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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Ben and Dave's Best Bits

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2009

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Dave select their favourite bits of Naked Science: from taking an MRI of outer space to orange fireballs and chocolate teapots. We explore the boys' best Naked capers. Plus, we join Dr Hal for a gassy set of explosive experiments. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0

On Britain streets, you unknowingly see, extraordinary heroes who look just like me.

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We live without capes or superpowers.

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We're the everyday heroes who save the hour a nurse a teacher a cabby a mate pride of

0:17.3

Britain's here it's time to celebrate do you know an everyday hero who deserves

0:22.4

recognition visit pride of Britain dot com Do you know an everyday hero who deserves recognition?

0:23.0

Visit pride of Britain.com and nominate them today.

0:26.0

T.S.B. proud partners of the Pride of Britain Awards. Boldly going where no science show has gone before. The Naked Scientists

0:37.0

scientists.

0:42.0

Hello and welcome to the Naked. scientists.

0:48.0

Hello and welcome to the naked scientists with me Ben Valsler and me Dave Ansel. This week it's our turn to pick our best bits from the naked scientist archives.

0:53.0

So for the next hour we'll be looking back at our favorite moments.

0:56.0

Plus, we've the next installment in our elemental chemistry series looking at chemistry in its element.

1:02.0

Coming up, we sing along with Nobel Prize winning physicists. the cold butts and intertwined

1:14.0

there the atoms in their glory

1:18.0

I am eyes and recombine

1:20.0

we find out how medical scanning technology can help us see the stars.

1:26.0

We'd like to see, for example, in my work, gas clouds that are busy forming new stars,

1:32.0

and we'd like to see what they look like the way that we could

1:34.1

go around 3D clouds in the sky.

1:37.1

And Laura Sol joins Dr Howell's Ministry of Chemistry.

1:40.3

Next, Dr Howell did something that seemed even more stupid.

1:44.0

So now we've got a light bulb with no glass, because it broke the glass, which has got the

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