Question of the Week - From the Naked Scientists
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...
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- http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/qotw/
- Description
- 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...
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-02-22 07:07
- last episode published
- 2025-02-21 10:09
- publication frequency
- 10.39 days
- Contributors
- Dr Chris Smith
- Author Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 602
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- Categories
- Education Natural Sciences Higher Education Science & Medicine Health & Fitness
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| 2025-02-21 | Dan wants to know what the likelihood is of him being here if neither him, his parents, nor his grandparents had had any vaccinations. James Tytko sought to provide an answer, with the help of Helen Bedford, Professor of Children's Health at UCL... Lik... |
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| 2025-02-14 | Thanks to Philippa Browning for the answer! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists |
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| 2025-02-07 | Bill sends his question in all the way from Australia. A regular listener, he enjoys our programme through bone conduction headphones. But what are these devices, and does listening to loud sounds through them predispose a person to damaging their hear... |
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| 2025-01-31 | Kevin wants to know, assuming many of us will be driving electric cars in the future, what will happen to the vast quantities of petrol currently refined from crude oil? Will we scale back production? Or can industry adapt? To help James Tytko with the... |
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| 2025-01-24 | George writes in to ask whether his gum-chewing habits are related to his tinnitus, or whether it's just a coincidence that it comes back when he gets back into the habit. James Tytko investigates, with help from ear, nose and throat doctor Malcolm Hil... |
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| 2025-01-17 | In our Question of the Week, Andrew wants to know why many people may experience dreams differently when holidaying in the mountains. To find out what might be behind the 'high-definition' dreams associated with high places, James Tytko sought the help... |
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| 2025-01-10 | Damian wants to know, if at one stage all of the continents were joined together, what was on the other side? Was it all just water? James Tytko investigated whether this was the case, and what the consequences would be for conditions on Earth of one g... |
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| 2024-12-13 | Dave writes in wanting to know whether there is any way to get nuclear energy onto the grid without heating up water to turn a steam turbine. A great question that sees James Tytko dip his toe into the uranium heated waters of nuclear engineering... Li... |
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| 2024-12-06 | David wants to know, after looking at distant galaxies in the night sky, how long it took to create them. James Tytko took on the question with the help of the University of Cambridge's Public Astronomer, Matt Bothwell... Like this podcast? Please help... |
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| 2024-11-29 | Parasites have to come up with all sorts of tricks to evade the immune system of their hosts. But Kate wants to know, how do they know they've found the right place? James Tytko took her question on with help from Catherine Merrick, professor of parisi... |
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