Time once again for Don't Try This At Home, the segment of our show in which we discourage people from doing things that may destroy your house or frighten the neighbors. A healthy sense of curiosity is essential to the scientific spirit, but safety...
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Hello, everyone. Our question today is from Lace Sun. Its a very simple question: are British people conservative? I think the stereotype of British people in many countries is that were a conservative nation. Well, lets find out what British people...
Dear Annie: My neighbors ask us to pet-sit their dogs every holiday, vacation, etc. This started 10 years ago, when my young son was friends with their son. Both boys are now grown and don't live at home. These neighbors have an elderly dog that can...
Dear Annie: Last summer my son got engaged. They set a wedding date for late summer. However, she became pregnant, so they are now planning to marry sooner at the local courthouse. But they still want to have their marriage blessed in church, so they...
At 818 meters tall, the Burj Dubai punctures the city's skyline with its telescopic steel spire, finishing more than 300 metres higher than its nearest rival, Taiwan's Taipei 101. 26,000 hand-cut glass panels create a soaring glimmer in the sunshine,...
Lord Norman Foster said it was challenging to have to keep the bridge closed for two years of repairs. He said the bridge is not made of materials that are going to corrode. So the length of closure is only a blip in the life of the bridge. A blip is...
The bridge wobbled! The day the bridge opened, hundreds of people walked across it and it started to sway in a disconcerting way! It took two years for the bridge to be secured and made rigid. Did the architect find it frustrating that the bridge had...
June 2000, and London saw the opening of its first pedestrian-only bridge, the Millennium Bridge, between St Pauls Cathedral and the Tate Modern art gallery. It was quite a day and within minutes hundreds of people had come to see the new bridge and...
I also learned French at school, as well, but unfortunately I don't know any French now. Headmaster Stephen Winkley has strong criticism of British people's attitude to learning foreign languages. British people are terribly bad with languages, and t...
One of the most commonly-held beliefs regarding health and nutrition in the UK has been found to be untrue, according to a new scientific study. For many years British people have been recommended to eat at least 'five-a-day' that is five items of fr...
We've all heard many reasons to exercise, but in this Moment of Science Don tells Yael about what might be a new one to most of us. D: (In the background, Don is breathless doing jumping jacks and counting). Y: Don--Don, we're on the air--D: (BREATHL...
Don is wowed by his new contacts, and Yael explains why they work so well. Y: Hi Don, what's new? D: Everything! Y: What do you mean? D: The clouds, the grass, this pencil, my chair... Y: Have you been hitting the bottle? D: No. Y: Don't tell me you'...
On this Moment of Science Don and Yael talk about ways we date. D: So, Yael, how did the blind date go? Y: Not so well. He was one of those anxious attachment types. D: Anxious attachment types? I don't think I know about those. Y: Sure. That's one o...
In a tale they got married and lived happily ever after. Well, maybe the ever after is a bit of an exaggeration, but a happy marriage can bestow certain benefits, as Don and Yael discuss in this Moment of Science. D: On today's Moment of Science I am...
