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The $1 Trillion Problem Diamonds Can Solve

Most people think of diamonds as expensive jewelry, or maybe as super-hard drills. But everyone’s missing the coolest story here… We’ve built giant machines that can recreate the conditions inside our planet. And found new ways to make diamonds way cheaper, now unlocking the hidden potential of this super material. People are sending diamonds into space, adding them to massive computers, and using them to help solve one of the biggest technological problems we’re about to face. This is about pushing the limits of material science to benefit all of us. So in this video, we’re getting rare access inside a lab where they make diamonds to see how they actually do it… And we’re gonna shrink down inside your computer to show you why diamonds are not what you think.

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  • Originally Aired June 27, 2026
  • Runtime 16 minutes
  • Created July 2, 2026 by
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  • Modified July 2, 2026 by
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