Taylor Swift Seismology

BBC Inside Science

BBC

Technology, Science

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Taylor Swift fans danced so hard they made the ground shake at her recent Edinburgh gig so this week we’re meeting Earth Scientists Emma Greenough and James Panton to measure the Cardiff show - and explain some Swiftie Seismology.

We’re joined by the BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring and Cardiff University's Professor Martin Innes to talk the science of tracking election disinformation on social media.

What’s in the election manifestos? BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains all.

And Marnie dashes to Kew Gardens to meet horticulturalist Solene Dequiret, hoping to be in time to see two very foul-smelling plants in very rare bloom.

Nose pegs at the ready...

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producers: Gerry Holt, Katie Tomsett & Ella Hubber Editor: Martin Smith Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth

Transcript

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0:00.0	He is Brian Cox.
0:02.8	Hello.
0:03.3	And he understands science.
0:05.4	I'm Robin Ince and I don't understand it quite so much.
0:09.0	Could he tell us something about the nature of matter?
0:11.3	Nope.
0:12.0	Okay, good.
0:13.2	Together we'll be joined by a collection of experts and non-expert guests.
0:18.6	What's going on?
0:19.8	Don't you know.
0:21.6	Taking a look at some of the most wonderful things
0:24.4	in the scientific world.
0:25.9	Science with Funny Bits, The Infinite Monkey Cage
0:29.3	on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds. B.C. Sounds. Music, Radio Podcasts.
0:37.0	Welcome to Inside Science, first broadcast on the 20th of June, 2024, with me Marnie Chesterton.
0:45.0	Hello Taylor Swift may rock your world as a science show we're determined to quantify that
0:51.4	with a seismograph and what's's 2.5 meters tall and
0:55.2	smells like death warmed up? Stay tuned to find out. Now, do you trust the news you
1:01.4	read on social media?
1:03.0	On social media, not a chance.
1:05.0	Oh no.
1:08.0	I don't get the impression that it's been thoroughly researched.
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