Bail Out The Planet

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Forget banks, forget airlines - can we bail out the planet? As the world begins to reopen from lockdown, we're asking whether the present 'reset' is a golden opportunity to tackle climate change. Can we cut emissions, and kill the coronavirus, and rescue the economy all at the same time? Plus, in the news: the whereabouts of the UK government's long-awaited contact tracing app; the man who can't see numbers; and the strange star that shouldn't exist... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	I have you loud and clear.
0:03.3	Hello.
0:04.3	Hello.
0:05.3	Welcome.
0:06.3	Science and that is the same physics medicine, nature or space big time, brain, life, the universe.
0:16.3	Hello, welcome to the naked scientist, the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs
0:20.4	in science, technology and medicine, with, Phil Sansom and with Chris Smith.
0:25.2	As the world begins to reopen from lockdown, is the present reset an opportunity to save the
0:31.0	planet?
0:32.0	We'll find out. Can we cut emissions and kill the coronavirus
0:34.8	and rested the economy all at the same time. Plus in the news where is the UK
0:39.6	government's long-awaited contact tracing app meet the man who can't see numbers, and the
0:44.8	strange star that shouldn't exist. The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by
0:50.2	UKfast.co.co. UK.
0:53.0	Now here in the UK,
0:59.0	now here in the UK,
1:02.0	pubs and restaurants are preparing to reopen and two households will soon be able to meet inside.
1:07.8	Great, but...
1:09.8	The health secretary said we'd have the app by mid-May. The Prime Minister said we'd have it by the 1st of June. Now the government
1:16.1	ministers say it won't be ready until the winter. We've spent 12 million on
1:20.6	this. When are we going to have a working app? Now that's the
1:25.4	opposition leader, Kieostama challenging Prime Minister Boris Johnson about
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