Naked Science Questions and Answers

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

🗓️ 26 March 2006

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Answering all your burning science, technology and medicine questions this week are Drs Chris, Dave and Phil, who will be looking at why purifying seawater is not the answer to water shortages, how 3D glasses work and whether a man on a meteor would have to hold on tight or just soak up the stellar scenery. Also on the show, Daniel Scuka at the European Space Agency provides a Venus Express update, Diana Liverman talks about how to turn down the heat on climate change, and in Kitchen Science Anna Lacey finds out why we hear strange voices when we play old records backwards. 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.
0:07.0	Coming up this week we're taking your science questions on anything because it is the naked scientist science
0:14.6	Q&A.
0:15.6	Hello I'm Chris Smith and for the next hour here on the naked scientist it's very much your game.
0:19.5	You just call in 08-559-25, 2000 or email me Chris at Naked Scientist.com and will answer any
0:26.2	science question that you'd like us to talk about. Get calling now 08-559-25-2,000
0:32.0	any question goes.
0:33.6	Also, with a rundown of what else we have to look forward to us on tonight's program.
0:37.6	Here's Dave Ansel and Phil Rosenberg, Phil.
0:40.4	Phil.
0:41.4	Okay, well for me we're going to be hearing about the first results from
0:45.0	the Stardust mission that went to a comet, Wild 2 and brought back samples.
0:49.5	And on kitchen science today we'll be finding out about music and how your brain
0:54.8	understand sounds and language. Things like this.
0:58.0	So if you want to find out what that's like or if you have any ideas give us a call on
1:06.8	08-559 25-2,000 and if you want to find out listen on to the show.
1:11.8	There is an Encyclopedia Britannica up for grabs if you can guess what that was saying.
1:16.0	We'll be playing it again lots and lots of times during the program and we'll be finding
1:18.8	out what it actually means.
1:20.2	What about the science of music in kitchen science with Anna Lacey later on this evening?
1:23.7	But don't forget if you have any science questions.
1:26.2	08-59-25-2,000 or email Chris at Naked Scientist.
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