Space Bubbles

Curious Cases

BBC

Technology, Science

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

While chatting at the back of class, best mates Abi and Sofia got curious about bubbles. How do you make really giant ones? Could you even get one around the entire planet?

Hannah and Dara set out to investigate. They hear from a renowned 'bubbleologist', and learn how NASA helped him blow his way to a world record. They coax a physicist to reveal the secrets of his peer-reviewed bubble-juice formula, and investigate how bubbles work in space and in the ocean.

Our curious duo also discover an audacious project aiming to build a Brazil-sized raft of bubbles... in space!

Contributors:

Dr Helen Czerski, UCL Dr Justin Burton, Emory University Dr Awesome, Bubbleologist Professor Carlo Ratti, MIT

Producer: Ilan Goodman Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem A BBC Studios Audio Production

Transcript

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to tell you why I love
0:03.7	podcasting. I'm Natasha Aronson I'm an assistant commissioner for the BBC and I work on
0:09.4	making podcasts my real passion is discovering unbelievable unheard stories and working with the biggest
0:16.9	stars who can really bring those stories to life.
0:20.1	I love the whole process of making podcasts from the spark of an idea to hearing the final edit.
0:26.4	There's nothing like it. What makes BBC Podcast special is that we're working for you.
0:31.0	So whatever we commission has to reflect the things that you care about and love wherever you are in the UK.
0:36.6	So if you like this BBC podcast, there's so much more to discover.
0:40.2	Have a listen on BBC sounds.
0:42.1	You're about to listen to a brand new episode of Curious Cases.
0:45.0	Shows are going to be released weekly,
0:47.0	wherever you get your podcast,
0:48.0	but if you're in the UK,
0:50.0	you can listen to the latest episodes first on BBC Sounds.
0:54.2	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:57.8	I'm Hannah Fry and I'm Dara O'Brie and this is curious cases the show we take your
1:06.2	quirkiest questions your cruncheest conundrums and then we solve them with the
1:09.8	power of science I mean do we always solve them I mean the hit rate is pretty low but it is with science. It is with science.
1:21.0	Dara, welcome.
1:23.0	Hannah, it's a delight to be here.
1:24.2	Your first curious case.
1:25.6	I know, my first ever ever asked about it.
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