Food Security: Insects for Dinner?
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2016
⏱️ 60 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I have you loud and clear. |
| 0:03.6 | Hello. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello. |
| 0:05.6 | Welcome. |
| 0:06.6 | And that is |
| 0:10.0 | and that is to say physics medicine nature, or space, time, brain, life, the universe. |
| 0:16.3 | By 2050, the global population is set to rise to more than 10 billion people. |
| 0:22.3 | But right now, one in 10 of us are already suffering from chronic hunger. |
| 0:26.0 | So this week we're exploring how we reconcile a rising population with an already hungry world. |
| 0:32.0 | One solution might be to do what I'll be doing later, |
| 0:35.3 | eating insects. |
| 0:36.7 | Lovely. |
| 0:37.7 | Plus, in the news this week, scientists are one step closer to understanding autism and we take a moment to say goodbye to the |
| 0:45.4 | Phil Islander. |
| 0:46.7 | I'm Katani. |
| 0:47.7 | I'm Chris Smith and this is The Naked Scientists. |
| 0:52.2 | The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. |
| 0:55.0 | UK. First, children born with autism struggle with their speech and language development, |
| 1:09.0 | and they often also have social and behavioral difficulties. |
| 1:12.0 | Scientists don't know what causes the condition, |
| 1:14.2 | but in some cases the problem has been traced back to infections |
| 1:17.4 | in an affected child's mother during her pregnancy. |
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