Science in Fire Prevention

BBC Inside Science

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Science

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Applying scientific techniques to reduce fire risk in tall buildings. We look at practical measures to prevent building fires and also how science can improve evacuation plans.

Modeling the brain with maths. new research using multidimensional models is helping researchers understand the levels of complexity in brain function.

Sexism in science, its as old as...science. We look at how sex bias has influenced the outcome of scientific research throughout history. And also look at how science itself is changing as opportunities for women to pursue scientific careers increase.

And a unique study which turns recordings from police body cameras into empirical data that can be used to assess and improve police interactions with the public.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:04.6	My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:08.4	As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable
0:14.3	experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC
0:20.4	makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,
0:24.6	poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.
0:29.7	If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.
0:36.0	Hello, this is the podcast edition of BBC Inside Science for Thursday, the 15th of June 2017,
0:42.4	as you can probably tell tell because you're very clever
0:44.3	you must be listening to this podcast I am not Adam Rutherford this is Gareth Mitchell
0:48.4	standing in for just one week only and you can follow me on Twitter if you
0:52.0	fancy at Gareth M and just in case you're
0:54.4	wondering who in earth I am I'm usually over on the BBC World Service
0:57.0	presenting the technology program click every week. As though, tragic events in
1:02.1	West London we're discussing what engineering and psychology
1:05.2	can tell us about fire safety.
1:07.5	Is the universe in our brain?
1:09.5	Well, no, actually.
1:10.8	But maths in multiple dimensions does help visualize the very stuff of thoughts deep in our gray matter.
1:17.1	Sexism in science occupies our thoughts today too as a new book says unexpected things about males and females in the natural world
1:25.2	and the male gaze cast over it all for centuries.
1:28.6	And what do police body cameras in the United States tell us about the cops and the respect that they show for black people versus white.
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