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Social Insects, Biting Bugs and a Potted History of Honey

The Naked Scientists Podcast

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The Benefits of Strip Lights

Tungsten bulbs just work by heating up a piece of metal in the tiny filament until it becomes white hot. Only about 20% of the energy they use actually turns into anything that is terrifically useful. Some scientists have been training sniffer wasps to sniff out explosives, dead bodies, rotten food and all these kinds of things. These are small sort of parasitic wasps called microplitis chrissapies which live in a little cup called a wasp pound. And what you can do for any students out there who want to try their hand at being a scientist? You put your wasp Pound near an alarm detector and attach a camera to it. There's no wrong

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