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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Body Clocks and Circadian Rhythms

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2008

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Give yourself the time to listen to this week's Naked Scientists Show, where we find out about the Body Clock! We discover the constant chemical cascade that keeps your clock in check, and how not seeing the sun leads to S.A.D. We probe the plant clock to explore how trees tell the time, and why even plants can suffer from jetlag. Plus, why Stradivarius' violins sound so good, why fun size snacks may be making you fat and how cuttlefish sneak a peak at their future food. Also, in Kitchen Science, Ben and Dave get water from flames! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0

It's science, but not as you know it. The Naked Scientists.

0:10.0

Hello, good. Also, how kettlefish can learn what to eat even when they're still inside their eggs.

0:25.0

And talking of food for thought, when it comes to diet food, why small portions might actually be bad news,

0:31.0

because it turns out that they encourage you to eat more not less and we'll

0:34.4

be finding out why in just a moment.

0:36.8

Thanks Chris.

0:37.8

Also this week we're looking at the cognitive cogs that control the clock that gets you up in the

0:41.6

morning and sends you to sleep at night.

0:44.0

It's not your alarm clock, it's your body clock.

0:46.6

It's also the reason why we feel jet lagged when we go on holiday and why some people

0:50.4

get depressed in the winter months.

0:52.4

And surprisingly, it's not just

0:54.0

animals that have body clocks plants do as well which could explain why some plants

0:58.4

won't grow well outside their native habitats and could also be very important if we ever want to grow plants in space

1:04.2

to sustain our astronauts. Certainly true, thank you, Kat. And talking about body clocks

1:08.5

and going to sleep, this week's question of the week is extremely dreamy.

1:12.0

My question is about dreams. I was of the

1:15.0

question of the week is extremely dreamy.

1:12.0

My question is about dreams.

1:14.0

I was wondering why it's so difficult for us to remember our dreams when we wake up in the morning.

1:19.0

Well, it certainly happens to me and why is it always the bad bits that you remember not the good ones well if you've got a

1:23.9

question for us to get in touch the email address is Chris at the naked scientist

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