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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Ancient Egyptian Mysteries

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6958 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week, solving the mysteries of ancient Egypt: we delve into the discovery of secret chambers hidden inside pyramids, and if glowing bones reveal antibiotic use was going on thousands of years ago... Plus, in the news, the fireball that shot across the UK night sky; a new device protects women from HIV; and the carbon footprint of cultivating cannabis... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0

All engine running.

0:03.0

Absolutely genius.

0:04.0

Get this.

0:05.0

Welcome.

0:06.0

This is the show where we bring science.

0:08.0

What that essentially means is discovery is

0:10.0

advances, research, technology, unbelievable.

0:13.2

Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.

0:16.4

Hello, welcome to the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science,

0:19.9

technology and medicine with me Chris Smith and me either Higginbotham coming up the

0:24.4

fireball that shot across the UK night sky a new device protects women from

0:28.8

HIV and the carbon footprint of cultivating cannabis.

0:33.0

Plus, solving the mysteries of ancient Egypt,

0:36.0

we delve into the discovery of secret chambers hidden inside the pyramids

0:40.0

and a glowing bones reveal antibiotic use was going on thousands of years ago.

0:45.0

The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. On the final day of February, people in some parts of the UK were treated to a Celestial Light Show as a meteor

1:05.2

streaked in from space.

1:07.5

Hundreds of videos of the Fireball have since been posted online by amateur photographers.

1:11.8

What's even more special is that by analyzing the footage caught on multiple networks

1:15.2

of cameras for the first time in three decades in the UK, the culprit, and as it turns out, very

1:21.0

rare space rock that caused all this was successfully tracked down

1:25.1

and recovered from someone's driveway.

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