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Stars, Stings and Tickles
Ask the Naked Scientists
English - January 23, 2009 00:00 - 35 minutes - 12.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsLife Sciences Science Natural Sciences science questions ask the naked scientists Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Why do we see stars in the sky? Why do stars twinkle? Why can't we tickle ourselves? And how do stinging nettles sting? We tackle these question in this weeks show. We also find out whether eyesight can improve with age, how fibre optics work, why water doesn't burn and we reveal what hypermiling is! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists