Turkey's earthquake and China's balloon

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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As Turkey battles against the clock to find survivors of the recent Earthquake there, we look at what triggered the magnitude 7.8 quake. Also, how modern day codebreakers have unlocked secret correspondence penned by Mary Queen of Scots from exile in the 1500s, and the overlooked threat of indoor air pollution: we worry about what we breath in on the streets but we're potentially encountering air just as bad in our own homes... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:17.0	Hello welcome to the naked scientist this is the program that brings you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine with me Chris Smith.
0:25.0	Coming up this week as Turkey battles against the clock to find survivors of the recent earthquake there,
0:30.0	we look at what triggered the magnitude 7.8 quake.
0:34.0	Also how modern day code breakers have unlocked secret correspondence penned by Mary Queen
0:38.7	of Scots from exile back in the 1500s and the overlooked threat of indoor air pollution. We worry about
0:45.2	what we breathe in out on the streets, but we're potentially encountering air just
0:49.3	as bad inside our own homes. The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. Turkey and Syria have been hit by a devastating earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale.
1:12.0	Close to 20,000 people so far are known to have died,
1:15.6	and many more are still unaccounted for.
1:17.6	With us to explain what cause this to happen
1:19.9	and what else might be in store
1:21.5	is geologist and earthquake specialist
1:24.0	James Jackson from the University of Cambridge.
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