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Acupuncture works well for some to relieve pain and stress - but how is it done and how does it work. Guest acupuncturist Steve Jones joins the Naked Scientists to describe the acupuncture procedure.
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Why are some people left handed ? Most of the world around us and in us is assymetrical - from your heart being on the left, down to the sugar molecules in your DNA being right-handed. Chris McManus joins the Naked Scientists to discuss why some people are left handed.
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Chemist John Emsley discusses phosphorus. Discovered when early alchemists boiled up urine, looking for gold, and instead found a substance that spontaneously ignited, phosphorus has since spawned the match industry, a trade union, a succession of grisly murders, been used to wage war, and now as a fertiliser and food preservative.
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Chemists Graeme Hogarth and Ivan Parkin discuss why some copper coins can be picked up with a magnet, what liquid oxygen is like, how to make explosions and a novel kind of glass that never needs cleaning !
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