Stripping down science, the naked scientists.

Hello, welcome to a very festive naked scientist Christmas phoning.

With me, Chris Smith, with Cat Arnie, and with Dave Ansel.

This week we're going to devote the entire program to answering your science questions.

So far we're looking into whether fizzy drinks can make you drunk more quickly. Why, if you have too many of them,

those fizzy drinks are going to make the room spin. Whether lightning ever does strike twice,

and does cracking your knuckles give you arthritis. If you've got any questions for us

grab a pen and paper we'll be giving you our contact number shortly.

Cat. Thanks Chris. This week we will be finding out why no pain means no gain.

Scientists have finally used a family of firewalkers to discover a

gene that enables us to feel pain. I'll be talking about why global warming is making

seals get steamy and scientists have developed a visor to help you see

the invisible.

And in kitchen science we'll be battling the Bethelizer, peculiarly and Eili Fire Station,

to find out how breathalyzer works and if you can fool it.

And if you want to have a go at winning a fabulous Christmas present, I'm giving away signed copies of my new book

which is called Naked Science.

It's stuff full of fun and funky science stories like those that you hear here on the

naked scientists, and to win, all you need to do is decipher some chemical formulae.

Now, have a guess at what these chemicals are, they're all connected to Christmas. You might want to write this down.

Number 1, C2H50H, that's number 1, number 2, C9H804, and this one's a long one C-203 H-718 O-328 N4 K2 N-A1, S1, CL1.

I'll go through them again in later on in the programs.

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