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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

🗓️ 17 December 2013

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

How balls of cells assemble into a baby, why cell shape is crucial in cancer, telling cells where to go in an embryo, and getting a handle on how limbs develop: this week's Naked Scientists explores the science of structure. Plus, does classical music make you brainier? News of what your Christmas dinner means to the microbes in your intestines and a breakthrough in tracking the international spread of pandemics... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	And the Hello,
0:14.0	Hello, and this is.
0:18.0	Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientists, with me, Chris Smith, and also with Simon Bishop.
0:21.0	Hello, Simon.
0:22.0	Hello, and this week we're discussing how the body
0:24.8	assembles itself turning from an egg into an adult. How on earth does that happen?
0:29.3	Plus in the news does playing an instrument make you more intelligent and we see what
0:34.6	findings Mars Curiosity Rover has sent back from the red planet and on the subject of
0:40.4	exploration we want you to explore inside your cells. Can you tell us for
0:45.2	our teaser for this week if I took the DNA out of one of your cells and stretched it
0:49.6	out into a long line, how long would it be? If you'd like to get in touch with the naked scientists, the email
0:54.9	address is Chris at the naked scientist.com. You can also tweet at naked scientists or you can
0:59.8	find us on a Facebook page which is at Facebook.com slash the Naked Scientists.
1:04.8	The Naked Scientists podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. Now don't be alarmed, we haven't put you on hold, although that music is used at pretty much
1:29.1	every hospital I have to phone up in the course of my job and I must say it doesn't hold quite the same charm for me it once did, but it serves an important purpose, which is the whole question of, does playing or engaging with classical music make you more intelligent.
1:44.4	Well someone who's been trying to find out the answer to that question is Harvard Sam
1:47.9	Mayer.
1:48.9	Hello Sam. Hi Chris, thanks for having me on the show.
1:50.9	That's all right.
1:51.9	So first of all, where did this whole idea about
1:54.1	motz art or learning to play musical instruments learning to engage with classical music
1:59.2	might make you more intelligent. What's the background of bassist to that?
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