meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Naked Scientists Podcast

Scientific Shimmy: Why we Dance

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week the Naked Scientists are hitting the dance floor with a look at the science of the shimmy. Why do we do it, what makes a dance look good, and how can it be used to help people? Plus, in the news; how glowing lungs can fight infections, an app the reduces the symptoms of OCD, and we look at the future of the Internet... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I have you loud and clear.

0:03.3

Hello.

0:04.3

Hello.

0:05.3

Welcome.

0:06.3

Science and that is the same physics, medicine, nature, or

0:12.1

time, a brain life, the universe.

0:16.4

This week the naked scientist hit the dance floor as we look at the science behind

0:20.2

the boogie.

0:21.4

What makes someone a good dancer? Why do we do it and how can we use it to help people?

0:25.6

And in the news, how glowing lungs could help fight hospital infections, the future of the internet

0:32.2

and an app to help people with O.

0:34.2

I'm easy Clark.

0:36.2

I'm Georgia Mills and this is the Naked Scientists.

0:39.0

The Naked Scientists podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.

0:44.0

1.1.

0:47.0

First in the news, around the world about 20 million people need a ventilator to breathe.

0:55.4

Ventilator patients are some of the most critically ill

0:58.3

and they're particularly vulnerable to picking up lung infections like pneumonia.

1:02.0

But because time is so short for these patients

1:04.7

doctors don't really have enough time to properly diagnose the infection which can

1:08.5

take days so they end up being given lots of emergency antibiotics.

1:12.6

As well as using up resources,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr Chris Smith, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr Chris Smith and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.