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30th Nov 2008
The Naked Scientists in LA
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The Naked Scientists hit Hollywood for a special show all the way from California. We meet the cream of Californian scientists from the University of California at LA and at San Diego to find out why designing ocean-going robots is like giving birth; what some dust-covered 50-year old experiments can reveal about the origins of life, and why your friends and even their friends, can affect your weight. We discover the work of the Population Institute, who use radio soap-operas to inspire better family planning. Plus, we find out why plants get jetlag, how nanotechnology can help foil terrorist attacks and we visit the Naked Cafe to discuss the Big Bang over coffee. In Kitchen Science, Ben and Carlos Camara generate x-rays from sticky tape!
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Interviews
The best way to monitor and understand the sea is to go with the flow! Jules Jaffe and colleagues at Scripps Institute of Oceanography have been developing robots to do just that...
In a box hidden in a corner of the lab belonging to the late Stanley Miller was an experiment which could explain the origins of life on Earth, conducted 50 years ago. How will the experiment stand up to modern analytical techniques? Extremely well, as Jeffrey Bada explains......
Can your friends, their friends, and even their friends' friends, boost your chances of becoming obese? James Fowler explains how even people we've never met can influence our eating habits...
The Population Institute were our kind hosts in LA, but who are they, and what do they do? I spoke to Bill Ryerson, President of the Population Institute...
We were proud to receive the Best Radio Show Award at this year's Global Media Awards - Jennie Wetter explains more about the prizes...
Do plants suffer from jetlag? We meet Steve Kay at UCSD, who invited us to his forest laboratory to explain how plants feel biological rhythms...
Sensing our environment is vital - from chemical leaks to terrorist attacks, an ability to accurately and quickly confirm the presence or absence of certain chemicals is essential. Micheal Sailor explains how nanotechnology can help...
As part of a trip to the Naked Cafe on Solana Beach, we met Hans Paar to discuss the birth of the universe...
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Kitchen Science
Find out how to make ordinary sellotape glow in the dark, and how it has been used to make an X-ray.
QotW
Would someone with a psychiatric disorder be better able to pass a lie detector test as they may not feel remorse?
You have to start with a basic 2 element array of two fed dipoles. The dipoles are 1/4 wave apart and they are fed with coaxial cables whi...
- 21st Dec 08
Max Roberts suggested: I have an easier way to do the Glowing Tape Experiment. I don't have the patience to sit in a dark r...
- 24th Dec 08
You describe what I would call a “phased dipole array.” Dr. Yagi certainly built many kinds of antennas. The one that his name stuck to -- at least on...
- 26th Dec 08
I only mentioned a phase array so as to lead on to how a Yagi works. I was arguing elsewhere that it isn't really possible to make Yag...
- 26th Dec 08
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