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The Dark Universe
... matter exists... Catherine - So, let's think about our own Milky Way galaxy. So, we've got stars that are spinning around in our own Milky Way galaxy and you can look how fast they're moving ... If there wasn't a big halo of dark matter around our own Milky Way galaxy, all the stars would just simply fly out ...
The future of flight
... you just want to immerse yourself to connectivity and your own social media then there'll be a full entertainment area. ... I could be sitting on a flight in the future, pairing my own TV in front of me from my own body heat. thank you. Colin - That exactly would be ...
Make your own hot air balloon
Here is the answer to how to make your own bin-bag hot air balloon. Part 1, in which we set up the ... Scientists Kitchen science: DIY hot air balloon Make your own hot air balloon ...
Liftoff: How to launch a rocket
... in Cambridge. So what's the mission plan? We set up our own little launch pad in the courtyard. We placed our long ... 3, 2, 1, LIFTOFF! The Naked Scientists launch their own rocket with the help of some friends. Liftoff: How to ...
Levitating Trains
... different range of material forms, each of which has its own benefits for a specific type of application. Ginny - ... - I'm from Cambridge. I think you almost solved your own question about how you might do levitating trains because ...
Can shipping get greener?
... motivation, what's the encouragement for the people that own ships, the people that run ships to actually do any of ... But one of the problems is that people don't typically own a ship for 25 years and then scrap it at the end. People ...
Keeping Reactors Running
... it gas. It's actually in a completely new phase of its own! This new phase means that each unit of this water can ... heat than either steam or liquid water can carry on its own. So, as you increase the temperature which will burn in ...
Finding our way through space
... presto; but what about navigating in space? Even in our own solar system the distances are measured in millions or ...
Sustainable housing in action
... Gavin - We are recycling water. We are generating our own electricity and heat through our energy centre which ...
Propulsion: Prepare for takeoff!
... and Izzie Clarke embarked on the maiden flight on our own airline FlyNaked! Marika Ottman spoke with Justin Burrows ...
Powerful vibrations
... of cars driving past. Plus, Dave Ansell tests his very own piezo-electric crystal he made at home! Sohini - So, ...
Radiation shields in space
... with you. Chris - So, you have a spacecraft which has its own magnetic field. It's generating a bit like the Earth's ... the moon doesn't have an overall magnetic field of its own. It would appear that for the eons that it is being ...
How does GPS work?
... - The European Union is very interested in developing our own system so that then we are building our own spacecraft. We are building the ground segment, we are ...
Laser-Powered Fusion
... confines itself. Ginny - So, you're kind of using its own expansion to squeeze it together. Kate - That's ...
How to build a sci-fi planet from scratch
... Andy, is this something we can replicate using our own current technology? Andy - There's not a one to one ...
Sustainable cities
... to get that sort of quiet time that we need to support our own health and wellbeing. Chris - What about other things ...
Investigating the secrets of the violin
... violins, but it's pretty hard. Each violin has its own distinct sound even when building like for like because ...
Wired: Getting kids switched on to electricity
... exactly. Chris - But it is actually good as a game in its own right isn’t it, Diarmid? Is that your motivation ...
Tiny, flexible lasers detect counterfeits
... laser light. So low that it’s safe to produce it in your own eye. One of the most important things, of course, to ...
Olympics Themed Naked Science Quiz
... the strongest birds. They can actually lift 4 times their own bodyweight off the ground. Gorillas, get this, can lift ...
Science Centre: Rubber Band Fridge
... have the temperature of the room temperature or is it its own temperature? Dave - So, if you leave a rubber band for a ...
Electric vs Petrol: Who will win?
... car driver already. It struck me, going back to my own car, that I was convinced for a period of time that ...
Superconducting for super energy
... current flow in the superconductor which makes it's own magnetic field which repels the magnetic field from the ...
Super-powered GPS?
... the building. Chris - I know you don't want to blow your own patent so I'll ask you to word the answer cautiously. But ...
Kickstarting the electric car industry
... So by the time other companies integrate this with their own cars, Tesla will presumably have made further advances ...