Can I eat it?

我可以吃吗?

Unexpected Elements

科学

2024-08-02

49 分钟
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Champagne has been discovered in a 100+ year old shipwreck. It's an amazing find. But can you drink it? Speaking of bubbly, we learn more about the physics of bubbles, and why understanding it is crucial for the climate. Also on the show, a 2,000 year-old mystery about a navigation device that persists up to the present day.

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  • This weekend, I sat on the back step of my parents house with my mum and together we stared at a copper arresting current underworld boss three letters.

  • It was her birthday, so the family coalesced on the place that's been home all our lives with gifts and good cheer.

  • And although I brought cake and champagne, I know that really what she likes is someone to sit with and do the cryptic crossword.

  • In case you're wondering, the answer to copper arresting current underworld boss is dis.

  • I didn't get it.

  • Or any of the answers, but somehow that wasn't the point.

  • I'm Marnie Chesterton from the BBC World Service.

  • This is unexpected elements, and I'm joined, as usual, by a panel of journalists from around the world.

  • In Accra, Ghana, we have Gottfried Balafo.

  • Hey, hey, Godfrey.

  • Hey, hey, Marnie.

  • Greetings from Accra.

  • It's a grey day, but I love the weather.

  • It's not too hot.

  • Good, good.

  • And in Nunavut, Canada, we have morale.

  • Jamal, welcome back.

  • Hey, Marnie.

  • Listen, both.

  • Do either of you do crosswords?