Do Bacteria Grow on Bars of Soap?

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

🗓️ 29 May 2010

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show, we find out if bacteria will grow on a bar of soap, why bird poo is white and whether or not a moon can have its own moon. Also, do sweeteners alter your metabolism and can we re-stock the oceans with farmed fish? Plus, we explore the oily threat to Bluefin Tuna, a newly discovered way that blood vessels in the brain clear a blockage, how channels on Mars reveal secrets about the Martian climate, and why shape is essential for H. plyori - a gut bug associated with ulcers and cancer. In Kitchen Science, Ben and Dave recreate a classic... 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.
0:06.0	The Naked Scientists.
0:10.0	This week a new way to save the threatened tuna, the discovery of a new clock-busting
0:15.8	system that keeps blood vessels clear in the brain and the solution to a million-year-old
0:20.0	mystery on Mars, scientists have discovered the origins of some rather strange spiral
0:23.8	formations at the planets north and it turns out south poles.
0:27.8	Hello welcome to this week's naked scientists I'm Chris Smith and also here are
0:32.1	Dominic Ford from our Naked Astronomy Podcast.
0:34.3	Hello Dominic, hi Chris.
0:35.3	And also Helen Scales of course, Helen.
0:37.3	Hello and also this week we're answering your science questions, lots of them
0:42.1	because it's our science question and answer extra
0:44.8	so stay tuned to find out whether artificial sweeteners can alter your
0:49.6	metabolism, can the weather cause earthquakes and can a moon have its own moon?
0:56.0	Plus in question of the week
0:58.0	Diana will be tackling this delightful question.
1:01.0	Why does eating sugar pass make your whee smell funny?
1:05.0	Wonderful.
1:06.0	Well, the answers to all those and many more are on the way.
1:09.0	And of course, if you've got a question you're burning for us to answer, We'd love to hear from you so stay tuned
1:14.0	and we'll give you details of how to get in touch just in a moment.
1:17.1	Kevin, thanks very much. Also later on in the program Ben and Dave will be with us
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