Naked Christmas: Presents, plonk and a pliosaur

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

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this festive magazine show, join Chris Smith as he samples the BMJ's Christmas offerings, enjoys a glass or two of sparkling wine (in the name of science, of course), and previews the pliosaur discovery set to make waves on TV over the Christmas period... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
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0:05.0	Absolutely genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	the advances, research, technology, unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:17.7	Hello, Merry Christmas and welcome to the naked scientist,
0:20.4	the program that brings you the latest breakthroughs
0:22.3	in science science technology and
0:23.7	medicine with me Chris Smith and this week we're getting into the festive spirit
0:28.0	to explore some of the science surrounding Christmas coming up is the Doctor's Office Coffee Machine infectious.
0:35.7	That and more entertaining stories from the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal.
0:39.9	Also the Science of Champagne and the 150 million-year-old marine reptile that has a primetime Christmas
0:46.6	slot on TV.
0:48.4	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education, this is the Naked Scientists.
0:57.0	Up first this week each year the British Medical Journal publishes a special Christmas
1:05.3	and New Year edition that welcomes more light-hearted fair and satire from the world of science.
1:11.0	It gives doctors the chance to let their research hair down a bit. So what Christmas
1:14.7	crackers have made it in this year? Well, here to tell us is the editor-in-chief of the
1:19.2	BMJ, Cameron Abbasi. So the first one is a study of the safety of COLA in resolving what we call
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