The Hidden Chemistry of Everything with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Kate the Chemist - Cosmic Queries

[@tmrogers87]

Chuck speaking serious truth at the beginning. I get he is the comic relief, but I think there is real and valid concerns he is voicing. We all feel that way from school at some point. It’s important for education communicators like Neil to acknowledge and continue to do excellent work making learning fun

[@WestExplainsBest]

Absolutely! Most of my students even say they would prefer to learn from KZbin rather than their teacher. Teaching job #1: be engaging!

[@kiister8126]

1:16 It got so serious that in this moment Neil had to be the comic relief haha

[@fmtpulmanns7593]

So, so , so much underrated comment

[@fmtpulmanns7593]

How do I, as a father of young children (4&7), get them interested and engaged with science.

[@min_nad]

@@fmtpulmanns7593 Take things they like and explain the science behind them. For example, let's say they like Coca-Cola, ask them "why does the gas have different behavior when the coke is cold?". Because you are teaching about something they enjoy, they will pay more attention and be interested. Both of my parents are scientists, and what they did was take daily things and explain them to me. "Do you know why the sky changes colors?" "Why do you think clouds exist?". When children are young, they are really curious, take advantage of that!

[@suthius85]

Love it when a guest has a sense of humor and laughs along with Chuck's antics

[@timmslip2000]

I feel like she was fake laughing the whole time. Her laughs seemed too exaggerated and would stop laughing too quickly on command. Still, she looks like a great personality.

[@english5895]

@Suthius, I totally agree! She should be on the show more often. They would make a great trio!

[@tonywhee]

Kate is a delight!

[@onigvd77]

Dr Kate is great, hope she comes on another StarTalk in the future. There really are a great bunch of guests on this show and its so enjoyable to see them be so enthusiastic in their field and inspiring to others as they talk to us here. Keep up the great content :)

[@rabidmonkey32]

Kate is a damn gem, and seems like a sensational educator. Hope to see more of her!

[@diegonajera]

There’s nothing like listening to someone who really enjoys what they do for a whole hour and make it feel like 5 mins.

[@bobil4o]

"Some of my best friends are made of chemicals" Neil is so funny too

[@scy1038]

I'm happy others caught that 😂

[@Dandontlie]

Oh my god what's that mean??? Oh noo please someone tell meee 😢

[@slickmashable]

@Quartles he means some of his friends are made of chemical molecules and others are made of anti matter

[@jeffgantz4385]

Saw this on a shirt at Metoer Crater AZ “I don’t trust Atoms, they make up everything!”

[@510productions3]

i know im late to this comment but i always see Meteor Crater from the airplane when i fly to the east coast and back!

[@quackles3d]

Kate is awesome! So positive and funny, hope you bring her back for another ep!

[@ddpwe5269]

Man, I wish I had Kate's enthusiasm, for anything. To be that excited about your career is just amazing!

[@longlostkryptonian5797]

The best chemistry was between the 3 of them. Excellent show!

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

I see what you did there

[@patbat613]

Chuck ALWAYS comes thru with that one zinger that's shuts everything down from laughter🤣🤣 good job Lord Chuck! And Dr Kate you were a blast too!! Dr Tyson thank you for being so accessible and creating this platform 👍🏿❤

[@Chris-vr8cd]

chuck is so damn funny I would love to see him gain more success as a comic

[@fredrikjohansson]

Was listening to the podcast when I heard that they took up MY question as the final one this episode, and my battery on my phone died. Thanks for the answer, hope they continue that research!

[@caseylorencz6169]

Nice!

[@lizl6304]

@@caseylorencz6169 Nice or was it Chuck? LOL

[@MikeJamesMedia]

What a great guest professor Kate is! Beaming with positivity. Please do have her back.

[@winstonwright3613]

I had the GREATEST chem teacher ever in high school. I went from not knowing or liking Chemistry, to taking it for three years, taking AP Chem, and passing the AP Test. So grateful to all the GOOD teachers I had!

[@LeahB.Wagner]

I petition that Professor Kate be a regular on Startalk!! 🤩 I've personally never been too fond of Chemistry, but this is 110% my current favorite Cosmic Queries! So interesting and enlightening! Loved every moment! Hope to see Dr. Kate back!! 🙏

[@KiingDa3rd]

I love Kate's energy! Im lost for words. Great content. Thank God for Chuck. He's the best co-host (no offense to others)

[@jfreshh330]

I love Kate her laugh is so contagious. Also love how the chapters are all the questions. Pls keep doing this

[@elnrik8655]

Kate is super fun! MORE KATE! Thanks

[@getz19]

This episode has a lot of chemistry going on with Neil, Chuck and Kate the Chemist. I had a lot of good laughs and learned a lot from this episode. I hope she comes back for more chemistry topics.

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Dr. Tyson and Lord Nice, you have to have this totally amazing young lady back. I have never had this much fun learning chemistry. Also, I thought you were talking about me when you mentioned the event clearing the lab until you said high school. In college chemistry lab during the identification of anion and cation reactions I failed to see the "Do Not Mix" in one of the combinations listed. Needless to say, you can empty a lab with a small cloud of hydrogen bromide gas. Thank you gentlemen and Dr. Biberdorf for a wonderful evening.

[@801leggy]

I can totally sympathize with Chuck. I was very excited to take chemistry in high school. The chemistry teacher was monotone, drab, and aloof. In addition, he was the ski coach, so he took Wednesdays off every week to go to Mt Rose. I was so disappointed, that I dropped chemistry in the spring semester and never took it again. Thank goodness for KZbin teaching me more than he ever would or could.

[@2xbaba]

Please do more vids with chemists. Chemistry is extremely interresting!!!!!

[@SsjRedneck]

Amazing episode please make Kate a regular guest on the show

[@classyswag0503]

I regularly listen "intellectual" podcasts, and I have a great admiration and respect for Neil and his guests. But Chuck makes this podcast. If StarTalk is a delicious warm piece of toast, Chuck is the thick cold spread of butter on top. The butter might not be necessary, but my god is it tasty.

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

I think you just called Chuck empty calories haha jk

[@bobbydeuce6486]

@HuskyOps that would imply comedy and laughter was better for us than knowledge and understanding, which would be interesting to ponder.

[@Shannonelizabethmiley]

Many years ago I began to study as an environmental chemist. Life took me away from that and to this day I regret not having followed through. This beautiful and enthusiastic chemist brings up personal regret but hopefully her joy in her field will bring young girls into the chemical sciences. Best wishes to all the young scientists to come.

[@shakthivarman5484]

May I know what career you ended up with? I am a biochemist and sometimes I feel this way about arts.

[@hollaatroy]

This is literally one of the most satisfying things I've seen. We need more "satisfaction" in our lives.

[@SkillingsVideo]

The three of you should have a reunion episode. This was lovely! :)

[@nyikovanessa1388]

My favourite episode yet, I love Chemistry and Dr Kate is Delightful.

[@jeffs6090]

"I'll be coming back to you about your periodic table, intermittently." Neil, I think you meant periodically there.

[@thanos879]

@chaos Insergent opportunity

[@ninachand2075]

Getting the books by Kate ASAP! My 11 year old girl and 5 year old boy are really into the periodic table, finally something geared towards kids on a topic that we sometimes asssume is too above their heads! Love this show, keeps me sane as a SAHM! Love from Canada!

[@Rayzersword]

The love the periodic table as well! The fact that it's important to so many fields is a testament to the fact that it is one of the greatest achievements in the history of science.

[@scy1038]

A friend of mine (who teaches social studies and science to elementary schoolers told me about this woman's KZbin channel a couple years ago bc she would show her videos in class. I had never seen her content myself though until this interview, but I see now why she is so popular. You can see her enthusiasm pour out as she discusses science and life with Neil and Chuck.

[@JimNicholls]

Kate should have a KZbin channel. It would be a hit for sure.

[@lkass1107]

I had EXACTLY the same experience as Chuck did in chemistry. My teacher was very impatient and refused to answer questions. I didn't understand the why of a lot of things about chemistry and pretty often my question was "Why?". It would make her so angry, like she thought I was just trying to be difficult when I was really just trying to understand. Her biggest project of the year was to make everybody so their own themed moles for mol. To this day I have no idea what mol actually means. It was the dumbest project because she couldn't explain any of it to us and no one took anything away from it. She was like 4'5 tall and one of the meanest teachers I ever had. I really love science. I excelled in a lot of areas in science and I would even academically get recognized on state testing for it but chemistry just ruined my whole experience in high school with it.

[@ICU2HI]

Do not give up. Use that to make you stronger.

[@carultch]

Think of a mole (also spelled mol) as a concept just like a dozen. It is nothing more than a counting unit for counting in bulk. It is often informally called "the chemist's dozen", precisely for this reason. The mole is defined so that we can keep track of molecular "populations" at the human scale. A single water molecule has a mass of 18 atomic mass units, which most people wouldn't intuitively understand right away, since an atomic mass unit is so inconceivably small. Now, scale it up to 1 mole of water molecules, and that's 18 grams of water. That's an amount of water, you can see with your own eyes, since it is about a tablespoon and half a teaspoon of water. Add another mole of water to your beaker, and you now have 36 grams of water. A typical water bottle would be 26 moles of water. It's important to think in terms of molecular populations for chemistry, because our chemical equations tell us the number of molecules of substance X, must react with substance Y, in order for the reaction to work. Chemical equations don't directly tell us grams or milliliters of the substances that we can measure. Instead, the equations tell us populations of molecules. Suppose we need 2 molecules of substance X, and 3 molecules of substance Y. To determine the correct ratio of ingredients, you would translate 2 moles of X to grams of X, and 3 moles of Y to grams of Y. You would then have the ratio of grams of X to grams of Y, that you need, in order to make the reaction work. You can also predict how many moles (and correspondingly grams) of product Z, you will produce. This is called stoichiometry, the topic in chemistry about relating measurable amounts of substances in grams or liters or other units, to molecular population ratios to predict what is needed for reactions to work.

[@jenstorp8086]

Finally a cosmic queries about chemistry. I love it!

[@cosmicsciencewitholiver7328]

This was a great watch. Love Kate, and the way Neil and Chuck interact with their guests 🤗🌌🚀🪐🛸🪩

[@cedriclapointe5869]

I love chemistry. Nearly as much as physics. All my science teachers were great so I'm gratefull I had the chance to have them. Coming back into "in shool learning" made it SOOOO much better!! We can now do laboratorys !!! WOOOHOOOO!!!

[@toby9999]

I loved physics. Included physics in my University studies but all I can remember about high school chemistry is being threatened with a caning if we didn't memorise the periodic table.

[@glenboid]

Loved Kate! If only I’d had a chemistry teacher so enthusiastic when I was a kid! Chemistry and physics are my regrets education wise!

[@Spilorify]

You gotta love this woman! Her excitement for not just her own field, but science in general, her knowledge and humor❤️❤️ And it doesn’t make any easier not to love her that she’s just soooo beautiful and cute too!❤️❤️

[@WestExplainsBest]

It's amazing how much one bad teacher can shape your interest in a topic.

[@510productions3]

was just thinking the same thing😂

[@joseimpact]

kate is awesome. awesome guests per usual 🤟

[@csb78nm]

An absolute treat with Dr. Kate. Laughter is the best medicine and creates good chemistry.

[@AilisonCarvalho]

14:38 Chuck should start a side channel where he explains science. Neil and Kate both can translate to popular language really well, but Chuck is on the GOD mode of doing that.

[@sicfxmusic]

Neil can be a guest on #ChuckExplains 😎

[@76irodriguez]

Kate looks like she is a lot of fun as a person. I love her. You need to bring her back more often.

[@dridleyroberts]

Love Chuck!! “If I messed up your name, change it!” 😂😂 But seriously, he so bright, quick and funny and makes each episode fly by!

[@lbacker90]

I just bought book #1 by "Kate the Chemist" for my 7-year-old granddaughter. Thank you, Dr. Biberdorf!

[@NielvanSteenderen]

I really enjoyed this episode even more than usual! Keep up the wonderful work.

[@stonycreekpicker1385]

Great tangent to go off on! Love the chemistry between you and Chuck. I'll be looking forward to seeing Dr. Kate again!

[@darkscienceyt]

For the love of Heisenberg, do more chemistry videos!

[@ScienceCommunicator2001]

I feel your pain!😥

[@justice5408]

i love watching this show. the mixture of neil and chuck is great. neil is obviously incredibly intelligent as well as fluid to discover things he doesn’t know, and chuck is hilarious and i genuinely believe he loves that his job is to learn science all day. thank you!!

[@theduder2617]

She said anyone with a question is technically a scientist. But I must differ. It is not the question which makes someone a scientist. It is the way they go about seeking the answer which renders one a scientist.

[@FarWesT3188]

Dr. Kate Biberdorf has such a wonderfully bright personality, makes me wish I had her as a chemistry teacher when I was a wee-lad.

[@danieloliveros4743]

Thanks!

[@knightwing4]

I liked her. I liked how excited she gets about her field. I hope you have her back again.

[@Misteribel]

You guys are fantastic & hilarious! You should invite Kate over more often, she’s so knowledgeable and full of fun, it’s impossible *not* to listen to her!

[@Andrew-zq3ip]

Sometimes I feel like Neil just woke Chuck up from a nap to do the show

[@marty9019]

They feel like a family. J like you're on call with them and you learn SO much! Absolutely love this series!

[@inhha]

Information and entertainment values are in fantastic balance here, this is the loveliest SiderealBanter in a while. A sequel ASAP 😘

[@walksontherock]

Kate seems like she'd be a great chemistry teacher. It's sad not all make it fun like she does. I will definitely have to check out her books. Hopefully you'll have her back for more episodes in the future.

[@werebaneceo]

This was a most excellent episode, such great chemistry

[@bhawnatanwar4834]

loved this episode so much! Dr Kate was amazing I hope she comes back

[@3012davido]

what a great guest, loved the show and learned a lot. Thanks for sharing ❤️

[@vincewilson1]

I just purchased kate's book via an audible credit also liked the video. I subscribed a long time ago. Due to the processes of cause and effect, Niel and a few other physicists and so forth have caused an electrochemical reaction in the Homosapien's brain known as myself that caused me to decide to become an astrophysicist! Let's see Kate explain that one! 😁

[@fwd79]

Elegant Kate and wonderful combo of Neil and Chuck as always. Loved *_loved_* the discussion. Thanks for this, StarTalk. 👍

[@MattIsntYoung]

I felt bad being critical of StarTalk recently, so I'm glad this episode was AWESOME. From start to finish 👌 Miss Kate, this CANNOT be your last visit! Watch that 100k go off!! Lord Chuck giving top tier commentary, and Neil throwing in so much relevance and relation to astrophysics! Like she emoted, CHEF'S. KISS. 👌

[@derekrucker377]

"Don't call it a comeback" was a great ref from Chuck

[@JJs_playground]

Kate was such a great guest. Delightful, funny, knowledgeable. Is it just me? but i found it endearing the way she played with her hair.

[@bozodeniro]

This is one of your more important and practical segments. A lot of graduates in other science majors could use the lessons introduced and cited here, especially those related to geology.

[@creightonfreeman8059]

The FM radio thing made me realize if Neil ever gets tired of being a science communicator he has a great voice for being a DJ.

[@stuartgibbel]

Great video. learned a lot. Please have Dr. Kate back.

[@faluchi7286]

I dont do much commenting on here but I just wanna say you are the gangster of the astrophysics world.......you make it interesting and easy to understand

[@Michigntiger08]

I love how much she laughs at Chuck's jokes. But also gotta give Chuck credit, he was on his A game in this one

[@calapsesathir4408]

Great questions and answers ! Ty soooo much Dr.Tyson and the great Chuck

[@Namdrac]

You just described every Math and English teacher I was burdened with. Be grateful he wasn't supposed to teach you anything you "needed" to know.

[@mordrin13]

Great chemistry episode! More episodes like that! And next time we must hear more about chemistry methods used on astrophysics and how they work. Keep doing a good job!

[@JohnFleshman]

Chucks rants are actually part of why I watch. His racisim rants are funny and kind of still point out inequalities in a funny way. Plus he and I are learning with every episode and thats never a bad thing.

[@scottg6754]

Kate is awesome. I learned more about chemistry than I ever knew.

[@jackiepaper6464]

Kate is amazing. Please bring her back. Wonderful!

[@marshalljackson3461]

Kate is fun, please bring her back!!!

[@reynoldsmathey]

Please check out Periodic Videos, featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff, research professor of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. He is the Neil DeGrasse Tyson of Chemistry. He and Brady Haran have done a wonderful job of popularizing chemistry. And, of course, Kate is wonderful.

[@daudidaudi]

I love that channel.

[@joesmith9139]

Could you please make an episode on climate change and chemistry? Focusing on solutions (as in solving a problem 😉) that could help us get out of the hole we dug for ourselves? 🙏

[@jadedmonroe8526]

This was the best video! The three of you together was so much love!!

[@RareScar]

This was an amazing episode!

[@mhmhmhmhmhmhmmhmh]

I'm in love with Dr Kate. Period.

[@tyronejoihnson7046]

Dr. Tyson putting down Chuck and trying to make time with Dr. Biberdorf.

[@WebsterA]

I love how their demeanor completely shifts with her. 😄 great dynamics here 👏

[@commonsense320]

Fullmetal Alchemist is an anime my little brothers used to watch, holds a special place in my heart

[@supanovaninja]

I love Dr. Kate. I wish she'd taught me Chemistry.

[@ThyDeliverer]

I really enjoyed this episode, thanks for enlightening our minds and spirits!

[@fizzy1922]

I love chemistry please have this guest back for more

[@maritzamiranda403]

My Chem professor is so cool! Lets go Dr. B!!

[@elmerortiz9327]

Omg. So funny so entertaining and so very educational. Love it. The three of you made my day. PS got to love me some cake to chemist first time I hear her first but not the last.

[@darrell3643]

Loved this episode! Kate, you have so much positive energy!

[@supaslime2938]

I can watch episodes like this all day to be honest.

[@jimcecil4558]

I enjoy these. I listen to them while at work. I would really enjoy more Chemistry based ones

[@chinesefantasy]

I wish someone would ask about all the supercomputers and quantumcomputers which are currently calculating new molecules and how their results are in the chemist world. I only know they exist but haven't really dug into whether they're useful or not.

[@fett713akamandodragon5]

Dr. Kate is super cool, gotta have her on again in the future.

[@quasar4601]

We need more Kate-Talk

[@jeffmullins1286]

Omg more Kate on the show please

[@giomig86]

Love Kate first time seeing her! Definitely following