Quick Fire Science, From The Naked Scientists
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Quick fire facts on hot science news stories...
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Hyperloop Trains
21/08/2013 Duración: 02minUS-based entrepreneur Elon Musk is not a man who's lacking ambition in life. His company Space-X has already built rockets which compete with those used by NASA and the European Space Agency, and last year one of them became the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. This week, however, it's another of his projects which has been in the news - a new kind of train which he thinks could transport people over the 350-miles between Los Angeles and San Francisco in only 35 minutes. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Shooting stars
13/08/2013 Duración: 01minThis week, star gazers have been turning their eyes to the sky to look for shooting stars, as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. But what are meteors, and what's the best way to observe them? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Growing meat in the lab
07/08/2013 Duración: 01minThis week the world's first lab grown beef burger was cooked and eaten in London. But how was it made and why is it important? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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What are Jellyfish?
31/07/2013 Duración: 01minThis weeks Quick Fire Science on Jellyfish Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Organ donation
24/07/2013 Duración: 02minThis Sunday sees the start of the 19th World Transplant Games in Durban, South Africa. The games offer the opportunity for those who have undergone a transplant to compete in a variety of competitive sports at the highest level. Here's the Quick Fire Science on organ donation and transplantation. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Man-powered Helicopter
17/07/2013 Duración: 02minThis week, a team at Toronto university won the "Igor I. Sikorsky Competition" by building a man-powered helicopter and flying their machine "Atlas" within a 10mx10m box, at a height of 3m for over a minute. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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A new IVF fertility treatment
10/07/2013 Duración: 02minA baby has been born in the US using a new genetic screening test for IVF embryos Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Buying a Pint with Bitcoins
25/06/2013 Duración: 01minThe virtual currency 'bitcoin' has long been used by gamers to buy extra features online. But now you can spend your savings on real life pints. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Helium balloons... and wifi
19/06/2013 Duración: 02minDubbed Project Loon, and with the strapline "Balloon-Powered Internet For Everyone", Google announces the deployment of a fleet of balloons to bring Internet access and WiFi within reach in remote places... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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An Invisibility Cloak for your Pets
12/06/2013 Duración: 01minA team in Singapore have developed an invisibility cloak that can hide goldfish and cats. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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HPV and Oral Cancer
05/06/2013 Duración: 01minThis week the actor Michael Douglas revealed in an interview with the Guardian newspaper that he believes the throat cancer he suffered was as a result of infection with the human papillomavirus - HPV - infection he believes he contracted through oral sex. Here's the Quickfire Science with Dominic Ford and Kate Lamble Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Climbing Everest
29/05/2013 Duración: 02minThis week marks the 60th anniversary of the first complete ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay in 1953. But few people know that had it not been for the failure of one of two competing designs of breathing equipment - a completely different pair of climbers could have made it to the top first.Here's your Quickfire Science from Hannah Critchlow and Kate Lamble. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Tornado Science
22/05/2013 Duración: 02minTragedy struck Oklahoma this week, when a massive tornado at least a mile wide ripped through the town of Moore, injuring 353 and leaving at least 24 people dead. To find out how these destructive forces of nature develop, here's your Quickfire Science of tornadoes with Elena Teh and Pete Skidmore... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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BRCA1: Angelina Jolie
15/05/2013 Duración: 01minIt emerged this week that actress and director Angelina Jolie chose to have a double mastectomy, because she carries a gene called BRCA1, which greatly increases her chances of developing breast cancer. Here's your quickfire science about the story from Naked Scientists Elena Teh Pete Skidmore... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists