Are You Smarter Than Science?

14:11scientific advisor, I think I know someone I can suggest for >> I've done it before, so >> Uh Great. So, this is again out of Kyoto University, which is fine. I mean, not funny. It's interesting. Obviously, Japan has had very dramatic earthquakes. If we think of Fukushima, etc. >> Yeah, so they have a very concerted effort to try to figure it out. And this was in the International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science and Technology. >> Yes. Yes, makes sense. Makes sense. Um This is going to be fun. >> All right, here we go. >> And we're going to try this. And if it doesn't work, you're not going to hear this on the final episode, but we are going to start a new game show segment

14:53called Are You Smarter Than a Scientist? Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, with our resident PhD, Krishna Chowdhury, who will be our scientist of the day. And we will have one question Family Feud style for you to answer. And today's segment question for Are You Smarter Than a Scientist? is Can you name the 10 most abundant elements in the human body? We have 10 on this list. Okay. >> All right. Okay. So, um I'm not sure if when you mean abundant, if you mean by number or by mass. So, let's test it out and start with hydrogen.

15:34>> Okay. So, we have you on the board with hydrogen. >> Okay. So, hydrogen is number three, which means that you are going for by mass and not by number. Um >> Maybe. >> So, let's go with oxygen. That should be number one. >> Is it number one, ladies and gentlemen? And >> Yes. >> Oxygen is number one. >> 70% of the body is H2O, so that tracks. Let's go with carbon. >> Okay. Carbon. Is carbon on the board? We got the top three. >> Okay. And then nitrogen. That should round out four. >> Okay. So, you think that nitrogen is going to be number four? Is nitrogen

16:15number four? You are on a roll. We have our top four. >> Okay. So, we got our top four. All right. Um >> That was the easy stuff. I expected to get that. >> Yeah. So, now let's do Now, I don't know if this is going to be number five, but I know it should be phosphorus because nucleic acids, ATP. >> Okay. So, phosphorus >> of our cell membrane. >> Uh not number five, but still on the board at number six. >> six. So, there's something in between nitrogen and phosphorus? Um only thing I can think of is sulfur. >> Okay. >> Let's go with sulfur. >> Okay. >> That's in proteins. >> We We may have sulfur on the board,

16:56but it's going to be at the number eight spot. >> What am I doing wrong? Um wow. What is number five? >> Mhm. >> Nitrogen >> So, So, right now we have oxygen number one, carbon two, hydrogen three, nitrogen four, phosphorus six, and sulfur eight. We are missing five, seven, nine, and 10. No cheating. >> All right. Um Let's do um So, sulfur is already in there. Wow. Um Oh, calcium for our bones. >> We have number five on the board with calcium. >> All right. There we go.

17:37Um all right. Now, let's do >> Reminder, you have three strikes. >> Oh, I do have three strikes. Okay. I don't want to use any though. You know me. Um okay. So, I think now we should get into ions. So, I'm going to go with, you know, the bread and butter of our nervous system and ions in general. So, let's go with sodium first. It's why we like salt. >> Sodium is on the board at number nine. We have two left, number seven and number 10. >> Let's do potassium. >> Is potassium on the board? It is at number seven. >> we got sodium and potassium. That's our

18:17NaK channels. >> So, you just >> neuroscientists out there. >> One left, our number 10. This might be a tough one. >> This one's a tough one. >> This might be a tough one. >> Okay. So, um >> Okay, we oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen calcium phosphorus potassium, sulfur, and sodium. We are looking for the 10 most abundant elements in the human body. If you at home have gotten this before Krishna, you may be smarter than a scientist. >> Uh I don't know. Okay, I'm going to guess on this one. I'm going to go with iron >> Okay. >> because of our blood, hemoglobin.

18:58>> Iron, is it on the board? >> Iron is not. Okay. >> Not on the board, strike number one. >> Um >> Got two more strikes in the chamber. We do not have phone a friend. We do not have any escape routes. >> Uh we already got calcium. Um >> I put you on the spot today, I know. This one's a hard one. >> Let's go with zinc. Zinc is heavy >> Okay. >> and I know that we need it. >> Okay. >> I just don't know for what. I'm going to go with zinc. >> Number 10. >> So, even if we don't need a lot >> Is it zinc? No.

19:39>> Oh my god. >> It is not zinc. >> All right. Um >> One more strike left for the 10 most abundant elements in the human body. >> Um All right, let's It's so it's I'm thinking it's either iodine because I know we need iodine. That's why we need iodized salt or magnesium. I know a lot of people take supplements of magnesium. But people also take iron supplements and that wasn't on it. Let's go with magnesium. >> Final answer? >> Yeah, let's do it. >> Final answer for the number 10 spot. 10 most abundant elements in the body. Is it No.

20:20>> All right, what is it? >> It is not. Our number 10 spot, if you're at home, plug in your guesses now. For our number 10 spot, the answer was chlorine. >> How did I How did I Oh my god, I even said salt. Sodium chloride. Wow. >> That's ridiculous. >> This was our first rendition of Are You Smarter Than a Scientist? If you got all 10, you may have won out on this week one. So, this was our first go-around doing this. I think it was pretty But that's just that's just my personal

21:02opinion. I now have also access to a soundboard, so this can get very outrageous very quickly. I will be sure to hold it in as much as possible, but it looks like for the most part everything