Is there such a thing as a "girls' throw"?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2012

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Does exercise lead to a more muscular heart? Why can an unfit cyclist cycle faster than an olympic runner runs? How do kinetic watches work? We answer your questions in this week's Naked Scientists Podcast, and find out why so many dead bugs end up on their backs, how salmonella gets into an egg, and if it's more efficient to fill your freezer than run it half empty? In the news we hear how farming migrated across Europe, why distant stars might have influenced life on Earth, and why rogue DNA can cause heart failure. Plus, we home in on the parts of the pigeon brain that respond to... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Stripping down science, the naked scientists.
0:07.0	The Naked Scientists. It is your opportunity to hear the answers to the scientific questions that you have
0:27.7	always wondered about including... I guess that the gene that codes for men having hairy chests and hairy backs,
0:37.0	is just an evolutionary advantage in response to some sort of environmental pressure.
0:42.0	But how come women don't have
0:43.9	beards in response to the same pressures? The Soviet Olympic female shop put team
0:49.7	not included. Hello it's Sunday the 29th of April, welcome to the naked scientists.
0:54.1	I'm Chris Smith and also here this week is Diana O Carol.
0:57.1	Hello Diana.
0:58.1	Hello and also on the way.
1:00.1	Why life on Earth might owe its diversity to stars blowing themselves up elsewhere in the galaxy.
1:05.6	Plus with a very refreshing kitchen science, also with us is Dave Ansel.
1:10.0	Hello this week I'm taking on this challenge.
1:13.0	I recently saw a video which a friend of mine uploaded to YouTube and what it shows is someone
1:18.0	holding a bottle of wine in a trainer and bashing it hard against the wall until eventually the cork comes out.
1:24.0	So when you forget that corkscrew can you really get the cork out of a bottle by bashing
1:28.6	it inside a trainer against a wall? We'll find out whether it works very shortly.
1:33.4	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UK Fast, the UK's best hosting provider on the
1:41.0	web at UKfast.co. UK.
1:44.0	Now we heard from Neil Brisco, who got in touch with us by email initially and he's with us now. Hello Neil. Hello Chris. You got a question for us. Yes on my
1:57.6	wrist I've got to watch. It doesn't need winding up and it doesn't take a
2:01.9	battery. It uses the movement of my wrist to keep it powered.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr Chris Smith, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr Chris Smith and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.