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Is Technology Altering Your Brain?
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 Is modern technology changing your brain? How fast does flu fly? Can you build a lightsaber? Your questions are the stars on the Naked Scientists this week, as we discuss the implications of faster-than-light travel, the risks of skydiving through a thundercloud, and ask if dogs can sniff out cancer. Plus, we find out how the brain detects different diets, what happens when black holes collide, and in Kitchen Science, how a coin can make a balloon roar! Listen Now
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Chris,
Great show, been listening from NY, CT, Brazil & MD for years! Awesome!
If you skydived through a large cumulonimbus/active storm cloud with lightning, would you be struck? What would happen if you happen to pass through the cloud and 'intercepted' a lightening strik...
@NakedScientists #brain A fascinating topic! Can brain scans etc reveal if and how our brains are changing as a result of new technology?
In September results indicating that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light were released, this week the same group has released further data.
Hello. According to a television programme that I was watching recently the flu pandemic of 1918 and apparently the flu was travelling faster across such places as – Alaska, Canada, Soviet Russia, et cetera even though they didn’t have modern day transport. And this particular ...
How do neuro-enhancing drugs work?
Over 32, 000 neuroscientists, from around the world, converged in Washington, DC, this week for the 2011 Society for Neuroscience Conference, which included over 16,000 presentations!
Hi Chris,
The question I'd really like to ask is... Following the reconfirmed results that a neutrino can travel faster than light, why is it then assumed that travelling through time is possible?
A neutrino coming from the sun would still take several minutes to reach Ea...
What are the implications of faster than light neutrinos? What aspects of the Einstein model does this change?
Denis Burdakov explains what happens when you have food on the brain...
How can a spaceship change direction in space when – unless I was misinformed - I was told it is a vacuum. So it’s got nothing to thrust against? And the second question is, I'm old enough to remember Sputnik 1 going up, and it didn’t stay up very long, although I was told it wa...
Hi,
When someone buys chips (crisps I guess!) from a vending machine, they take their change, and then use the same hand to eat whats inside. Is this unwise ?
I am a chemist, and really hope your show keeps growing.
Best,
Dave
Looking at ways to reduce the cost of anti-venom...
Dear Naked People
A colony of bees would seem to have the same DNA as the rest of their colony.
Although there is possibly some competition between worker bees to mate with a new queen, surely they share the same DNA as her and the rest of the colony?
Does this not weak...
Make various strange noises using a couple of balloons and some coins and nuts.
I've been wanting to ask this one for a looong time... My sons (Lucas and Tristan) are Star Wars fans, and asked me if it was possible to make a real lightsaber. I said no, of course, but when they asked me WHY NOT?... I couldn't give them a thorough scientific explanation. Pleas...
Ia there any truth to dogs being able to 'sniff out cancer'? If so can you explain the science and the implications?
What happens when two black holes collide?
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