Lottery Numbers and Banana Skins

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

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It's Q&A time! We've picked a selection of the best science questions from listeners, like: are lottery numbers really random? Is there still a hole in the ozone layer? And crucially - why do some bananas peel into three sections and some into four? Here to answer them is our expert panel: tech journalist Tim Revell, geneticist Hannah Thompson, climate scientist Ella Gilbert, and physicist Jess Wade... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	I have you loud and clear.
0:03.2	Hello.
0:04.2	Hello.
0:05.2	Welcome.
0:06.2	Science.
0:09.2	And that is the same physics, medicine, nature, or space, time, brain, life, the universe.
0:16.1	Hello, happy New Year.
0:17.7	Welcome to the first outing of the Naked Scientists in 2020.
0:21.4	I'm Chris Smith, and this is, is of course the show where we bring you
0:23.9	the latest breakthroughs in science, technology, and medicine and this week it is
0:28.1	Q&A time beginning with some key questions like this one. I was eating a banana the
0:32.2	other day and wondered why do some
0:34.2	bananas have three sections in their peals while others have four or five.
0:38.2	Also are lottery numbers really random? Is there still a hole in the ozone layer and what would happen if
0:45.4	you injected yourself with dinosaur DNA? The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast
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0:54.0	Now with us this week our talented tech- head Tim Ravel, he's from new scientists.
1:05.7	Great to have you back Tim.
1:06.7	Yeah, great to be here, thanks Chris.
1:08.2	And what have you had on your radar at new scientists lately?
1:11.2	Well, we've been testing out the idea that going vegan
1:14.4	improves your carbon footprint reduces the amount of CO2 you are responsible for and
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