Could The Internet Die?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

From why spicy isn't a taste, to how long it takes a comet to form, we've gone in search of the answers to the questions you've been sending in. We investigate whether the Internet is immune to a breakdown, if a person dreams under anaesthetic, why days are divided into 24 hours, and could an explosive stop a storm? Plus, news of a new cancer therapy that's got everyone talking, and how to recycle wasted energy... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	I have you loud and clear.
0:03.3	Hello.
0:04.3	Hello.
0:05.3	Welcome.
0:06.3	And that is
0:10.0	and that is the same physics medicine, nature or space, time, brain, life, the universe.
0:15.0	Hello and welcome to the naked scientists and this week we're answering your science
0:20.9	questions with our panel of the brightest and the best minds we could find.
0:25.0	Plus we'll be discussing the new game change in cancer treatment and the futuristic world of energy harvesting and much more. I'm Katani and this is the Naked
0:35.2	Scientists. The Naked Scientists podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.
0:41.1	UK. Let's begin by meeting our team of brains and we have Stuart Higgins he's our resident physicist from
0:53.8	Cambridge University he works on optoe electronics that's the use of light in
0:57.8	electronic devices like computers and mobile phone screens we're joined by Peter
1:01.6	cowley he's a tech investor extraordinary, and
1:04.8	our technology guru.
1:06.8	We've got neuroscientist Ginny Smith, she's our brainy lady, she can discuss the body, the mind
1:11.1	and anything in between.
1:13.0	And we have Chris Smith, naked scientist, virologist at Ann Brooks Hospital in Cambridge,
1:17.0	and our resident know it all, who can tackle pretty much anything else.
1:21.0	And myself, I am a trained geneticist and a cancer expert. So our first question is for you
1:26.6	Jenny, let's kick off and it comes from Jody. I've got an H-A-old daughter who now and again twists my arm and falls asleep in front of the
1:36.7	tilly. What I find strange and what has been bothering me for a while is that when I carry her up to a room, she feels
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