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Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look back at the year in science, and ask leading experts in the fields of health, AI, space, marine science, and archaeology for their standout moments that defined 2024. Plus, Titans of Science returns with a look at pioneering astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
Highlighted moments
It had to be something physically very small because it's pulsing quite fast, responding quite fast. But it's also quite strong, whatever it is. It's got a sizable radio signal. So it's small and it's big. It doesn't quite make sense.
“The pulse is shaped by the star's magnetic field and the star is spinning. So you can think of a beam coming out of the north and south magnetic poles of this star, a bit like a lighthouse beam.”
“I married somebody who worked in local government. And the way we operated it was, he'd have a job and I'd get a job at a nearby astronomy place. And then, say after a bit, it's time I moved. And I could see my world falling apart. And he'd start looking at job adverts.”
“When he'd finished his colloquium, Fred Hoyle was the first person to speak. And in his best Yorkshire accent, I don't think it's an oscillating white dwarf. I think it's a neutron star.”
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