North Sea ship crash, and super spuds

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On this edition of the Naked Scientists Podcast, what are the potential environmental impacts of the ship crash in the North Sea? Also, we find out what's being done to reduce the risk from engineered pandemics, and reveal what's going on inside the best electric vehicle batteries on the market. Then, it's off to Lincolnshire to profile the bruise-resistant, quicker-cooking potatoes of the future... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:04.5	Absolutely genius.
0:05.4	Welcome.
0:06.3	Welcome.
0:07.2	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is advanced.
0:11.8	Research.
0:12.8	Technology.
0:13.7	Unbelievable.
0:14.6	Without further ado, this is the Naked Scientists.
0:18.0	Hello, welcome to this week's Naked Scientists podcast.
0:22.0	This is the show that brings you the biggest breakthroughs and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science,
0:26.0	technology and medicine. I'm Chris Smith. Coming up, the major collision in the English channel,
0:31.9	but how did it happen and what are the consequences? Also, we talk to the team gearing up to
0:36.8	tackle engineered pandemics.
0:38.8	Yes, that does mean man-made outbreaks.
0:42.0	And we explore how science is boosting the taste and quality of potatoes.
0:46.5	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education, this is the Naked Scientists.
1:00.6	Music this is The Naked Scientists. First this week, police have begun a criminal investigation into the cause of a collision
1:05.2	between a cargo ship and a tanker in the North Sea.
1:09.1	The Portuguese flagged Solong and the US-registered tanker Stenna Immaculate
1:13.6	crashed off the East Yorkshire coast,
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