It's science, but not as you know it. The Naked Scientists.

Hello, organ rejection because there's encouraging news from America relating to

kidney transplants. Also how your mobile phone could soon be rigged up to detect

sources of radiation but without you even knowing it, plus why caffeine could be a

no-no if you're pregnant and we'll also be talking to the

scientists who's made the world's blackest substance. Yes it soaks up more than

99% of the light that lands on it that's all coming up. Dave. Thanks Chris.

This week we're finding out about colds and flus including on it. That's all coming up. Dave. Thanks, Chris.

This week we're finding out about colds and flus, including a new way to diagnose viral infections,

how vaccines work on why there's no cure for the common cold.

Plus in this week's question of the week, we're throwing an interesting idea into the air.

There's a plane that's standing on a runway that can move kind of like a really large treadmill.

The plane moves in one direction while the treadmill moves in the opposite direction so the question is can

the plane take off?

It's actually a trick question but why all will be revealed later in the show?

So if you've got a question for us about the science of viruses, colds or vaccines, we just Thank you

Thank you Dave so if you've got a question for us about the science of viruses colds or vaccines. We just want to say hi then do get in touch you can email me Chris at the naked scientist dot com

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Well, let's kick off as we usually do with a look at what's been hot in the world of science this week and

this certainly caught my eye which is a piece of research which has come out of the US.

David Sachs and his team at Massachusetts General Hospital have managed perhaps for the

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