What's Living in Your Loo?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2012

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

As we gear up to launch a new series of the Naked Scientists, here's a taste of things to come with a recording of the second hour of the Naked Scientists 'Science Night' aired on BBC 5 Live, December 30th 2012. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	On Britain streets, you unknowingly see, extraordinary heroes who look just like me.
0:07.0	We live without capes or superpowers.
0:10.0	We're the everyday heroes who save the hour a nurse a teacher a cabby a mate pride of
0:17.3	Britain's here it's time to celebrate do you know an everyday hero who deserves
0:22.4	recognition visit pride of Britain dot com Do you know an everyday hero who deserves recognition?
0:23.0	Visit pride of Britain.com and nominate them today.
0:26.0	T.S.B. proud partners of the Pride of Britain Awards.
0:30.0	First for breaking news and the best live sport. This is BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:37.0	Good evening and welcome to Science Night on 5 Live. I'm Dr. Chris Smith and with my fellow
0:44.8	naked scientists between now and 9 PM we'll be delving into the world of microbiology to
0:49.7	discover what's living on us and in us and how these bugs can control whether we gain weight or
0:54.4	stay slim, how they cause disease and new ways to stop them. Plus, we'll show you how you can
0:59.4	build your own laser pointer-powered microscope to see what's living in your lavatory.
1:04.4	All that, plus your calls, emails, texts and tweets.
1:06.8	Call us on 0500, 909, 693 or text 85058.
1:11.4	The lines are open now. 5 Live Science Night.
1:14.4	Call with your questions.
1:16.4	0500, 909693.
1:19.4	This is Science Night on 5 Live with the naked scientist Chris Smith and Victoria Gill and our kitchen scientist Dave Ansel and Ben Vausler.
1:28.0	In this hour we're putting the world of microbes under the microscope.
1:32.0	How do the bugs living in us and on us affect how
1:34.6	healthy we are or even how likely we are to gain weight? With us are Manchester
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