Where does Phlegm come from?
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 960 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2010
⏱️ 61 minutes
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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. Stripping down science to the Naked Scientists. I'm Chris Smith. |
| 0:55.0 | This week we're taking on your science questions including finding out what happens if you |
| 1:00.4 | shine a laser beam through a magnifying glass do you get some kind of super laser as a result. |
| 1:05.2 | Plus we've got news that we're very unlikely to be alone in the universe. |
| 1:09.2 | A new study suggests that as many as one in four stars resembling our own sun is likely to have an Earth-sized planet orbiting it. |
| 1:16.0 | That's all on the way. Also joining us this week on the program, because it is National Pathology Week, |
| 1:21.1 | is Pathologist Dr. Susie Lishman. Hello Susie. |
| 1:23.4 | Good evening, Chris. She'll be answering your pathology questions and also with us this |
| 1:27.7 | week is our kitchen science king. That's Dave Anseuhardi. |
| 1:30.3 | Hello and this week I've got a great trick for you to try at home, which will maybe you see the information |
| 1:34.9 | which is actually stored on your credit card. |
| 1:36.9 | I'll explain how you can do it later in the program. |
| 1:39.2 | Might come in handy if you've got someone who's a bit of a spender freak on your credit card. |
| 1:43.2 | Maybe not, I don't know, but I'm intrigued all the same, thank you Dave. |
| 1:45.8 | If you've got any science questions, we would love to hear from you. |
| 1:48.7 | You can tweet at naked scientists, or you can write on our Facebook page, that's at |
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