Sinopsis
Each week we set out to solve one of the world's weirdest, wackiest, funniest and funkiest scientific puzzles. And along with the answer there's a brand new question to think about for next time...
Episodios
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![Could we see into the past?]()
Could we see into the past?
20/02/2017 Duración: 03minListener David got in touch to ask about whether mirrors in space could show us what Earth was like a million years ago. Graihagh Jackson asked Cambridge's Anna Hourihane to explain how this might work... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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![How did birds survive the dinosaur mass extinction?]()
How did birds survive the dinosaur mass extinction?
13/02/2017 Duración: 03minIf birds are dinosaurs, why didn't they get killed by the asteroid 60 million years ago? Tom O'Hanlon put Fay's query to David Norman from the University of Cambridge. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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![Why are the poles north-south?]()
Why are the poles north-south?
24/01/2017 Duración: 03minListener Tim got in touch to ask: Why do the poles go north-south as opposed to east-west? Graihagh Jackson spoke to Imperial College's Stuart Higgins to find out... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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![Do Ants Feel Pain?]()
Do Ants Feel Pain?
23/01/2017 Duración: 04minDo ants or other insects feel pain in the same way as humans do? And what does it have to do with robots? Tom Crawford gets some ant-sight from the University of York's Eleanor Drinkwater... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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![What Would Peeing on the Moon Look Like?]()
What Would Peeing on the Moon Look Like?
16/01/2017 Duración: 05minWhat would peeing on the moon look like? Is it even possible? Tom Crawford puts this astronomical question to Dr. Chris Messenger from the University of Glasgow... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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![Why doesnt water burn?]()
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![Why does a broken magnets form two new ones?]()
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![Can light exert a force to move an object?]()
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![How much younger would you be after 50 years on Jupiter?]()
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![Does regular hand soap kill germs?]()
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![Could nuclear testing cause earthquakes?]()
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![Do animals experience the placebo effect?]()
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![Why does line drying make clothes rough?]()
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![Can we unlearn something that we have already learned?]()
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![If we slice the earth in half what would it look like from space?]()
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![Why does our stomach grumble when we are hungry?]()
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![How did the moon get its markings?]()
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![Did the cavemen have names?]()
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![How do octopus camouflage?]()
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![How do noise cancelling headphones work?]()
