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This week on the channel +755K views this week

Matt Ferrell brings Star Wars' moisture farms down to Earth

Omar Yaghi's water-harvesting materials anchor two new uploads about getting fresh water from dry air.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

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  1. 1:54Omar Yaghi's work underpins Atoco's shipping-container-sized atmospheric water harvesters.
  2. 3:20Metal-organic frameworks provide enormous internal surface areas for capturing molecules.
  3. 6:45Death Valley tests demonstrate MOF-303 collecting water at humidity below 20%.
  4. 7:17An animation shows moisture capture followed by solar heating that releases water for condensation.
  5. 11:00Competing commercial projects bring cost comparisons into the water-harvesting discussion.

The desert air delivers. Matt Ferrell's latest explainer follows materials that capture water vapor in dry conditions, then release it for collection, giving a familiar Star Wars idea a real engineering counterpart.

"How Star Wars Moisture Vaporators Are Real Now" is the most-watched of Undecided with Matt Ferrell's two uploads this week, reaching roughly 373,000 views. Ferrell introduces chemist Omar Yaghi and metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs: porous materials with enormous internal surface areas. Demonstrations from Death Valley show water harvesting at low humidity, while an animation explains how solar heat helps release the captured moisture.

There is an important distinction in the description's correction: the Death Valley test used MOF-303, but Atoco says its commercial harvesters use newer materials it designs and makes itself. The video also contains a sponsored mattress-system segment.

Viewers have found room for both practical questions and wordplay. The discussion turns to agricultural water demand and uses beyond drinking water, alongside Uncle Owen jokes and a generous supply of condensation puns.

The second upload, "Can One Machine Solve The Water Crisis?", returns to the question of supplying inland and desert communities. Both new videos are among the channel's strongest daily draws, with October's "Solar Panels Are Doing Something Nobody Expected" also continuing to attract views.

Subscribers held steady, while daily viewing is currently below the channel's usual level. Among nearby science channels, BBC Earth Science and Scott Manley had substantially busier weeks. Ferrell's own week stayed tightly focused: after exploring solar farms and desert rain in October, he has moved from changing the landscape to extracting water from the air itself.

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What viewers say

  • I never would have learned about this technology to get water from the air, unless Matt had given me the condensed version.
    @jopo7996See it on YouTube
  • Uncle Owen is gonna be so stoked that he can finally move to Tatooine and start that moisture farm.
    @barretblakeSee it on YouTube
  • Matt, you are dew a lot of credit for this video, thanks.
    @rogerday6184See it on YouTube
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  • this gives vaporware a whole new meaning
    @sprightly106See it on YouTube
  • I’m glad this information wasn’t “water under the bridge”
    @sergiomessina2037See it on YouTube
  • Even if not drinking water, grey water can be useful for so many things.
    @navinventSee it on YouTube

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The facts
Subscribers
1,810,000
Channel views, last 7 days
754,681
Videos published this week
2
Video published
October 27, 2026
Video views so far
373,182
Views on its first day
223,390

The numbers

Here is how the channel's water-focused week adds up.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
Beyond the Observable Uni…
5,860,209
BBC Earth Science
5,210,915
Chris Boden
4,744,737
Scott Manley
2,679,550
Undecided with Matt Ferre…
754,681
Animagraffs
548,503
Destiny
379,923
Domain of Science
124,908
subscribers
1,810,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
278,709,209
views per day
86,143
typical day: 116,463
first-day views of each video posted this week
How Star Wars Moisture Vaporators Are R…
223,390
Can One Machine Solve The Water Crisis?
25,651
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Beyond the Observable Uni…
2,080,000
Destiny
2,010,000
Animagraffs
1,940,000
Scott Manley
1,870,000
BBC Earth Science
1,830,000
Undecided with Matt Ferre…
1,810,000
Chris Boden
1,800,000
The Modern Rogue
1,720,000
Domain of Science
1,670,000
As of November 2, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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