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The Naked Scientists

Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists with me Chris Smith and with Helen Scales.

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Now in this week's show, signs that eating soy seem to stop breast cancer from coming back, we'll find out why.

Also, why a case of mistaken identity could mean that some fish species are in a lot more trouble

in terms of low numbers than we actually first thought.

And lost for words. New analysis has shown that even

the best writers appear to run out of new words to use and I hope Helen that you're

not in that position now you're on your second book. Thanks Chris I hope so too Also, this week we're taking a fresh look at the swine flu pandemic.

We'll be hearing from a scientist who thinks he's found evidence that the pandemic was actually man-made.

We'll also hear how the virus is becoming

increasingly resistant to the antiviral drug Tamiflu. But there is some good news

too. We'll hear how vaccines which are very effective at stopping flu are made and will talk to a

scientist who's found out a way to block flu by infecting people with something else

Chris. Sounds like infectious listening, thank you Helen. And of course

costs and sneezes do spread diseases talking about the flu, but how quickly do they do it?

Well, in this week's kitchen science, Ben and Dave have been inhaling pepper,

all in the name of research in front of a high-speed camera too in order to measure the

speed of a sneeze and we'll show you how fast it does go later on in the program.

Plus, Diana has been tackling a very electrifying problem in this week's question of the week.

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