Stripping down science November the 14th.

Welcome to the Naked Scientists with me. Hello, it's Sunday November the 14th.

Welcome to the naked scientists with me Ben Valzler.

And me Helen Scales.

This week we're investigating the science of shipping.

We'll find out how researchers use wave machines to investigate how damaged

ships fare on the high seas and will explore ways to make shipping more sustainable.

And we'll hoist the sky sail to find out how a kite could cut shipping fuels costs by up to 60%.

Plus, why happiness is in the here and now, the energy savings of walking tall, and how evidence from Scottish rocks shows that Earth became oxygenated almost half a billion years earlier than we thought.

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UKfast.co.uk. This is the naked scientist with me Ben Valzler and with Helen Scales. Now first up let's take a look at some of the week's biggest

breakthroughs from around the world. Now Helen when are you at your

happiest? I'm at my happiest. Mm good question. Possibly when I'm in bed still at

you. In the mornings when I can stay in bed and don't have to get up and work that be quite nice.

Well research published this week shows that we're actually at our most happy when we're concentrating on the job at hand

rather than allowing our minds to wander. But oddly people actually seem to spend most of their time,

almost half of their waking hours, thinking about something

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