Social media addiction, and the famous honeybee dance

About this episode

This episode discusses social media addiction, nuclear materials in a sunken Soviet sub, a magnetic shadow on the Moon, and the honeybee waggle dance.

This week: social media's role in user harm and the plausibility of app addiction, a sunken Soviet sub revealing how nuclear materials behave deep underwater, a hidden "magnetic shadow" on the Moon that could improve space travel safety, and the science behind the famous "waggle dance" performed by honeybees.... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

People in this episode

Host: The Naked Scientists

Topics covered

• social media addiction
• nuclear materials
• space travel safety
• honeybee dance

Keywords

• social media
• addiction
• nuclear materials
• space travel
• honeybee dance
• waggle dance
• Soviet sub

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Organizations: Naked Scientists

Products: social media

Places: Moon

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