Could A Human Actually Get Super Powers?
Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie
BBC
4.8 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Greg James and Bella Mackie take a lesson in genetics from Biology teacher Ms Marwick.
Greg and Bella look at the science behind DNA, find out why loving cheese is a secret super power, and discover how genetic manipulation could help humans fly, go invisible or even freeze themselves.
The discussion turns to what superpowers they would like each other to have, and would they... could they... clone Barney the Dog?
We also hear about the Dark Lady of DNA, Rosalind Franklin, and discover how she set the groundwork for Watson and Crick's discovery of the double helix, which picked up a Nobel Prize in 1962.
Bad students of all ages are welcome. Expect brilliant teachers, captivating subjects but absolutely no homework.
Get in touch with your funny school stories - email us at teachme@bbc.co.uk
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | By the end of this podcast, we're going to answer the question, |
| 0:07.8 | could a human actually get superpowers? |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Bella Mackie, five foot, seven and a half, rounding up, 5-8. And I'm Bellamaki 5 foot 7 and a half rounding up 5 8 and I'm Greg James 6 foot 4 |
| 0:16.7 | towering over you. Yeah well done. This is Tisne a lesson the podcast where we find out what insanely interesting things are being taught in schools up and down the country. |
| 0:32.0 | We don't think that you should up and down the country. |
| 0:32.6 | We don't think that you should learn just in the classroom, we think you should carry |
| 0:35.8 | on learning throughout your life. |
| 0:37.4 | And so every week we're on a mission to seek out the most inspirational teachers to help us explore |
| 0:41.7 | new worlds, teach us new things, cover subjects that you might have been taught in school but in a different way and dare I say it in a more interesting way. |
| 0:48.0 | Essentially we want these teachers to teach us their favorite ever lesson because we think that you're actually better at |
| 0:53.7 | learning once you've left school okay? |
| 0:58.4 | Controversial? |
| 0:59.4 | Controversial. |
| 1:00.4 | Well that's me I'm edgy it's a shm a shock jock. |
| 1:03.4 | Oh God. This is our first science lesson of term two but if you head over to the BBC |
| 1:07.6 | sounds app you can find last terms episodes on the biology behind why we get |
| 1:12.1 | ill the physics of moving to the moon, |
| 1:14.4 | and the chemistry of how much do we on a jellyfish sting. |
| 1:18.8 | Wasn't the spoiler to that that like you shouldn't... |
| 1:20.8 | B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B. All right okay all right fine fine you have to listen to the episode |
| 1:24.8 | what's today's lesson then bella today's lesson is another trip to the biology lab but this time |
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