Can you run as fast as The Flash?

Mysteries of Science

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Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Barry Allen – The Flash – can run pretty fast... but can you?

Kicking off season six of Mysteries of Science, Michael and Dan chat to top experts from a fitness trainer to a physics professor to try and work out what the speed limit of the human body is.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Season 6 of Mysteries of Science.
0:09.7	My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team
0:15.5	behind the week junior.
0:16.8	And I'm Michael, the features editor.
0:18.5	On this podcast, we explore the strange phenomena and bizarre events that have left scientists scratching their heads.
0:24.0	And despite their best efforts, remain well and truly unsolved.
0:27.7	As this is the first episode, Michael, I think we better get off to a pretty speedy start.
0:34.3	So let's race out of the traps.
0:36.6	Yes, mark the release of the new Flash movie.
0:38.8	We've put our running shoes on to try and find out just how fast humans can run.
0:43.4	That's right. We're going to ask in this podcast episode, do humans have a natural speed limit?
0:49.4	And we're going to find out if you could ever run as fast as the Flash.
0:53.4	Now, I don't mean you, Michael, could you the listeners run as fast as the Flash?
0:58.3	So, let's find out if you can keep up with this, that is.
1:02.6	Hey, Dan, race you to the finish line.
1:04.2	Yeah, okay.
1:05.0	Three, two, one, go.
1:07.3	This is Mysteries of Science.
1:11.6	Woo!
1:13.3	Wow, you're quicker than I thought you were, Michael.
1:16.8	Oh, I think I've got a stitch now.
1:19.9	Well, while we catch our breaths, why don't we, why don't we get somebody else to tell us all about the flash?
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