Q&A: Knuth, curry and kettles

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

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Another month, another brilliant panel, another romp through your mind bending questions. Physicists Tony Padilla and Toby Wiseman, archaeologist Emma Pomeroy and educator Andrew Morris help Chris Smith explain whether electricity in our bodies is the same as in our houses, how we can detect the collision of 2 black holes from here on Earth, and why Graham's number doesn't bear thinking about too deeply... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:04.0	running.
0:05.0	Absolutely genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	advances, research, technology,
0:13.5	unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado,
0:15.6	this is the Naked Scientists.
0:18.0	Hello, welcome to The Naked Scientists,
0:19.7	the show that brings you the latest breakthroughs
0:21.5	in science, technology and medicine.
0:23.6	I'm Chris Smith and this week your science questions are going under our
0:27.1	microscope including is the universe mainly empty space, can you win the lottery every
0:32.4	week? Well yes you can, and the origins of Curry samples
0:35.9	from 2,000 years ago have been unearthed. Plus when the whistle goes for half time, we'll have a quiz
0:40.8	for you that you at home can have a go at too.
0:51.0	Let me introduce you to the panel of people who are going to answer your questions this week.
0:56.0	Tony Padilla is a theoretical physicist, he's a cosmologist at the University of Nottingham and also
1:01.1	a very popular science and maths communicator he's made many
1:03.8	appearances on the number file YouTube channel and he's also written a book
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