Eggs, eyes and quantum - November QnA

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

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week - How do glow worms glow, and can they do so indefinitely? Why don't birds fall out of trees when they sleep? And space tourism: when can I book my ticket to orbit? We've assembled an expert panel to answer your science questions - Richard Hollingham, space and science journalist; Keziah Latham, optometrist; Peter Cowley, tech investor, and Sophie Mowles, behavioural ecologist. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	I have you loud and clear.
0:03.0	Hello.
0:04.0	Hello.
0:05.0	Welcome.
0:06.0	Science.
0:09.0	And that is the same
0:10.0	physics medicine,
0:11.0	nature or space time, brain, life, the universe.
0:15.0	Hello, welcome to the naked scientist.
0:18.7	This is the show where we take you to the cutting edge of science, technology and medicine.
0:23.2	My name's Chris Smith, and this week we're solving the science questions
0:26.7	that you've been sending us.
0:28.0	On the way, how do glowworms glow, and can they do that indefinitely?
0:31.7	Why don't birds fall out of trees when they nod off and
0:35.0	space tourism? When can I book my ticket into orbit?
0:39.0	The Naked Scientist Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.
0:44.0	Now with us today on the naked scientist for a panel of experts who are answering your science questions.
0:56.0	Richard Hollingham is an award-winning space and science journalist.
1:00.4	He also makes the space boffins podcast. It's been going a while now. It must be eight years. It is eight years. More than eight years. Yeah, I know we were one of the one of the after your podcast of course. We're one of the early podcasts and now everyone's doing it. Yeah and going
1:13.5	going strong though it is it's still going very strong. Yeah and what have you brought for us to do what's got you fired up in the space
1:18.6	realm? I brought some show and tell. It's in a plastic bag as you can hear. This is from
1:25.4	1954 the Boys Book of Space. Only for boys.
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