Pit your Wits...

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2014

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Pit your wits against the combined brain power of the Naked Scientists, in this question and answer Special as the team try to find out the truth behind the age of the Milky Way? Whether plants die of old age, and how cats make their fur stand on end? Plus, in the news, contagious yawns, and how the number of takeaways on the way to work affects your risk of weight gain... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	The Hello, welcome to the naked scientists. I'm Chris Smith. This week it is the
0:19.2	Cambridge Science Festival and in recognition we've been along to explore some of the scientific
0:24.2	experiments and demonstrations that have been laid on and we're debating this week's program
0:29.2	to answering your science questions including we'll find out why yawning is or isn't contagious
0:34.7	also how old is the oldest tree on earth it might surprise you and does the DNA
0:40.4	and food survive the journey through the digestive tract.
0:43.6	Well that's food for thought indeed isn't it.
0:45.2	Plus how the number of takeaways that you pass on the way to work affects your chances
0:50.3	of putting on weight.
0:51.3	A new Cambridge study has the answer.
0:53.4	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.
0:58.6	UK.
1:01.6	First up let's meet the panel we have of big brains assembled to answer the
1:08.2	questions for you this week. Richard Hollingham is a spaceffin and also an environmental reporter.
1:13.8	Hello Richard.
1:14.8	Hello.
1:15.8	I love space exploration.
1:18.3	I love space travel, but I really don't want to go there.
1:21.5	Why not?
1:22.3	It's scary. Really? It's really scary. It's really big and it's
1:26.0	scary. If someone said I'll pay for you to have a trip of speaking. Oh yeah no I'd have to go.
1:29.6	Funly enough I want to be in space. Well I don't want to go there and back again.
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