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Curious Cases

The Space Burrito

Curious Cases

BBC

Science

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? asks Will.

The doctors tackle this and a plethora of other conundrums from the Curious Cases inbox.

Featuring expert answers from:

Astrophysicist Samaya Nissanke Cosmologist Andrew Pontzen Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott

Presenters: Hannah Fry & Adam Rutherford

Producer: Jen Whyntie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.7

Hello, Curios. This is the final episode in series,

0:11.3

gazillion that we're up to now. And it's a special, it's a thing that we've never

0:15.6

done before because we get a mega mega like overflowing bulging postbag.

0:20.0

You can't say bulging postbag on radio.

0:23.2

Four. Have we ever actually been sent a letter?

0:25.8

Is that... I mean, because what do you mean, a physical letter?

0:28.8

Yeah, because we've been sent a lot of kinds of stuff. We've been sent t-shirts,

0:31.8

we've been sent drawings, we've been sent stuff that's now hanging on my wall.

0:35.5

Yes, yes, yes. You detect it, I crossed my arms when I was listening to you then,

0:38.6

because you know what sent me anything.

0:39.9

Don't know, there is. Don't you remember that letter where the woman said that she loved you?

0:44.0

But that was why she was so upset that you don't enunciate properly.

0:49.2

Do you remember? I might take it out. It was amazing.

0:51.9

I have deleted that from my RAM.

0:55.2

Anyway, the point is that we get lots of emails and lots of little questions that are too short

1:00.3

to fill in in our episode that we wanted to put all together in a very special show. Enjoy.

1:10.7

I'm Dr Adam Rutherford. And I'm Dr Hannah Fry.

1:13.3

And you are going to send us your everyday mysteries.

1:16.3

And we are going to investigate them using the power of science.

1:20.2

Science.

1:21.0

Science.

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