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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Why Bother Being Nice?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6958 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're asking would you risk your life to save someone else? Plenty of people do, and so do other animals and even bacteria. But why? And how did altruistic actions like this evolve? Plus in the news, scientists clone monkeys, the modified cold virus that selectively attacks pancreatic cancer, and why bees might be bad for other pollinators. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:35.0

Hello.

0:38.0

Welcome.

0:39.0

Science and that is the say physics, medicine, nature, or space, time, brain, life, the universe.

0:48.8

Hello, this week we're asking, would you risk your life to save someone else?

0:54.0

Plenty of people do things like this and so do other animals

0:57.0

and even it turns out bacteria.

0:59.0

But why do they do it and how did altruistic actions like this evolve in the first place.

1:04.0

Plus in the news, scientists clone monkeys,

1:07.0

the modified coal virus that selectively attacks pancreatic cancer

1:11.0

and why bees might be bad for other pollinators. I'm Katie

1:14.8

Hala. I'm Chris Smith and this is the Naked Scientists. The Naked

1:19.8

Scientists podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.

1:25.0

First up, let's take a look at one of the big stories of this week. A paper in the journal

1:35.6

Sel announced the successful cloning of two Macax which are a kind of monkey.

1:40.0

But what does all this mean for us humans?

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