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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 October 2012

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Are vegetables intelligent? Is Pi a "normal" number? Are humans the only picky eaters? We take on your science questions, including why women generally don't go bald and how fingers can feel cold even though they're warm to the touch. Plus, we're joined by Matt Parker, the Stand Up Mathematician, who takes on your mathematical brain teasers, and explains how a simple mathematical trick can let you predict the numbers on a barcode! 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. Why don't women go bald? Why does meat change color when you cook it?
0:27.0	And can plastic water bottles affect your fertility?
0:30.0	Well, this show is sure pregnant with all of the answers.
0:33.0	Hello, it is Sunday the 21st of October.
0:35.0	It's our science question and answer special with me, Chris Smith and also with Ginny Smith.
0:40.0	And this week, a potential new vaccine for the herpes virus that causes cold
0:44.4	sores and we're also joined by special guest Matt Parker, the stand-up
0:49.7	mathematician. Hi there Matt? Hey guys. He'll be pitting his wits against your questions on anything
0:56.0	maths. Email Chris at the Naked Scientist.com or tweet at naked scientist.
1:01.6	The Naked Scientists. Scientists.
1:04.0	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UK Fast, the UK's best hosting provider on the web at
1:10.9	UKfast.
1:11.8	co-dot UK.
1:13.0	Let's kick off.
1:17.0	Ginny, this one's for you and Elias Hadad says,
1:22.0	why does red meek turn white when you cook it?
1:25.0	In other words, why does meat change colour with heating in the pan?
1:28.0	Well, that's a really interesting question.
1:30.0	So when you think about meat, it's made of of protein and when protein is heated the shape of it changes
1:36.4	so normally it's quite a long molecule but as it's heated it actually shrinks so if you
1:41.4	imagine cooking a chicken breast you see that as it cooks it gets
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