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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 August 2008

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The hunt for Bigfoot, how a beer or two can boost attractiveness and the brain basis of imagination go under the lens this week when Ben and Diana also meet the chemist-turned-rapper behind the contraceptive pill and the "Superheroes of Science" a concept album where science mixes with music. Plus, in an Olympic Kitchen Science, Ben and Dave tune in to a baseball bat's sweet spot... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	It's science, but not as you know it. The Naked Scientists.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the Naked Scientists with Ben Valsler and Diana O' Carroll.
0:15.0	Hello.
0:16.0	This week we're sitting in for doctors Chris and Co who are still off enjoying their
0:19.1	summer break.
0:20.1	We've got a great show packed full of interviews and features from all over the world.
0:23.7	And we'll be discovering the science behind the beer goggles. Do people really look
0:28.4	more attractive after you've had a few drinks? We'll also seek out the latest treatments for age-related
0:34.0	macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the UK.
0:38.0	Plus, could chemistry and hip-hop be a good combination?
0:42.0	Carl Gerassie, the scientist who developed the oral contraceptive hill back in the 50s, lays down
0:46.4	some hip-hop rhymes and they're not at all bad.
0:49.0	Yes, y'all, you know that it's on.
0:52.0	The rapper on the mic is MC flawed just thawn in the chemical. more chemistry wrap
1:00.2	rap later on in the chemistry arena.
0:59.2	More chemistry rap later on in the show and sticking at the music stroke science interface
1:04.4	we hear about a new experimental album inspired by the lives of scientists and as if that's not enough
1:10.8	we find out why the Yeti hunters on the fringes of science actually play a very important role, and why our imagination is a powerful tool.
1:19.0	I don't have to chew a mouthful of thumbtacks to know that it's a marvelously bad idea.
1:23.7	Imagination allows us to be the animal that learns from mistakes we've never made.
1:27.6	All this, and in kitchen science, Dave and I will be swinging a baseball bat to find the
1:31.4	sweet spot and find out how this can make the difference
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