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The Naked Scientists explore archaeologists' revelation that people have been riding on, eating and drinking the milk of horses for over 5,000 years; why the Amazon forest might become a carbon cri...minal; how marine organisms produce laughing gas; how a mutated gene has been linked to pancreatic cancer; how observations from space provide information on how the ground recovers after an earthquake.Plus in 'Stuff and Non-Science', are old glass windows thicker at the bottom because glass is a liquid?
The Naked Scientists explore archaeologists' revelation that people have been riding on, eating and drinking the milk of horses for over 5,000 years; why the Amazon forest might become a carbon cri...minal; how marine organisms produce laughing gas; how a mutated gene has been linked to pancreatic cancer; how observations from space provide information on how the ground recovers after an earthquake.Plus in 'Stuff and Non-Science', are old glass windows thicker at the bottom because glass is a liquid?
| Series: | Breaking science |
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| First transmission date: | 2009-03-08 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC radio |
| Published: | 2009 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Diana O'Carroll |
| Presenter: | Chris Smith |
| Contributors: | Chris Smith; Helen Scales; Oliver Phillips; Eric Fielding; Stephen Byrne |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | AUDA761B |
| Available to public: | no |
