Why did my Dishcloth Detonate?

Why did my Dishcloth Detonate?

Why does sunlight make me sneeze? What causes air turbulence? Why do energy-saving lights take time to warm up? In this week's question and answer show we also investigate why microwaving a dishcloth causes it catch fire, whether mining could change the Earth's orbit and why streetlights shine with an orange glow. In the news, meanwhile, how electrical brain stimulation can make impossible problems tractible, a pint-sized rocket to take spacecraft to the moon and a tornado spotted on the surface of the Sun... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Can astronauts shower in space?

Can astronauts shower in space?

This week, can we colonise Mars? What's causes that smell after it rains? Can genetics inform skin care? And how do astronauts shower in space? Chris Smith, Richard Hollingham and Max Sanderson join K...

18 Touko 201555min

Safety at 40,000 Feet

Safety at 40,000 Feet

This week, endoscopies for jet engines, how the aviation industry could have us cruising for an infectious bruising, the workings of radar, and whether cheap flights actually cost the Earth. Plus, in ...

11 Touko 201553min

Violent Volcanoes

Violent Volcanoes

Celebrating two hundred years since the devastating eruption of Indonesia's Mount Tambora, this week, accompanied by music from Michael Levy, we explore the science of volcanoes. We find out what caus...

4 Touko 201559min

Game on! The Science of Video Gaming

Game on! The Science of Video Gaming

This week, the science at play in an industry that dwarfs both Hollywood and the music world: computer games. We hear how video games are altering the brains of players, why lovers of the shoot-em-up ...

27 Huhti 201558min

Could Earth be Knocked Out of Orbit?

Could Earth be Knocked Out of Orbit?

This week, you pit your wits against the Naked Scientists team and challenge us to answer your science questions. Is there an evolutionary reason why humans have rhythm? Do people sneeze in their slee...

20 Huhti 201547min

Defying Death...

Defying Death...

The impact of modern medicine is drastically changing our concept of death. Increasingly, people are being resuscitated successfully, sometimes hours after they first died. So this week we toe the lin...

13 Huhti 201554min

Egg-cellent Easter Science

Egg-cellent Easter Science

The Naked Scientists take a special holiday look at some egg-cellent Easter science, including a breakthrough in how to unboil an egg, the genetically modified chickens that can't catch bird flu and w...

6 Huhti 201553min

Whodunnit? Fascinating Forensics

Whodunnit? Fascinating Forensics

From crime scene to court room and all the evidence in between. Join Chris Smith and Ginny Smith at our reconstructed crime scene to find out how science is used to help solve a forensic investigation...

31 Maalis 201559min

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