is like vibranium. 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.720 The closest thing I could think of is carbon fiber. 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.839 If you could treat it or reinforce it, it's a 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:18.880 pretty durable material. 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:22.240 I would say CBD is closer to vibranium. 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:23.440 At least it heals. 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:26.760 What about absorbing impact, well, depends what kind of impact 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:29.440 we're talking about. Come on something. 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:34.000 Mental impact, anxiety, Okay, stress. 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:35.520 Yeah, I think that's possible. I don't know if we 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.240 found it or not, but I mean, I'm sure y'all 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:38.800 gonna tell us. 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.760 So here's my thing about vibranium, and it's part of 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:43.960 why I wanted to do this episode. 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:44.239 Today. 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.520 I was a little sad because I had all that 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:50.000 joy from Black Panther, but then the way Avengers Infinity 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:53.919 War ended was to Chialla turned into toast crunk, Like, hey. 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:57.440 B what happened to the vibranium? I was devastated. 0:04:57.560 --> 0:04:59.800 Oh don't know how vibranium works, right, I was like, 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.200 excuse me, hello, Marvel, Like, we saw a lot of 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.520 stuff happen in Black Panther, and he was not supposed 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:05.760 to die. 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:06.680 He shouldn't be able to die. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.640 He should have just absorbed all of that and then 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:13.720 been bounced it back exactly and killed Thanos. And so 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:16.440 I'm trying to get all the clues I can about 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.840 what might happen next without reading the spoiler blogs, right, 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:21.480 But the only way I can know what happens next 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.520 is by knowing, like what happened so far? 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:25.360 And what are the like? Tell me more about VIBRAINI. 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:27.680 I want to know all about it. And that's why 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.040 I'm so lucky to have you here to explain it, 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:35.520 because it's totally your wheelhouse. You are everything physical sciences, materials, engineering, 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:39.720 physics equals MC square. That's you, that's your arena. Those 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:44.960 are all my favorite things. And I'm always like, huh, 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.720 so I have questions is it possible? 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:48.760 Word did y'all to come back? 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.760 Because the new Avengeance movie is coming out Endgame Avengers 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:52.160 and Game. 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.880 But I really want to know, like what happened? Is 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:57.520 it over for? Is it over for Wakanda or is 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.800 it Wakanda forever? It's Wakanda forever, I think. 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:01.359 And then I want to know is any of this 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:05.240 stuff possible? Because science fiction is sometimes a whole lot 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:06.719 of science and only a little bit of fiction. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.440 So I think that a lot of the stuff that's 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.640 in Black Panther could be possible. There are parts of 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.440 it where you kind of have to stretch a little 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:20.160 bit of reality, but all of it falls in line 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:24.800 with some type of physics and chemistry that we already know. 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:26.080 That you already know. 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:32.920 Because that some folks know that that's a special group 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:35.320 of people and I'm not in that group. 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:38.560 So yeah, I feel like I understand a lot of 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:40.440 the physics and a lot of the chemistry and a 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:42.920 lot of the materials science, and so for me, I 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.800 want to know how these things are being played out 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:50.599 in the lab, Like what are scientists doing now to 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.720 push us towards Wakanda? 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:54.960 And it feels like it's more real, like it's more 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.080 of a possibility in these kind of fields. Absolutely like 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:01.800 that movie felt like this stuff is around the corner, like. 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:05.159 Those Kimoio beads that are on their wrist. That reminds 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:05.920 me of an Apple Watch. 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.159 That's an Apple Watch. Come on Apple Watch five with 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.600 a hologram. I want to see it. Is that gonna 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:11.480 be in the next update? 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:16.440 Imagine Uncle Curtis's hologram popping up right in front of you, 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:17.080 right man. 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.000 First of all, that is my dad, and I'd have 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:21.920 to turn that feature off because he'd be like, what 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:22.680 y'all talking about it? 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:25.520 That makes me so happy? 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:29.040 So I want to know is it possible and what 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:31.160 needs to happen to make it possible? And if you 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.160 have vibranium, because you're talking real casual about it, if 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.840 you have something that's close to it, or are those 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:37.960 little heart shaped herbs? 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:39.040 I want to know about it. 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.400 And just like you've been doing in all the previous episodes, 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:43.200 for me, I will hold your hand through this. 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:50.040 Take me slow, Take me slow, okay. So that brings 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:51.440 us to the dissection. 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.680 And to help us, we've called on doctor James Cacalius. 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.000 I'm a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:58.640 at the University of Minnesota and the author of the 0:07:58.680 --> 0:07:59.920 Physics of Superheroes. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.800 So full disclaimer, we know that the stuff that's going 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:07.080 on in Black Panther is science fiction emphasis on the fiction, 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:08.320 but it's still. 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:10.440 A lot of fun to like really stretch your scientific 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:12.520 muscle and ask, like what if? 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.960 Yeah, and theorizing about some of this stuff using actual 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.600 science is also just a great way to sharpen up 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.600 some of your scientific skills, like critical thinking. 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:23.440 And doctor Kacalius tells us that one of the fun 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.840 things about the science of Superheroes is that it forces 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:29.360 you to ask, Okay, is this possible? And then what 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.240 do I have to change about the laws of physics 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:34.000 to get this to work? And specifically, what is the 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.319 minimum thing that has to change to get this to work? 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:38.880 As opposed to waving your hands and saying everything can 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:39.720 be different. 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:44.080 And that's how we advance our knowledge and understanding. So 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.480 to some extent, talking about the science of superheroes is 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:49.480 kind of like weight training for our brain. 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:51.800 So what we're going to be doing with this episode 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:55.320 is talking about the science inside of Black Panther to 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:59.679 try and understand how far away we are from Wakanda. Yeah, 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.240 that is it a little gap. Is it like mind 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:01.920 the Gap or is. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:03.240 It like the. 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:08.640 How far away are we from some of this technology? Yeah, 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:12.240 so let's start with the basics. Let's set the scene 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:15.120 for the land of Wakanda. Thousands of years ago, a 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:19.079 meteor approaches the earth. Once it lands, that meteorite has 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:22.080 vibranium in it, and there are five tribes arguing over 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.760 the vibranium that's now been deposited by this meteorite. 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.520 Eventually, four of the five tribes reconciled and the Kingdom 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:31.160 of Waconda was formed. And with vibranium, they were able 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:34.960 to develop technology that was more advanced than any other country, 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.600 but they were able to keep it all under wraps. So, 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.880 like you remember, from the outside looking in, it looked 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.440 like just an open plane, right, But then once you 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.199 got past that force field, it was the jetsons. 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.680 And so then my question is are there places like 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.680 that right now where they're just holding up a sheet 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:52.319 that looks like. 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:57.679 There's nothing here? Move along, look behind the curtain. Yeah, 0:09:57.800 --> 0:09:59.360 is a place like this possible? 0:09:59.480 --> 0:09:59.680 Yes? 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:03.160 And no? So what are the things that leads to 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:11.400 a advanced city advanced country? Is access to unique, valuable 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:17.880 natural resources? And Wakanda having access to the meteor that 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:23.600 contain vibranium certainly fits the bill there. The question is 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:27.600 do they have all of the natural resources that they 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.720 might need to develop advanced. 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:37.720 Technologies, resources like silicon, phosphorus, boron, aluminum, gallium, all of 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.199 these things that are kind of like found in the earth. 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:45.959 But they also help with advancing our technology, so they 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:50.360 help make circuits that are put into our cell phones 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:54.720 and things like that, and help with all types of 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:56.160 technological advances. 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:59.880 So what you're gonna need is vibranium and all these 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.079 other materials all in the same place, specifically if you're 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.080 not gonna interact with the outside world and keep all 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.360 of this under wraps. Yes, I think there are two 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.440 major things that really shine for me in Black Panther, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.600 aside from Surrey our queen. It is the vibranium and 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:17.920 then that heart shaped orb which is basically cilantro. 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:24.720 So I love cilantro. Cilantro tastes like soap. Mm hmm, 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.080 that's you have a mutation. I need to tell you? 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:27.840 Did you just tell me? 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:31.320 I have a teenage view Ninja turtle not quite like that, 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:34.280 but close all the taste buds so I do like pizza. 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:38.440 Oh my gosh. 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.440 So there's vibranium and then there's that herb, right, and 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.440 so for me, I always thought of vibranium is like 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:45.360 this special purple element. 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:48.360 So in chemistry, things are classified by how they are 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.120 put together. So for the purpose of this episode, we're 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:56.319 gonna focus on three categories, atom, element, and molecule. If 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:59.240 you think about them like legos, one single lego is 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:03.360 an atom is the building block of all things, and 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:07.840 then an element is basically what color that lego is, 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:10.960 So blue lego, so blue would be the element. And 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.520 then when you start to stack those legos, that's when 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.960 you get molecules. So like if you take water, for example, 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:19.840 water is a molecule, so that's three legos together, So 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:23.760 you have two hydrogen legos and one oxygen lego put 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:25.960 together to make a molecule. So if we're talking about 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.760 vibranium and what it could possibly be in relation to 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:32.200 these things, it would probably be something closer to a 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.160 molecule and not an element. 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:37.840 Because if it's an element, it's an element that behaves 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.440 in a way that no other element ever has. 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:43.280 Okay, So the reason it might be a molecule is 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.920 because of its behavior, so like what it can do? 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:47.079 That's right. 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.840 So you know how the periodic table of elements is 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.920 set up, and it's not set up randomly. It's this 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:56.080 big grid of letters and everything on it that we 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.760 all saw in high school. But they are arranged in 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:03.840 very specific ways, and that arrangement is dependent on each 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:07.400 element's properties. And the way that vibranium is, it would 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:09.360 fall way outside of the periodic table. 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:10.280 It feels an element. 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:12.480 So what are some of the properties of vibranium that 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.400 make it so amazing? In black panther like, what are 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.439 some of the properties? We see them kind of exploiting. 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:18.400 Can you walk us through that? 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.559 So one of the main things about vibranium, which is 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:23.480 how I think it got its name, is that it 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.720 has this ability to absorb vibrations. 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:31.160 It's like super absorbent for any kind of vibration, any 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.480 kind of oscillation, any kind of sound. 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:37.240 And vibrations can come in different forms. So when we 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:40.480 whittle it all down to one word, it's energy. And 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.760 so you can get vibrations from heat, you can get 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:49.040 vibrations from sound. Yes, you can get vibrations from physical contact, 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.120 which we see in black panther. And what vibranium is 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:55.120 able to do is take all of those vibrations and 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.600 store it and hold on to it in a way 0:13:57.679 --> 0:13:59.280 that most molecules can't. 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.640 Y'all, but open your mind, see, okay, because CT is 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:05.400 dropping some gems. I thought you could only get vibration 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:05.959 from sound. 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:09.000 No, So if you think about a piece of glass, 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:10.719 if you were to take a if you were to 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.640 take a glass and you were to pour hot water 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.960 into it, eventually the entire glass will be hot. 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:16.240 Right. 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:21.760 That heat is actually vibrations in the hot water that 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:25.320 are being transferred to the glass, and that glass those 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.600 molecules that make up the glass start to vibrate as well. 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:30.040 Is that how water is boiling. 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.920 It's erupting mm hmm, it spawns being broken, and that's 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.040 how water turns into steam. 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.360 When they said good vibrations, they didn't just mean sound. 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:39.240 They meant physical, okay. 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.080 And the other really cool thing about energy is that 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:44.840 it can't be creator or destroyed. It has to be 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.840 coming from somewhere and going somewhere. 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:50.600 So presumably that energy has to show up in some 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:51.360 other place. 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:53.720 I think one of the coolest things we saw was 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:55.880 sure in the lab and that suit made of vibran 0:14:55.960 --> 0:15:00.080 new how is he kicking the suit and falling backwards. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:03.640 Weapons is that when t'chala goes to kick the suit 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.080 and once it hits the suit, the vibranium has this 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:09.960 unique ability to store that energy. When he goes to 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.680 kick the suit the second time, the suit is able 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.160 to give off that energy that he first put into 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:15.560 the suit. 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:20.520 So that's why when T'Challa kicks the suit on the 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:23.400 mannequin the first time, it goes flies across the room, 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:25.040 and then he kicks it at the same spot the 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:27.680 second time, and then he gets kicked across the room 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.600 because it stored that energy and then gave it back 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.200 to him as a recoil the next time. 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:37.080 And so it's just transferring. It's transferring from him to 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.560 the suit, and then the suit is storing it to 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.280 go right back out right to him. It's almost like 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.960 the scientific version of my haters make me stronger, right, 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.200 So if you think about it, somebody's insulting you or 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:53.000 injuring or punching at you, it just builds up and 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:55.200 then you're able to take those hits and push them 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:55.880 right back out. 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.600 Next thing you know, you Barack Obama. 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.480 Soh Now I'm getting a better understanding of how this works, 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:04.600 and then I'm also starting to think about some of 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:09.440 its limitations. Now I feel like you and doctor Kacallius 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:12.440 and the rest of your physical sciences crew have been 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.480 holding out. Are there any other materials that we should 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.160 know about that have some really cool features? 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.760 So there's nothing exactly like vibranium, but there are some 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.400 things out there that have similar qualities, And one of 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.320 my favorites is something called a piezo electric. It's a 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:29.440 material that when you apply stressed to it, so it 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:33.280 could be in the form of pressure, it changes the 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:37.000 materials properties slightly so that it then generates electricity. The 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.760 way it's kind of like vibranium is that it's taking 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:43.600 one form of energy and its output is a different 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:47.520 form of energy. But it's not like vibranium because it's 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.680 not storing that energy to give it back out. Yes, 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.400 and then there are also materials that are called sono luminescent, 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.240 which means that they take in sound sono and then 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.359 they are able to put out light loomy exactly. 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:06.200 This can be seen in actually in something as simple 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:10.760 as water where you can develop a bubble and you 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.440 pound it with sound waves and the bubble actually glows 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:16.560 and gives off light. 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:20.280 My favorite material right now is the strongest material known 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:20.720 to man. 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:22.960 What is it graphene? 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:27.080 And it's basically a single layer of carbon that's arranged 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:28.320 in a very specific way. 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:31.240 It is only made of carbon, so only carbon, one 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:32.240 gray lego. 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:36.639 So it's basically six gray legos arranged in a hexagon. 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:42.040 Scientists have actually studied how bulletproof graphene is. It's stronger 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:46.000 than steel, it's stronger than lead, it's stronger than kevlo. 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.879 A thin layer of it that's about the thickness of 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:52.919 saran wrap. It would take an elephant balancing on a 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:54.320 pencil to break it. 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:57.159 So you have to concentrate that weight, yes, and it 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:00.960 would have to be a lot two tons. A ton 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:03.680 is about two thousand pounds, so we're talking about four. 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:05.080 Thousand pounds on a pencil. 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.800 This is what's crazy to me, though tt Like you 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.639 just told me how awesome vibranium is. It can store energy. 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:15.399 When Thano snapped his fingers, that's vibrational energy. I don't know, 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:18.159 I don't know what kind of vibration is it's something. 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.280 Why didn't that suit save t Challa. 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:25.560 That is a very good question, because up until this point, 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:29.160 vibranium is the answer to all of our problems. Yeah, 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:33.800 but the Infinity Gauntlet seems to have some type of 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:38.280 cheat code work around that does not work on vibranium. 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:43.400 Once he has all six Infinity Stones Thanos, including of course, 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:47.120 remember the Reality Stone, he has the power of basically 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:50.560 a god, and at that point the laws of physics 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:55.320 are subject to change with the snap of a finger. 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:57.040 So this is a case where there's only a little 0:18:57.040 --> 0:18:59.159 bit of science and a lot of fiction because we 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.440 know no one is napping their fingers and eliminating the 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:04.959 laws of physics. But this makes me hopeful, right, This 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:09.640 makes me feel like anything could happen in the sequel. 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:12.159 Like people could come back from the bottom of the toaster. 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:16.159 Yes, and just reassemble whole slice of bread. I'm ready. 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:21.560 So when we get back, we're going to dive into 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:24.320 some other Marvel characters that we have questions about, like 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.560 Thor that's a fine man and Iron Man Tony Stark 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:29.240 has all the tech, but sure he may have them. 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:31.000 Be stay tuned. 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:47.960 So we're back and all this talk about superheroes made 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:51.600 us wonder if you could have any superpower, what would 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:51.880 it be. 0:19:52.240 --> 0:19:53.160