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1st Jun 2008

Naked Science Question and Answer show


Dave Ansell

Kat Arney

Chris Smith

Footballs in space, mind-controlled machines and long-lasting bubbles join your questions on this week's Naked Scientists Question and Answer show. We discover the feminine side of prostate cancer and the robot that can walk up walls, and also hear how a computer has designed the next generation of mosquito repellents. Plus, we revisit the Phoenix mission on Mars, and also find out how surfing the internet can contribute more carbon to climate change than surfing the skies in an aeroplane! Plus, in Kitchen Science, Dave demonstrates a psychedelic effect with some milk.

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News

Wall climbing robots

Robots are becoming more and more important in war zones, disaster areas, and in every day life, in order to view places people cant access easily or safely. At the moment flying robots can't last for very long because they use so much power, and ground based robots are constrained to fairly flat su...

Bacterial basis of "good bugs" and probiotics

Scientists have found convincing evidence for the basis of "good bacteria" and how they contribute to health.  Caltech researcher Sarkis Masmanian and his colleagues, writing in this week's Nature, have shown that a common friendly gut inhabitant, an anaerobic bacterium called Bactero...

Prostate cancer discovers its female side

Prostate cancer affects more than 670,000 men worldwide, and researchers have known for a long time that the disease is fuelled by the male sex hormone testosterone.  Men with prostate cancer are often given drugs that block the production or actions for testosterone in the body, and these trea...

Footballs could be the answer to the exploration of planets

Orbiters around planets such as Mars have given us an unprecedented view of the whole surface, but sometimes you actually have to go down and have a look. Last week the Mars Polar Lander touched down and will be digging holes and studying the chemistry, but only in one place. Rovers like Spirit and ...

Movement by the power of thought

US researchers have developed a system which translates brain activity into movements of a prosthetic arm, a discovery which could help patients paralysed by strokes, injuries and other diseases to regain their independence. defaultImage = 'uploads/tx_naksciimages/MonkeyBrainArm.jpg';waspEmbed('/...

Nano nightmare or not?

Ever since Prince Charles’ infamous “grey goo” speech, there have been concerns about the safety of nanoparticles in the environment.  Adding fuel to the fire, last week researchers in Edinburgh published results in the journal Nature Nanotechnology showing that carbon nanotubes of a certain le...


Kitchen Science

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Psychedelic Milk

Make beautiful moving psychedelic patterns in a bowl of milk with just some food colouring and washing up liquid.


QotW

Inner Workings of Didgeridoos

How does a didgeridoo do what it does do?


Interviews

Mars Update - Did Phoenix Land Safely?

Last week's show was all about Mars, just hours before the Phoenix mission was due to land. So did it touch down safely?

Cooling The Web - Data Centres Adding to Climate Change

Airlines often get a lot of criticism from the green movement for the amount of greenhouse gases they emit. But could the internet be overtaking them?

Chemistry Update - Mosquitoes, Bubbles and Superconductors

Mark Peplow joins us once again from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World...


Questions

Do Bees have knees?


What would happen if two planets collide


How do hairs go grey?


Burp-related Optical Illusions?


Vampires and Soylent Green


Why is the moon sometimes visible during the day?


Why does red hair go white?


Mereorite and Asteroid Questions


Impact craters on the Moon


Why can birds touch electricity wires?


If we bleed in a vacuum would it bleed blue?


Why does the road surface appear to shimmer when it’s hot?



A fellow on the show asked about living off blood or soylent green. He might be interested in the information on this

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- digfarenough - 4th Jun 08

Very good! I shall try to remember to mention it next time!...
- chris - 4th Jun 08



Eating human brain can also be very hazardous to ones health ...



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- RD - 4th Jun 08

Mmm - good point; I should have mentioned that!...
- chris - 4th Jun 08
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