Is Technology Altering Your Brain?

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

🗓️ 20 November 2011

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Is modern technology changing your brain? How fast does flu fly? Can you build a lightsaber? Your questions are the stars on the Naked Scientists this week, as we discuss the implications of faster-than-light travel, the risks of skydiving through a thundercloud, and ask if dogs can sniff out cancer. Plus, we find out how the brain detects different diets, what happens when black holes collide, and in Kitchen Science, how a coin can make a balloon roar! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Stripping down science, the naked scientists.
0:07.0	The Naked Scientists. Hello, it's Sunday the 20th of November.
0:13.0	Welcome to the naked scientists. I'm Chris
0:25.0	Smith and also here this week our Hannah Crichlow. Hello Hannah, hello Hannah
0:28.8	and as a neuroscientist so we're going to have lots of brain fun coming up and our favorite Dave
0:33.7	Ansel the kitchen science guru hello Dave.
0:35.7	Hello Dave.
0:36.7	Now we're taking on your science questions this week it is a science phone in and
0:40.0	we'll be finding out whether paragliding through a thundercloud places you at risk of being
0:43.8	hit by lightning, how many germs there are lurking on a bank note, and is new technology altering
0:49.9	how our brains work.
0:51.9	And we've also got news this week of particles
0:54.0	traveling faster than light. Scientists have repeated the experiments that
0:57.5	found neutrinos breaking Einstein's famous light speed limit.
1:01.0	And in kitchen science we'll be doing an experiment that makes this noise.
1:04.7	You can have a go to, grab a balloon and a coin or a metal nut and I'll explain what you have to do
1:11.3	and why it's important very shortly.
1:13.0	Thank you, Dave.
1:14.0	If you have any questions or any comments for us, tweet into at naked scientists, run our
1:18.7	Facebook page which is at Facebook.com slash the naked scientist or why not drop us an email
1:24.3	our email address Chris at the naked scientist dot com.
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