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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Can You Boost Your Memory?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6958 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Exam season is around the corner, so this week the Naked Scientists take a walk down memory lane to find out what's going on upstairs when you learn and remember things, and investigate if it's possible to boost your brain power. Plus, in the news, prosthetic fingers that can actually feel, the sacred art of origami gets a DNA update and Kat asks whether giant pandas really just don't fancy getting frisky. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Hello.

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Welcome.

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

0:48.0

Hello and welcome to the naked scientists.

0:51.0

It's exam season again, so this week we'll be delving into the depths of

0:54.3

memory for some tips on boosting your brain. Plus prosthetic fingers that can

0:59.2

actually feel the sacred art of origami gets a DNA update and I'll be finding out whether giant

1:05.8

pandas really don't fancy getting frisky. I'm Kat Arnie.

1:10.7

And I'm Georgia Mills and this is the Naked Scientists.

1:14.0

The Naked Scientists podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. Let's start with a look at the news and Professor Magdalena Janice K Gertz got

1:30.2

personal with her science after a test during her pregnancy left her worried for the

1:34.3

health of her baby.

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The Chorionic Villa sampling or CVS test is offered to pregnant women whose babies are at

1:40.3

a high risk of having a genetic condition like Down syndrome.

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