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Nov 6, 2009 26 min

Tough Tomatoes and Custard Conflagrations

from Ask the Naked Scientists Hosted by Dr Chris Smith

Why are tomato skins so tough? Can you make fireworks from custard powder? What is the speed of dark? Join us as Dave Ansell takes on your science questions, explaining if satellites get dusty, how much damage the infamous Guy Fawkes' gunpowder plot would have done and why you can't see stars in footage shot in space! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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