How do invisible x-rays help us see?

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

X-rays, part of the electromagnetic spectrum, help doctors see our bones — but they also help scientists understand the very smallest particles and the most massive black holes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Brandton.
0:01.7	Well, we're serious about being curious.
0:04.0	That's right.
0:08.0	Even if you've never had a broken bone,
0:09.8	you're probably familiar with what an x-ray looks like.
0:12.3	How would you describe it, Frankie?
0:13.7	An image of your skeleton or the bones that some people say are hidden inside your skin.
0:18.6	And that is the x-ray that most of us are familiar with.
0:21.1	But that's not an actual x-ray.
0:23.2	It's an image made by capturing x-rays.
0:25.8	So how are these x-rays made?
0:28.4	And how do they let us see through our bodies?
0:31.1	And what do x-rays have to do with DNA?
0:33.2	Or black holes?
0:34.7	We'll find out right now.
0:36.3	Keep listening.
0:39.0	You're listening to Brandton from MPR News and Southern California Public Radio.
0:43.1	I'm Molly Bloom, and here with me today is Frankie Brown Eagle from Minneapolis.
0:47.2	Hello Frankie.
0:48.3	Hello.
0:49.2	Have you ever had an x-ray image taken?
0:51.6	Yes.
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