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1st Jul 2007

The Naked Scientists Q & A Show


Chris Smith

Phil Rosenberg

This week, playing bingo on an inflatable space station, a new way to attack the cause of Alzheimer's and mending a broken heart with stem cells.  Also, using bananas to speed up fruit ripening, leeches out of water and chemical tricks to stop smoking and iron out wrinkles.  Plus, in Kitchen Science we vibrate our way to a fountain in a cup!

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Science News

Bouncy Space Station

Las Vegas based space company Bigelow Aerospace have just this week successfully launched their second inflatable spacecraft into Earth orbit. Bigelow Aerospace intend to launch the worlds first comm...

New Alzheimer's Drug goes on Trial

A new class of drug designed specifically to combat Alzheimer's Disease has entered clinical trials in the US this week. Dubbed CTS-21166, the drug was the brain child of Purdue researcher Professor A...

Galaxy Zoo

Ever wanted to take part in astronomy research, but don’t have a telescope? Well now you can get a chance to look through some of the most beautiful astronomical images taken and make a contribution t...

Stem cells get to the heart of angina

Researchers in the US have found that patients with angina who received injections of their own stem cells into the diseased heart muscle showed considerable improvements in their symptoms. Cardiologi...

Kitchen Science

 

Cup Fountain


Make a fountain, and some fascinating patterns with a polystyrene cup and a piece of carpet.

Questions

What prevents venomous animals from being knocked off by their own venom? For example, while the venom is being made in the glands? If I inject cobra venom into a cobra, would it die?


What is the surface of the Sun made of? Does it even have a surface?


Why does tea leave a stain in a cup only in a ring around where the surface of the tea was? Why doesn’t it stain the cup evenly?


I have heard that if you put a banana in a bag with any other kind of fruit it would ripen the other fruit. Would it taste as good as a naturally ripened fruit?


I have found 2 leeches in my garden, we do not have a pond and live on an estate. What should I do with them, I have children, so dont want to put them back. Do you have any suggestions?? Many Thanks


What are flames made of?


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Fact or Fiction

Sound travels 14 times faster in water than air
TrueTrue
A pearl is an entombed parasitic worm
TrueTrue
Deer mice lack a collarbone
TrueTrue
There are over 1000 chemicals in a cup of coffee
TrueTrue
The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100W lightbulb for 30 hours
TrueTrue


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