Dr Karl and the Naked Scientist

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• Naked Scientist 28 May 12: Tasty tomatoes and giant diamonds

  Mon, 28 May 12

  Duration:
  27 mins

  This week Dr Chris Smith and his Naked Scientist colleagues report on the chemical recipe for making tomatoes taste great, and the world’s biggest diamond that’s being built in Britain.

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• 24 May 12: what mircowaves can do to wifi

  Thu, 24 May 12

  Duration:
  48 mins

  On the latest edition of Dr Karl, how your microwave oven can interfere with your home Wi-Fi. How to control the Flow of Heat, with layers just atoms thick. And does caffeine dehydrate you?

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• 17 May 12: Walking with coffee

  Thu, 17 May 12

  Duration:
  49 mins

  How can you walk without splilling coffee, and can actor Anne Hathaway affect the world economy?

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• Naked Scientist 14 May 12: Windy Dinosaurs and the Missile Chimp

  Mon, 14 May 12

  Duration:
  26 mins

  Science news with Dr Chris Smith and colleagues. This edition; burning up body fat, the reason why dinosaurs with wind may have "wreaked" havoc with the cretaceous climate and the chimp that plans missile attacks on zoo visitors.

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• DrKarl 10 May 12: Where do seeds come from?

  Thu, 10 May 12

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer your science questions. This week; where do all the seeds come from and an eyewitness to ball lightning joins us to describe his experience.

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• DrKarl 03 May 12: Food special as Prof Charles comes on board

  Tue, 8 May 12

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Rhod and Dr Karl are joined by food specialist Professor Charles Spence to deal with such tricky questions as; where does the skin on the porridge pan come from?

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• Hairy women and homing pigeons 30 APR 12

  Mon, 30 Apr 12

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists explore..: why women have evolved out of having beards and hairy chests, and scientists have discovered how homing pigeons’ brains respond to the Earth’s magnetic field enabling them to navigate.

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• DrKarl 26 Apr 12: Helium balloons, marsupials and coffee cup physics

  Thu, 26 Apr 12

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the scarcity of helium, the peculiarities of marsupials and the physics of coffee cups.

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• Underground water 24 APR 12

  Mon, 23 Apr 12

  Duration:
  26 mins

  Why there's so much water underground, a new way to work paralysed body parts by reading brain activity, and a way to heal injured heart tissue by converting scar tissue back into healthy cardiac muscle. They're issues occupying the Naked Scientists this week.

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• Diesel engines and Dr K's new planet 19 APR 12

  Thu, 19 Apr 12

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Why aren't humans more hairy? How does a diesel engine work and what exactly is Dr Karl's new planet. That's all on the agenda this week for Dr Karl and Dr Rhod.

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