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Alzheimer's: the fight back
2024/03/26
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Thanks to Sannia Farrukh and the ICGEB for their support in making this show!It's thought that by the end of the decade, 78 million people around the world will have Alzheimer's disease. It's debilitating and progressive. It robs people of their personality, their independence, and their quality of life. And caring for people with the condition, which often goes on over many years, is extremely costly, both financially and emotionally. The biggest risk factor is age; and as the proportion of the population living into their 80s, when as many as a fifth of individuals can develop the condition,... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Whooping cough cases surge, and looking for life on Europa
2024/03/22
This week on The Naked Scientists: The spike in whooping cough cases occurring across Europe; what's behind it? Also, how scientists are set to look for life on an icy moon of Jupiter. And, the new artificially intelligent gadget to make roads safer for cyclists. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Tackling the uptick in ticks
2024/03/19
This week on The Naked Scientists, we're getting ticked off about the uptick in ticks, as we look at what they are, the problems they cause, and what we can do to tick them off our worry list. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
COVID retrospective, space security, and car brake particles
2024/03/15
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In the news pod, 4 years on from the outset of the COVID pandemic, what questions still need answering in the bid to avoid a similar emergency? Plus, why we need to start taking space security more seriously, how car brakes could be more polluting than exhaust fumes, and Paul Alexander - who lived inside an iron lung for 70 years - dies at the age of 78. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Should we stop calling it Long COVID?
2024/03/12
4 years since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic officially, we take a look at the latest research guiding scientists towards the root causes of the debilitating symptoms some people suffer for many years after their initial infection with SARS-CoV-2... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Greedy labradors, a dead galaxy, and telepathic fish
2024/03/08
In the news pod, the greedy gene fuelling hungry labradors, AI assists prostate cancer prognosis, the galaxy which died 13 billion years ago, how birds are struggling to adapt to changing seasons, and fish that send each other electrical signals to help them see farther... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Cyber crimes in cyber times
2024/03/05
This week on The Naked Scientists, cyber crimes in cyber times. Off the back of cyber attacks on the British Library and our own Cambridge University, we'll be taking a look at the world of cyber attacks, from the state level down to the individual. How does it happen, and who is responsible, and how can we protect against them? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The UK rejoins Horizon programme, and how we lost our tails
2024/03/01
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In this episode of The Naked Scientists: As the UK rejoins the EU Horizon research programme, we hear from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on what she sees as the benefits from this "new deal". Also, scientists discover a way to get lithium batteries charging faster, and performing better in the cold. And how, and why, did we humans lose our tails back in history?Michelle - Horizon isn't a EU exclusive scheme. What Horizon is, is it's the world's largest research collaboration program. So for the UK to reassociate is a big deal, not just for the scientific... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
How pothole misery is driving a digital roads revolution
2024/02/27
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Today's topic is sure to gain a lot of traction with our listeners, and that's because we're talking about the state of our roads. Potholes are so maddening, they can send the most mild mannered among us into full blown road rage, cracking windscreens and wrecking wheels. And the problem seems to be getting worse...Luckily researchers at Cambridge University are coming to the roaduser's rescue: with digital facsimiles of the road network to help spot problem areas sooner, new materials that make road repairs last longer, and even an autonomous robot that can track down and fix up potholes... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Blood clot breakthrough, and a fossil forgery
2024/02/23
In the news pod, a study into the DNA of ancient humans has found what are potentially the oldest examples of genetic diseases like Down syndrome. Also, new insights into whale song, a potential new treatment for blood clots, and lifting the lid on a phony fossil... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Microplastics and forever chemicals: here to stay?
2024/02/20
This week on The Naked Scientists: they're everywhere, from the bottom of the ocean to inside your bodies. We look at the pervasive topic of microplastics, and so called 'forever chemicals.' What do we know so far, and should we be concerned? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Dengue, decaying dead bodies, and a stone age deer trap
2024/02/16
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In the news pod, as an outbreak of Dengue fever rips through Brazil, we ask, should we be worried in Europe? Also, scientists describe the microbes responsible for the decomposition of animal flesh, and a miraculous underwater archaelogical find sheds light on ancient hunting practices. Plus, could teasing behaviours in great apes be the origins of our own sense of humour? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Healing war wounds
2024/02/13
On this episode of The Naked Scientists, we'll examine the evolution of the role of medicine in conflict, with contributions from a retired general, a war wound pioneer and a trauma expert. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
King Charles' cancer, and a new particle supercollider
2024/02/09
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In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Why cancer waiting lists have lengthened, and the importance of catching the disease early; how pollution is blinding insects to plants they might otherwise want to pollinate: and how do blueberries come by their colour? It's not as simple as it sounds: squash one and you'll see they're not blue inside! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Is it time to change the law on assisted dying?
2024/02/06
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Dame Esther Rantzen reignited the debate on assisted dying in the UK after she shared the news she had joined the physician assisted dying clinic Dignitas in Switzerland. The services offered by Dignitas are illegal here in the UK, but recently some countries have been relaxing their laws in this area. The argument goes, modern medicine has given many of us the gift of much longer lives, so should it also give us the option of a more dignified death? In this episode of the Naked Scientists, James Tytko speaks with those with a personal stake in this debate, medical professionals, and a legal... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Neuralink implant, and a brief history of spine
2024/02/02
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In the news pod this week, Elon Musk's Neuralink chip is successfully implanted into a human brain, but what's the potential of computer brain interfaces? Also on the programme, an Imperial scientist reveals the reason for insects' attraction to street lights, and we hear about one of the health benefits of fasting. Plus, join us on a sneak preview of a Cambridge museum exhibit all about the evolution of the spine... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Decarbonising shipping, and the Ship of the Future
2024/01/30
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This week, we are in Dover, south-east England, to meet the people trying to bring sustainable solutions to one of the world's most important sectors: shipping. In this episode, we look at the shipping industry as a case study to see just how much has to be taken into consideration on so many levels, in order to work towards a carbon neutral future. What are the enormous challenges currently being faced, and what goes into building the ship of the future? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Retinas reveal future health, and the first cells on Earth
2024/01/26
In this episode of The Naked Scientists: what the structure of your retina reveals about your risk of developing a range of diseases; have we finally cracked how the first biological cells appeared 4 billion years ago; and how pond skater insects survive potentially lethal run-ins with large raindrops. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of Science: Julie Williams
2024/01/23
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Julie Williams has dedicated much of her career to uncovering the genetic signposts for the most common cause of dementia: Alzheimer's disease. Chris Smith caught up with her to hear about influences she had growing up, how a revolution in genetics means we could be on the verge of key breakthroughs in fighting neurodegenerative conditions, and speaks about her time as Chief Scientific Advisor for Wales... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Plague in the population, and preventing potholes
2024/01/19
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This week on the Naked Scientists, did the Black Death cause a change in our genes? Also, we'll be finding out whether smaller wine glasses could be key to reducing alcohol consumption in the population, and how scientists are plugging the potholes in our roads with science. Plus, a crucial piece of the puzzle in understanding long Covid... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of Science: Martin Rees
2024/01/16
Titans of Science returns with another out-of-this-world guest: astronomer, astrophysicist and science populariser, Lord Martin Rees. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Depression drugs, deepfakes, and fingerprint discoveries
2024/01/12
On this week's edition of The Naked Scientists: Why dose of old drugs might be a new way to beat depression; with many countries gearing up for general elections, why AI-generated deepfakes have got politicians worried; And we look back at the life of the pioneering British transplant surgeon, Professor Sir Roy Calne.. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of Science: Deborah Prentice
2024/01/09
This week in The Naked Scientists, Titans of Science is back, and today we hear from the University of Cambridge's new vice-chancellor, Deborah Prentice. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Measles outbreaks, and terrorist chatbots
2024/01/05
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, What can be done to reverse a dramatic rise in measles cases around the world? We'll also be exploring Japan's susceptibility to incredibly powerful earthquakes. Plus, what may have prompted early humans to adapt the way they communicated... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
What science has in store for 2024
2024/01/02
Happy new year from The Naked Scientists! In this week's show, we're going to look ahead to what 2024 has in store - scientifically speaking - in a number of key areas in the months ahead. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The best of 2023!
2023/12/29
This week's show is one of retrospection. We're taking a look back at the year that was 2023, and reliving some of the outstanding scientific stories that came out of it. Everything from AI in medicine to asteroid samples. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
A Naked Gaming Christmas!
2023/12/26
This episode, Naked Gaming has commandeered the programme, as Chris Berrow and Leigh Milner take us through a Christmas full of games! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Naked Christmas: Presents, plonk and a pliosaur
2023/12/22
In this festive magazine show, join Chris Smith as he samples the BMJ's Christmas offerings, enjoys a glass or two of sparkling wine (in the name of science, of course), and previews the pliosaur discovery set to make waves on TV over the Christmas period... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of Science: Mark Slack
2023/12/19
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For this edition of Titans of Science, Chris Smith sits down with Mark Slack, a doctor revolutionising the use of robots in medicine. They discuss his early years in apartheid South Africa, how he established himself as a surgical innovator in the UK, and what the future holds for the use of technology in the operating theatre... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The pregnancy sickness protein, and COP controversy
2023/12/15
In the news this week, scientists identify the protein responsible for pregnancy sickness, what was settled on in the COP consensus, how honeyguides listen out for local language, and the special chemical which could hold the key to preserving a Rembrandt masterpiece. Plus, how many nukes would it take to destroy Jupiter? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of Science: Chris Hadfield
2023/12/12
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This episode marks the return of Titans of Science: full of in depth interviews with some of science's greats. To start us off, the astronaut and rockstar, Chris Hadfield. The conversation covers his upbringing in rural Canada, his time as an elite test pilot in the US military - the inspiration for his latest thriller novel 'The Defector' - and his multiple missions into space, culminating in a stint as commander of the International Space Station. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Fentanyl, fenlands, and Boris Johnson's COVID defence
2023/12/08
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, What did we learn from Boris Johnson's appearance at the COVID inquiry? Then, we'll hear from the team that's developing a new drug in the fight against the United States' fentanyl crisis. And, We'll hear about the discovery and fate of an ancient woodland. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Invigorating the inactive with just one step
2023/12/05
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If there were a pill you could take to reduce your risk of chronic diseases like heart failure, obesity, diabetes, depression, anxiety and more by 20%, chances are you'd be interested in getting your hands on it. Studies continue to extol the virtues of living an active lifestyle, but a growing number of us consistently fail to meet recommended levels of physical exertion. In this episode, we speak with medical experts on why it is so important, whatever your level of fitness, to feel like you can make a positive change to your life through exercise... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
COP28, Swine flu in the UK, and Bennu samples arrive
2023/12/01
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In this week's news pod, we preview the COP28 climate summit with Richard Black and get the latest on a confirmed case of a new strain of swine flu in the UK. Also, we speak to the researcher discovering the capacity for language learning in babies yet to be born, and hear from a scientist who has finally got their hands on a sample from the Bennu asteroid... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Jet engines, hearts, and planets: the world of digital twins
2023/11/28
In this episode of The Naked Scientists, we'll be taking a closer look at digital twins. What are they, and could they be the future of engineering, healthcare, and climate science? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
COVID inquiry revelations, and red wine headaches
2023/11/24
This week on The Naked Scientists, A damning indictment of our politicians' grasp of science emerges from the Covid Inquiry. Also, we'll ask who is behind the high-profile cyber hacks on the British Library. And, how researchers got to the bottom of why some of us get red-wine headaches? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Spinal stimuli and good vibrations: All about Parkinson's
2023/11/21
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This week - following the revelation that a man with debilitating Parkinson's Disease has been helped to walk again with a special implant that stimulates nerves in his spinal cord - that's what we're going to look at in this half hour. We'll be hearing from the surgeon who performed the operation, and other experts seeking to understand more about the condition... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Chickenpox and weather bots
2023/11/17
This week on the Naked Scientists; why, after many years, chickenpox vaccines for children finally look set to become the norm in the UK. Also, will artificial intelligence beat our weather forecasters? And can comets seed the biological building blocks of life to planets like Earth? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Selective breeding: designing dogs, and conserving tigers
2023/11/14
This week, we're taking a look at the genetics of selective breeding, how it might be dooming certain breeds of dog but saving certain endangered species. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Breast cancer drug breakthrough, and hibernating hedgehogs
2023/11/10
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In this edition of The Naked Scientists, the drug called Anastrozole can help prevent thousands of cases of breast cancer among older women: but at what cost? Also, climate change expert Mark Maslin on what we need to know about the forthcoming COP28 summit kicking off soon in Dubai. And, how the UK's hedgehogs have been going through a rough patch... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Faeces and phages: Moulding the microbiome
2023/11/07
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Today, we're helping you to get to know your microbiome, and hearing why a better understanding of it viewed by some as the next frontier in helping us to live longer, healthier lives. First, we explore the co-evolution of man and microbe, and the suite of modern techniques helping to clear up the remaining mysteries of the intestines. And, later on, how medicine is mobilsing the microbiome to ward of antibiotic resistant bacteria using faecal transplants and 'good' viruses... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Flu vaccinations, and calls for AI regulation
2023/11/03
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As flu season starts to bite the Northern Hemisphere, we look into the efforts to develop the most effective vaccines. Also, an AI expert reviews the recent Safety Summit hosted at Bletchley Park, how chimps are demonstrating human battle tactics, why cockney accents are becoming less common amongst young people, and how one might go about bending a laser around the Moon... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Halloween, and why you should love creepy creatures
2023/10/31
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This week, during the spookiest time of the year, we're going to look at the unfair portrayal that certain organisms get due to their reputation of being scary, dangerous, or gross, just like the ones above my head now. Instead, we will talk about what makes them great for both the planet and ourselves, as well as what we can do to protect them. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Long COVID, and strengthening hurricanes
2023/10/27
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, new analysis on the prevalence of long COVID. How widespread is it? Also, could climate change be causing hurricanes in the Atlantic to get stronger? And, we ask if scientists have finally established how bees decide which flower to forage from next... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Time to ditch daylight saving?
2023/10/24
As winter creeps over the Northern hemisphere, many of us will be turning time backwards by an hour in aid of daylight saving time. But why do we do this? In this episode, we weigh up whether there's really a robust rationale for changing the clocks depending on the time of year, hearing from scientists and historians... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Head knocks and food system shocks
2023/10/20
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In the news pod, we speak to World Rugby's Chief Medical Officer to hear how they're making the professional game as safe as possible. Also, we explore the potential consequences of climate change on the world's stock of farmland, and hear why an increasing number of satellites means our atmosphere is filling up with potentially harmful chemicals. Then, we send a member of the team for an eye test, and find out whether swatting mosquitoes could impact selection pressures on the species... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The James Webb Space Telescope
2023/10/17
This week, the beginning of the universe and the search for extraterrestrial life. We look at the technological marvel that is the James Webb Space Telescope. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Bedbugs, pig organ transplants, and 1918 flu deaths
2023/10/13
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This week on The Naked Scientists, the rise of the bedbugs. Leading bedbug expert, James Logan, will tell us all we need to know. Also, could genetically modified pig kidneys soon be transplanted into humans? The clinical trial is now awaiting approval. Plus, why it might be time for us to reappraise the impact of the 1918 flu pandemic. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
When not if: Preparing for the next pandemic
2023/10/10
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Medical professionals largely agree: the world is far more susceptible to a Covid level crisis than it ever has been. Mass urbanisation, political instability and climate change are among the factors contributing to an increased risk of diseases jumping from animals into people. We hear from scientists who demand action before the next coronavirus arises, likely to be within the decade... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Malaria vaccine, Fukushima wastewater & Nobel prizes
2023/10/06
In the news pod: the WHO have recommended the Oxford Covid jab for use - we talk to someone who helped design it. We also speak with the scientist who questions whether the Fukushima wastewater disposal plans are as controversial as some would have us believe, and there's a round up of this year's Nobel prizes... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of Science: Sally Davies
2023/10/03
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, it's time for the conclusion of our summer series: Titans of Science. Chris Smith chats with England's former Chief Medical Officer and the current Master of Trinity College, Cambridge: Dame Sally Davies. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
COVID variant vaccines, and sinking antimatter
2023/09/29
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In this episode of The Naked Scientists, A future proof covid jab that combats variants that don't even exist yet. Reassuringly for theoretical physics, signs that antimatter does obey the rules of gravity, and why one doomsday scenario is predicting we'll all be wiped out in 250 million years time, when plate tectonics give us a new supercontinent. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of Science: Robert Winston
2023/09/26
This week's guest is a pioneer of IVF, award-winning broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords, Robert Winston. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Spinal injury repair, and embryo editing ethics
2023/09/22
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This week on The Naked Scientists: A breakthrough in treating spinal cord injuries, worrying news about red fire ants in Sicily, we look at what it means for us in the UK. Plus, NASA is sending a sample of an asteroid back to Earth - it arrives this weekend; find out what scientists are hoping to learn. All that and more on this week's show... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of Science: Anthony Fauci
2023/09/19
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Time for the next installment in Titans of Science! This week's very special guest is the former chief medical advisor to the White House during the pandemic, Dr Anthony Fauci. He tells Chris Smith his fascinating story, from a boyhood flair on the basketball court, his rise to prominence handling an HIV crisis, to what it was like working with Donald Trump... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Ban on cheap vapes, and farewell to Dolly's 'father'
2023/09/15
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On the news pod, we ask whether an outright ban is the best way to deal with the health and environmental cost of sweet shop style vapes. Also on the programme; a new device for detecting Covid on patients' breath, the search for life elsewhere in the universe intensifies, and we pay tribute to Ian Wilmut, the 'father' of Dolly the sheep Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of Science: Helen Sharman - part 2
2023/09/12
Part 2 of the extraordinary story of the first Briton in space. What was life like on a space station? How do you get back down? and what do you do afterwards? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Concrete concerns, and pharaoh de toilette
2023/09/08
In this edition, can civil engineers help rescue the UK's crumbling schools and hospitals? Also, new initiative that is hoping to improve the treatment of sepsis, and how the scent of ancient Egypt has been replicated in a Danish museum... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Titans of science: Helen Sharman - part 1
2023/09/05
Today's guest is Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space. Our conversation ranges from her early beginnings working in a chocolate factory - Mars, would you believe - to her run in with the then leader of the Soviet Union... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
London ULEZ emissions tax, and uterus transplants
2023/09/01
This week, London's latest ULEZ expansion - will it make much difference to air quality? The concerning impacts of poaching, and not just to endangered species, and the curious case of a woman with a worm in her brain. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Return to the Moon: Why now?
2023/08/29
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This week, we're casting our eyes towards the brightest and largest object in our night sky: the Moon. As India becomes the 4th nation to achieve a successful soft landing on our only natural sateillite, we saw a fantastic opportunity to chart the history of how the Moon was formed and the many billions worth of missions invested in finding out more about it... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Serial killers, and sails on supertankers
2023/08/25
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In the news this week, how can we understand the motivations of serial killers? Also, we ask a dermatologist to outline the early signs of melanoma, and find out about the initiative to reduce carbon emissions from the shipping industry using aeroplane wings. Plus, water voles are being reintroduced in the Lake District - we hear from the site manager in charge. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The perfect plate of food: seasonal and well seasoned
2023/08/22
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Eating. We all have to do it 3 times a day and there's a lot to consider every time we do: is what I'm eating good for me? Is it sustainable for the planet? Can I afford the time or the expense to prepare it? In this episode, we address all these concerns, but with a focus on why food brings us joy in the first place: taste and flavour! Join Chris as he embarks on a culinary challenge to achieve everything he wants from his dinner, without compromising on cooking something delicious. The adventure takes him to a top Cambridge restaurant, to hear how a local chef is making tasty dishes with... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Elections in an AI age & smokers start with less grey matter
2023/08/18
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In the news this week, we start by asking whether we should start preparing to combat election interference in the wake of the breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. A study is out this week linking lower levels of grey matter in the brain's frontel cortex with an increased likelihood of taking up smoking - we speak to one of the authors. Will Russia's first mission to the moon in 50 years be a success? Plus, an analysis of the impacts of climate change on butterrfly numbers in the UK, and our Question of the Week relates to the states of matter and their relationships with each other... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The past, present and future of nukes
2023/08/15
This week, we'll explore the origins of nuclear weapons and how they have changed modern warfare. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Prepping for pandemics, and pursuing Perseids
2023/08/11
This week, we'll find out about preparations for the next pandemic and "disease X"; the link between a noticeably enlarged part of the human brain and obesity; and how honey sweetened the deal for an injured cricketer! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Q&A: Knuth, curry and kettles
2023/08/08
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Another month, another brilliant panel, another romp through your mind bending questions. Physicists Tony Padilla and Toby Wiseman, archaeologist Emma Pomeroy and educator Andrew Morris help Chris Smith explain whether electricity in our bodies is the same as in our houses, how we can detect the collision of 2 black holes from here on Earth, and why Graham's number doesn't bear thinking about too deeply... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Hydrogen: fuel or folly?
2023/08/01
This week, we're turning to the subject of hydrogen and its potential to play a role as a cleaner fuel in future. Could hydrogen be the answer to our energy conundrum? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Global boiling, and crashed crafts on Mars
2023/07/28
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Sweltering temperatures wreak havoc across Europe and North America, so what needs to be done to bring them down? We hear from the Cambridge scientist who wants to create the largest ever DNA and health research programme for children and young people. And, did aliens crash-land on Mars? Strange pictures resembling a crash site have been circulating but is there a more mundane explanation? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
How AI will actually change the world
2023/07/25
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It's been quite the ride in the realm of artifical intelligence over the past year or so. As impressive as advancements in machine learning have been, however, few experts are worried about bots taking our jobs and threatening our safety as a species. The truth is, tools like ChatGPT are not the way AI is going to prove most helpful in the short term. We scratch below the surface to explain how, with more carefully trained programmes, the real potential of chatbots can and is being unlocked... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Alzheimer's drug, and algae vegan vitamins
2023/07/21
A new drug in the fight against Alzheimer's disease: how does it work? Plus, we'll also have the latest on measles cases in London, look at the calls to reset the lunar clock, and could algae help people who are seeking to increase vitamin B12 in their diet? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Antidepressants: the ongoing debate
2023/07/18
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We'll be exploring depression, what causes it, and whether antidepressants or other treatments hold the key to solving it. Amongst our guests is psychologist Gordon Harold, speaking on how depression manifests in patients, and we'll also hear from psychiatrists on both sides of the antidepressant debate: Hamish McAllister Williams and Joanna Moncrieff. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Feeling the heat and hearing the silence
2023/07/14
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The mercury rises as record temperatures are recorded across the world. But what's driving them? Also ahead: the sound of silence. We'll be finding out why scientists think it's not just the absence of noise, we can actually perceive it. Plus, the Cambridge students who are hoping to boldly go where no other amateur European rocket group has been before... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Q&A: Love drugs and phaging superbugs
2023/07/11
It's a Question and Answer special this week. You supply the questions and we pose them to a panel of expert guests. Joining us this time, biologist and author Tom Ireland, marine scientist Liberty Denman, chemistry writer Philip Broadwith, and comedien Rosie Wilby. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The fight to save the oceans
2023/07/04
This week, we're diving into the fight to save the planet's oceans. We're looking at how humans are responsible for the effects on our planet's oceans, but also perhaps lesser known strategies that are currently being employed to protect the sea and its inhabitants. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
AI cancer scans, and heatproof drone plans
2023/06/30
How an artificial-intelligence technology from Cambridge is helping cut cancer treatment waiting times, how the James Webb Space Telescope is shedding new light on the chemical building blocks of life, the universe and everything, and why Finland's become a hot spot for the world's computer scientists. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Light pollution: time to flick the switch
2023/06/27
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Many people don't recognise light pollution at night for what it is: pollution. Largely, we fail to see this harmful introduction into the environment because we have been conditioned to associated light with good and darkness with badness. It's time to change that. In this episode, we explore the various implications of artifical light at night and speak to the activists trying to put a stop to it. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Polio vaccine and policy probe
2023/06/23
In this week's show, we speak to a former navy commander about the Titan sub, do our decision-makers ignore evidence when making scientific policy? And the new telescope that is hoping to explore the dark side of the cosmos... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
40 years of HIV
2023/06/20
40 years since the identification of HIV, we look at where it came from, and how far are we from an effective vaccine... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Space solar power and fish running fevers
2023/06/16
The plan to beam-in solar power from space, ways to incentivise sharing trustworthy material on social media, and do ill fish run a fever like we do? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The science of UFOs
2023/06/13
This time, we'll be taking a deep dive into the extra terrestrial...and exploring UFOs. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
UK Covid inquiry, AI, and cat contraception
2023/06/09
As the UK's Covid inquiry kicks off, will it help to transform how we tackle future pandemics? How an AI is writing its own computer code, speeding up the Internet; and using gene therapy for cat contraception. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Fossil fever: scientists dig in
2023/06/06
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Researchers around the world are naming a new kind of dinosaur every week on average at the moment - what's behind this golden age of palaeontology? We talk to scientists, museum staff and amateur fossil hunters to find out about some of the most recent breakthroughs in the field, including new techniques looking for fossilised DNA still present in the samples stored away in curators' collections... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Treaties, treatments and time travel
2023/06/02
Also in the news, boys vocalise more in their first year, NASA' holds a public meeting on the study of 'unitdentified aeriel phenomena', and what damage might a time traveller cause? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Allergies and how they happen
2023/05/30
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This week, we're taking a closer look at allergies. What causes them, and what makes them so hard to cure? Along the way we find out what it's like to live with severe allergy, why the body has evolved such a self-destructive system in the first place, whether, as some claim, caesarian delivery is linked to allergy risk, and how scientists are working on ways to blind the immune system to the things we react to to prevent allergy symptoms in future... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Toxic vapes and Russian treason
2023/05/27
Are public health officials preparing to clampdown on the sale of dangerous vapes, the Russian scientists under arrest for treason, how researchers are homing in on why some of us are magnets for mosquitoes, and a very welcome floral addition to King's College, Cambridge... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Q&A: Dodgy Devices and Maths Mayhem
2023/05/23
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Your questions are going under our microscope and we?ll be asking our guests to give their expert insight on a number of topics. Including, Why does asparagus make your wee smell? Could plastic eating worms help prevent pollution? And what?s going to happen to the International Space Station? Plus, there?ll be our customary quiz at half time. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
How to remember everything
2023/05/16
How do we remember things, why some people stuggle to remember their way around, and what does it take to be a memory world champion? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Cancer vaccines and Commercial Space Stations
2023/05/14
Scientists successfully test a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, why Japan is finally casting off its remaining Covid-19 restrictions, and we'll explore how a scientist is turning Yellowstone's geology into stunning music... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Building a better battery
2023/05/09
With the global power supply shifting towards renewables, the battery is fast becoming one of the most vital forms of power storage. So how did we get here, how do batteries still need to improve, and could we be flying in battery-powered airliners before long? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
China's satellites and Wales' trilobites
2023/05/05
What should we make of claims that China is building super weapons to hack and hijack US satellites? Also, the new app to help midwives detect health conditions in newborns, and we hear from the couple who have discovered one of the world's most important fossil deposits, almost on our own doorstep! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Did rugby give me dementia at 40?
2023/05/02
How repeated bumps to the head in sport can add up to dementia later in life... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Ultra-processed cuisine and catch-up vaccines
2023/04/28
The doctor and broadcaster, Chris van Tulleken, on why ultra-processed food is making us fat and ill, the team that think they're close to cracking the male contraceptive pill, and the WHO's drive to get more people vaccinated. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Dealing with Diabesity
2023/04/25
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With 14 million new cases of diabetes each year being attributed to poor diet and half the worlds' population estimated to be overweight or obese by 2035, it's no wonder the UK's Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, claims the situation around these conditions presents one of 'the biggest future health challenges we face.' So why is it happening and what can be done to reverse these worrying trends? We find out what dieting does to your metabolism, and whether the effectivness of weight loss drugs in the short term might make them a part of the solution... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Starship explodes & soundscapes for sleep
2023/04/21
In the news this week, Elon Musk's Starship experiences a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly', there's progress in developing a universal flu vaccine, and the sounds which might help your little one to fall asleep... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Taking a trip into a black hole
2023/04/18
Black holes are one of the most extreme things in the universe. Their gravitational pull is so strong, they can bend light and even time. So were you to find one and fall into it...what would happen? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Solar power milestones and bird microbiomes
2023/04/14
The world crosses the threshold of 1 terawatt of energy produced from solar means, the parting gift left behind by birds meeting an unfortunate demise, and looking for exoplanets that have magnetic fields Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Eco-anxiety: getting hot under the collar about climate change
2023/04/13
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In this bonus edition, climate psychologist Patrick Kennedy-Williams introduces us to the concept of eco-anxiety, the very real phenomenon leaving people across the UK feeling stressed about the future and the frightening implications of climate change. In partnership with E.ON NEXT - the energy provider on a mission to tackle eco-anxiety - we discuss when eco-anxiety first began to make its presence felt, who is most affected and why, and what we can all do to help both ourselves and the environment... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Bonus Episode: Mantra Meditation
2023/04/13
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This is a special, bonus episode brought to you in partnership with E.ON Next. If you've just been listening to our conversation with climate psychologist Patrick Kennedy-Williams, you'll know that they've created an audio toolkit for when eco-anxiety gets the better of you. We have part of it - a mindfulness meditation to boost well-being - for you here. For more of these resources search powerupforchange, or visit eonnext.com/eco-anxiety Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
China hides Covid data, the problem with pain
2023/04/11
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In the news, tech experts call for AI slowdown, monkeys fail to grasp magic tricks which require opposable thumbs to pull off, and why the WHO wants China to release information on the origin of Covid. Plus, according to one study, as many as 44 percent of the population suffer from chronic pain. The difficulty is, we experience pain in many different ways, making it notoriously hard to find treatments. We'll look into the possible causes of long term pain, and what scientists are doing to find solutions... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Recharging in nature
2023/04/04
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This week, in partnership with BMW, we're "recharging in nature" - discovering how stepping out into wild country replenishes our wellbeing batteries. But there's a disconnect for drivers of electric vehicles: many of the national parks are very much "off grid", paradoxically preventing those doing their bit for environmentally-friendly motoring with an electric car from benefiting. Luckily there's also a new initiative to power up national parks and benefit biodiversity... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
T-Rex lips and dating tips
2023/03/31
Coming up this week, why we might need to re-draw dinosaur faces: it turns out T Rex had lips - how did we miss that? Also, as the government moves to make laughing gas illegal we look at how it works and why they're doing this, and is it time to call time on changing the clocks? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
The Right to Repair: Get your fix
2023/03/28
Whatever happened to make do and mend? Many of us, it seems, have lost the ability to fix the things we buy. So are manufacturers on a mission to make things impossible to fix, forcing us to buy new ones? Or should we be taking more personal responsibility to reduce waste? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Nerve interfaces and infrared fossil finding
2023/03/24
In the news, scientists seeking to make measuring animal welfare a top priority on farms. Machines seeing the original chemicals in the bodies of fossilised animals. And why superglue might be the key to superior plastic recycling. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Trick or treaty: the high seas agreement
2023/03/21
The UN high seas treaty hopes to turn the tide on the biodiversity crisis in the ocean. Will it work, and will protecting 30% of the high seas be sufficient? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
HIV case cured by umbilical cord stem cells
2023/03/17
How doctors in the US have "cured" a woman with HIV, does Venus have volcanoes? Reexamining 30 year old probe footage has got scientists wondering, and signs that an artificial sweetener can affect the immune system... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Q&A: How will astronauts shower on the moon?
2023/03/10
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What happens when you put a space scientist interested in looking for alien life, a geologist studying some of the earliest life on Earth, a psychologist, and a linguist in a radio studio? Well hopefully a really interesting conversation and answers to some of science's - and your - big questions, because that's the line up for our Naked Scientists "ask us anything" QnA call-in this week: you supply the questions and we'll provide the answers. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Roman dildos and hackers targeting pets
2023/03/03
Take a daily brisk walk and take 25% off your mortality rate, the northern - and southern - lights and why they've been so pronounced of late, and have scientists discovered the world's first Roman sex toy? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
What can plate tectonics teach us?
2023/02/28
The news is awash with the destructive side of these geological processes, but are there aspects of these events that can help us learn more about our planet's inner workings? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Sleepy sperm and shiny shrimp
2023/02/24
Are we any closer to a contraceptive for men, will a 4 day work week pay for itself, and how cretaceous caterpillars helped scientists work out when plants first opened and closed their leaves... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Fusion power by 2040?
2023/02/21
Gene therapy saves baby from fatal condition
2023/02/17
A Bird Flu Pandemic Hovering on the Horizon
2023/02/14
Turkey's earthquake and China's balloon
2023/02/10
Cheaper food from fewer fertilisers
2023/02/07
Transplanting brain cells & the Big Birdwatch
2023/02/03
Satellites: forging metal and finding cholera
2023/01/31
Plastic-eating bugs & paying you to power off
2023/01/27
ChatGPT: The chatbot changing how we work
2023/01/24
Lasers lure lightning and carbon computing
2023/01/20
Dry January: is giving up booze beneficial?
2023/01/17
Shouting dolphins and failed rocket launches
2023/01/13
Q&A: How to avoid being squashed by a whale
2023/01/10
The best of 2022!
2023/01/03
A deep dive into oceanography
2022/12/20
Nuclear fusion, and magnetic air pollution
2022/12/16
Tumours and tectonics: magnets making a mark
2022/12/13
AI passes Turing Test, and new drug for Covid
2022/12/09
8 billion: an overpopulation crisis?
2022/12/06
New Alzheimer's treatment, and mussel memory
2022/12/02
Personality testing: no wrong answers?
2022/11/29
Disease breath tests, and Perseverance papers
2022/11/25
Q&A: How did we outpace the big bang?
2022/11/22
Reproducibility: science's consistency issue
2022/11/15
Growing blood in the lab, and talking to ET
2022/11/11
Tuberculosis: tackling the troubling uptick
2022/11/08
Gene therapy for epilepsy, and beastly botany
2022/11/04
Clocks, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll
2022/11/01
Charged up bees and deep, dark seas
2022/10/28
SEEMONSTER and the circular economy
2022/10/25
Neanderthals, lost nets, and net zero
2022/10/21
The Latest on Long Covid
2022/10/18
These boots are made for walking
2022/10/14
Can fracking calm the energy crisis?
2022/10/11
Nobel Prize Roundup
2022/10/07
The Trieste Next science festival
2022/10/04
Sweeteners, seagrass, and sterilised plastic
2022/09/27
Q&A: Deadly Lasers and Delicious Brains
2022/09/20
You can't teach an old dogma new tricks
2022/09/13
First known amputation uncovered in Borneo
2022/09/09
The Microbiome: Trust Your Gut?
2022/09/06
COVID Vaccines and Coffee Cups in Hot Water
2022/09/02
All About Drought
2022/08/30
Bite-sized vaccines and familiar faces
2022/08/26
Spacewalk: the Scale of our Solar System
2022/08/23
Bivalent Covid Boosters and Unbalanced Bees
2022/08/19
Child's play: curtailing a health crisis
2022/08/16
Hitting back against heatwaves
2022/08/12
Reintroduction: Bringing Species Back
2022/08/09
Shorter Days and Binning Best Before Dates
2022/08/05
Vaping Health Impacts: No Smoke Without Fire?
2022/08/02
A trip down the River Cam
2022/07/26
The wine we drink and machines that can think
2022/07/19
Gene-Editing: Food of the Future?
2022/07/12
Ghost pond resurrection
2022/07/05
Emerging Viruses: Monkeypox on the up
2022/06/28
Venus, Volcanoes & Virtual Clothing
2022/06/21
Storing Energy: Watt does the Future Hold?
2022/06/14
Winding up Wind Power
2022/06/07
Turning the Tide on Hydro Power
2022/05/31
Is Solar the Solution?
2022/05/24
Forensics
2022/05/17
Primates, Pi and (unconscious) Ponderings
2022/05/10
Madvertising
2022/05/03
The Coffee Conundrum
2022/04/26
Frankenfoods, Formula 1 & Fake news
2022/04/19
Contagious Cancers
2022/04/12
Science of the Silver Screen
2022/04/05
Human Milk
2022/03/29
Bonus Podcast: Naked Reflections Showcase
2022/03/28
Energy in crisis: nuclear goes up the agenda
2022/03/22
Behaviour
2022/03/15
Cyberwarfare
2022/03/08
Q&A: Defining AI, Dark Energy & Dr NO
2022/03/01
Under the Microscope
2022/02/22
Xenotransplantation
2022/02/15
Q&A: Planets, Procrastination & Plastic Squid
2022/02/08
Tracing the origins of COVID19
2022/02/01
Tasteless
2022/01/25
A Robotic Reality
2022/01/18
MRSA, The Metaverse & Medical Milestones
2022/01/11
Hidden clues and wombat poos: best of 2021
2022/01/04
Christmas with The Naked Scientists
2021/12/21
Nanotechnology: sci-fi or sci-fact?
2021/12/14
Q&A: Reefs, Robots & Rubies 'Rap'-Up
2021/12/07
Plastics: climate friend or foe?
2021/11/30
Would wood be good?
2021/11/23
Q&A: Mars, malaria and monstrous ducks
2021/11/16
COPing With Climate Change: The COP26 lowdown
2021/11/09
Spooky spiders: silk, sex and squirting venom
2021/11/02
Q&A: Mars, Mental-Health and Managing Bitcoin
2021/10/26
Risky research: making diseases more deadly
2021/10/19
Particle Problems and How to Solve Them
2021/10/12
Surprising Shortages and Shaky Supplies
2021/10/05
Q&A: Moon Landings and Making Medicine
2021/09/28
Making sense of the menopause
2021/09/21
Sepsis: From Infection To AI
2021/09/14
COVID Immunity: The Road Ahead
2021/09/07
Capturing Carbon: Beyond Woodland
2021/08/31
Q&A: Foxes, Physics, and Fluffy Insects
2021/08/24
Long COVID: What we now know
2021/08/17
Environmental DNA: Seeing the Unseen
2021/08/10
Electric vehicles: are we nearly there yet?
2021/08/03
Going for Gold: Our Olympic Science Q&A
2021/07/27
The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
2021/07/20
Psychedelics In Medicine
2021/07/13
Lyme Disease: Ticks, Trends, and Treatment
2021/07/06
Q&A: Diets, Duct Tape & Dark Matter
2021/06/29
Secret Lives of Sharks
2021/06/22
Vaccine Hesitancy
2021/06/15
The Sun and Us
2021/06/08
Oxygen Shortages, UFOs & Nuclear Waste
2021/06/01
The Science of Songbirds
2021/05/25
Unpacking ADHD
2021/05/18
Fermented food: tasty myth or healthy option?
2021/05/11
Malaria Vaccine, Net Zero & Project Hail Mary
2021/05/04
Green Spring Clean: Greener Homes
2021/04/27
How Does My Radio Work?
2021/04/20
The Secret Life of Seeds
2021/04/13
Bitcoin Decrypted: Cash, Code, Crime & Power
2021/04/06
The Hospital of the Future
2021/03/30
Earthquakes: Science on Shaky Ground
2021/03/23
Ancient Egyptian Mysteries
2021/03/16
Flu Seasons to Solar Storms: Science Round Up
2021/03/09
The Future of Fertility
2021/03/02
Learning In The Time Of COVID
2021/02/23
COVID Vaccines Explained
2021/02/16
Stories of Self-Experimentation
2021/02/09
Do we Need Nuclear Power?
2021/02/02
X-ray to MRI: Unpacking Medical Imaging
2021/01/26
Fabulous Fabrics and Nifty Knitting
2021/01/19
Vaccines & Space Voyages: 2021 In Science
2021/01/12
Animals, astronauts, and an ancient ice bird
2021/01/05
Showcasing Naked Astronomy: Dark Matter
2021/01/04
Cake, Cows, Climate Change: Best Of 2020
2020/12/29
Video Games on the Brain
2020/12/22
Bonus episode: Highlighting Naked Reflections
2020/12/21
Scroll Over Beethoven: Machines Making Music
2020/12/15
HIV Under the Microscope
2020/12/08
Bonus episode: Showcasing Naked Gaming
2020/12/07
Movement Science: Devotion to Motion
2020/12/01
Cells On The Move
2020/11/24
People On The Move
2020/11/17
Earth On The Move
2020/11/10
Animals on the Move
2020/11/03
Controlling Covid-19: lockdown, or let rip?
2020/10/27
Talking Trees: Science in the Forest
2020/10/20
Trump's Treatments & Nobel Prizes
2020/10/13
Menstrual Science: periods, pills, poverty
2020/10/06
Should You go Vegetarian?
2020/09/29
Big Data, Big Problems?
2020/09/22
Covid to Climate: Dissecting Science News
2020/09/15
Telescopes Through Time
2020/09/08
Where Did COVID Come From?
2020/09/01
Gardens, Plants and Climate Change
2020/08/25
Can You Understand Me?
2020/08/18
Sick of COVID: The Long Haulers
2020/08/11
Sizzling BBQ Science!
2020/08/04
Science Pub Quiz: From Cosmos To G&Ts
2020/07/28
Rosalind Franklin: the hidden story of DNA
2020/07/21
Meet the Neighbours: Venus and Mars
2020/07/14
Covid Science: Test, Track, Trace
2020/07/07
Bail Out The Planet
2020/06/30
Let's Get Quizzical: Summer Science Pub Quiz
2020/06/23
Under Our Feet: What's Inside Earth?
2020/06/16
The Fifth State of Matter
2020/06/09
COVID-19: How to Vaccinate a Planet
2020/06/02
Life in the New Normal
2020/05/26
Publishing & Politics: How Science Gets Made
2020/05/19
The Science of World War Two
2020/05/12
Science Pub Quiz!
2020/05/05
COVID-19: Beyond the Virus
2020/04/28
Eyes on the Skies
2020/04/21
Bubbles, Balloons and Blooms: April Q&A
2020/04/14
The Rise of Radioactivity
2020/04/07
Boom! Naked Scientists LIVE!
2020/03/31
Audience Questions: Naked Scientists LIVE!
2020/03/30
Coronavirus Explained: How COVID-19 Works
2020/03/24
Secrets of sustainable cities
2020/03/17
Q&A: COVID-19, Solar Storms & Ancient Teeth
2020/03/10
Electric Cars: Worth the Charge?
2020/03/03
Artificial intelligence in medicine
2020/02/27
Time: It's all relative
2020/02/25
Prostate Cancer: Detection and Diagnosis
2020/02/18
Eat, Sleep, Repeat: Body Clock Science
2020/02/11
Q&A: Soy, Slingshots and Cyanide
2020/02/04
A Burns Night Celebration of Science
2020/01/28
Food Waste: Slimmer Waste-line
2020/01/21
Know When to Fold 'Em: Origami Science
2020/01/14
Lottery Numbers and Banana Skins
2020/01/07
A Year of Naked Science!
2019/12/31
Get Gaming: Naked Scientists Christmas 2019
2019/12/23
Fly Me to the Moon
2019/12/17
How to survive an avalanche
2019/12/10
Why Do I Stress Eat?
2019/12/03
Print me a new liver!
2019/11/26
Custard unflustered
2019/11/19
Phenomics: A Medical Revolution
2019/11/12
Computer Models: Welcome to the catwalk
2019/11/11
Eggs, eyes and quantum - November QnA
2019/11/05
Does recycling work?
2019/10/29
Blood Under a Microscope
2019/10/22
Sport Special
2019/10/21
Inclusive Computing
2019/10/15
Quadrillions: Sequencing the UK Biobank
2019/10/14
October Q&A
2019/10/08
Getting to Grips with Gene Therapy
2019/10/01
Astronauts, geese and realistic retinas
2019/09/26
Crystal Clear About Glass
2019/09/24
Code Making and Breaking
2019/09/17
Creepy crawlies, quarks and counting
2019/09/10
Stripping down STIs
2019/09/03
Are You Safe Online?
2019/08/27
Marvellous Materials in Medicine
2019/08/20
QnA: Fridges and impossible food
2019/08/13
A Spin Around the Electron
2019/08/06
Flying into the Future
2019/07/30
The Moon Landing: 50 Years Later
2019/07/23
Simulation Science: Living in The Matrix?
2019/07/16
Alzheimers Disease: Facts and Fiction
2019/07/09
Extremely High: Sky high science
2019/07/02
Extremely Deep: Mining for gold
2019/06/25
Extremely Curious: QnA
2019/06/18
Extremely Cold: Cool Science
2019/06/11
Extremely Fast: The Science of Speed
2019/06/04
Ultimate destination: building better roads
2019/05/28
The Power of Vaccines
2019/05/21
Why does dark matter matter?
2019/05/14
That May Q&A!
2019/05/07
Vets Beyond Pets
2019/04/30
Naked at Edinburgh Science Festival!
2019/04/23
Cooking with a Conscience
2019/04/16
Q&A Space Surgery in Scotland
2019/04/09
Modelling and Microbes: Science of Birth
2019/04/02
Say Hello to Tomorrows Tech
2019/03/26
A New Material World
2019/03/19
Q&A: Atoms, Avalanches & Armpits
2019/03/12
The Issue of Invasive Species
2019/03/05
Born to Run: Sprinting Science
2019/02/26
Periodic Table: 150 Au Years
2019/02/19
Zoo&A: Why cant dogs eat chocolate?
2019/02/12
How to hijack a brain
2019/02/05
Cars of the Future: Are We Ready?
2019/01/29
Art: From colours to counterfeits
2019/01/22
Microbes: From Farm to Fork
2019/01/15
Why is There Always Room for Dessert?
2019/01/08
A Naked Year!
2018/12/31
The Science of Surviving Christmas
2018/12/23
Regeneration: How the Body Heals
2018/12/18
Regeneration: Healing Revealed
2018/12/18
Space Talk: Missions Through Time
2018/12/11
QnA: Earthworms and wormholes!
2018/12/04
Teeth: Brushing up on Dentistry
2018/11/27
Can Science Create Superhumans?
2018/11/20
The Great British Make Off
2018/11/13
QnA: Temperature, Tech and Testicles
2018/11/06
Scientific Shimmy: Why we Dance
2018/10/30
Catalysts: Our Tiny Chemists
2018/10/23
Meet the Neolithic
2018/10/16
QnA: Sperm Races and Monkey Business
2018/10/09
How Do I Look?
2018/10/02
Flu Do You Think You Are?
2018/09/25
On the Flip Side - Earth's Magnetic Field
2018/09/18
QnA: Diabetes, Driving and Dodgems
2018/09/11
Biomimicry: Borrowing from Biology
2018/09/04
Naked on a Punt!
2018/08/28
Music Science: from Mozart to Marketing
2018/08/21
Waterloo Uncovered: Veterans Excavate Old Conflicts
2018/08/14
Medicinal Cannabis: Weeding Out The Hype
2018/08/07
Life in the year 2100
2018/07/31
The First Test Tube Baby at 40
2018/07/24
Fighter Flight: The Skys The Limit
2018/07/17
QnA - Should you wee on a jellyfish sting?
2018/07/10
The A-Z of addiction
2018/07/03
Venting About Volcanoes
2018/06/26
Beating Heart Disease
2018/06/19
Q and A: Disney, Dark Matter, and Deja Vu
2018/06/12
Football Under the Microscope
2018/06/05
Planet B: Can We Colonise Space?
2018/05/29
Allergy Science: from antibodies to anaphylaxis
2018/05/22
Q&A: Martian sunsets and submerged sloths
2018/05/15
Water: Drips, Drains and Droughts
2018/05/08
Senses Month: Tackling Touch
2018/05/01
Senses Month: Scents and Scent Ability
2018/04/24
Senses Month: A Taste of Science
2018/04/17
Senses Month: The Science of Sight
2018/04/10
Senses Month: Can you Hear Me?
2018/04/03
Q&A: Greedy Guts & Useless Numbers
2018/03/27
A Brief History of Stephen Hawking
2018/03/20
What's Inside Your Computer?
2018/03/13
Before they're Gone: Fighting the Illegal Wildlife Trade
2018/03/06
What The Heck Is Xenobiology?
2018/02/27
How High Can We Build?
2018/02/20
The Art of Science
2018/02/13
Turning the Tide on Plastics
2018/02/06
Why Bother Being Nice?
2018/01/30
James Webb: Gazing at Early Galaxies
2018/01/23
Why does snoring exist?
2018/01/16
Criminal Chemistry: What's the Perfect Poison?
2018/01/09
The Science of 2017
2018/01/02
A Very Naked Christmas
2017/12/22
The Science of Social Media
2017/12/19
Star Wars: The Science Strikes Back
2017/12/12
Can a Shrimp Punch Through Glass?
2017/12/05
Forever Young: Can Science Reverse Ageing?
2017/11/28
Tomorrow's Tech: Biomedical Breakthroughs
2017/11/21
Palaeo Ponderings: Can You Dig It?
2017/11/14
Are we Working Ourselves to Death?
2017/11/07
The paranormal: Why do we believe?
2017/10/31
Under Your Skin
2017/10/24
The Countdown to Artificial Intelligence
2017/10/17
DNA Decoded: Past, Present and Sausage
2017/10/10
What makes the best breakfast?
2017/10/03
Is The Future Bionic?
2017/09/26
Memories: Making Them & Faking Them
2017/09/19
Drug Discovery: The Future of Pharma
2017/09/12
Fidget Spinners in Space?
2017/09/05
Can Science Mavericks Save the World?
2017/08/29
Diet: Can we be healthy and sustainable?
2017/08/22
Black Holes in Sight
2017/08/15
Will Machines Take Over the World?
2017/08/08
Whats the Best Way to be Happy?
2017/08/08
Can Nature Clean up Nuclear Contamination?
2017/08/01
Marine Month: In too Deep
2017/07/25
Marine Month: All at Sea
2017/07/18
Marine Month: Making Waves
2017/07/11
Marine Month: Lifes A Beach
2017/07/04
Would You Trust a Robot?
2017/06/28
Hearts in the Extreme
2017/06/20
Can we talk to dolphins?
2017/06/13
Cyber Security: When Crime Goes Online
2017/06/06
Biology's Biggest Mystery: The Origin of Life
2017/05/30
Why Bother Going to the Moon?
2017/05/23
Would Aliens Understand Maths?
2017/05/16
How language affects the brain
2017/05/09
Zooming in on Cancer
2017/05/02
Gut Bugs: Friend or Foe?
2017/04/25
Should I Sequence My Genes?
2017/04/18
How to Grow a Human
2017/04/11
Do Those Pollution Masks Really Work?
2017/04/04
Inside the Atom
2017/03/28
Is Modern Life Affecting Fertility?
2017/03/21
A Crash Course in Space Junk
2017/03/14
What is the cause of Brain Freeze?
2017/03/07
Conversations about Climate Change
2017/02/28
Preventing HIV with PrEP
2017/02/21
Meteorites: Space Invaders
2017/02/14
Can we Create Artificial Gravity?
2017/02/07
Optogenetics: Lighting up the Brain
2017/01/31
The LED Lighting Revolution
2017/01/24
The Science of Laughter
2017/01/17
Are more crimes committed during a full moon?
2017/01/10
2016: A Year in Science
2017/01/03
Our Search for Extraterrestrials
2016/12/27
The 12 Scientific Days of Christmas
2016/12/20
What's the Healthiest Way to Eat an Entire Cake?
2016/12/13
When The Drugs Don't Work...
2016/12/06
Is DNA the Basis for all Life in the Universe?
2016/11/29
Navigating the Future
2016/11/22
What's between my internal organs?
2016/11/15
The History of Hominins: Are Humans Special?
2016/11/08
Your Brain on Horror
2016/11/01
The End of Night
2016/10/25
Hospital Health Check
2016/10/18
Will We Beat Alzheimer's Disease?
2016/10/11
Why do Cats Have Vertical Pupils?
2016/10/04
A Little Light Relief
2016/09/27
Mapping the Milky Way
2016/09/20
Moulding the Minds of Tomorrow
2016/09/13
How Old is the Average Atom?
2016/09/06
Scrutinizing Science
2016/08/30
Animation: The Reel Deal
2016/08/23
Drugs: Time for a Change?
2016/08/16
Do Fish Fart?
2016/08/09
The Science Too Hot To Handle
2016/08/02
Fuels Of The Future
2016/07/26
A Dog's Life: Intelligence and Inbreeding
2016/07/19
Concrete Jungles
2016/07/12
Can toads predict earthquakes?
2016/07/05
Science meets MasterChef!
2016/06/28
Autopsy: A Matter of Life and Death
2016/06/21
How to Keep your Heart Healthy
2016/06/14
Your Home in 2050
2016/06/07
Stressed? You're not the only one...
2016/05/31
The War on Salt
2016/05/24
Does Telepathy Exist?
2016/05/17
Phosphorus: Essential to All Life But Are We Running Out?
2016/05/10
Can Science Prove Whodunnit?
2016/05/03
The Secret World of Shipping
2016/04/26
What happened to Tutankhamun's heart?
2016/04/19
Conflict in Conservation
2016/04/12
Can You Boost Your Memory?
2016/04/05
Will an artificially intelligent robot steal your job?
2016/03/29
Do you burn more calories when thinking?
2016/03/22
Cambridge Science Festival: Battle of the Brains
2016/03/15
The A - Zika of viruses: Preventing Pandemics
2016/03/08
Gravitational Waves: Discovery of the Decade?
2016/03/01
Could The Internet Die?
2016/02/23
Rules of Attraction: The Science of Sex
2016/02/16
Caffeine: Friend or Foe?
2016/02/09
Food Security: Insects for Dinner?
2016/02/02
Black holes: the inside story...
2016/01/26
The Hidden World of Hibernation
2016/01/19
Why do we have pubic hair?
2016/01/12
Do You Have Skinny Genes?
2016/01/05
Top Scientific Moments of 2015
2015/12/29
Cracking the science of Christmas
2015/12/22
Dishing the Dirt on our Soils
2015/12/15
Music Technology: Do or Die?
2015/12/08
Fighting Floods: Who Gets Hit?
2015/12/01
Sugar Tax: Answer to Obesity?
2015/11/24
Big Data, Big Deal?
2015/11/17
Do squirrels ever forget where they hid their nuts?
2015/11/10
Electric Cars: Pollution Solution?
2015/11/03
Should I Stay, or Should I go... to Mars?
2015/10/27
Could We Ever Colonise Mars?
2015/10/20
Mars: Are we nearly there yet?
2015/10/13
Could you be an astronaut?
2015/10/06
Why don't spiders get stuck on their webs?
2015/09/29
How to Save a Life
2015/09/22
Climate Change: Making Waves?
2015/09/15
Hands-on, Minds Open: The Changing Face of Science
2015/09/08
Pluto, at Long Last...
2015/09/01
Truth and Beauty: The Hidden World of Symmetry
2015/08/23
The Yuck Factor: Why We Find Things So Disgusting
2015/08/18
Graphene
2015/08/11
Meet your Sex Hormones
2015/08/04
Why do Scientists say "So"?
2015/07/28
The Seven Million Dollar Maths Mystery
2015/07/21
Make it Digital!
2015/07/14
BOOM! The Bang behind the bomb, and how to stop it
2015/07/07
Caesium: The Element that Redefined Time
2015/06/30
Bring out your Dead: Plague and Fire
2015/06/23
What does Falling into a Black Hole Feel Like?
2015/06/16
Behind Blood donation
2015/06/09
Dark Matter: A Massive Mystery
2015/06/02
How many geckos to hold up a human?
2015/05/26
Can astronauts shower in space?
2015/05/19
Safety at 40,000 Feet
2015/05/12
Violent Volcanoes
2015/05/05
Game on! The Science of Video Gaming
2015/04/28
Could Earth be Knocked Out of Orbit?
2015/04/21
Defying Death...
2015/04/14
Egg-cellent Easter Science
2015/04/07
Whodunnit? Fascinating Forensics
2015/03/31
Brain on fire
2015/03/24
Chasing Rainbows: The Quest to Understand Light
2015/03/17
The Life Parasitic
2015/03/10
Eureka Streaker: Experiments that Changed the World
2015/03/03
Marijuana: Risk or Remedy?
2015/02/24
Your Smartphone: What's it Saying to Cyber-Criminals?
2015/02/17
Meet the Doctors of Love!
2015/02/10
Outnumbered: Are your bacteria controlling you?
2015/02/03
Lifting the lid on Plastic
2015/01/27
The Secrets of Sleep
2015/01/20
Fighting Fat with Science
2015/01/13
Dissolving teaspoons: Naked in Wellington
2015/01/06
Voices in the Dark
2014/12/30
The Science of Christmas
2014/12/23
Total wipe out: Mass Extinction
2014/12/16
Good Vibrations
2014/12/09
The Internet: the good, the bad and the ugly
2014/12/02
Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer?
2014/11/23
Inside the Ebola Epidemic
2014/11/18
Combating Cancer
2014/11/11
Supernatural Science
2014/11/04
Transport of Tomorrow
2014/10/28
The Cities of Tomorrow
2014/10/21
Will Climate Change Cost the Earth?
2014/10/14
Powering the Future
2014/10/07
Alien Hunters: The Search for ET
2014/09/28
Can you 3D-print me a new kidney?
2014/09/21
Hack Attack!
2014/09/16
Does nature do it better?
2014/09/09
Nuclear Fusion
2014/09/02
The Naked Scientists in New Zealand
2014/08/26
Personalised Medicine
2014/08/19
Food for Thought!
2014/08/12
The brightest light in the Universe
2014/08/05
A trip to the seaside
2014/07/29
The End of Extinction?
2014/07/22
Returning to the Moon - A giant leap for mankind?
2014/07/15
Saddle Up: The Science of Cycling
2014/07/08
Engineering the Impossible
2014/07/01
Ready for Kick Off...
2014/06/24
Untangling Alzheimer's Disease
2014/06/17
Freeze Dried Blood!
2014/06/10
Learning to Learn
2014/06/03
The Cost of a Life
2014/05/27
Natural born cleaners
2014/05/20
Powering up the National Grid
2014/05/13
Fascinating Fossils
2014/05/06
Building the Future
2014/04/29
Huntingtons Disease
2014/04/22
Why do we laugh when tickled?
2014/04/15
Power to your Elbow: Better Batteries
2014/04/08
Right Hand, Left Hand
2014/04/01
Devouring Raspberry Pi
2014/03/25
Pit your Wits...
2014/03/18
Turning the tide on flooding
2014/03/11
AUTOMATE: The World of Robots
2014/03/04
The Noro Show
2014/02/25
Brainy Babies!
2014/02/24
David Willetts AAAS Audio Blog
2014/02/20
NAKED at the AAAS
2014/02/14
Green Food
2014/02/11
Nanosized Science
2014/02/04
Exorcist, or Exercise: what's healthier?
2014/01/28
And now for the weather, in space...
2014/01/21
Are old habits hard to break?
2014/01/14
Why don't microwaves spark off themselves?
2014/01/07
Hydrogen-powered Party Poppers
2013/12/24
Super-shape me!
2013/12/17
Diving into Ocean Conservation
2013/12/10
Life, The Universe and Everything
2013/12/03
Sniff! Sniff!
2013/11/26
Restore, repair, retain!
2013/11/19
Stopping Multiple Sclerosis
2013/11/12
Cutting Edge in Cancer
2013/11/05
Extreme Geology
2013/10/29
Stopping Superbugs
2013/10/20
Tunnelling Under London
2013/10/15
Science Centre Showoff
2013/10/08
Science of Sleep
2013/10/01
Citizen Science: Research You can Do
2013/09/24
Shedding Light on the Brain
2013/09/17
Get the Frack Out of Here...
2013/09/12
Can you dehydrate in a bath?
2013/09/05
Shark Camouflage in Australia
2013/08/29
Australia's First BBQ
2013/08/22
Naked in Australia
2013/08/15
Mapping out the Milky Way
2013/08/08
Questions and Answers
2013/08/01
The Science in Sport
2013/07/25
The Science of Schizophrenia
2013/07/18
Souping up Solar
2013/07/11
The Last Organism Alive on Earth
2013/07/04
Modelling Diseases in Dishes
2013/06/27
Fascinating Fungi
2013/06/20
Extreme Physiology: Everest to Ocean Floor
2013/06/13
Can GPS systems be Spoofed?
2013/06/06
Shedding light on LEDs
2013/05/30
Do plants get jetlag?
2013/05/23
Will it rain tomorrow?
2013/05/16
Gone Viral: Germs under surveillance
2013/05/09
Art & Antiquities: Conservation and Preservation
2013/05/02
Testing Legal Highs
2013/04/25
Stem Cells and Gene Therapy
2013/04/18
Meet the ancestors
2013/04/11
The SKA and Radio Astronomy
2013/04/04
Naked Genetics Special Episode
2013/03/28
The Future of Digital Storage
2013/03/21
BANG! Naked Science Festival
2013/03/17
John Snow and Cholera
2013/03/14
Dining Out on Food Security
2013/03/07
Extreme Engineering
2013/02/28
Supersenses: Extraordinary Animals
2013/02/21
What is Love?
2013/02/14
Analysing Asteroids
2013/02/07
I'm a Tasmanian Devil, Get Me Out Of Here!
2013/01/31
We're Back! Transparent Electronics
2013/01/24
What's Living in Your Loo?
2012/12/30
Does a Frozen Body Shatter?
2012/12/23
The Science Behind Broadcasting
2012/12/16
Unravelling Epigenetics
2012/12/09
Protecting Our Oceans
2012/12/02
Investigating ISIS - The Neutron Source
2012/11/25
Can Gravity Leak from Alternate Universes?
2012/11/18
Bed Bug Biology
2012/11/11
The Cutting Edge of Cancer Research
2012/11/04
Ugly Animals Need Love Too
2012/10/28
Is there a Googol of anything in the Universe?
2012/10/21
Listen Up! The Science of Hearing
2012/10/14
Tricks of the Mind
2012/10/07
Dodging Death: Growing Old in Good Health
2012/09/30
What shape web does a spider spin in space?
2012/09/23
Silicon Sailors - Robots take to the waves
2012/09/16
Is there life under Antarctica?
2012/09/09
Cybersecurity: how safe are we online?
2012/09/02
The Brain Uncovered: Naked Neuroscience
2012/08/26
The Hydrogen Economy: Fuelling the Future
2012/08/19
Do Dogs Understand People?
2012/08/12
Curious about Mars...
2012/08/05
How Science Goes for Gold
2012/07/29
How Powered Flight got off the Ground
2012/07/22
Better to blow up an Earth-bound Asteroid?
2012/07/15
Super Bainite: Super Strong Steel
2012/07/08
An Olympic Effort - Keeping Crowds Safe
2012/07/01
Exposing Explosives
2012/06/24
Why Do I See Stars when I Stand?
2012/06/17
SETI, Aliens and the Origins of Life
2012/06/10
Getting Inside your Genes
2012/06/03
Making a Meal out of Microbes
2012/05/27
From PC to Plane - Making New Metals
2012/05/20
Cracking Chronic Fatigue
2012/05/13
Naked in Norway
2012/05/06
Is there such a thing as a "girls' throw"?
2012/04/29
Clock This! - The Science of the Circadian Rhythm
2012/04/22
Saving Submariners and Studying Deep Sea Species
2012/04/15
Naked Oceans - From Plastics to Poo
2012/04/08
Why did my Dishcloth Detonate?
2012/04/01
Going Nuclear
2012/03/25
Why Viruses Don't Infect the Same Cell Twice
2012/03/18
Sensors and Sensibility
2012/03/11
Wattage from Waste and Watching Our Water
2012/03/04
Can a Mobile Phone Compromise your Sperm Count?
2012/02/26
ZAP! Lasers on trial...
2012/02/19
Reclaiming Wasted Watts - Thermoelectric Generators
2012/02/12
Do Diet Foods Make You Fat?
2012/02/05
Are any viruses good for you?
2012/01/29
Vitamin D: Shedding light on diabetes, MS and cancer
2012/01/22
Mind Meets Machine
2012/01/15
What's Inside Your Nappy?
2012/01/08
What Colour is a Dead Chameleon?
2011/12/18
Monitoring Moods with Mobiles
2011/12/11
Underwater Archaeology and Underwater Welding
2011/12/04
Imaging the Invisible
2011/11/27
Is Technology Altering Your Brain?
2011/11/20
Flu Vaccines from Tobacco?
2011/11/13
NCRI Cancer Conference
2011/11/06
Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy
2011/10/30
Why Is Ice Slippery?
2011/10/23
Plant Pests and Plant Pathology
2011/10/16
Outpacing Petrol - Biofuels and Hydrogen
2011/10/09
Would a Siphon Work in Space?
2011/10/02
Cheese Making and Cake Baking: The Chemistry of Cookery
2011/09/25
Chilling Out - The Science of Cryogenics
2011/09/18
Supercomputers & Super Computing
2011/09/11
Australopithecus Sediba Special
2011/09/08
Why do some animals dump indiscriminately?
2011/09/04
Science in Scotland
2011/08/28
Do planes trigger rains?
2011/08/21
Chemistry By Design
2011/08/14
Do bubbles help washing up?
2011/08/07
The Year in Ocean Science
2011/07/31
The Year in Astronomy
2011/07/24
Digging up the Year in Archaeology
2011/07/17
Bouncing Bombs and Blacksmiths
2011/07/10
Pushing Back the Pain Barrier
2011/06/26
Coal Gasification and Carbon Capture
2011/06/19
Passengers in a Bacterial Body
2011/06/12
Do My Eyes have Anti-Shake Vision?
2011/06/05
Metallurgy - Metals at the Molecular Scale
2011/05/29
Scratch 'n Sneeze - Science of Allergies
2011/05/22
Wet But Not Wild - Farming Fish
2011/05/15
Should I Lie Down to Tan?
2011/05/08
Brains, Batteries and Nuclear Fusion
2011/05/01
Diamond Light Source Special
2011/04/24
DNA-away Disease: Gene Therapy at Work
2011/04/17
Are Dogs Ticklish?
2011/04/10
Keeping the Conversation Flowing
2011/04/03
Life Where the Sun Don't Shine...
2011/03/27
Beyond the Universe - Multiverses and More
2011/03/20
Why did a Laser Make My Nuts Glow?
2011/03/13
Aspirin's Anniversary
2011/03/06
Boosting Your Bones
2011/02/27
Checking the Atmosphere and Changing the Climate
2011/02/20
What Makes Mucus Green?
2011/02/13
Low Energy, High-Power Processing
2011/02/06
Leprosy: The Low Down
2011/01/30
Analysing Antimatter
2011/01/23
Do Metal Spinal Implants Lure Lightning?
2011/01/16
Would you donate your body to science?
2011/01/09
National Pathology Week 2010
2011/01/02
Back in the Saddle: Getting Paralysed Patients Riding and Rowing
2010/12/26
Blowing out Candles Round Corners
2010/12/19
Why's Graphene Great?
2010/12/12
Electrifying the Future
2010/12/05
Why do Men's Bits Shrink in the Cold?
2010/11/28
Smart Pills: Drugs to Boost Brain Power
2010/11/21
The Science of Sustainable Shipping
2010/11/14
Cancer - Hallmarks and Hit and Run Viruses
2010/11/07
Where does Phlegm come from?
2010/10/31
AIDS to conquering HIV
2010/10/24
The Science of Turbulence
2010/10/17
Neuromarketing - The Brain Basis of Buying Behaviour
2010/10/10
Would an Antimatter Magnet Attract a Normal Matter Magnet?
2010/10/03
Neuroimaging
2010/09/26
The British Science Festival
2010/09/19
What Happens to a Tankful of Fish in Orbit?
2010/09/12
Science Down Under 2010
2010/09/05
Diving into Naked Oceans!
2010/08/22
Digging in the Dirt and Looking at the Stars
2010/08/15
The Tour de France
2010/08/08
The Science of Glastonbury
2010/08/01
How do Ants Count?
2010/07/25
Going Nuclear
2010/07/18
Lasers in Medicine
2010/07/11
How do you Weigh a Volcano?
2010/07/04
What's the point of eyebrows?
2010/06/27
Seriously Small Structures
2010/06/20
50 years of Lasers
2010/06/13
Creatures in Colonies
2010/06/06
Do Bacteria Grow on Bars of Soap?
2010/05/30
Transmissible Tumours
2010/05/22
Synthetic Biology
2010/05/16
Does Beer Kill Brain Cells?
2010/05/09
GPS - Where in the World Are We?
2010/05/02
Archaeogenetics - The Past in Our Genes
2010/04/25
The National Astronomy Meeting
2010/04/18
What do worms do in the rain?
2010/04/11
Can you Steer a Hurricane...?
2010/03/28
The Science of Farming
2010/03/21
How Do Jellyfish Reproduce?
2010/03/14
The Science of Solar: Photovoltaics
2010/03/07
The Science of Water Security
2010/02/28
Winds, Wings, Whale Fins and Wind Power
2010/02/21
Do animals use toilet paper?
2010/02/14
Pollution & Plastics
2010/02/07
Augmenting Reality
2010/01/31
Explosive Science!
2010/01/24
Does Farting make you Weigh Less?
2010/01/17
Listen Here! The Science of Sound and Hearing
2010/01/10
Launching Naked Astronomy
2010/01/05
Dissecting Christmas Dinner
2009/12/20
Was Swine 'Flu Man-Made?
2009/12/13
Understanding Hepatitis C
2009/12/06
What if a Meteorite Destroyed the Moon?
2009/11/29
Science Down Under
2009/11/22
Producing Planets
2009/11/15
Investigating Infertility
2009/11/08
Where do lost socks go?
2009/11/01
Introducing - The Diamond Light Source Podcast
2009/10/29
The Diseased Brain
2009/10/25
High Altitude Adventures
2009/10/18
Why does Water Expand when it Freezes?
2009/10/11
Catching Up with Cancer Research
2009/10/04
Researchers Revealed!
2009/09/27
Life in the Branches
2009/09/20
Building Bodies and Mending Broken Hearts
2009/09/13
Can you run faster on the moon?
2009/09/06
Diana and Meera's Best Bits
2009/08/30
Ben and Dave's Best Bits
2009/08/23
Helen's Best Bits
2009/08/15
Kat's Best Bits
2009/08/09
Peeing on an Electric Fence
2009/08/02
Rubbish!
2009/07/26
Making Babies - Pregnancy and Fertility
2009/07/19
The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop
2009/07/16
Here's Looking at You - the Science of Vision
2009/07/12
Why Does Toothpaste Make Food Taste Funny?
2009/07/05
Driving into the Future
2009/06/28
The Future of our Food
2009/06/21
Your Science Questions
2009/06/14
The Science of Architecture
2009/06/07
Bioengineering
2009/05/31
Getting Under Your Skin
2009/05/24
Science Questions and Answers
2009/05/17
Clean Water and Alien Invasions
2009/05/10
Tackling Transport
2009/05/03
Cleaner City Air
2009/04/26
Questions and Answers
2009/04/19
SciFest Africa
2009/04/05
History of Medicine
2009/03/29
Computer Science
2009/03/22
The Cambridge Science Festival
2009/03/15
Your Questions and the Science of Sword Swallowing
2009/03/08
Inspired by Science
2009/03/01
The International Year of Astronomy
2009/02/22
The Science of Love
2009/02/15
Stripping Down your Questions
2009/02/08
The Science of the Seriously Small
2009/02/01
Material, Heal Thyself
2009/01/25
Obesity in your Genes
2009/01/18
New Year, New Naked Science
2009/01/13
Why not "Ask the Naked Scientists?"
2009/01/06
Introducing - Naked Archaeology
2008/12/30
Merry Naked Christmas!
2008/12/22
Emerging Diseases
2008/12/14
The Science of Sight
2008/12/07
The Naked Scientists in LA
2008/12/02
Would a Helium Balloon Float on the Moon?
2008/11/23
Archaeology
2008/11/16
National Pathology Week
2008/11/09
Should we fill Tyres with Nitrogen?
2008/11/02
The Psychology of Drinking and Dancing
2008/10/26
Fusion - The Real Solar Power
2008/10/19
How Does a One-way Mirror Work?
2008/10/12
Catching Up with Cancer
2008/10/05
Young at Heart - Healthy Ageing
2008/09/28
Superbugs - MRSA and C. diff
2008/09/21
Why do we Stop Noticing Smells?
2008/09/14
The Large Hadron Collider
2008/09/07
The Science of the Sea
2008/08/31
The Sounds of Science
2008/08/17
The Final Frontier
2008/08/10
A Punt down the Cam
2008/08/03
Can you Flavour Breast Milk?
2008/07/27
Discovering Drugs
2008/07/20
Olympic Science
2008/07/13
Body Clocks and Circadian Rhythms
2008/07/06
Naked Evolution
2008/07/01
How do Atoms make Colours?
2008/06/22
Fire and Mud
2008/06/15
The Secrets of Odysseus
2008/06/08
Questions and Answers
2008/06/01
Life on Mars
2008/05/25
Your Bacterial Body
2008/05/18
Repelling Pests - Mosquitoes, Moths and Weeds
2008/05/11
Clothed Questions, Naked Answers
2008/05/04
Diamonds and Gemstones
2008/04/27
Houses of the Future
2008/04/20
The Science of the Sun
2008/04/13
Q&A and the Edinburgh Science Festival
2008/04/06
TB and Magnetic Bacteria
2008/03/30
The Cambridge Science Festival
2008/03/16
Naked Science Q&A Show
2008/03/09
Science of Music
2008/03/02
Virtual Life
2008/02/24
Boston T-ransplant Party
2008/02/17
Naked Science Q&A Show
2008/02/10
Wet and Wild
2008/02/03
Viruses and Vaccines
2008/01/27
Combating Climate Change
2008/01/20
Naked Science Q&A Show
2008/01/13
Addiction and Dieting
2008/01/06
Climate Change and more Ask the Naked Scientists
2007/12/30
Ask the Naked Scientists
2007/12/26
Naked Science Christmas Party
2007/12/16
Naked Science Q & A Show
2007/12/09
Alzheimer's, the Brain and Memory
2007/12/02
Science in South Africa Special
2007/11/25
The South Africa Space Special
2007/11/18
Naked Science Q & A Show
2007/11/11
Human Origins and Migration
2007/11/04
Stem Cells and Cloning
2007/10/28
Particle Physics Show
2007/10/21
Naked Science Q&A Show
2007/10/14
Beer & Brewing
2007/10/07
Smart Materials
2007/09/30
Robots and Artificial Intelligence
2007/09/23
The Best of the BA Festival
2007/09/16
Naked Science Q&A & the BA Festival
2007/09/09
Naked Science Q&A
2007/09/02
The Best of the Naked Scientists 2
2007/08/26
The Best of the Naked Scientists
2007/08/19
Summer Special Q&A Show
2007/08/12
Venoms and Toxins - Natures Arsenal
2007/08/05
Naked Science Q&A Show
2007/07/29
Extreme Survival Show
2007/07/22
Fuels of the Future
2007/07/15
The Brain, Epilepsy and Out of Body Experiences
2007/07/08
Question and Answer Show
2007/07/01
ARMAGEDDON - Super Volcanoes, Meteorites and Earthquakes
2007/06/24
Forensic Science Show
2007/06/17
Question and Answer Show
2007/06/10
Animal Behaviour - Feathered Einsteins, Mischievious Meerkats and Monkey Vision
2007/06/03
Planets and Cosmology
2007/05/27
Volcanic pollution, the Ozone Hole and the Greenhouse Effect - The Atmosphere Show
2007/05/20
Germs, Fungi and Viruses - The Microscopic World
2007/05/13
Naked Scientists Question and Answer Show
2007/05/06
Migrating Genes, Surnames and Y Chromosomes
2007/04/29
Oceans and Marine Conservation
2007/04/22
New Ideas in Cancer
2007/04/15
Heart Disease and Repairing the Damaged Heart
2007/04/01
The Science of Flight
2007/03/25
National Science and Engineering Week
2007/03/18
Naked Science Question and Answer
2007/03/11
Peruvian Mummies and Animal Domestication
2007/03/04
Parasites and Clean Water Supplies
2007/02/25
Naked Question and Answer and Venomous Vipers
2007/02/18
Nuclear Power and Radiation in Medicine
2007/02/11
Science of Pain and Phantom Limbs
2007/02/04
Extreme Organisms and Hydrothermal Vents
2007/01/28
Climate Change and Renewable Energy
2007/01/21
Naked Science Question and Answer and the World of Chemistry
2007/01/14
Red Wine, Caffeine and Bugs in Your Guts
2007/01/07
Christmas Question and Answer and the Star of Bethlehem
2006/12/17
Dark Matter, Northern Lights and Mars in 3D
2006/12/10
Naked Science Question and Answer and Polonium Poisoning
2006/12/03
Repairing the Retina and Spinal Cord
2006/11/26
Science in Antarctica
2006/11/19
The Sound of Music
2006/11/12
Naked Science Question and Answer and Record Breaking Fireworks
2006/11/05
Superconductivity and Cooling Devices
2006/10/29
How We Hear, Echolocation and Giant Whoopee Cushions
2006/10/22
Science of Sight, Eye Diseases and Animal Vision
2006/10/15
How Cancers Form, Cancer Biology and Future Therapies
2006/10/08
Naked Science Question and Answer and New Horizons
2006/10/01
Catalysts for Cleaner Environments and Future Energy
2006/09/24
Peruvian Mummies, Ancient Environments and the Sahara
2006/09/17
Hot Nectar, Warming Weather and Birds Missing the Spring
2006/09/10
Naked Science Question and Answer
2006/09/03
Naked Science Question and Answer
2006/08/06
Crowd Control, Football Hooligans and Singing Mosquitoes
2006/07/30
Exploding Jellyfish, Marine Conservation and Sharks-3D
2006/07/23
The Science of the Sun, Sun Tanning, Nuclear Fusion and Fission Power
2006/07/16
Allergies, the Immune System and Parasites
2006/07/09
Sex Chromosomes, Genetics and Food Webs
2006/07/02
Naked Question and Answer and The Life of Benjamin Franklin
2006/06/25
Social Insects and Locust-Inspired Car Safety
2006/06/18
Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi
2006/06/11
Oil, Fuel Cells and Alternative Energy
2006/06/04
Naked Science Question and Answer and the Science of Happiness - Naked Scientists 06.05.28
2006/05/28
Music Technology and the Science of Sound
2006/05/21
BSE, Cervical Cancer and Toxoplasmosis
2006/05/14
Dinosaurs and Fossils - Jurassic Science set in Stone
2006/05/07
Naked Science Question and Answer
2006/04/30
Coral Reefs and Creatures of the Deep Sea
2006/04/23
Forecasting Weather and Climate
2006/04/09
Brainwashing and the Science of Pain
2006/04/02
Naked Science Questions and Answers
2006/03/26
Invasive Species, Conservation and the Last Giant Tortoise
2006/03/19
Body Clocks, Circadian Rhythms and Time
2006/03/12
Recycling, Water Use and Problem Plastic
2006/03/05
The Science of Nanotechnology
2006/02/26
Chinese Medicine and the Healing Power of Plants
2006/02/19
Science of Seduction, Pheromones and the Food of Love
2006/02/12
Your Questions, Infectious Cancer and Louisiana Wetlands
2006/02/05
Meteorites, Satellites and Avoiding Asteroids
2006/01/29
Geology of Natural Disasters, Volcanoes and Earthquakes
2006/01/22
Plant Science, Composting and Mosquito Repellents
2006/01/15
Obesity, Appetite, Exercise and Weight Loss
2006/01/08
The Coriolis Effect and Christmas Questions for Dr Chris Smith
2005/12/18
Animal Communication, Sexual Signalling and Emotions
2005/12/11
Forensics, DNA Fingerprinting and Human Origins
2005/12/04
Stars, Cosmology and the Beginning of the Universe
2005/11/27
Naked Scientists - 05.11.20 - Genetics, DNA Extraction and the Human Genome Project
2005/11/20
Parasites, Hookworms and Allergies
2005/11/13
Fireworks, Explosions and Chemistry
2005/11/06
UFOs, Mars and Space Science
2005/10/30
Social Insects, Biting Bugs and a Potted History of Honey
2005/10/23
Avian Flu, How Flu Spreads, Anti-Flu Drugs, and how to avoid Influenza
2005/10/16
Stem Cells, Brain Repair and Tricks of Light
2005/10/09
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