Science Talk #17 - Tickles. The Moon and why our Clocks need leap seconds.

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13/02/2017 17 min
Science Talk #17 - Tickles. The Moon and why our Clocks need leap seconds.

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Dr Alice talks about Tickling and why brain researchers are so interested in it - (did you know there are professional Rat Ticklers ?). Dr Jessica reports on the latest evidence of the origin of our moon. Doctor Karl on why we keep on adding leap seconds to our clocks - what is going on.

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