Do animals use toilet paper?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2010

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We investigate the toilet habits of the animal kingdom this week as well as taking a pot shot at which way a dirty golf ball swings in mid air, answering whether warmer waters attract more sharks and if there's a genetic basis to intelligence. We also get an update on what geologists studying the recent earthquake in Haiti are learning from information beamed back from space, and how a new tech-driven initiative called Crisis Camps is helping to streamline aid efforts after a catastrophe. Plus, laser-sensitive nanoparticles that can help to identify tumours, the genome of a 4000 year old man... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Boldly going where no science show has gone before.
0:05.0	The Naked Scientists
0:10.0	Hello and
0:16.6	Hello and welcome to this week's naked scientists and that's with Helen Scales. Hello.
0:17.6	Our marine biologist in residence and Dave Ansel is also here
0:21.2	our kitchen science guru and physicist extraordinary.
0:23.5	Hi Dave.
0:24.5	Hi there.
0:25.5	And also I'm Chris Smith.
0:26.5	Now coming up this week, a magnetic way to pick up cancer cells in the bloodstream, we'll
0:30.9	find out how that works.
0:32.2	Also, how scientists have seen the 4,000 year old face of an ancient human,
0:37.0	at least genetically speaking,
0:38.0	and I can tell you for free this person had dry ear wax.
0:41.0	How nice.
0:42.0	Also, they say an elephant never forgets, but does he never run either?
0:46.7	Well we'll know in just a second because Helen Scales will tell us all Helen.
0:50.4	Absolutely, thanks Chris. Also this week it's our science question and answer special.
0:55.0	We will be solving your scientific problems.
0:57.5	Coming up, why is Saudi Arabia blessed with most of the world's oil?
1:01.5	Is IQ inherited? and what's the smallest thing we can see with a
1:06.0	microscope we'd also love to hear if you've got any questions for us at all
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