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May 12, 2012 54 min

Here Comes The Science Bit

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The worst offenders might be shampoo adverts, but egregious pseudo-science is not exactly rare in fiction. Joined by The Science Of Fiction regular Djuke Veldhuis, we take a look at what gets scribbled in beside the bits in the script marked “technobabble”. BBC News: Tackling the trade in human flesh pills io9: Remember when we thought we’d get all our nutrition from pills and bars? Wired: Physicist uses maths to avoid traffic penalty That Mitchell and Webb Look on brushing tongues Tracklist Death Cab for Cutie – Crooked Teeth Placebo – Every You Every Me Clint Mansell – Leaving Earth Détail de "Blah, blah, blah" du studio Louise Campbell (Maison du Danemark) by dalbera Send feedback and comments to [email protected].

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