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17th Jun 2007

Forensic Science


Chris Smith

Helen Scales

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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Kitchen Science

 

How fat would you have to be to stop a bullet?


Have you ever wondered how fat you would have to be to stop a bullet with your belly? We went to the Cavendish Laboratory to find out...

Questions

 

What is the difference between vaccination and immunization? When can one use one over the other?


 

Why is it that when I’m nervous before a big event I always want to go to the loo? On the day of my driving test I must have pee’d about 6 times in a very short time before I left the house!


Fact or Fiction

The atoms of a substance are most tightly packed in a liquid.
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A hippo pregnancy lasts 16 months
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My favourite show of this year....
- paul.fr - 22nd Jun 07

That's nice of you to say Paul, but what was it about this show that made it so good for you?

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- chris - 23rd Jun 07

I would say the first thing was the subject matter, i think Forensic science is a fascinating subject. Also, the new show format is working really wel...
- paul.fr - 23rd Jun 07
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Science News

 

Whey to go! - Scientists make edible food wrapper

Scientists at the US Agricultural Research Service in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, have used milk powder and glycerine to produce a water-resistant edible film that could be used to coat or package foods.P...
 

Whale of a question

A giant bowhead whale caught off northern Alaska recently had a surprise in store for the fisherman who landed it – embedded in its flesh was a piece of a "bomb lance" used by whalers back i...
 

Cholera vaccine from rice

This week we have promising news for the fight against the dreadful disease cholera, because a team of scientists in Japan are developing a new vaccine against the disease using their national staple ...
 

A round up of wildlife trade

For the last couple of weeks, politicians from all around the world have been meeting to talk about endangered species and to try and decide whether trade in certain species should be restricted to pr...

Interviews

 

The Torso in the Thames: Using Plant Remains to Identify a Body

Dr Hazel Wilkinson, Jodrell Laboratory, Kew Gardens
 

Investigating Forensic Science

Dr Trevor Emmett, Anglia Ruskin University
 

"Hair" Pollution: How what you eat and breathe affects the composition of hair

Dr Sarah Hall & Dr Karen Scott, Anglia Ruskin University
 

Science Update - Future Machines

Chelsea Wald & Bob Hirshon


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