99% Invisible: Their Dark Materials

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

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🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Science Rules! Presents is a series of science-focused episodes from some of our favorite shows. This week we’re featuring 99% Invisible’s “Their Dark Materials.” Vantablack is a pigment that reaches a level of darkness that’s so intense, it’s kind of upsetting. It’s so black it’s like looking at a hole cut out of the universe. If it looks unreal, it’s because Vantablack isn’t actually a color, it’s a form of nanotechnology. It was created by the tech industry for the tech industry, but this strange dark material would also go on to turn the art world on its head.

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0:00.0	We're all science people.
0:10.1	Science!
0:11.1	Exactly.
0:13.1	We know it's a good idea because it's lasted.
0:15.0	We can teach kids and they get it.
0:17.8	There's chemistry in here, there's biology in here.
0:20.4	It's in whiskey, it's in ice cream, it's in who you've all loved with.
0:24.6	That's the recipe for success.
0:26.4	We can make the world better for everybody.
0:31.5	Starting now.
0:33.3	Welcome, welcome to Science Rules.
0:35.0	I'm your host Bill Nye.
0:36.1	This is the show where science rules.
0:38.8	Today we are not a call and show.
0:40.9	In fact, last week's episode with Clifford Johnson was the last show of the season.
0:45.6	But have no fear, science rules are still here.
0:49.1	Season, schmiesen.
0:50.1	While Cory and I are busy recording interviews for next season, we've teamed up with some
0:54.3	of our favorite shows from across the pot of verse to bring you some truly great episodes
0:59.8	where science rules.
1:01.9	Recalling it, science rules presents.
1:04.9	This week we're featuring an episode of 99% Invisible.
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