Scary science
Unexpected Elements
BBC
4.4 • 567 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In the week where many celebrated Halloween we are wondering about that tingle down your spine, the dryness in your mouth, the racing pulse - might it actually be good for you?
We also look into a special frequency of sound, just below our human hearing range, that might cause rational people to start feeling spooky.
And we explore Cryptids and the zoology of creatures that don’t really exist.
Plus, if you’re bilingual, do you really have a first and second language?
We also explore why driving a taxi is a workout for your brain and look at the benefits and pitfalls of cycling around the world.
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton, with Camilla Mota and Godfred Boafo.
Producer: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins, with Alex Mansfield, Tom Bonnett and Ben Motley
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| 0:00.0 | In 2019, we began investigating the disappearance of Dr. Ruzha Ignatva. |
| 0:08.0 | I believe we are a very special network. |
| 0:10.0 | A scammer who stole billions from investors around the world. |
| 0:15.0 | She's on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. |
| 0:18.0 | And now, we have some unmissable updates. |
| 0:21.7 | She has money and when you have money, you have power. |
| 0:24.6 | Join me, Jamie Bartlett, as the hunt for the missing crypto queen continues. |
| 0:29.5 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.2 | Sport, but not as you know it, nothing is ever quite as expected. |
| 0:37.5 | Amazing sports stories from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:40.6 | If the story is wriggly, contentious or hard to tame, I'll cover it. |
| 0:45.3 | Listen now wherever you get your BBC podcasts. |
| 0:51.3 | This week marked Halloween. |
| 0:54.4 | Although Irish in origin, this event is celebrated in countries around the world. |
| 0:59.7 | And it's the opportunity to scare ourselves for fun. |
| 1:03.5 | Which reminds me of the American woman who can't feel fear. |
| 1:08.6 | Scientists have taken that as a challenge and have taken her on roller coasters |
| 1:12.9 | to haunted houses and horror movies, to the zoo to look at spiders and snakes, nothing. |
| 1:19.6 | Brain scans suggest that the bit of her brain that processes fear is underdeveloped. As America spends |
| 1:26.4 | $12 billion, or the annual GDP of the Bahamas, |
| 1:30.2 | on spooky stuff, at least one woman will have looked on with fearless bemusement. I'm Marnie Chesterton. |
| 1:50.6 | Welcome to unexpected elements. |
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