Ghost pond resurrection

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Ponds used to prosper alongside old agricultural practices. But 100 years' of modernisation has seen bodies of water on farmland disappear, although they never truly die. And this week we go in search of their ghostly remains and show how they can spring back to life. Plus, in the news, how dengue and Zika infection makes us more attractive to mosquitoes, a lunar mystery that has space agencies bickering, and how you may be able to help map the entire seabed by 2030... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
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0:05.0	Absolutely genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is
0:10.0	Discoveries,
0:11.0	advances, research, technology, unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:18.2	Hello and welcome to the naked scientist,
0:20.1	a show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine.
0:25.0	I'm Harry Lewis.
0:26.0	This week, scientists reveal how many people are suffering from long COVID, calling nerves to treat chronic pain and mapping the entire ocean.
0:34.0	And a little later...
0:36.0	You better get out of the pond, loose.
0:38.0	I'm stuck.
0:40.0	Yeah, we're going to be getting literally stuck into a ghostly pond hunt, bringing long lost bodies of water back from the dead.
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0:52.8	UK.
0:53.8	But first, infection with the mosquito-o-o-o-k.
0:57.8	But first, infection with the mosquito-born disease, Dengue, or its relative the zeca virus
1:06.4	alters a person's smell, makes them more attractive to mosquitoes, boosting the spread of the
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