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The Naked Scientists Podcast

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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week - from genetics to geoscience, chemistry to komodo dragons, an explosive hour of science fun! Hear what went on at our live event recorded back on 11th March for the 2020 Cambridge Science Festival - one of the last events that went ahead before the rest of the festival was cancelled. Demos, anecdotes, questions, and booms with Giles Yeo, Ljiljana Fruk, Eleanor Drinkwater and David Rothery... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0

I have you loud and clear.

0:04.3

Hello.

0:05.3

Hello.

0:06.3

Welcome.

0:07.3

H.

0:08.3

Science and that is the same physics medicine nature or space time brain life the universe

0:16.7

Hello you're listening to the naked scientists the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science and technology. I'm Katie

0:23.7

Hala. Now given the current pandemic we've been bringing you a lot of news about

0:29.0

coronavirus recently and all of us naked scientists hope you're doing okay in this difficult time.

0:35.0

This episode though, we've got a rather different show for you, an oasis of calm and some rather

0:40.4

light-hearted science. Here's a recording of a live event we did

0:45.0

for the 2020 Cambridge Science Festival a few weeks ago.

0:49.0

This was actually one of the last events of the festival

0:52.0

before the remaining ones got

0:53.6

cancelled and it was recorded in Story's Field Center at Eddington, Cambridge.

0:58.6

The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.

1:04.0

So, without a few.

1:06.0

So without further ado, I'll hand you over firstly to Adam Murphy and then

1:16.8

Chris Smith. We are covering everything from chemistries to calories from bugs to other planets. Things are going to explode. There will be

1:26.8

fire. It will be great. So I'll leave it to Chris to introduce our first

1:31.3

panelist. Giles Yow, need I say more.

1:35.1

Welcome to the stage.

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