Dengue, decaying dead bodies, and a stone age deer trap

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In the news pod, as an outbreak of Dengue fever rips through Brazil, we ask, should we be worried in Europe? Also, scientists describe the microbes responsible for the decomposition of animal flesh, and a miraculous underwater archaelogical find sheds light on ancient hunting practices. Plus, could teasing behaviours in great apes be the origins of our own sense of humour? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:04.0	running.
0:05.0	Absolutely genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is
0:10.0	Discoveries,
0:11.0	advances, research, technology,
0:13.5	unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:18.2	Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientist.
0:20.3	This is a show where we bring the latest latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine with me Chris Smith
0:26.0	And coming up a huge outbreak of dengue fever hits Brazil so should we be worried here in Europe
0:35.8	Scientists discover the types of microbe that drive the decomposition of animal flesh, including, gruesomely, our own, and where do we get our sense
0:42.2	of humour from?
0:43.4	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education,
0:47.0	this is the Naked Scientists. Brazil is in the midst of a huge outbreak of dengue fever with public health experts anticipating a surge in cases across Latin America too.
1:06.2	To find out more, we put in a call to James Whitehorn, who is a consultant in microbiology
1:10.6	and infectious diseases at Geison St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust.
1:15.4	He spent a large part of his professional career studying this particular virus.
1:19.3	Dengy is a viral infection that is increasing in incidents around the world for a number of reasons but
1:25.1	what's been particularly striking is in Brazil that the case numbers are three or
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