Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Keep it clean
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Keep it clean
The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela is currently underway in India. As part of the event, millions of pilgrims will take a cleansing dip in the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati.
Inspired by this headline, we splash into a whole bathtub of stories about the science of cleaning.
We find out why it’s so important to prevent contamination of other planets and moons, and how space scientists keep things clean.
Next up, we discover how our brains clear out harmful toxins while we snooze.
And is there any truth in the saying, ‘tidy house, tidy mind’?
Finally, Marnie ponders whether it’s possible to be too clean, or if being a bit grubby is okay.
Presenters: Marnie Chesterton, with Affelia Wibisono and Andrada Fiscutean
Producers: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell, with Dan Welsh, William Hornbrook and Imaan Moin
View all episodes
By BBC World Service
4.5
326326 ratings
The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela is currently underway in India. As part of the event, millions of pilgrims will take a cleansing dip in the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati.
Inspired by this headline, we splash into a whole bathtub of stories about the science of cleaning.
We find out why it’s so important to prevent contamination of other planets and moons, and how space scientists keep things clean.
Next up, we discover how our brains clear out harmful toxins while we snooze.
And is there any truth in the saying, ‘tidy house, tidy mind’?
Finally, Marnie ponders whether it’s possible to be too clean, or if being a bit grubby is okay.
Presenters: Marnie Chesterton, with Affelia Wibisono and Andrada Fiscutean
Producers: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell, with Dan Welsh, William Hornbrook and Imaan Moin
More shows like Unexpected Elements
View all
In Our Time
5,395 Listeners
The Documentary Podcast
1,837 Listeners
The Naked Scientists Podcast
604 Listeners
Nature Podcast
764 Listeners
Science Magazine Podcast
812 Listeners
F1: Chequered Flag
732 Listeners
Global News Podcast
7,899 Listeners
Science Weekly
427 Listeners
5 Live Science Podcast
112 Listeners
Health Check
89 Listeners
6 Minute English
1,814 Listeners
Learning English Conversations
1,118 Listeners
Science In Action
347 Listeners
Discovery
962 Listeners
Ask the Naked Scientists
73 Listeners
The Infinite Monkey Cage
2,065 Listeners
Newshour
1,051 Listeners
The Life Scientific
213 Listeners
BBC Inside Science
398 Listeners
CrowdScience
478 Listeners
People Fixing the World
245 Listeners
Americast
723 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
2,975 Listeners
New Scientist Podcasts
105 Listeners