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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!

34 episodes
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Avg 21 min
English

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#813
Yesterday · 18 min
What does a percentage chance of rain really mean?
And how we know childhood vaccines are safe...
#812
October 30 · 22 min
Why the nose knows: how important is smell?
Plus, how long could a human survive in a perfect environment?
#811
October 23 · 20 min
Is static electricity down to positive or negative charges?
And how does silver wipe out bacterial infections?
#810
October 16 · 20 min
Is AI damaging our ability to think for ourselves?
And do dogs bark with an accent?
#809
October 9 · 22 min
Why do we get floaters in our eyes?
And is the expanding Universe contracting elsewhere?
#808
October 2 · 17 min
Do giraffes have the same number of neck bones as humans?
Plus, why we can't feel ourselves growing...
#807
September 25 · 20 min
Can curly hair straighten with age?
Plus, weight loss drugs cause sight loss, and antimatter unpacked
#806
September 18 · 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.

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