Episode

How Do They Do It?: Oyster Knives, Stadium Lights, Diamonds

Name: How Do They Do It?: Oyster Knives, Stadium Lights, Diamonds
Released: 2017-01-27
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Rupert Degas, Robert Llewellyn, Naz Osmanoglu, Jeff Wilburn

How Do They Do It?Season 142017-01-27

Overview

How do they forge the blades to crack open oyster shells? Plus, how do scientists in a lab grow the synthetic diamonds of the future?

Details

Series: How Do They Do It?
Season: Season 14
Episode: Episode 8
Air date: 2017-01-27
Runtime: 22 min

Episode context

Oyster Knives, Stadium Lights, Diamonds is Episode 8 in Season 14 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2017-01-27. The runtime is 22 min.

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