Why Is Ice Slippery?

Why Is Ice Slippery?

Can moonlight and a magnifying glass be used to start a fire? Why do bananas go brown and does it happen faster in the fridge or the fruitbowl? Why are ice and snow slippery? And how does flyspray work? Alongside your quality science questions in this week's Question and Answer science phone-in, we also hear how how space scientists have spotted a whole planet's worth of water in a nearby system, the surprising discovery that seaweed is making corals seasick, we serve up a digital delight with the kitchen that teaches you both to cook and speak French, and we find out why an antiviral a day... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Peeing on an Electric Fence

Peeing on an Electric Fence

What happens if you urinate on an electric fence? We find out the answer to this and some of your other science questions on this week's Naked Scientists, including why chilli peppers are red, how do...

1 Elo 200958min

Rubbish!

Rubbish!

We dig deep into the science of rubbish, refuse, waste and recycling... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

25 Heinä 200959min

Making Babies - Pregnancy and Fertility

Making Babies - Pregnancy and Fertility

The latest in the science of fertility, IVF and pregnancy... We find out how pre-implantation tests could improve the success of IVF and how stress during pregnancy affects foetal development. Plus, ...

18 Heinä 200959min

The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop

The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop

Award winning Canadian hip hop artist Baba Brinkman brings us his Rap Guide to Evolution, an hour of clever, witty and scientifically accurate rhymes that will have you seeing Darwin from a whole new ...

15 Heinä 200959min

Here's Looking at You - the Science of Vision

Here's Looking at You - the Science of Vision

We seek the Science of Sight on this week's Naked Scientists, discovering how deep sea fish use clever bioluminescence and biological mirrors to cope with the darkness of the deep. We hear how our br...

11 Heinä 200957min

Why Does Toothpaste Make Food Taste Funny?

Why Does Toothpaste Make Food Taste Funny?

This week, we're taking on your science brainteasers! We find out why toothpaste ruins other flavours, whether humans have a mating season and why food goes in multicoloured, but comes out brown... Pl...

4 Heinä 200958min

Driving into the Future

Driving into the Future

This week, we look into new ways of putting a tiger in your tank! We find out how pond life could help make eco-friendly biodiesel and how new types of batteries can power electric cars for further t...

27 Kesä 200954min

The Future of our Food

The Future of our Food

This week we dig into into the science of farming and food production. We find out how transgenic plants can help us dispense with the need for chemical pesticides and how giant greenhouses at the sho...

20 Kesä 20091h

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