The Science of the Sun, Sun Tanning, Nuclear Fusion and Fission Power
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2006
⏱️ 56 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Stripping down science, the naked scientists. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello, it's Chris Smith here and joined by Catani this week. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello. |
| 0:11.0 | And we're talking about the science of the sun, the science of nuclear power and |
| 0:15.2 | nuclear fusion, which is of course the thing that powers the sun, and also how to get the perfect |
| 0:19.2 | suntan. If you'd like to join in tonight's discussion on any of those topics, then call now 849-25-2,000-the-phone |
| 0:26.1 | phone number, email Chris at Naked Scientist.com, or send a text on 07-76-20, 1916. |
| 0:33.0 | And coming up on the show later, |
| 0:34.8 | we're going to be hearing about how your home computer |
| 0:37.4 | can help in the fight against malaria in Africa. |
| 0:40.4 | I'll be revealing scientists who've been scratching their heads for an unusual source of stem cells |
| 0:45.6 | and Chris will be telling us about the world's smallest tweezers, but I don't know if he's been using them to |
| 0:50.9 | pluck his eyebrows or not not looking a bit bushy there |
| 0:53.0 | and you think I need a bit of plucking. Yeah it could do a bit of atomic |
| 0:56.4 | tweezering there and also we'll be hearing the sound of your brain. I |
| 1:00.4 | can't wait to hear this so that's all coming up later on the show, but also there's |
| 1:04.7 | our quiz. Yep there's our quiz and you can win tons of prizes. Cat is from Cancer |
| 1:09.4 | Research UK and she's brought in because we're talking about the science of the sun and the |
| 1:13.2 | science of sun tanning and in fact quick question for you cat do you know what's the |
| 1:16.2 | hottest bit of the sun? |
| 1:18.2 | Uh no. Page three. The prizes this week got some fantastic frisbee's hats and t-shirts everything |
| 1:24.8 | there in the bag to give away tons of stuff. All you have to do, give us a call and |
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