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The Naked Scientists at the Cambridge Science Festival, with interview guest Dr. Cynan Ellis-Evans, discuss subglacial lakes like Lake Vostok, what Lake Vostok might tell us about life on other planets, whether there is life in lake Vostok, plus how long will the sun last, and what would happen if a bird drank fizzy water ?
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The Naked Scientists at the Cambridge Science Festival, with interview guest Prof. Sir Martin Rees, discuss the chances of finding extraterrestrial life in outer space, and how we are looking for life in outer space, plus why you can smell some gases, but not others, and where the rainbow ends.
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The Naked Scientists at the Cambridge Science Festival, with interview guest Prof. Tony Minson discussing bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction including the risk posed by smallpox and anthrax, plus the evolutionary benefits of tongue rolling, what causes ageing and why animals have to die, and how we know the big bang happened.
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The Naked Scientists at the Cambridge Science Festival, with interview guest Dr. John Roberts, from Xenova Pharmaceuticals, discussing their new anti-smoking vaccine, why glue is sticky and why rockets don't leave big holes in the ground when they launch.
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Acupuncture works well for some to relieve pain and stress - but how is it done and how does it work. Guest acupuncturist Steve Jones joins the Naked Scientists to describe the acupuncture procedure.
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Why are some people left handed ? Most of the world around us and in us is assymetrical - from your heart being on the left, down to the sugar molecules in your DNA being right-handed. Chris McManus joins the Naked Scientists to discuss why some people are left handed.
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Chemist John Emsley discusses phosphorus. Discovered when early alchemists boiled up urine, looking for gold, and instead found a substance that spontaneously ignited, phosphorus has since spawned the match industry, a trade union, a succession of grisly murders, been used to wage war, and now as a fertiliser and food preservative.
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Chemists Graeme Hogarth and Ivan Parkin discuss why some copper coins can be picked up with a magnet, what liquid oxygen is like, how to make explosions and a novel kind of glass that never needs cleaning !
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Susan Greenfield, director of the Royal Institution, joins us to discuss how does the brain generate consciousness, what is consciousness, how can we study consciouness, what is unconsciousness, and are animals conscious in the same way that humans are ?
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Author and world-renowned authority on psychical research and psychical phenomena Dr. Tony Cornell joins The Naked Scientists to discuss what is a ghost, what is a poltergeist, how do scientists study ghosts and hauntings, and who can see ghosts.
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