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Nature Podcast

23 November 2017: Sleep deprivation & radioactive lightning

Nature Podcast

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4.5893 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week, lightning gamma rays, the Internet that wasn’t, and the science of sleep deprivation.

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0:00.0

You might want to step back from your speaker or remove your headphones.

0:04.1

Yes! I can't. I just can't believe it.

0:08.2

Marks found out his 11.4 million pounds on Lotto.

0:12.2

This is just... I don't...

0:14.6

You know what? I've got tears in my eyes.

0:19.9

Yep, that's 11.4 million.

0:22.7

Lotto.

0:23.5

Will you be the next Christmas millionaire?

0:26.2

The National Lottery.

0:27.2

Rules and procedures apply.

0:28.5

Players must be 18 or over.

0:36.3

Interesting.

0:36.6

Why is it like so far? Like, it sounds so simple. In a experiment, I don't know yet.

0:38.5

Why is blight so far?

0:40.4

Like, it sounds so simple.

0:41.6

They had no idea.

0:43.1

But now the data's people.

0:44.3

I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.

0:52.0

Nature.

0:57.7

Welcome back to the Nature podcast.

1:02.9

This week, how lightning can generate gamma rays and the science of being sleep deprived.

1:07.0

And we'll be finding out about Plato, the internet that wasn't.

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