A knife is the thing, man. And when you think about it, think about how many foods that grow wild that we can't eat. Because we don't have the strength or the teeth to cut them open. A knife just allows you to go have coconuts. You got a knife, man. You're good to go. Well, I would also want actually some sort of a blanket. Maybe one of those thermal mylar-based blankets to keep myself warm. See, but those are very small. But a knife, you can kill and skin a bear, and you've got a coat. Now you'veGot a coat. Yeah. But it smells bad. So
What if the laws of physics were different? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer grab bag questions with astrophysicist Charles Liu about alien heists, gravity, and space exploration.
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