A Materials World

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🗓️ 12 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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It’s a materials world! Neil deGrasse Tyson, co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, and Georgia Tech engineer Jud Ready explore how material science has impacted sports from tracks to swimsuits to golf balls to pole vaulting.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk Sports Edition.
0:17.0	I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:20.0	And today it's a materials world.
0:23.0	See what we did there?
0:25.0	We're going to talk about material science, what role is played in the progress of sports?
0:29.0	What role it will play in the future sports.
0:32.0	And let me first introduce my co-host, Gary O'Reilly.
0:36.0	Gary.
0:38.0	Gary's got to love Gary.
0:40.0	We love you, British accent Gary.
0:42.0	Do you?
0:43.0	We do.
0:44.0	Because we're all jealous because in America we have British accent envy here just so you know.
0:49.0	We don't feel that envy at home.
0:53.0	We're going to play at former pro footballer in the UK.
0:58.0	Back where football means soccer.
1:01.0	And so great to have you here in Star Talk Sports Edition.
1:04.0	My other co-host, Chuck Nice, Chuck.
1:07.0	Hello, Govna.
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