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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Naked in Australia

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2013

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week we have a special show from Perth in Western Australia. Chris Smith finds out whether importing nitrogen fixing legumes could hold the answer to Perth's poor soil fertility and Victoria Gill heads out on a scientific fishing trip to see how Black Bream stocks could give us an insight into the health of estuaries. Plus could gardens hold the answer to preserving the native plants of the Kimberley? In the news, the first measurement of the magnetic field of a black hole, how squid skin could help us hide from infra red cameras and what can David Beckham tell us about playing the... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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T.S.B. proud partners of the Pride of Britain Awards. You're going to. Hello, welcome to the naked scientists. This week's program comes to you from two sides of the world, Perth in Western Australia and

0:57.2

Cambridge in England.

0:59.2

And here in Cambridge will be discussing the first ever measurement of the magnetic field around a black hole.

1:05.0

And what can David Beckham tell us about playing the piano?

1:09.0

And here in Australia, how plants from South Africa are being used to improve some of the worst

1:15.4

soils in the world and we go fishing to see how climate change is affecting how fish breed

1:21.6

in estuaries.

1:24.0

Some black room here.

1:26.0

We've also got the theme of it,

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which some people like to eat as well,

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and then we've got a toadfish.

1:32.0

If you'd like to get in touch with this, you can email Chris at the Naked Scientists.

1:37.0

You can tweet at naked scientists, or you can find us on Facebook at Facebook.com slash the Naked Scientists.

1:47.0

Hello I'm Dominic Ford and also joining me in Cambridge to take a look at the news

1:55.3

headlines is Kate Lamble. Kate what's caught your eye? I don't know whether you

2:00.5

watch Time Team but essentially Tony Robinson turns up in your

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