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Ask the Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith

How many organs could you donate and remain alive? How many planet Earths could fit inside the Sun? How high is a giraffe's blood pressure? Why is the sea blue? To find out, Ask The Naked Scientists!

27 episodes
weekly
Avg 21 min
English

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#806
Friday · 16 min
Where did water come from, and why doesn't it go off?
Plus, the efficiency of the human body, and whether animals have periods
#805
September 11 · 21 min
Is AI at risk of going rogue?
Plus, the sensation that scratching nails on a chalkboard elicits
#804
September 4 · 21 min
Can technology influence the weather?
Plus, whether we are getting better at detecting cancer
#803
August 28 · 22 min
How does the Moon affect the tides?
Plus, why farts might linger longer in the shower
#802
August 21 · 18 min
Why do eyebrows grow so slowly?
Plus, the best ways to make sure we get vitamin D
#801
August 14 · 17 min
What is love?
Plus, how a car's pistons fire smoothly at high speed
#800
August 7 · 21 min
What is the life of an electric vehicle battery?
Plus, why does our sight help with our balance?
#799
July 31 · 22 min
What's the science behind itching and scratching?
Plus, potential technologies to remove smoke taint in wine...
#798
July 24 · 25 min
Why a helium balloon flies backwards when you hit the brakes
Plus, how microbots made from algae can help deliver drugs to treat bladder cancer...
#797
July 17 · 22 min
Why do wombats have cube-shaped poo?
And could you outdrive a golf pro if you played on Mars?
#796
July 10 · 13 min
What happens before we have a thought?
Plus, how a woman can give birth to twins that have different dads
#795
July 3 · 14 min
Is it safe to eat dropped food?
Plus, could we all do with a digital detox?
#794
June 26 · 22 min
Why did the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turn green?
Plus, why Europe is sweltering in record-breaking temperatures.
#793
June 19 · 23 min
How do cats sustain a purr-fect purr?
Plus, why our hair stands on end after a fright.
#792
June 12 · 21 min
Are there sounds around us that we can't hear?
Plus, what controls our emotions?
#791
June 5 · 25 min
Why does a slice of toast land butter side down?
Plus, we find out whether yawning is contagious in animals...
#790
May 29 · 24 min
How does a headache tablet know where it hurts?
Plus microwaving water, essential fatty acids, and hempcrete...
#789
May 22 · 22 min
Why does running water make us want to use the toilet?
Plus, we explore what causes shingles...
#788
May 15 · 23 min
Should we pay attention to the UFO files?
Plus, why we might lose phone signal when we turn on a microwave...
#787
May 8 · 26 min
Can we travel forward and backwards in time?
Plus, all your questions about the hantavirus outbreak...

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