This week a rabies-based Trojan Horse that smuggles drugs across the blood-brain barrier, why first-borns are brighter, progress with Parkinson's and a lunar telescope more powerful than Hubble. Plus in this week's ARMAGEDDON-focused show we look at supervolcanes, earthquakes and arsenic, find out why curtains are absolutely lethal and why a meteorite impact probably didn't dispense with the dinosaurs after all. Also, in Kitchen Science, we test the claim that tapping the top of a fizzy drink before you open it stops it spraying all over you...
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Under the microscope this week, the science of forensics. We find out how scientists have exploded the myth about old aged whales thanks to a piece of shrapnel, about a new rice-based vaccine for cholera, and 'whey' to go, how scientists have made edible food wrappers from milk. We investigate what your diet does to your hair, how science can finger forgers and flush out bodies from bogs, and why the key to identifying a torso that washed up in the Thames was rooted in plant science. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we arm Ben with a rifle to find out how fat you'd have to be to stop a speeding bullet with your belly...
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Got a science question? Want to know how fat you'd need to be to stop a speeding bullet? Or why men appear to have nipples they don't need? Then the Naked Scientists can help.
On our monthly Naked Science Question and Answer programmes we devote the entire show to answering science questions that you send in. So if there's a scientific conundrum that's been bothering you for a while, send it in now- email Chris@thenakedscientists.com, or fill in the simple form below.
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This week, will a hot mint still taste cold? Also how skimmed milk could come straight from the cow in future, and why we walk upright without dragging our knuckles. Nicky Clayton discusses clever birds that use cigarettes to fumigate their feathers, Tim Clutton-Brock describes the family affairs of meerkats, and we find out from Andrew Smith why monkeys see what we see, but cats and cows can't. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we get jiggly with a jam jar full of rice.
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This week on the Naked Scientists we will be venturing into space on an inter galactic mission to learn more about the biggest galaxies in space and the search for life on other planets. Running the mission we will have Professor Carolin Crawford (University of Cambridge) who works with gases in galaxies and Dr Maggie Turnbull who looks for Earth-like planets and signs of life in the 'Goldilocks' zones among nearby stars (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute SETI).
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Coming up this week on the Naked Scientists radio show and podcast we have some airy experts; Jonathan Shanklin (British Antarctic Survey) will be telling us how he discovered the hole in the ozone layer and how it is looking today and John Grattan (University of Wales Aberystwyth) will discuss his research on a volcanic eruption which in 1783 killed 30,000 British people.
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This week on the Naked Scientists we have a whole host of experts in bacteria, fungi and viruses. We'll have Dr Tim Wreghitt (Addenbrooke's Hospital) discussing noroviruses, Dr Ali Ashby discussing her fun work with fungi and in kitchen science with the help of Dr Gillian Fraser we'll be discovering where there are more bacteria: on a toilet seat or a kitchen worktop?
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This week Drs Chris, Dave and Phil find out how a venomous spider has got scientists swollen with excitement because it's bite has Viagra-like properties, how maggots are fighting off MRSA from ulcers, and NASA are testing their next generation telescope aboard a jumbo jet. The docs also explore the science of getting geostationary satellites into space, the basis of bacterial intelligence, and how much water trees drink on a hot day. Plus, in kitchen science, Dave and Ben put their heads in a box...to find out how a pinhole camera works.
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This week we're exploring how populations come by their genes including the surprise finding of African DNA in a remote village in Yorkshire. Oxford University's Bruce Winney explains how studying rural populations in Britain is helping to uncover genes linked to different diseases, and Turi King, from Leicester University, discusses what your Y chromosome says about your surname. Plus we'll be hearing how Cambridge scientist Mike Majerus is putting evolution to the test with the help of the peppered moth, and in kitchen science, more jam tomorrow as Ben and Dave show you a trick with a rolling jar.
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Corals are falling prey to global warming. As sea temperatures rise corals are parting company with the algae that sustain them, causing them to bleach and die. To map out the scale of the problem, and to understand its implications, Cambridge University's Annelise Hagan joins us to explain how she uses a spotter plane and a team of divers to home in on bleaching hotspots. Also, University of California, Irvine, researcher Stan Harpole describes how adding fertilisers to fields destroys diversity both on land and in the water, and in kitchen science Dave explores pressure and heat with his 'Fire Piston'.
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