Stripping down science, the Naked Scientists.

Hello and welcome to this week's naked scientists with me, Chris Smith, with Cat Arnie,

and with Dave Ansel.

Hi.

This week, the inside information on the Loch Ness monster.

Is he real?

Is it fact?

Is it fiction?

Also how scientists have come up with a pill to reverse the effects of aging and prolong your life by some 20 percent

And the good news is that the chemical they're working on is also in red wine

Scientists have also come up with a possible male contraceptive pill which we'll be talking about later

and the flu seasons looming. Researchers have found that your likelihood of succumbing could be down to

your genes. What's all about? Find out later.

Remember, remember it's the fifth of November and in this week's kitchen science we're going to be showing you some of the science of fireworks and how one scientist has blasted his way into the record books.

We actually set up 56,459 rockets in frames and trying to ignite them all within a very short period of time.

At the end of the day, we actually only had four left in the frame.

That was all in the space of less than 30 seconds, so we'll be

hearing from the master blaster, Roy Larry himself later on in the show. Don't forget

this week is also our naked scientist question and answer show. We're devoting

pretty much the entire show to tackling your questions. So if you've ever

wondered why woodpeckers don't get headaches or brain damage from banging

their heads against trees, why a banana skin slippery, and in my case today,

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