Boldly going where no science show has gone before. The Naked Scientists.

The Naked Scientists.

Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists and that's with Helen Scales.

Hello Helen.

And also with me Chris Smith.

Now in this week's show how a species of snake has learned how to lure fish straight into its jaws,

and Helen will be snapping away at that story very shortly.

Also a new way to combat cancer because researchers have turned off tumors in mice by giving them a dose of a small piece of genetic material.

And why fish and humans are more alike, it turns out, than we first thought, at least when it comes to learning because scientists have

discovered that they can actually learn off each other unlike lots of humans.

We'll be finding out how they do it very shortly Helen.

Thanks Chris. Also this week we're exploring the future of farming.

How will the planets sustain the 9 billion people that are predicted to be on Earth by the year 2050?

We'll be hearing how tinkering with plant genes could help them grow in places where they otherwise

wouldn't, places like very salty soils, and how to keep pests at bay without the addition

of nasty chemical sprays. But is that a good idea? We'll be finding out. We'll also be hearing

even if you're not 100% green why going just a little bit organic can be beneficial to traditional agriculture.

And how a new invention could turn a desert

into an oasis. The seawater greenhouse uses the sun's energy to turn sea water into

freshwater to grow crops and will be speaking to the man who invented it.

Thank you Helen and for the experimentally minded among you out there if you don't

like the color of the flowers that someone sent you then Ben and Dave could have just a solution. This is an experiment

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