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The Naked Scientists.

Well on the Naked scientists this week a new species of early human ancestor.

What does it reveal about where we all came from?

Also volcanoes on Venus and how microbes in our intestines are

picking up and using the genes that we're eating. We'll find out how they're doing

that in just a second. Hello, I'm Chris Smith and also here this week to bring you the naked scientist is our physics guru Dave Ansel. Hello Dave. Hello.

Hello. And also our resident archaeologist Diana O'Connell Diana.

Yes indeed and also this week it's our science question and answer show.

We'll be solving your science questions.

So stay tuned to hear how plants make themselves smell like insects,

why bruises change color and how we know how old a fossil really is.

And if there's some biology that's got you baffled or some physics that's got you

foxed, details of how you can get in touch are on the way, Dave.

Thanks Diana and for this week's kitchen science, I've got a really neat party trick for you to try.

It's really simple. All you need is either a ping-pong ball and a bowl of water or some bowl of cereal and some milk.

Both will work and it's really quite impressive. I'll walk you through

how to do in just a moment. Thank you Dave. Bringing breakfast cereal and on kitchen science

always a good idea. That's all on the way. The Naked on the web at UK Fast.

On the web at UKfast.

Well this week a new species of early humor has been described

Australopithecus sediba and it looks like it's a key member of the family as it

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