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29th Jul 2007

Naked Science Question & Answer Show


Chris Smith

Phil Rosenberg

This week, clean coal technology - how to get the energy from coal without digging it up, why GM goats are helping to combat nerve gas attacks, and how scientists have found the 'itch' gene. We also find out why smog causes heart disease, how seafood in space can help to heal astronauts, and the weight of leaves on an average tree. Plus Drs Chris and Phil take a look at your science questions including 'tasting' music, the best way to dry your washing and can the moon affect the shapes of weather systems? In Kitchen Science Ben and Dave explain how to make a lens with a plastic bottle and some water.

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Interviews

Chemistry World - Clean Coal and Anti-Nerve Gas Goats

Mark Peplow, Royal Society of Chemistry

Why has the summer been so wet?

John Law from Weatherquest

Kitchen Science

Make a camera from a lemonade bottle


Build a camera or if you prefer a magnifying glass, out of some old rubbish and a little water

Questions

A lightning strike only takes a few thousandths of a second, why do you hear it as a long rumble?


Is it possible to have sinus problems without the pain around the nose and eyes? I didn't have a cold for about 5 years and it left me with a cough which only affects me when I am lying down.


Why does my nose go runny when I cry?


I went on a hot air balloon, and they guy who was flying said that if you lit a candle the wind wouldn't make the flame flicker because the balloon is flying with the wind.


Why do towels absorb the water off your body after a bath?


How much heavier do deciduous trees get when they grow leaves in the summer?


I have heard that high level clouds are composed of ice crystals and mid level clouds are mainly water droplets, how are the ice crystals and the water droplets held up in the clouds if ice and water are denser than air?


The moon has an impressive influence on large bodies of water and makes tides, does the moon exert an influence on cloud formation?


There seem to be a lot of droughts so is the world running out of water?


 

Is this strange weather due to global warming?


If someone gets an organ transplant will the cells in the organ eventually get replaced by the patients own cells?


Some Kuiper belt objects, such as 2003el61, are irregularly shaped unlike the spherical shaped planets. If you stood on the surface of this object would gravity vary depending on where you were standing?


Would a solar powered air conditioner be a good idea? I used to go camping we used a gas powered fridge could you use the same principle?


I have an interesting from of synesthesia, I relate musical keys to tastes, eg the key of G is fruity, G minor is a slightly bitter beer. I was born blind could this be related?




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