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19th Aug 2007

The Best Naked Science


Ben Valsler

Meera Senthilingam

This week, we look back at some of the juiciest bits of Naked Science from the last series.  We find out how an iPod became an iRod to conduct lightning, discover an electrifying bikini and find out why teenagers feel so misunderstood, not that they're 'bovvered' about the answer.  We discuss wine as an essential part of an healthy diet, find out about the people who feel no pain and explore why you can immediately tell an Aussie from an American or a Londoner from a Liverpudlian, just by learning about the way accents are formed.  Plus, in Kitchen Science we find out how to turn an oven shelf into a beautiful musical instrument.

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News

 

More Reasons For Red Wine Being Good For Us

Here on the Naked Scientists we've often talked about how scientists are uncovering more ways in which enjoying an occasional glass of red wine might be good for us - and in particular a compound found in grape skins and red wine called resveratrol. It has alr...

Moody Teenagers

That is SO unfair - Researchers have stumbled on the cause of teenage angst. Sheryl Smith, from SUNY Downstate Medical Centre in New York, has found that a hormone called THP or allopregnanolone, which normally provokes mental calm in adults has the opposite effect in the teenage brain. At around th...

 

Solar Powered Bikinis

You've heard of solar powered boats, solar powered cars, and even solar powered handbags have had their share of the limelight, but now it's the turn of the solar bikini and solar bathing shorts. New York University's Andrew Schneider unveiled his beach-friendly s...

iLightning

A paper in this week's New England Journal describes a man admitted to hospital with a rather strange pattern of skin injuries including ruptured eardrums, a broken jaw and burns to his chest, neck and the insides both ears! Doctors discovered that the 37 year old had been out jogging in a thunder...


Kitchen Science

 

The Secret Sounds of the Oven Shelf

The kitchen has always seemed an unlikely place to find a musical instrument - until now. This week Derek and Dave are with Matt and Nick at Hinchingbrooke School in search of the hidden harmonies of the oven shelf. Prepare to be amazed!


Interviews

 

Analysing Voices And Accents

Where do accents come from?

 

People who don't Feel Pain

Geoff Woods has been researching why some people are unable to feel pain, and how this could be useful for medicine.

 

The Wine Diet: Is Red Wine Good For You?

What is the truth behind all the stories in the papers about the health benefits of red wine, Roger Corder explains.


Questions

 

Why is memory triggered by smells and music etc?


 

Who would win a fight between a hippo and a polar bear?


 

Why do you sneeze when you look at the Sun?


 

If you don't eat enough cholesterol - does your body not just make it anyway?


 

What's the difference between good fats and bad fats, and are good fats actually good for you or just not as bad?


 

Is sherry good for us as well as red wine?


 

At this time of the year you often get cold hands. A quick but painful way of warming them up is by sticking them into warm water. If pain is a sign of damage, is this actually damaging your hands and what's happening when your hands are coming back to life?


 

When I take a painkiller, how does it know where the pain is?


 

How are seedless grapes grown?



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