Do Metal Spinal Implants Lure Lightning?

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 January 2011

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Does a metal implant turn a person into a living lightning-conductor or radio receiver, is eye-size important, why is frost bad for freezers, where did the first organic molecules come from, what happens to sparkling drinks in space and why does a bump on the head make you see stars? This week, join Chris, Sarah and Dave as they pit their wits against the latest crop of your top questions. Plus, why making new computer chips looks set to become easy PC, how stem cells can get to the heart of Long QT Syndrome, feeding the world in 2050 and a new musical device to keep the drummer in the driving... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Stripping down science, the naked scientists. Hello it's January the 16th 2011 and this is the first naked scientist's question and answer show of the year and it's also my birthday which is very nice. I'm Chris Smith and with me is Dave Ansel. Hello Dave.
0:28.6	Hello Dave. And I'm Sarah Koster Perry. Coming up the answers to all of your science questions, including what happens to a fizzy
0:36.2	drink in space, why does a knock on the head make someone see stars, and do surgical implants
0:42.2	attract lightning, Sarah.
0:44.0	We'll also be hearing about a new system to keep the drummer in control.
0:48.0	It's something that I can interact with, so it's a computer it responds to me like another musician.
0:53.5	I interact with it as I do with the bassist and the keyboardist and the singer.
0:57.5	In a live situation, if the audience is enjoying it,
1:00.0	and there's a buzz going on, I can go there, I can speed up, and I know the machine's there I go for it it
1:04.9	listens and away we go you know and I've got an experiment to reveal how rockets
1:08.6	work why planes can't be powered by vacuum cleaners you need a couple of bendy straws and a pair of scissors and a lung full of air.
1:15.4	I'm quite glad that planes can't be powered by straws and vacuum cleaners. That could be quite a long suck, I think you could say. Thank you Dave.
1:22.2	If you'd like to get in touch with us meanwhile
1:24.0	then you can contact us through Twitter you tweet at naked scientists you can also write on our
1:28.7	Facebook page that's the naked scientist dot com forward slash Facebook it'll take you there or you can drop
1:34.3	us an email the email address is Chris at the naked scientist dot com
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1:48.0	UK.
1:50.0	Well this is the naked scientist with Chris Smith Dave Ansel and Sarah Kaster Perry and first
1:57.6	off let's take a look at some of this week's top science new stories Dave what have
2:00.7	you got there?
2:01.7	Well a quicker cheaper way of making computer chips has been developed.
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