Q&A: Martian sunsets and submerged sloths

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

🗓️ 14 May 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Why don't we get invisible animals on land? What's at the centre of a gas giant? Did we really land on the moon? Astronomer Matt Bothwell, marine biologist Kate Feller, palaeontologist Jason Head and geneticist Diana Alexander join Chris Smith to shoot the scientific breeze in this month's question and answer spectacular. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	I have you loud and clear.
0:03.2	Hello.
0:04.2	Hello.
0:05.2	Welcome.
0:06.2	Science and that is the same physics, medicine, nature, or space,, time, brain, life, the universe.
0:16.0	Hello, this week, is it true that blood cells don't have DNA?
0:19.5	How can you prove to a flat earth that our planet really is round and have scientists decided yet what
0:25.2	really killed off the dinosaurs.
0:27.3	These are some of the science questions that we'll be tackling with our special guest
0:30.0	scientists on this week's Q&A program.
0:32.0	I'm Chris Smith and you're listening to the naked scientists.
0:34.6	The Naked Scientists podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. with me this week to take on your science questions,
0:48.7	ah, Matt Bothwell.
0:50.0	Now he's at the Institute of Astronomy
0:52.2	and is that a space science implement or
0:55.2	object you have in front of you there Matt? It is I have a meteorite with me
0:58.7	as it's a very heavy you can yes. Oh my goodness this is as big as my fist and it's incredibly heavy yes there is an iron
1:06.4	meter I made of what's called meteoric iron so it's yes about fist size incredibly heavy
1:11.1	where did it come from? The sky obviously.
1:13.0	Well, it's from space, right?
1:15.0	But yeah, so it fell in Argentina.
1:17.0	So it's a very famous fall a few hundred years ago that fragmented into many, many pieces.
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