Young at Heart - Healthy Ageing

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

🗓️ 27 September 2008

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week, how to live longer and look younger with the science of ageing! We discover how repairing damage to DNA could prevent the diseases associated with old age, and find out how to keep your skin looking younger for longer. Also, doing just four things could add fourteen years to your life - so find out what they are, right here! Plus, how gene therapy could cure one from of blindness, how to get more distance from a tank of diesel and counting insects - how bees can count up to four, but not five. Also, in Kitchen Science, we explore the stretchy science of rubber bands! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Boldly going where no science show has gone before.
0:05.0	The Naked Scientists
0:10.0	Hello and
0:12.8	me Ben Valzler and with Helen Scales.
0:15.3	Hello!
0:16.3	This week we're exploring the science of aging.
0:18.9	Coming up we'll find out how your DNA changes and becomes damaged as you age and how understanding DNA repair could keep
0:26.2	us going for longer. We also find out how to keep our skin looking fresh and young into old age
0:31.7	and the simple lifestyle changes we can make to have a longer
0:34.8	healthier life.
0:35.8	And we'll be finding out how high bees can count and yes that's right even though they don't
0:40.0	have any fingers to count on, bees can actually count. We'll also be finding out how an
0:44.2	extinct species of giant tortoise may actually not be lost forever. And we'll also
0:48.6	discover how gene therapy is helping blind people see again. And also a way to get more miles out of a single
0:54.3	tank of diesel. And Dave and I bring you the stretchy science of rubber bands in
0:59.2	our kitchen science experiment playing with liquid nitrogen to find out how elastic responds to temperature.
1:05.3	And Diana O' Carroll will join us for a hair raising question of the week.
1:09.5	Why is it that eyebrows tend to grow quite long in elderly people.
1:14.0	That's all coming up in today's naked scientists.
1:16.6	So if you want to get in touch with any questions or comments for us,
1:19.6	we would love to hear from you.
1:21.2	You can email us on Chris at the naked scientists.com.
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