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  1. What's inside a quark? | Questions | Naked Scientists

    Sep 10, 2019 · If you could break open a quark, what would you find inside?

  2. What is the God Particle and Why Should I Care?

    Jan 10, 2012 · Humans don’t float away into space, as in Frank in Kubric’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”, because the Earth’s gravity acts on our body mass. Yes, mass is directly proportional to weight, the …

  3. Finding the God Equation | Podcasts | Naked Scientists

    May 26, 2021 · What is the symmetry? Four dimensional rotations in Lorentz space. Now let's take a look at the quark model. The quark model, which is a model for the inside of the proton, has three …

  4. Tetraquarks: new configurations of subatomic particles discovered

    Mar 16, 2021 · Researchers using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN say they’ve recently discovered a new exotic form of subatomic particles called tetraquarks. They exist for just fractions of a second, so …

  5. How do atoms make colours? | Questions | Naked Scientists

    Jun 22, 2008 · The biggest effect is actually what colour something absorbs. Different colours of light have different energies. The bluer the light, and light comes in blobs called photons, the more energy …

  6. Why do doctors remove air from syringes? | Science Questions

    Apr 20, 2008 · When you are given an injection why is the doctor or nurse very careful to make sure there is no air in the barrel of the syringe? Because when you cut yourself it doesn’t matter, there’s …

  7. Why don't some people get hangovers? | Science Questions

    Jan 12, 2016 · In your Christmas broadcast, you covered the subject of hangovers. But why is it that some people do not get hangovers? I have two sisters. Myself and one sister never get hangovers, …

  8. Survival in a Sealed Car | Podcasts - The Naked Scientists

    Apr 14, 2008 · How long would you survive sealed in a compact car? Is there enough oxygen to survive your journey, or should you just open a window to avoid suffocating on your own expelled gas?

  9. Fossil Feathers in Colour - Planet Earth Online | Interviews

    Dec 18, 2011 · An international team led by Roy Wogelius from the University of Manchester has developed a new technique that reveals the colour, and even chemistry, of fossil birds – birds that …

  10. Hitting Hepatitis C | Interviews - The Naked Scientists

    Dec 6, 2009 · Chris - Also in the news this week, in the journal Science, there's a paper which highlights a potential new treatment for hepatitis C. This new paper describes a molecule which will target …