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The Naked Scientists Podcast

QnA: Diabetes, Driving and Dodgems

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

It's Question and Answer time! The Naked Scientists tackle the medical musings and chemical queries you've been sending in. Joining Chris Smith in studio was Astrophysicist Matt Bothwell, Chemist Peter Wothers, Psychologist Helen Keyes and Human Physiologist Sam Virtue. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0

I have you loud and clear.

0:03.0

Hello.

0:04.0

Hello.

0:05.0

Welcome.

0:06.0

Science.

0:09.0

And that is the same physics, medicine,

0:11.0

nature, or time, the grain, life, the universe.

0:15.0

Hello this week, what exactly is a nebula can you cure yourself of diabetes and

0:21.4

are some groups of people better at driving than others.

0:24.7

We are tackling the science questions that you have been sending in this week.

0:28.0

My name is Chris Smith and you're listening to The Naked Scientists.

0:31.3

The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. As we say it's a Q&A show this week you provide the questions we provide the

0:47.1

answers and here to help me do that is our panel of guests Helen keys is a

0:51.8

psychologist she's at Anglia Ruskin University she's very Yes, Helen Keys is a psychologist.

0:52.6

She's at Anglia Raskin University.

0:54.4

She's very interested in the psychology of driving,

0:57.2

but also how the brain processes faces.

1:00.1

Welcome to you, Helen.

1:01.6

Thank you very much.

1:02.1

I think it was Groucho Marks, wasn't it, the comedian from America who said I never forget a face but in your case I'm going to make an exception.

1:07.6

Well thank you, I appreciate that. But not in your case. Very welcome to the program. What do you do with faces then?

1:13.0

Well, I'm a bit of a narcissist and I've spent a decade looking at why we think our own faces are

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