The "Nanny Plate" debate, and the Neanderthal fat factory

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In the news, counting the calories: The UK government want shops to help us put 100 fewer calories in our baskets to beat obesity. So will it work? Also, archaeologists uncover the world's oldest fat factory - it turns out that Neanderthals were processing bones for their grease 125,000 years ago, but why? And on Mars the Curiosity rover captures close-up images of spiderweb-like patterns on the planet surface, but what made them? Listeners are also wondering whether green initiatives really do help to save the planet... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:29.8	Visit full and peer.com.
0:35.2	All engine running.
0:36.3	Absolute genius.
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0:37.1	Welcome.
0:37.6	Welcome. Welcome.
0:39.5	This is the show where we bring you. Science.
0:40.0	What that essentially means is...
0:41.6	Discovery is...
0:42.2	Advances.
0:42.9	Research.
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0:44.5	Unbelievable.
0:45.7	Without further ado, this is the Naked Scientists.
0:49.8	Hello, welcome to this week's Naked Scientist podcast, the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and
0:59.1	medicine. I'm Chris Smith. This week, counting the calories, the UK government wants shops to
1:04.8	help us put 100 fewer calories in our baskets to beat obesity. Now that's food for thought. Also, archaeologists uncover
1:13.0	the world's oldest fat factory. It turns out that Neanderthals were processing bones for their
1:18.2	grease 125,000 years ago. And on Mars, the Curiosity rover captures close-up images of spider-web-like
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