Boldly going where no science show has gone before.

The Naked Scientists.

Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientist with Cat oni. Hello?

Hello?

And I'm Chris Smith.

Now coming up this week, lungs with taste buds. Yes, you'd bitter believe it.

Scientists have discovered that our lungs are also sensitive to

flavours but why should that be? Well we'll find out shortly. Also why an earthquake in China

has seriously shaken up the world of panda conservation could spell disaster and also one of those

beautifully regular shaped ridges and valleys that we see out there in nature

actually come from. Scientists have sussed out how they form and we'll hear how in

just a second.

Thanks Chris. Also this week we have a rubbish show for you quite literally.

Every day the people of the UK alone and that's just 70 million of us

throw away about 1 million tons of rubbish. Come on people! Lots of it

ends up in landfills where it turns into greenhouse gases like methane and

CO2. But wouldn't it be better to try and turn that waste into something useful, like fuel, for instance?

And that's exactly what this week's guests are trying to do.

We'll be finding out how scientists are developing ways to produce chemical treasure from trash in the form

of secondary fuels and new plastics.

But can it all really make a difference?

We'll find out shortly.

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