Can a Shrimp Punch Through Glass?

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

🗓️ 5 December 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Are black holes really holes? Is there such thing as a genetic love match? Why do clouds move? The Naked Scientists are joined by marine biologist Kate Feller, astrophysicist Matt Middleton, geneticist Patrick Short, and chemist Phillip Broadwith to tackle the science questions sent in by you. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:38.0	Science and that is the same physics, medicine, nature, space, time, the brain, life, the universe.
0:48.0	This week can a shrimp punch through glass?
0:51.1	Is there such a thing as a perfect genetic love match and how deep do you need
0:55.4	to go underwater before it becomes totally dark? It is Q&A time. Hello, I'm Chris Smith and
1:01.6	this is the Naked Scientists.
1:03.4	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. UK. Where are the panel of people who are going to answer the questions for you this week?
1:18.7	Kate Fell is a postdoctoral researcher.
1:20.5	She's in the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience at Comage University
1:23.6	where she studies the eyes of Mantis shrimps. How about that? So did you have an eye for science
1:29.2	early on? Kate, is that what took you down that pathway? Yeah, my mom used to do Mr. Wizard
1:34.2	science experiments in the kitchen with us
1:36.0	when I was a kid and like create vacuums with glass and water
1:39.0	and just a match and a penny.
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