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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Climate Change and more Ask the Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6958 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2007

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year! We celebrate the arrival of 2008 with a second special edition of our new podcast, Ask The Naked Scientists, followed by a 25 minute round up of the top climate change stories featured on the Naked Scientists over the last 12 months. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, happy new year and welcome to 2008. We've got two shows for you this week,

0:11.8

a second edition of our newly launched podcast,

0:14.1

Ask the Naked Scientists, and a 2007 30 minute climate change special in which we'll

0:19.7

look back over the last 12 months at some of the key global warming stories that we've been covering.

0:25.0

So sit back and enjoy.

0:26.0

First up, here's Dave Ansel, Sue Marchant and me getting together to ask the naked scientists.

0:31.0

Why do people go bald?

0:32.8

Why baboons bums red?

0:34.3

What's a light, yeah.

0:35.2

Why do leaves go brown in the autumn?

0:36.4

Why do monkeys like bananas?

0:37.6

Why do animals not understand you?

0:39.6

Why don't you know the answer?

0:41.6

Ask the naked scientists.

0:45.0

I'm pleased to welcome into the studio live here tonight,

0:50.0

the lovely Dr Dave.

0:52.0

Good evening. How are you? I'm good. Dave. Good evening.

0:53.0

How are you? I'm good.

0:54.0

Good. We've got loads of questions coming up here as well.

0:57.0

I'm going to start with one from Mundo Pace,

1:00.0

who says,

1:01.0

what happens if you are traveling at the speed of light then turn your headlights on?

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