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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Can Science Create Superhumans?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week - Humanity 2.0! Can we use genetics, drugs and technology to become superhuman? We speak to experts on the science that can push us to our extremes, and meet the world's first cyborg. Plus, in the news, do men and women really think differently, why what we call a "kilogram" is changing, and researchers uncover an animal that can talk about the past.More at www.nakedscientists.com Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0

I have you loud and clear.

0:03.2

Hello.

0:04.2

Hello.

0:05.2

Welcome.

0:06.2

Science.

0:09.2

And that is the same physics, medicine, nature, or space, time, brain, life, the universe.

0:16.0

Hello, this week, Humanity 2.0, can we use genetics, drugs and technology

0:21.6

to become superhuman.

0:23.3

Plus in the news, do men and women really think differently?

0:26.4

Why what we call a kilogram is changing and researchers uncover an animal that can talk about the past.

0:32.3

I'm Georgia Mills. I'm Chris Smith and this is

0:35.3

the Naked Scientist. The Naked Scientist podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. UK. First up with rising global temperatures, heat waves are becoming more frequent and more intense.

0:54.0

But what impact is this having on the plants and insects all around us?

0:57.7

As the temperature of our planet goes up,

0:59.5

biodiversity tends to fall, but researchers have been stumped as to why. Now a team at the

1:05.0

University of East Anglia have found that just like tight pants are bad for

1:08.4

boys, heat waves can compromise sperm counts in insects. Isie Clark heard how from Matt Gage.

1:14.4

So although there's been a lot of research looking at

1:17.3

warm-blooded species and how heat can impact on male fertility and sperm function,

1:22.2

there's been very little work looking at

1:24.3

cold-blooded species like insects for example, which we thought was quite a knowledge

1:29.1

gap because most of biodiversity on our planet is cold-blooded.

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