The Cambridge Science Festival

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

🗓️ 16 March 2008

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, we catch up with the action from this year's Cambridge Science Festival. We find out what you could learn from a plasticine brain and how your next holiday could be literally out-of-this-world! We explore the science of Dr who's Sonic Screwdrivers, Spiderman and Skateboarders and find out how long the festival takes to prepare. Plus, how meteorite strikes benefit life on Earth, get a step closer to a cure for one of the most common forms of blindness and find out why chimps on TV could be harming their cousins in the wild. All this, and in Kitchen Science we show you how to make... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:47.6	Hello. We have shipped Chris off to Australia for the week for Crimes Against Fashion,
0:52.3	so it's just us. Anyway, this week we're bringing you the highlights from the Cambridge Science Festival.
0:57.2	We'll find out about the hands-on activities at the festival,
1:00.3	including making a necklace from your own DNA and even building a brain.
1:04.3	Absolutely fascinating.
1:05.8	We'll also be hearing about the future of space tourism from the president of Virgin Galactic himself.
1:11.3	We'll be exploring the science of Doctor Who and finding out why skateboards are great for teaching physics and escaping from your physics teacher.
1:18.5	Plus, we'll be hearing why chimps on TV could be harming their cousins in the wild.
1:23.8	And contrary to popular wisdom, we'll find out how massive meteor impacts may actually do more good than harm.
1:29.7	What else have we got then?
1:30.6	Well, we've got Diana Raquel live in the studio again for another one of your questions of the week.
1:36.0	When I was looking at the Thai times, I thought, how do they get it so accurate?
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