Food science, ancient human genes, and dark comets

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

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In the news pod, Chris van Tulleken tells us what he's got planned for this years Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Then we hear about the innovation to harness energy from radioactive carbon-14 atoms, and learn more about when humans and Neanderthals got to know each other. Then, we look skyward, where astronomers have described a series of mysterious near-Earth objects similar to the famous Oumuamua... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:03.3	Absolutely genius.
0:04.1	Get this.
0:04.8	Welcome.
0:05.9	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:07.7	What that essentially means is...
0:09.2	Discovery is...
0:09.9	Advances.
0:10.8	Research.
0:11.5	Technology.
0:12.4	Unbelievable.
0:13.4	Without further ado, this is The Naked Scientists.
0:17.4	Hello, welcome to The Naked Scientists.
0:19.2	This is the show that brings you the biggest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.
0:23.8	I'm Chris Smith.
0:24.9	And coming up, Operation Ouches, Chris Van Tiliken tells us why he's tackling obesity in his Christmas lectures this year.
0:32.4	Also, how radioactivity encased in diamonds can make safe batteries,
0:36.8	one spin-off of which is that they can
0:38.4	potentially last for thousands of years. How's that for timekeeping? And they weren't alien spacecraft
0:43.8	after all, but what are the dark comets that space scientists are now documenting?
0:49.8	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education, this is The Naked Scientists.
1:04.6	First this week, the UK's chief medical officer Chris Witty has used his annual report to bear down heavily on obesity.
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