Deconstructing the Science in Popular Films with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Podcast Highlights

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Neil deGrasse Tyson investigates the science of pop fiction and superheroes with comedian Chuck Nice and astrophysicist Charles Liu, PhD.
We dive right into speed-of-light communication in space. If two parties are communicating light years away from each other, how would they be able to share the same sense of time during the conversation? You’ll learn how Star Trek’s “subspace” solved this problem. We discuss how the Doppler effect impacts our real-life space communications today.
You’ll find out which science fiction and superhero movies Neil and Charles appreciate given their level of, or purposeful disregard for, science accuracy. We take a hard look at the 1966 Batman movie, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!, Dr. Strange, and others. And, Neil gives us details on his cameos in The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time and Ice Age: Collision Course.
We ponder the science of invisibility like how Wakanda disguises itself in Black Panther. Lastly, Neil and Charles tell us what superpower they would want that’s enabled by gene editing.
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00:00 - Science in Pop Fiction
00:30 - Communicating Lightyears Away
03:05 - Science in Superhero Movies
06:05 - Could a society disguise itself like Wakanda?
10:10 - Gene Editing Super Powers

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  • @StarTalk
    @StarTalk Жыл бұрын

    What's your favorite piece of Pop Fiction?

  • @rezadaneshi

    @rezadaneshi

    Жыл бұрын

    Every time when Enterprise went to warp, they should arrive ahead of the event they went to investigate!

  • @vrindakaushik4142

    @vrindakaushik4142

    Жыл бұрын

    The fact that the team of interstellar asked scientists and depicted a black hole before we ever saw one…. Got to be it!

  • @robt.v.8688

    @robt.v.8688

    Жыл бұрын

    Zero point tech in Ultraviolet

  • @saulteanuts-vg8iu

    @saulteanuts-vg8iu

    Жыл бұрын

    Scarlet Johansson

  • @dylanstone1327

    @dylanstone1327

    Жыл бұрын

    If you think about an atom going through time and all of its energy is colliding inside of itself.... Imagine little bits of energy being lost over time..... That would be decay... Anyway that's why whenever you observe something it decays slower... Probably because your gravitational pull in your observation is moving much slower and it's much denser..... The more sporadic something as like a happy thought the faster it pulls on things around and speeding up their decay.... The more dense something is the slower it goes through time so...

  • @ra2186
    @ra2186 Жыл бұрын

    "My only regret is I still don't know if you're a fruit or vegetable." 😂😂😂😂

  • @Wis_Dom
    @Wis_Dom Жыл бұрын

    Chuck: "Now you do realize that you can say, "no" to these projects?" 🤣

  • @mrrob7531
    @mrrob7531 Жыл бұрын

    I love episodes with Dr. Liu. He is awesome!!

  • @christianholmes8019
    @christianholmes8019 Жыл бұрын

    Love seeing everyone together again! The conversations flow much more smoothly than over video call.

  • @inlandbott

    @inlandbott

    Жыл бұрын

    this is old

  • @oscarbaezsoria1650

    @oscarbaezsoria1650

    Жыл бұрын

    Please bring back this format again. You interactions face to face are missed...😢

  • @mattofalltradez
    @mattofalltradez Жыл бұрын

    This is a great idea for a full episode. I've always wondered experts opinions on how we, as a society based in technology, have designed and developed new tech based on Science Fiction pop culture.

  • @kenchan4774

    @kenchan4774

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe the full episode is on the podcast. Came out just recently, i think.

  • @StarTalk

    @StarTalk

    Жыл бұрын

    This was but a podcast highlight. Watch the full podcast here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4Ki0NSNk8WXmsY.html

  • @xneapolisx
    @xneapolisx Жыл бұрын

    Chuck's reaction to Neil's jaw-expanding idea at 10:50 is hilarious! 😂

  • @SuperTicklemonsters

    @SuperTicklemonsters

    Жыл бұрын

    And then Neil's face when Chuck said he'd go for a life of crime 🤣

  • @tyleranyways

    @tyleranyways

    9 ай бұрын

    Did she say "suck-" lol

  • @susanjimenez5500
    @susanjimenez5500 Жыл бұрын

    Love all of ST episodes! But the episodes with Charles Liu in them an extra special place in my heart. 🥰

  • @bulletboy159
    @bulletboy159 Жыл бұрын

    @StarTalk Hope this isn't a rerun. Would love to see you guys back together again in the studio instead of video chat! The interaction together is so much better!

  • @coreymantooth2030
    @coreymantooth2030 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks guys love watching your every thing you put out always informative and fun!

  • @killadriver2413
    @killadriver2413 Жыл бұрын

    Hi guys, love your work, long time fan! Great wee sub subject. Enjoying the new wee editing bits too. Keep it up. Love from Scotland x

  • @mrsanchaz2003
    @mrsanchaz2003 Жыл бұрын

    Any episode is great with Dr. Chuck

  • @majorkeybro
    @majorkeybro Жыл бұрын

    Omg love seeing you guys back live in person again!

  • @PERFECTDARK10
    @PERFECTDARK10 Жыл бұрын

    Chuck will be the funniest Super Villain ever! 😂😂😂😂 “I’m tired of stealing cars from people that FART 💨 all the damn time!”

  • @BeyondOrdinaryPodcast
    @BeyondOrdinaryPodcast Жыл бұрын

    Probably one of my favorite episodes.

  • @MileyPit
    @MileyPit Жыл бұрын

    Damn!! Remember when they used to be the same room together. I miss this 😢

  • @mrgrumpy888
    @mrgrumpy888 Жыл бұрын

    5:58 Man, I love Chuck 😆

  • @angelaachee7933
    @angelaachee7933 Жыл бұрын

    I love watching you three.

  • @hedonepicurea4327
    @hedonepicurea4327 Жыл бұрын

    Great Episode. This reminds me of science shows I used to watch as a kid. We need more of this. Thanks guys. You're benefitting society.

  • @CurtisRamer
    @CurtisRamer Жыл бұрын

    Always entertaining, Thank you! I was wondering if you all have seen the TV show The Expanse and what your expert opinions on how they do space life. I think It portrays gravity and life in the vacuum of space better than most other Sci-Fi shows, but I'm no expert (why I'm writing you). Your comment about communication across long distances in this episode of StarTalk reminded me of The Expanse communication signals taking a long time to reach their destinations. I also appreciate the way they portray movement and travel in the vacuum of space, (accelerating half way then flipping around and decelerating the other half), witch also creates more gravity on the ships. Also, like in Star Wars where the X-Wings flying in outer space look like we would see a fighter jet flying through atmosphere. The spaceships in the Expanse use thrusters and rocket power to float around and past each other more like boats but in 3 dimensions not just 2 like on water. They also have scenes with dangerous deceleration, air leaks and patching, and first aid troubles in low gravity. There is also a lot of Sci-Fi alien stuff that I love to explain the more crazy situations, but I'd love to see an episode of StarTalk about the more science based situations on a show like that. What are your much more expert opinions on a show like the Expanse?

  • @andrewlebedin2505
    @andrewlebedin2505 Жыл бұрын

    Always best with Chuck Nice

  • @Phoca_Vitulina
    @Phoca_Vitulina Жыл бұрын

    I really loved the editing and transitions on this one, like those cute little sharks! :3 Haha I agree with a lot of what Dr. Liu said, especially the superpower to keep oneself as mentally and physically stable and basically just live forever

  • @chenphilosophy
    @chenphilosophy Жыл бұрын

    I love how much geeking out there is in this video. I bounced my body along when they sang "attack of the killer tomatoes."

  • @dunderwood4444
    @dunderwood4444 Жыл бұрын

    Dr. Tyson clearly illustrated time travel during his award winning proformance in "Sharknato" #Fact Dr. Charles Liu ROCKS #RESPECT Lord Nice is the man #Fact Dr. Tyson is by far the world's greatest astrophysicist #RESPECT Big up from NYC

  • @FlushGorgon

    @FlushGorgon

    Жыл бұрын

    How do you rate your astrophysicists ?

  • @specialk8168

    @specialk8168

    Жыл бұрын

    Now I'm just imagining a world with intelligent sharks that have their own version of NATO. SharkNATO. Maybe they'd have Shark United Nations, too!

  • @joppadoni
    @joppadoni4 ай бұрын

    The 3:28 advert for the Marvels was hilarious... LOL

  • @mycelianotyours1980
    @mycelianotyours1980 Жыл бұрын

    2:29 Thank you for this clip, Neil 😂

  • @finalthought3888
    @finalthought3888 Жыл бұрын

    I love this show 😊

  • @irohbello9819
    @irohbello9819 Жыл бұрын

    Hopefully Startalk returns to this way of doing the show, everyone in the room. Much love from California Dr. Tyson, Lord Nice, and Dr. Charles Liu.

  • @Tsejjest
    @Tsejjest10 ай бұрын

    The most important subject and so few videos on this. When will there be video on The Expanse?

  • @pepumarius2006
    @pepumarius2006 Жыл бұрын

    how nice to see you again all together in the studio. the dynamic is so much nicer, as opposed to the remote-screen presentation

  • @jfreshh330

    @jfreshh330

    Жыл бұрын

    I totally agree but this is actually an old episode that was from years ago before the pandemic.

  • @pepumarius2006

    @pepumarius2006

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jfreshh330 oh really?! i was looking at the upload date and it's very recent....

  • @mark_staykind1470
    @mark_staykind1470 Жыл бұрын

    ok again I have to pause and say thank you Uncle Chuck, you really are knocking out my anxiety spells

  • @jamescpotter
    @jamescpotter Жыл бұрын

    Hey Chuck! Love your Direct TV commercial. Hilarious!

  • @ZorellUnderhood
    @ZorellUnderhood Жыл бұрын

    The dream team are back again! Always the most entertaining episodes.

  • @missharding9837
    @missharding9837 Жыл бұрын

    We LOVE Charles!

  • @herrsygma
    @herrsygma Жыл бұрын

    Since i saw the original episode this highlight was part of, i thought that it would be interesting for a lot of people to see more episodes that tackle the science of sci-fi movies and series.

  • @Peachcreekmedia
    @Peachcreekmedia Жыл бұрын

    Can we make Chuck Nice and Dr Liu regulars together!

  • @dridleyroberts
    @dridleyroberts Жыл бұрын

    Got to love Chuck Nice!!

  • @monkerud2108
    @monkerud2108 Жыл бұрын

    props on sharknado, that is pretty cool.

  • @petedawson4331
    @petedawson4331 Жыл бұрын

    Good to see the guys back in the office

  • @thelazy0ne
    @thelazy0ne Жыл бұрын

    Chuck's priorities are rooted in real life ☝️😌

  • @LordLOC
    @LordLOC Жыл бұрын

    I don't know about The Orville (and other sci fi shows/movies) but as Dr. Lui said Star Trek uses "subspace" for communications etc. You have to give Trek its props for coming up with actual reasons why they can communicate instantaneously across vast distances without time dilation etc.

  • @sleepwork1805
    @sleepwork1805 Жыл бұрын

    Where can I submit a question for the cosmic queries

  • @Nefville
    @Nefville Жыл бұрын

    2:29 - probably my favorite Star Talk moment ever 🤣

  • @deokar.abhidnya

    @deokar.abhidnya

    Жыл бұрын

    that can be a meme tbh

  • @spankflaps1365
    @spankflaps1365 Жыл бұрын

    The invisible car in “Die another day” was a bit farfetched. There’s no way Bond would be able to find it in the parking lot.

  • @deokar.abhidnya
    @deokar.abhidnya Жыл бұрын

    2:29 how does an induction motor start ?

  • @Meathole7
    @Meathole7 Жыл бұрын

    StarTalk and Marvel?!?! Thank you for this!!!

  • @aldrinmilespartosa1578
    @aldrinmilespartosa1578 Жыл бұрын

    Like how chuck casually mentions princess babblegum as if the two other there knows her lol.

  • @eyeamvisions3990
    @eyeamvisions3990 Жыл бұрын

    The cameo was epic lmao

  • @anthony..23
    @anthony..23 Жыл бұрын

    Gracias

  • @Catspeaksart4College
    @Catspeaksart4College Жыл бұрын

    3 cool science pals would be perfect secret identities.

  • @MASTERCRAFT938
    @MASTERCRAFT938 Жыл бұрын

    Hello there everyone :D

  • @chuckh4553

    @chuckh4553

    Жыл бұрын

    Howdy partner

  • @YOUTUBEWITHENERGY

    @YOUTUBEWITHENERGY

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m with Chuck…super villain

  • @hale608
    @hale608 Жыл бұрын

    Neil talking about regenerating limbs reminded me of the scene in the TV show Heroes when "The Cheerleader" was watching a clip of a salamander regenerating it's limbs in science class and then went home and tried it on herself to test her healing powers.

  • @midnightgir6
    @midnightgir66 ай бұрын

    I love that Adventure Time was mentioned.

  • @gbart981
    @gbart981 Жыл бұрын

    They use an Ansible for communicating. Gosh, I thought you guys were scientific;) But the best title and concept for a sci-fi movie has to go to Killer Klowns from Outer Space. I still giggle at that idea. Thanks again for another great show.

  • @joehebert789
    @joehebert789 Жыл бұрын

    "Watch Out For The Cliff" is a great title for a future NDT book.

  • @jarislamecc
    @jarislamecc Жыл бұрын

    Charles is my hero

  • @norcalpacific
    @norcalpacific Жыл бұрын

    FYI, these are reuploaded clips from old episodes.

  • @victory9285
    @victory9285 Жыл бұрын

    I need you guys to do a review on Tenet by Christopher nolan

  • @geminikutie6141987
    @geminikutie6141987 Жыл бұрын

    I LOVED attack of the killer tomatoes cartoon!

  • @kalia213
    @kalia213 Жыл бұрын

    are these old clips?

  • @MaxBeamer
    @MaxBeamer Жыл бұрын

    Love to see u guys back in person.. i was really struggling with the zoom episodes..

  • @DtWolfwood
    @DtWolfwood Жыл бұрын

    Well now I kinda want to see sharknado 6 lol

  • @harshitagarwal2188
    @harshitagarwal2188 Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @alecvenzor5216
    @alecvenzor5216 Жыл бұрын

    i love lord nice

  • @marcanthony9963
    @marcanthony9963 Жыл бұрын

    Speaking of Cameo at 5:21 LoL... Neil when is your next album gonna drop???

  • @pelewads
    @pelewads Жыл бұрын

    I believe that first question was referring to time dilation. As a result of different speeds of the two different sides of the conversation.

  • @mack6958
    @mack6958 Жыл бұрын

    6:22 The James Bond movie is "Die Another Day" not "Die Another Way"

  • @ra2186
    @ra2186 Жыл бұрын

    11:15 Confirmed Neil will soon be Dr. Connors from The Amazing Spider-Man. 😂 Seriously hope we can do this one day.

  • @monkerud2108
    @monkerud2108 Жыл бұрын

    for low speeds the shift in frequency is 2 times the Doppler shift in one direction from the source frequency, so even for a slow ambulance you can hear it decently, at least subtly so. because humans can hear a frequency displacement of a few % at most audible frequencies you would hear. try it :) get a frequency generator, or better yet a guitar, and bend a tone just a little bit and try to measure how small a shift in frequency you can actually notice, its pretty cool that at low tones we can actually notice less than a single hertz shift.

  • @robertmiller9735
    @robertmiller9735 Жыл бұрын

    You guys missed the point of the first question-it was about instantaneous communication between people in different time streams, not light-speed delay. The crews of two relativistic spacecraft would experience doppler shift talking through subspace, probably to the point of requiring special equipment to identify the signal that would be on a very different frequency. There would in fact be a measurable, though not humanly noticeable, doppler shift between Pasadena and a Mars rover, due to both special and general relativity.

  • @Bradyboy3211
    @Bradyboy3211 Жыл бұрын

    With regards to invisibility. They forgot about the best superhero and their invisible car. An Alien whom goes by the name... MEGAMIND.

  • @coelho2825
    @coelho2825 Жыл бұрын

    Apart from the patriotism of "regenerate the limbs of veterans...helping defend this country" - most if not all of the wars your country has been into, was started by...your leaders...your country (with the exception of Japan) - I loved this episode :) Cheers!

  • @johnschort7634
    @johnschort7634 Жыл бұрын

    Was dissapointed that this topic wasn't more time consuming, with more in depth exploration. Found what little was there very intriguing and entertaining.

  • @AstroAri504
    @AstroAri504 Жыл бұрын

    My favorite would have to be a toss-up between Futurama and Rick and Morty. There's a few video games that have a touch of science that I love too. My top would be Toejam & Earl. That's literally how I learned what a wormhole was 😂

  • @imdiyu
    @imdiyu Жыл бұрын

    10:31 there is already a movie on that concept (loosely) and it's called "The Man from Earth"

  • @jlhaslip
    @jlhaslip Жыл бұрын

    Lord Nice with wings is an interesting proposal.

  • @Axis151
    @Axis151 Жыл бұрын

    Die another way is my favourite bond film

  • @JML6988
    @JML6988 Жыл бұрын

    Don't ever doubt Neil Tyson's patriotism.

  • @coldfine3D
    @coldfine3D Жыл бұрын

    2:30 😂😂

  • @jfreshh330
    @jfreshh330 Жыл бұрын

    I wish you guys would return back to Neils office! I’m tired of seeing low quality pixelated 720p webcams every episode

  • @kubek
    @kubek Жыл бұрын

    This was fun xD

  • @andreelliott2776
    @andreelliott2776 Жыл бұрын

    Chuck Nice as a super-villain sounds like a great idea

  • @philmcdonald7956
    @philmcdonald7956 Жыл бұрын

    I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate

  • @jimmyguy428
    @jimmyguy428 Жыл бұрын

    6:26 The actual movie title is "Die Another Day".

  • @susiesuh1418
    @susiesuh1418 Жыл бұрын

    This is a rerun. There is no way Chuck would wear that sweater again.

  • @stapuft
    @stapuft Жыл бұрын

    i wonder why they even call it SUB-space, when its usually playing off a HIGHER dimension, IE the messages go into a higher dimension, enabling it to "instantaneously" "tunnel" through that dimension, into any point of our dimension, given how it works wouldn't SUPRAspace be more appropriate? (from the latin "super" meaning ABOVE or "outside of" or "beyond")

  • @snowbikemyself
    @snowbikemyself Жыл бұрын

    What's your opinion on the movie Donnie Darko?

  • @AntonioFGagliardiLugo
    @AntonioFGagliardiLugo Жыл бұрын

    "you do realize you can say no to these projects?" Hahahahahaha Great Chuck !!

  • @KarlRoyale
    @KarlRoyale Жыл бұрын

    I was certain they would talk about the movie "The Martian". The sci fi bits are few AND mostly things engineers claim will be possible at some point.

  • @Hooverbit
    @Hooverbit Жыл бұрын

    I Like the new do Dr. Charles Liu.

  • @davidt3956
    @davidt3956 Жыл бұрын

    There wasn't cloaking in Chicken Little, it was clucking. That's different :P

  • @danielaragao9696
    @danielaragao9696 Жыл бұрын

    There are so many clickbait’s about the universe and James Webb telescope on KZread, whenever I see something fishy, I come here on startalk with the great grandmaster Neil degrasse Tyson to know the TRUTH 100%!! Best show thanks keep up the good work

  • @ColtonGamingTV
    @ColtonGamingTV Жыл бұрын

    10:27 Sounds similar to the movie the Man from Earth which is agreat movie btw!

  • @helmuttrzoska4572
    @helmuttrzoska4572 Жыл бұрын

    In movies you can hear most of the explosions in space. I saw a movie where it was without sound - spooky.

  • @michaelccopelandsr7120
    @michaelccopelandsr7120 Жыл бұрын

    Neil and Chuck for 2024 Maybe not Chuck if he goes on his life of being a super villain. ;-P

  • @DaBlondDude
    @DaBlondDude Жыл бұрын

    Rerun or are you back to in person? Charles = Wolverine/Death Strike/Deadpool superpower, awesome movie 😅

  • @user-cz6fx4tw6e
    @user-cz6fx4tw6e Жыл бұрын

    Great episode as always guys🙂. But i think you missunderstood the first question or at least I interpreted it in a different way. I believe it wasn't about the Doppler effect but rather with the different perseption of time in different conditions (speed and gravity). Like in the siblings experiment, where you send one sibling in space and the other stays on earth, the one on earth ages faster (i am sure doctor Tison is familiar with it). If you were to somehow let them comunicate in real time, the sibling on earth would hear the other in slow-mo.For the 5 seconds it takes the space sibling to say a sentence, 7 seconds would have passed on Earth, so the Earth sibling would hear the sentence for 7 seconds, which would sound weird. The opposite would be happening for the other sibling, he would hear his sibling talking faster. I thing this is also a facinating aspect of the question. I hope you read my comment and I would love to hear if you agree with it. And if not i think it would make for a great explainer 😉.

  • @FlushGorgon

    @FlushGorgon

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure they got it right: The time discrepancy between Earth and space is negligible for conversations. It's not 2 seconds faster, more like 2 nanoseconds faster.

  • @user-cz6fx4tw6e

    @user-cz6fx4tw6e

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FlushGorgon In extreme conditions like a fast moving spaceship or high gravity it could be much more than 5 to 7 Ratio. In Interstellar 1 hour on the planet near a black hole equaled 7 years on earth. And every planet and speed you move at has a different persieved time.

  • @FlushGorgon

    @FlushGorgon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-cz6fx4tw6e Interstellar's ratio was immensely exaggerated to make a good story, and high speeds would have to be nearly speed of light, so none of these cases are practical. Granted, the crushing gravity case is still theoretically interesting. The speed one... if you travel at light speed, why would you send a message that doesn't travel faster than you ?

  • @kidkanamitheglitch3539
    @kidkanamitheglitch3539 Жыл бұрын

    The evolution of Star Talk is very noticeable. I love this show. And besides the personal bias, the production quality has. Come a long way. Please do not stop this endeavor to give people like me "fun science". "Evolve Or die" - a Spider-Man comic I read. don't ask me to cite..😂🖤🖤

  • @jfreshh330

    @jfreshh330

    Жыл бұрын

    The only personal bias usually comes from Chuck. Neil usually is only talking about straight science but Chuck brings up religion, race, climate change, politics, etc

  • @kidkanamitheglitch3539

    @kidkanamitheglitch3539

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jfreshh330 I meant to clarify. I'm talking about my own personal bias when it comes to praising the show. Because outside of that it's a great show.

  • @AnglandAlamehnaSwedish
    @AnglandAlamehnaSwedish Жыл бұрын

    Omg i loved attack of the killer tomatoes in the 80s wen i first seem it was great

  • @thatonechannel7045
    @thatonechannel7045 Жыл бұрын

    The army did develope a light refraction 'cloaking' device prototype for ground troops not long ago but it was deemed tactically non-feaseable due to its size and weight not being ideal for someone to carry

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