Planets and Cosmology

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

🗓️ 26 May 2007

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week, Drs Chris and Helen find out how your fingers can reveal whether you're mathematically minded, and bridge-building ants that quite literally let themselves be walked over. Also, Astronomer Carolin Crawford takes us on a foray into outer space to discover the shape of the universe, we meet a geyser so tall that it spurts into space, and we Join Maggie Turnbull as she searches for nearby planets that could sustain life. Plus, in Kitchen Science, how to measure the speed of light using a microwave oven! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Stripping down science, the Naked Scientists.
0:05.0	Hello and welcome to the Naked Scientists this week with me Chris Smith and also here this week is Helen's girls.
0:14.8	Hi Helen. Hi Chris. Now this week how long is your index finger compared with your ring finger
0:20.2	because scientists think that it could be used to tell us how good we're going to be when we're children,
0:24.5	that subsequently that is, are maths and languages.
0:27.5	Also how ants have master of the art of road repairs and also bridge building and
0:31.7	is this the biggest geezer in the galaxy
0:34.0	scientists now think they understand what powers a jet of water that shoots get this
0:37.7	500 miles into space from the surface of one of Saturn's moons.
0:41.7	All that's on the way, Helen.
0:43.2	Also this week we're venturing out to the final frontier to catch up with space scientist Maggie Turnbull
0:48.5	who's probing the galaxy for planets like Earth and looking for signs of intelligent life.
0:53.6	So stay tuned to find out what she's found so far.
0:57.0	We'll also be talking with astronomer Carolyn Crawford
0:59.2	to find out what space is actually made of,
1:01.6	how galaxies are formed, and why the universe is said to be getting bigger.
1:05.0	Plus in kitchen science we'll be showing you how to measure the speed of light with just
1:10.3	some bread and butter and a microwave.
1:13.0	So we do absolutely need your space questions for Maggie and Carolyn.
1:16.6	I'll give you the content numbers in just a second, but first here's this week's teaser.
1:20.5	You can win yourself a signed copy of our book which is naked science.
1:23.0	It's jam-packed with interesting science discoveries.
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