Naked Science Question and Answer and the Science of Happiness - Naked Scientists 06.05.28

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2006

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Answering all your science questions this week are Chris, Kat and Dave, including why some people are so prone to static electric shocks, whether humans will exceed the speed of light, how pain killers know where the pain is, and why cows get sunburnt in some places and not others... Also on the show, Bob and Chelsea provide the latest news from across the pond in Science Update, Felicia Huppert talks about the science of well-being and natures feel-good factors, and Derek sets sail in Kitchen Science as he learns how to make matchstick boats. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Live from the BBC The Naked Scientists.
0:08.0	This week it's time for the Naked Scientists Live Science Phoenin, which means after we take a look at
0:14.2	some of this week's big science breakthroughs which we do every single week then
0:17.6	we'll be opening the phone lines text lines and emails to you and handing the
0:21.5	reins of the program to you to ask us any questions you'd like us to answer about anything science.
0:27.0	It's 08-559-25-2,000 on the telephone, 07-76, 20, 1960 on the text, or Chris at Naked Scientist.com
0:36.8	if you'd like to send me an email.
0:37.9	Hello, I'm Chris Smith and also here in the studio presenting tonight's program
0:41.4	is Kat Arnie.
0:42.3	Hello. And also Dave Ansel.
0:44.4	Evening.
0:45.4	Cat what else have we got in store for everyone this evening?
0:47.8	Well coming up on the show tonight we're going to be hearing from Chris
0:50.7	about a brand new antibiotic. We're rapidly running out of ways to tackle
0:55.1	bacteria, bacterial infections, so this could be the way forward. Dave's going to be bringing
0:59.8	us very exciting news about an invisibility cloak for all your Harry Potter fans out there.
1:04.9	And this is something very close to my heart.
1:06.8	Scientists have finally found why some people get fat and why some people don't when they eat the
1:12.4	same thing. And the same thing and the
1:13.7	culprit is not the pies but it's something much smaller than that we'll be
1:17.0	finding out more later and if you're in an experimental mood this evening in
1:20.4	kitchen science we've got a fabulous thing for you to try you'll just need a match stick a knife and some washing up liquid
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