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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2009

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show, we discover how storms create slow earthquakes and how a local star, betelgeuse, could explode very soon. We also hear of an accurate way to date pottery and explore the physics of helicopter seeds. Plus, why hurricanes rotate in opposite directions either side of the equator, the ultimate fate of stars and how to boil your fishtank without harming the fish. All this and in Kitchen Science we snap some spaghetti to seek the physics of pasta! 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.
0:08.0	Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists with Cat Arnie.
0:15.0	Hello, cat.
0:16.0	Hello. With Dave Anseaw.
0:17.0	Hi Dave.
0:18.0	Hi, Chris.
0:19.0	And also with me, Chris Smith.
0:20.0	Now, coming up how storms can trigger earthquakes.
0:22.0	Indeed, scientists in Taiwan have shown how typhoons
0:26.2	can make the earth move. Also why scientists think that a star near Earth could be about
0:30.3	to explode, so we'll have cosmic equivalents of ringside seats to see a
0:34.0	supernova and also how scientists are made a breakthrough in understanding how
0:38.1	Huntington's disease can damage nerve cells and we'll be finding out how in just a
0:42.2	second.
0:43.0	Thanks, Chris.
0:44.0	Also this week, it's our science question and answer show.
0:46.0	We have got an inbox bulging with your questions, including
0:50.0	what's happening when our eyes get used to the dark?
0:52.0	How do you decaffinate coffee? What's happening when our eyes get used to the dark?
0:52.8	How do you decaffinate coffee?
0:54.9	And this is one absolutely brilliant.
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