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Episode Synopsis
In prepping a Year 9 Science lesson on conservation of energy, Ant comes across a booklet on heat and bush fires. The science behind the burning of wood naturally has him busting to know whether humans can spontaneously combust. What's involved in pyrolysis, combustion, and the wick effect? And can these scientific phenomena explain why images alleging to show the aftermath of spontaneous human combustion depict one lonely limb remaining? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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