Secret Lives of Sharks

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This week, fetch your swimmers, or maybe not, because we're diving into the secret lives of sharks, including hearing how some of them live for hundreds of years. Plus, in the news, antibody treatments for Covid-19, plastic made from peas, and crayfish on antidepressants... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:04.0	running.
0:05.0	I'm so genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	the dances, research, technology, unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:18.1	Hello, welcome to the program where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology
0:22.3	and medicine. Me Chris Smith and with Adam Murphy.
0:25.0	Coming up this week, antibody treatments for COVID-19, plastic made from peas and crayfish on antidepressants.
0:32.0	Plus, grab your swimmers or maybe don't. and crayfish on antidepressants.
0:32.6	Plus, grab your swimmers, or maybe don't,
0:35.0	because we're going to be diving into the secret lives of sharks,
0:38.6	including hearing how some of them live for hundreds of years.
0:42.0	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. First up, when Donald Trump caught coronavirus, you might recall that one of the treatments
1:00.4	he received was an experimental cocktail of COVID antibodies designed to give
1:04.7	his immune system a helping hand in fighting the virus.
1:08.2	At the time there wasn't much evidence for the effectiveness of this therapy, but now researchers at Oxford University have
1:14.4	announced initial results from a trial conducted on thousands of COVID patients
1:18.6	treated by the NHS given early it seems and to the right recipients these lab-made antibodies do save lives.
1:26.0	Martin Landry.
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