Sobre este episodio
<p>Two deadly cases today sent in by listeners to <a href="mailto:curiouscases@bbc.co.uk">curiouscases@bbc.co.uk</a></p><p>The Dark Star "What's inside a black hole and could we fly a spaceship inside?" asks Jorge Luis Alvarez from Mexico City.</p><p>Astrophysicist Sheila Rowan explains how we know invisible black holes actually exist. Plus cosmologist Andrew Pontzen is on hand to help cook one up.</p><p>But which of our intrepid doctors will volunteer to fly into the heart of a black hole?</p><p>Kate Bush’s Sonic Weapon "It started while listening to the excellent Experiment IV by Kate Bush. The premise of the song is of a band who secretly work for the military to create a 'sound that could kill someone'. Is it scientifically possible to do this?" asks Paul Goodfield.</p><p>Hannah consults acoustic engineer Trevor Cox to ask if sonic weapons could kill. And Adam delves into subsonic frequencies with parapsychologist Chris French to investigate their spooky effects.</p><p>Plus the team investigates the Curious Case of the Embassy in Cuba – could a sonic weapon really be responsible for the wide-ranging symptoms reported by American diplomats in Havana?</p><p>You can send your scientific mysteries for the team to investigate to: <a href="mailto:curiouscases@bbc.co.uk">curiouscases@bbc.co.uk</a></p><p>Picture: A computer-generated image of a rich star field with a Black Hole in front of it which distorts starlight into a brilliant ring around itself, Credit: BBC </p><p>Producer: Michelle Martin</p>
Escucha este episodio en inglés para aprender inglés
Los episodios de podcast son una de las formas más densas de absorber inglés al ritmo nativo. What would happen if you fell into a black hole? de Discovery te da diálogo natural, habla sin guion y vocabulario que de verdad aparece en conversaciones reales.
En la app Clue, cada palabra de la transcripción es tocable. Toca una palabra desconocida, ve la traducción a tu idioma al instante y sigue escuchando sin romper el ritmo.
Episodios para aprender inglés
- The friendly virus 22 jun 2026
- The Life Scientific: Dean Lomax 15 jun 2026
- The Life Scientific: Helen Hastie 8 jun 2026
- The Life Scientific: Seth Berkley 1 jun 2026
- The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris 25 may 2026
- The Life Scientific: Washington Yotto Ochieng 18 may 2026
- The Life Scientific: Lucy Carpenter 11 may 2026
- The Life Scientific: Jens Juul Holst 4 may 2026
- The Life Scientific: Jim Ashworth-Beaumont 27 abr 2026
- Inside Universe 25 20 abr 2026
- Dark Breath 13 abr 2026
- Superbugs: Resistance Rising Part 3 6 abr 2026
- Superbugs: Resistance rising, part 2 30 mar 2026
- Superbugs: Resistance rising, part 1 23 mar 2026
- The Life Scientific: Jehane Ragai 16 mar 2026
- The Life Scientific: Tony Juniper 9 mar 2026
- The Life Scientific: Pierre Friedlingstein 2 mar 2026
- The Life Scientific: Julia Simner 23 feb 2026
- The Life Scientific: Caroline Smith 16 feb 2026
- The Life Scientific: AP De Silva 9 feb 2026
- The Life Scientific: Eleanor Schofield 2 feb 2026
- The Life Scientific: Peter Knight 26 ene 2026
- Frontiers of Earth Science 19 ene 2026
- Frontiers of Space Science 12 ene 2026
- What is Quantum? 5 ene 2026
- The Life Scientific: George Church 29 dic 2025
- The Life Scientific: Gareth Collett 22 dic 2025
- The Life Scientific: Sonia Gandhi 15 dic 2025
- The Life Scientific: Mark O'Shea 8 dic 2025
- Waking up with a different voice 1 dic 2025