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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The Naked Scientists are joined by marine biologist Danielle Green, physicist Stuart Higgins, psychologist Duncan Astle and astrophysicist Carolin Crawford, to tackle your questions. This week, find out whether you can hear screams in space, how to clean a beach, and just how giant is a Giant Squid? 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. Science.
0:06.2	And that is the same physics, medicine, nature, or space, time, brain, life, the universe.
0:15.0	This week, what happens to ships discarded in space?
0:19.0	Why do whales sometimes explode?
0:22.0	And a giant squid really exist.
0:24.6	Yep, it's Q&A time.
0:26.4	We're answering your science questions that you've been sending in.
0:28.9	I'm Chris Smith and this is The Naked Scientists.
0:32.0	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.
0:37.0	Let's meet the panel we have assembled for you.
0:45.6	Carolyn Crawford is an expert in astronomy and cosmology.
0:48.8	She's based at the University of Cambridge and you have something with you from space Carolyn.
0:53.2	Yes something that's come a long way away from space I've got a little lump of
0:56.9	moon rock in my hand. Good grief this didn't come from the beach this is
1:00.0	actually the real deal yeah yes this is the real deal and it's not like I've stolen one of the Apollo is actually come to earth as part of a
1:05.0	a meteorite. They're very rare but there are lumps of rock
1:11.0	that come from the moon and four to earth as meteorites.
1:14.0	How do you know that's from the moon then?
1:16.0	Well you can look at its chemical composition, its isotope ratios, there are things that you can match it
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