Episode 603
Why do boats have round portholes?
Aeroplanes also have round windows, but why. Plus, farts, brain capacity and lightning travelling through your plumbing...
May 20, 202226m 47s
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Show Notes
Shortages of cooking oil, risks of being hit by lightning and can lightning travel through your plumbing; why boats have round portholes; what's the memory capacity of a human brain; can we measure happiness; do animals feel happy and sad like we do; what gives farts their unique characteristics, and why do stars twinkle? Lester and Dr Chris have the answers... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
cooking oilpanic buyingportholewhy stars twinklememory capacitylightningelectricityfarts