Stripping down science, the naked scientists.

The Naked Scientists. How much do people actually get through to their dog when they say something to them?

What does the dog take away from the conversation?

And what would happen if a person were exposed to the vacuum of space without a spacesuit?

Would they go bang!

Well, we'll find out shortly because it is our naked scientist's

Q&A show this week.

Hello, I'm Chris Smith.

It's Sunday, August the 12th, and with show this week. Hello I'm Chris Smith. It's Sunday August the 12th and with us this

week to our answer your science questions is Victoria Gill and Dominic Ford.

On the way news of the discovery that Stone Age men with the first Lombrejacks and how space

scientists have found some of the universe's missing matter in our own cosmic neighborhood.

And we'll find out how to knock epilepsy on the head with a tiny but carefully timed bit of

electric current. And we have banished our kitchen science guru Dave Ansel to the

kitchen. What are you doing there, Dave? Well I'll be here playing with electrochemistry.

I'm trying to find out if I can make a battery to charge a mobile phone using just some

fruit and a few nails. Sounds electrifying. Thanks Dave. That's all on the way.

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And straight out of the blocks, Mike Hammond is on the phone, hello Mike.

Hi, good morning Chris. Okay Okay what can we do for you?

Well I've got a 14 month old cat when I give him a belly rub he keeps open and

closing his front paws and I want to find out why this is. What's the cat's name?

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