- The Naked Scientists Podcast - Stripping Down Science
By Dr Chris Smith
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Podcast Description
The Naked Scientists - interactive science, medicine and technology weekly live radio show with Cambridge University's Dr Chris Smith. We strip down science and lay the facts bare answering your science questions, interviewing top scientists and catching up with the latest top science news stories.
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Naked Scientists 12.05.27 - Making a Meal out of Microbes | This week we explore the role of microbes in drug development, food production and soil fertility. We investigate how bacteria such as Streptomyces are used and improved to make antibiotics, discover how gut microbes in cattle can be manipulated to i... | 5/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.05.20 - From PC to Plane - Making New Metals | How do you make a new metal? This week, we follow a novel alloy from PC to plane, finding out how computer modelling and design can help us create new metals with exciting new properties. We also discover how these newly-designed metals are forged, t... | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.05.13 - Cracking Chronic Fatigue | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) sufferers describe symptoms of severe exhaustion, weakness, muscle pain and fatigue. But why, and what is science revealing about the underlying causes of the condition? We talk to a researcher who is probing the geneti... | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.05.06 - Naked in Norway | This week we get Naked in Norway as we visit the University of Oslo to reveal the remains of ancient plesiosaurs and investigate their migration into water, discuss a new concept for more efficient solar cells and discover the fatal effects of climat... | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.04.29 - Is there such a thing as a "girls' throw"? | Does exercise lead to a more muscular heart? Why can an unfit cyclist cycle faster than an olympic runner runs? How do kinetic watches work? We answer your questions in this week's Naked Scientists Podcast, and find out why so many dead bugs end u... | 4/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.04.22 - Clock This! - The Science of the Circadian Rhythm | The body clock goes under the Naked Scientists' spotlight this week. We unpick the mechanisms that enable human cells, plants and even bacteria to track the time of day and alter their activities accordingly, and we hear the evidence that night work ... | 4/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.04.15 - Saving Submariners and Studying Deep Sea Species | How can we save the occupants of stricken submarines? What species survive in the deepest depths of ocean trenches? Recognising the centenary of the Titanic tragedy, we're diving deep to meet the Rolls-Royce NATO Submarine Rescue System, we find out ... | 4/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.04.08 - Naked Oceans - From Plastics to Poo | This week we bring you a special look at marine pollution from the Naked Oceans team, going from plastics to poo to explore some of the many ways we pollute the seas. We find out the truth behind the Pacific Garbage Patch, discover how human sewage i... | 4/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.04.01 - Why did my Dishcloth Detonate? | Why does sunlight make me sneeze? What causes air turbulence? Why do energy-saving lights take time to warm up? In this week's question and answer show we also investigate why microwaving a dishcloth causes it catch fire, whether mining could change ... | 3/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.03.25 - Going Nuclear | This week we're exploring the future of nuclear energy, including meeting the makers of a new design of nuclear reactor that can consume the fuels that other plants can't burn. We also delve into ways to unclog pipes inside reactors without the risks... | 3/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.03.18 - Why Viruses Don't Infect the Same Cell Twice | Immune-manipulating parasites, bacterial genomes married to disease processes and viruses that bounce off already-infected cells make for an infectious episode of the Naked Scientists this week. Also up for analysis, why the eyes vote no to long spac... | 3/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.03.11 - Sensors and Sensibility | Smart sensors can open a window into the environment. In this week's Naked Scientists Podcast we find out how networks of sensors around Heathrow airport can study how planes alter the atmosphere, and how a similar network can monitor an Oxfordshire... | 3/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.03.04 - Wattage from Waste and Watching Our Water | How can we extract energy from waste? In this week's Naked Scientists we explore the technology that turns muck into methane and consider the fertile issue of nutrient overload resulting from returning the finished products to farmland. And what abou... | 3/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.02.26 - Can a Mobile Phone Compromise your Sperm Count? | What's the point of earwax? Does WiFi damage the brain? Can a mobile phone in a trouser pocket dent a man's fertility? In this week's science Q and A show we also brush up on how they get the stripes in toothpaste, discover whether dropped food follo... | 2/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.02.19 - ZAP! Lasers on trial... | A new liquid crystal laser that can dial-up any wavelength of light you need, a laser-powered projector technology that turns any surface into a touch-screen, and a laser that fires salvoes of X-rays to make light work of unlocking the molecular fabr... | 2/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.02.12 - Reclaiming Wasted Watts - Thermoelectric Generators | Over two-thirds of the energy in the fuel you put into your car is wasted, most of it in the form of heat that exits along the exhaust pipe. The same is true of large-scale power stations, which are only 50% efficient at best. But now researchers are... | 2/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.02.05 - Do Diet Foods Make You Fat? | Could diet foods be making you fatter? How do we learn to like the foods we eat? This week, we indulge in the science of appetite, diet and diabetes. We'll find out how our early experiences of food can alter our diets for life, and ask if low cal... | 2/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.01.29 - Are any viruses good for you? | Has all the air in the world been breathed before? Are any viruses beneficial to health? Can naked farts transmit diseases? You set the agenda in this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show in which we also discover how Inuit cope without fruit... | 1/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.01.22 - Vitamin D: Shedding light on diabetes, MS and cancer | Could a ray of sunshine hold the key to preventing MS, diabetes and even bowel cancer? Vitamin D - made naturally in skin exposed to strong sunlight - appears to reduce the risk of developing these, and a rash of other diseases. We examine the eviden... | 1/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.01.15 - Mind Meets Machine | Where do you stand on becoming part person, part machine? This week we hook up with three pioneers in the field of cybernetics including walking cyborg Kevin Warwick, who volunteered his own nervous system to test out a new way to connect up with the... | 1/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.01.08 - What's Inside Your Nappy? | Do stars form outside galaxies? What causes ringing in the ears? How fast does force propagate? Why do spectacles still work when worn backwards? Is the expanding universe tearing galaxies apart? And is any new water being created on Earth? Plus, new... | 1/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.12.18 - What Colour is a Dead Chameleon? | Are candles environmentally unfriendly? Why does tinfoil touching a filling set my teeth on edge? What colour does a dead chameleon go? Does antiperspirant deodorant make you sweat more elsewhere? Could we tether the moon on a string to stop it escap... | 12/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.12.11 - Monitoring Moods with Mobiles | Can new technologies probe human thoughts and feelings without us even realising? This week we talk to a researcher who's using mobile phones to tap into peoples' emotions to provide new insights into human behaviour and even spot the triggers that m... | 12/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.12.04 - Underwater Archaeology and Underwater Welding | How do archaeologists locate, conserve and recover historical treasures from old shipwrecks? What is erosion revealing on the foreshores of the River Thames? And how do you weld up an oil or gas pipeline one kilometre underwater? This week we're look... | 12/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.11.27 - Imaging the Invisible | This week, how immune cells can be caught on camera as they exit blood vessels, a new design of lensless microscope and one that sees cells in 3D, how sound and heat can be used to find faults in materials and how something as small as an atom can be... | 11/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.11.20 - Is Technology Altering Your Brain? | Is modern technology changing your brain? How fast does flu fly? Can you build a lightsaber? Your questions are the stars on the Naked Scientists this week, as we discuss the implications of faster-than-light travel, the risks of skydiving through... | 11/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.11.13 - Flu Vaccines from Tobacco? | In a show not to be sneezed at, we look at the evidence that coughs and sneezes are linked to heart attacks. We also probe the Flu Survey, a new citizen science initiative to gather data on the incidence of influenza-like illnesses in the European p... | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.11.06 - NCRI Cancer Conference | This week Kat Arney joins us live from the National Cancer Research Institute's conference in Liverpool. We find out how mistakes in cell signalling can cause cancers and why DNA repair pathways offer targets to treat tumours. Also, we explore the l... | 11/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.10.30 - Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy | This week's podcast is live from the British Society for Gene Therapy (BSGT) conference in Brighton, UK. Some of the world's top gene and stem cell therapists explain how we can manipulate genes to treat a variety of disorders, from cystic fibrosis ... | 10/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.10.23 - Why Is Ice Slippery? | Can moonlight and a magnifying glass be used to start a fire? Why do bananas go brown and does it happen faster in the fridge or the fruitbowl? Why are ice and snow slippery? And how does flyspray work? Alongside your quality science questions in t... | 10/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.10.16 - Plant Pests and Plant Pathology | This week, Plant Pests and Plant Pathology - we find out what happens when plants get ill, how to understand and prevent the spread of plant disease, and how they can call up an insect army to defend them if they're attacked. We also find out why so... | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.10.09 - Outpacing Petrol - Biofuels and Hydrogen | This week, we're investigating alternatives to petrol. We'll board a biofuel powered bus to meet the plant scientists who are using algae to make biodiesel. We'll find out how to turn household waste into hydrogen, and meet the brains behind Bristo... | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.10.02 - Would a Siphon Work in Space? | Could a Siphon be used in orbit? Why do leaves change colour in Autumn? How is immunity passed from mother to baby through breastfeeding? Why do earthquakes happen away from plate boundaries? How do microwaves heat up food? We storm through your ques... | 10/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.09.25 - Cheese Making and Cake Baking: The Chemistry of Cookery | We've whipped up an appetising take on the science of food and cooking for you this week. With a main course of cookery in the kitchen served up by a cake-baking physicist followed by a microbiological look at the cheese board and then the bacterial ... | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.09.18 - Chilling Out - The Science of Cryogenics | This week, we're chilling out in the world of cryogenics, the science of the super-cold. We'll find out what happens to living tissue when it freezes, and how we can use low temperatures to keep organs, and maybe even one day whole bodies, in suspend... | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.09.11 - Supercomputers & Super Computing | This week, we seek the science of supercomputers! We find out how they work, and how they can answer some of the biggest questions in science. We also hear about the World Community Grid, which offers scientists computer time donated by volunteers ... | 9/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.09.08 - Australopithecus Sediba Special | Reader in evolution at Wits University, Lee Berger, made a life-changing discovery when he uncovered the remains of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, in South Africa. Here, Chris Smith gets to meet the newest addition to the human fa... | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.09.04 - Why do some animals dump indiscriminately? | Why do some animals poo wherever the fancy takes them, whilst others are more fussy about the locations of their lavatory actions? What triggers pins and needles? How do some fish survive in both fresh and saltwater? And how are new nerve cells born ... | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.08.28 - Science in Scotland | This week, Chris explores some of the cutting edge research taking place in Aberdeen. We meet a scientist making new cannabis-like chemicals that lack the side effects of the real thing, talk to a man exploring the deepest part of the Pacific - 7 mi... | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.08.21 - Do planes trigger rains? | The rain in Spain falls mainly on the "plane". Or so the saying goes, but new research has confirmed that aeroplanes do cause clouds to dump their contents prematurely, often around airports, and in this week's show we explore this weather-altering e... | 8/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.08.14 - Chemistry By Design | Are designer molecules poised to take us into a new chemical dimension? This week, we explore how, long before the bunsen burner gets lit, computer aided chemistry can enable us to create in silico imaginary new molecules, reactions and designer cat... | 8/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.08.07 - Do bubbles help washing up? | Do bubbles help or hinder when doing the dishes? Can we find evidence of material from Earth on the Moon? Can camera lenses cause fires? And is fluoride in drinking water safe? In this Question and Answer show, we tackle your science queries, finding... | 8/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.07.31 - The Year in Ocean Science | This week, we take a dive beneath the waves to look back at the last year in Ocean science. We call in on deep sea microbes, spawning corals and even a seahorse surgery. Plus we hear how the Census of Marine Life all got started and find out about so... | 7/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.07.24 - The Year in Astronomy | This week, we look back over the last few months of space science. We'll hear how scientists search for planets in the glare of their parent star, why a simulated mission to Mars will help us to understand how astronauts will cope with isolation, a... | 7/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.07.17 - Digging up the Year in Archaeology | This week we take a look back at a year's-worth of Naked Archaeology including a dig through some Pomepiian poo for clues about the Pompeiian lifestyle, the art of spear throwing with an atlatl and exposing the most recent neanderthals of the Caucasu... | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.07.10 - Bouncing Bombs and Blacksmiths | This week, we bring you the best bits of technology from the world of engineering including a guiding light into the workings of a retroreflector, the dual life of bi-stable structures, and a new way to harness energy from our rivers. Plus, we unea... | 7/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.06.26 - Pushing Back the Pain Barrier | This week, we explore the problem of persistent pain. We find out how chronic pain is currently treated, and look to our DNA for the genetic clues that could lead to future painkillers. In the news, a new TB vaccination that stands out on it's own... | 6/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.06.19 - Coal Gasification and Carbon Capture | This week, we find out how to get useful gas from useless coal, and make money from waste carbon dioxide! Underground coal gasification could allow us to access huge amounts of energy in inaccessible coal seams. We find out how it works as well as e... | 6/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.06.12 - Passengers in a Bacterial Body | The good side of microbes goes under the microscope this week as we explore how the 100 trillion bacteria that thrive on us and in us, and even outnumber our own cells ten times over, work with the body to maintain good health. We also hear from the ... | 6/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.06.05 - Do My Eyes have Anti-Shake Vision? | What would we see at the edge of the universe? Are there long term health effects of eating spicy food? Why doesn't diesel need a spark to ignite? It's another Naked Scientists science question and answer show, where we take on your questions! Find o... | 6/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.05.29 - Metallurgy - Metals at the Molecular Scale | What happens when a blacksmith meets a metallurgist? This week we explore what's happening at the molecular scale when the smithy works a piece of iron, we meet the superalloys that survive temperatures way above their melting points inside jet engin... | 5/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.05.22 - Scratch 'n Sneeze - Science of Allergies | This week's Naked Scientists is not to be sneezed at - we're looking at the science of allergies! We explore what happens to cause your body to overreact to harmless things, and find out how potentially fatal peanut allergy can be cured. Plus, how ... | 5/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.05.15 - Wet But Not Wild - Farming Fish | We cast our nets wide this week to catch the science of aquaculture or fish farming! We'll find out how farming marine life can reduce reliance on disappearing wild stocks, and explore the effect on the local environment. Also, how recycled fish po... | 5/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.05.08 - Should I Lie Down to Tan? | Is standing or reclining best for the perfect suntan? Can we see atoms? Why add pennies to Big Ben's pendulum? It's a question and answer show so we shoulder your scientific conundra! We'll find out how web companies keep up with growing data dem... | 5/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.05.01 - Brains, Batteries and Nuclear Fusion | Computers that can lip-read, a robot that follows your brain waves, prosthetic arms controlled by thinking about fingers that have been amputated, the future of nuclear fusion, Bandaids for batteries, why oral cancer rates are up 200% on 20 years ago... | 4/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.04.24 - Diamond Light Source Special | For Easter this week, we explore how synchrotron radiation can be used to probe and find answers to a variety of scientific questions as we bring you a special programme of highlights from the Diamond Light Source podcast. We hear how changes to key ... | 4/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.04.17 - DNA-away Disease: Gene Therapy at Work | Two pioneers in the field of gene therapy join us to discuss how they're developing modified viruses to deliver healthy copies of genes to save patients afflicted by lethal genetic diseases. We also hear how energy can be harvested from footsteps and... | 4/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.04.10 - Are Dogs Ticklish? | Do dogs get ticklish? What wakes up mosquitoes at meal times? Do animals use weapons? In this fast-paced Question and Answer show we also focus on the nuclear threat from Fukushima and hear how gut bugs raise the risk of heart disease, why flaps for ... | 4/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.04.03 - Keeping the Conversation Flowing | This week, we go wireless to explore the science of mobile phones. We hear how new error-correction techniques are promising to put an end to poor quality communications, we meet a new system that lets you borrow the antennae of other nearby phones t... | 4/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.03.27 - Life Where the Sun Don't Shine... | Life in inaccessible places - including in caves sealed off from the Sun and around deep-sea vents - is the subject of this week's Naked Scientists. In these intriguing environments, bacteria replace plants as the primary producers, extracting energ... | 3/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.03.20 - Beyond the Universe - Multiverses and More | This week, we find out what lies beyond the limits of our Universe as we discuss multiverses, higher dimensions, string theory and supersymmetry. We find out how these ideas develop from basic principles and how the LHC can help to confirm, or refute... | 3/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.03.13 - Why did a Laser Make My Nuts Glow? | Can you electrocute weeds? Why do teeth go wobbly? And which cells last a lifetime? In this bumper edition of the Naked Scientists, we tackle your pressing science questions and find out how the shuttle manoeuvres in space, what makes wounds itch, wh... | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.03.06 - Aspirin's Anniversary | From anti-ague to anti-Alzheimer's agent: over the 112 years since it was first trademarked, Aspirin has evolved from popular painkiller to powerful preventative against heart attacks, strokes and even cancer. In this week's show we trace its histor... | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.02.27 - Boosting Your Bones | Just the bare bones this week as we find out how exercise strengthens the skeleton and how new scanning techniques can help to pick up osteoporosis earlier and inform its management. We also try out a new gadget for measuring the force muscles can a... | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.02.20 - Checking the Atmosphere and Changing the Climate | We look to the skies in this week's Naked Scientists show, to uncover ways to monitor and change the chemistry of the atmosphere. We join researchers on board an air-sampling aeroplane to discover how atmospheric chemistry changes once the sun sets, ... | 2/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.02.13 - What Makes Mucus Green? | How do magnets multiply? What keeps an aeroplane in the air? How do wild animals avoid incest? It's open season on science questions in this week's Naked Scientists. We'll find out if oil extraction leaves a cavity, can cranberry juice cut urine ... | 2/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.02.06 - Low Energy, High-Power Processing | This week we're getting inside the workings of the next generation of chips that are set to pack a bigger computing-punch but at a fraction of the energy-expenditure of todays' models: CTO Mike Muller joins us to explain the revolutionary technology... | 2/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.01.30 - Leprosy: The Low Down | Leprosy goes under the microscope this week as we uncover the origins of one of the oldest known human diseases, recognised this week on World Leprosy Day. A quarter of a million new cases are diagnosed every year, but how is the illness spreading, w... | 1/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.01.23 - Analysing Antimatter | We're analysing the matter of antimatter this week to find out what is antimatter, how is it made and why's it so rare in the Universe? We talk to researchers at CERN who are capturing anti-hydrogen so scientists can study it properly for the first t... | 1/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.01.16 - Do Metal Spinal Implants Lure Lightning? | Does a metal implant turn a person into a living lightning-conductor or radio receiver, is eye-size important, why is frost bad for freezers, where did the first organic molecules come from, what happens to sparkling drinks in space and why does a bu... | 1/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.01.09 - Would you donate your body to science? | We're discussing human dissection in this week's Naked Scientists. Chris visits the dissection room to find out how trainee doctors benefit from dissecting real bodies, and why many medical schools are increasingly turning to alternatives. We're jo... | 1/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 11.01.02 - National Pathology Week 2010 | In this special podcast we focus on the highlights of this year's National Pathology Week. We'll be going behind closed doors for a tour of the pathology labs at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and we'll explore the role of veterinary pathologists in ... | 1/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.12.26 - Back in the Saddle: Getting Paralysed Patients Riding and Rowing | In this special episode of the Naked Scientists podcast, we explore the world of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), a technology allowing people paralysed from the waist down to row and cycle by using external electrodes to stimulate leg muscle... | 12/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.12.19 - Blowing out Candles Round Corners | In this festive episode, can you get drunk through your feet, the chemistry of cocktails, twelve marine critters of Christmas, the best food and drink combos to eschew indigestion, does a carbon fibre bike go faster, why are snowflakes different shap... | 12/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.12.12 - Why's Graphene Great? | Graphene is the focus of this week's Naked Scientists, including how it holds the key to the super-flexible touch screen displays of tomorrow, super-light composites and the next generation of computer chips. In the news, a breakthrough in understand... | 12/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.12.05 - Electrifying the Future | Current breakthroughs in electricity generation and distribution go under the spotlight in this week's sizzling edition of the Naked Scientists. We talk to the team with the electrical equivalent of cold-storage that can put power "on ice" until it's... | 12/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.11.28 - Why do Men's Bits Shrink in the Cold? | How heavy is the Earth? How do snakes digest huge meals? Should I fear falling bullets? We take on these questions and more in this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show! We'll discuss the ideal hair for head lice, the mechanics of using a str... | 11/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.11.21 - Smart Pills: Drugs to Boost Brain Power | IQ-elevating agents that can boost brain power are being used by over 10% of university students. But how do these cognitive-equivalents of anabolic steroids for the brain actually work, what are their effects and are they safe? Moreover, is the adva... | 11/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.11.14 - The Science of Sustainable Shipping | We set sail to discover the science of sustainable shipping in this week's Naked Scientists. We visit an enormous wave tank to find out how the sea swell can impact on damaged ships, and look at the problems caused by sulphur-rich shipping fuel. Pl... | 11/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.11.07 - Cancer - Hallmarks and Hit and Run Viruses | We catch up with cancer research this week including evidence that cancers subvert stem cells to suppress the immune system and how covert "hit and run" viral infections may be triggering a lot more tumours than we first thought. Also, joining us fro... | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.10.31 - Where does Phlegm come from? | It's National Pathology Week 2010 and to celebrate the launch we're joined by pathologist Dr Suzy Lishman to take on your science questions! We'll find out where phlegm comes from, how petroleum jelly helps healing and the weight of red blood cells s... | 10/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.10.24 - AIDS to conquering HIV | The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) goes under the microscope this week. We find out how the virus hijacks cells to construct new HIV particles and hear how close scientists are to developing a vaccine to block infection. In the news, we learn how... | 10/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.10.17 - The Science of Turbulence | It's a bumpy ride on this week's Naked Scientists, as we explore the science of turbulence. We'll find out what turbulence is and why it needs some of the most powerful computers in the world to study it. We'll discover how puffs of water can termi... | 10/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.10.10 - Neuromarketing - The Brain Basis of Buying Behaviour | How do advertisers get inside your head? This week we explore the field of neuromarketing - how a knowledge of your brain and behaviour can help marketers to manipulate your buying habits. We'll find out how the brain choses what stimuli to pay atten... | 10/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.10.03 - Would an Antimatter Magnet Attract a Normal Matter Magnet? | Why do you see flashes and patterns when you press your eyeballs? Would an antimatter magnet attract normal matter magnets? What is the hardest human bone to break? We take on your science questions this week, as well as explore the bed of Lake Winde... | 10/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.09.26 - Neuroimaging | This week we delve deep into the secrets of the brain. We'll find out how MRIs could be used to read your mind, and how they could help unlock what is going on in the brain of a person suffering from delusions or hallucinations. In the news we'll hea... | 9/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.09.19 - The British Science Festival | We explore the history of Pi, examine rheumatoid arthritis and seek the science of sleep in this roundup of the British Science Festival. In the news, we hear how to read the history of the solar system on the surface of the moon, and discover a dev... | 9/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.09.12 - What Happens to a Tankful of Fish in Orbit? | Why are there two high tides a day when there's only one moon? Would a planet made of glass be transparent? Does dreaming about exercise burn more calories? And what would happen to a tankful of fish launched into Earth's orbit? To find out, and to h... | 9/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.09.05 - Science Down Under 2010 | This week, we go back down under to explore the latest science from the land of kangaroos, bandicoots and the world's largest radio telescope - the square kilometer array. Chris goes on a tour of the universe from the comfort of the SciTech Planet... | 9/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.08.22 - Diving into Naked Oceans! | To celebrate the launch of the brand new Naked Oceans podcast, we venture beneath the waves to investigate the impacts of oil spills on the marine environment. We hunt down the hidden world of microbes in the Louisiana wetlands, trace the fingerprin... | 8/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.08.15 - Digging in the Dirt and Looking at the Stars | This week, we've got a roundup of recent news and interviews from the Naked Astronomy and Naked Archaeology Podcasts. Digging into Archaeology, Diana O'Carroll will be looking into Bronze Age burial practices, meeting some of our oldest known walkin... | 8/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.08.08 - The Tour de France | The Tour de France is the subject of this week's summer special as we look into the science and engineering of professional road bikes, training the human physique to endure thousands of kilometres on the saddle and eating the right food to keep you ... | 8/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.08.01 - The Science of Glastonbury | In this Special edition of the Naked Scientists, we explore the science of the Glastonbury Festival. We find out what it takes to turn a farm into a city and back every year, and how to keep clean water flowing in, and waste flowing out, for nearly ... | 7/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.07.25 - How do Ants Count? | How do we know that ants count their footsteps? We'll find out in this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show, as well as ask if rubber soles really protect you from electric shocks, if hair will clean itself when you don't, and why a layer of sh... | 7/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.07.18 - Going Nuclear | We go nuclear this week to investigate the future of atomic energy, the issues surrounding nuclear waste management and how a proposed new breed of hybrid fission-fusion reactors might help to boost nuclear fuel efficiency and minimise radioactive wa... | 7/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.07.11 - Lasers in Medicine | The role of lasers in biomedicine goes under the spotlight this week as we explore the workings of photodynamic cancer therapy, find out how laser tweezers can be used to force-feed bugs to white blood cells and hear how a new technique uses laser-po... | 7/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.07.04 - How do you Weigh a Volcano? | We explore the explosive science of volcanoes this week! We find out what you can learn from drilling into a restless volcano, how gravity is used to "weigh" volcanoes and watch them fill with magma, and we explore the theories behind volcano formati... | 7/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.06.27 - What's the point of eyebrows? | Why do we have eyebrows? Can we taste food if we can't smell it? What's a cold sore? This week, we take on your science questions, as well as explore the world of social gaming, and find out how much it costs to fly an England flag from your car. ... | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.06.20 - Seriously Small Structures | Seriously small structures are the focus of this week's Naked Scientists, as we look at nanostructures and their role in future energy technologies. We'll find out how nanostructures could enable us to safely store and quickly access hydrogen fuel, ... | 6/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.06.13 - 50 years of Lasers | We celebrate 50 years of Lasers on the Naked Scientists this week, by looking into the history, and future, of laser science. We'll hear how lasers have revolutionised manufacturing and could be the answer to our clean energy concerns. Also, how la... | 6/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.06.06 - Creatures in Colonies | The science of social species goes under the microscope this week. We hear what radio-tagging individual ants is revealing about the way they organise their nests to decide who goes hunting and who stays at home. Meera explores the growth of urban ap... | 6/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.05.30 - Do Bacteria Grow on Bars of Soap? | In this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show, we find out if bacteria will grow on a bar of soap, why bird poo is white and whether or not a moon can have its own moon. Also, do sweeteners alter your metabolism and can we re-stock the oceans wi... | 5/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.05.22 - Transmissible Tumours | Cancers you can catch go under the Naked Scientists microscope this week. We find out how a transmissible facial tumour is devastating devil populations in Tasmania and also hear how the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) causes cancer. Also, Meera looks in... | 5/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.05.16 - Synthetic Biology | We explore synthetic biology in this Naked Scientists Show, finding out how to learn from, and improve on, the structures and systems we find in nature. We'll meet the team of students who designed a biological sensor to win the international genetic... | 5/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.05.09 - Does Beer Kill Brain Cells? | Is there a cure for spots? Why do we cry? Does alcohol really kill brain cells? It's a Question and Answer Extravaganza on this week's Naked Scientists! We find out what makes a Chameleon change colour, why birds fly into windows and how a hair c... | 5/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.05.02 - GPS - Where in the World Are We? | Where in the world am I? We're looking at the science of the Global Positioning System, or GPS, this week. We find out how satellites can tell you your location, as well as communicate with the bossy little box that tells you which way to drive. W... | 5/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.04.25 - Archaeogenetics - The Past in Our Genes | We explore the marriage of archaeology and genetics in this week's Naked Scientists, finding out how modern genetic techniques are helping to reveal more about our past. We ask what archaeogenetics can tell us about human origins and migration as we... | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.04.18 - The National Astronomy Meeting | We bring you the highlights from the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting. We discover the top priorities for the next generation of space exploration, find out what the echoes of the big bang can tell us about the birth of the un... | 4/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.04.11 - What do worms do in the rain? | We take on your science questions - If there's something that's been puzzling you, on any scientific topic - get them in now!... | 4/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.03.28 - Can you Steer a Hurricane...? | Can you steer a hurricane? In this week's weather-focused Naked Scientists, we find out how aeroplanes are creating clouds, get the low-down on how insurance companies size up storm risks and hear how a hurricane works and whether it's possible to co... | 3/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.03.21 - The Science of Farming | We dig into the science of farming this week with a look at how agriculture can adapt to a changing climate, how scientists are striving to produce a perfect pea and a new initiative to turn native African fruit trees into the next commercial blockbu... | 3/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.03.14 - How Do Jellyfish Reproduce? | How do odour-killing insoles stamp on smelly feet? Do submariners' ears pop? How do Portuguese Man o'War jellyfish reproduce? We take on your science questions this week as well as hearing the highlights from the Cambridge Science Festival and making... | 3/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.03.07 - The Science of Solar: Photovoltaics | Shedding some light on new advances in solar technology, this week's Naked Scientists explores how nanotechnology can boost solar cell efficiency and how flexible photovoltaics can be rolled up - and rolled out - to help power military operations. In... | 3/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.02.28 - The Science of Water Security | We dive into the science of water security in this week's Naked Scientists. We find out how building a dam alters the local weather, and how simple interventions can help bring safe water and sanitation to the millions that still need it. We find o... | 3/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.02.21 - Winds, Wings, Whale Fins and Wind Power | How can we make the most of the wind? In this week's Naked Scientists, we find out how Humpback whales have inspired a new, more efficient design for turbine blades and stall-resistant aeroplane wings and how an inflatable wind generator flies like a... | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.02.14 - Do animals use toilet paper? | We investigate the toilet habits of the animal kingdom this week as well as taking a pot shot at which way a dirty golf ball swings in mid air, answering whether warmer waters attract more sharks and if there's a genetic basis to intelligence. We als... | 2/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.02.07 - Pollution & Plastics | Could plastics be polluting your body? This week, we hear how hormone-mimicking chemicals leaching from plastics can cause coronaries, strokes and diabetes. Even the plastic mineral water bottle isn't safe - snails grown in them produce more offsprin... | 2/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.01.31 - Augmenting Reality | The high-tech scanners that can home in on chemicals produced by cancers, how bats and dolphins share genes for echolocation and why barefoot runners have a smoother track record. Also this week, augment your reality: find out how new technologies ... | 2/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.01.24 - Explosive Science! | On this explosive Naked Scientists, explore the science of explosions, looking at what happens when a landmine explodes and how to study shockwaves. Plus, how to make safer 'insensitive' munitions, and the 'ecology' of insurgency. Plus, how infecte... | 1/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.01.17 - Does Farting make you Weigh Less? | Can sea water keep roads frost-free? Why does the LHC need to be so cold? How does antifreeze work and what's the freezing point of beer? This week we run the risk of frostbite to tackle the coolest science questions as well as warming up in the hot ... | 1/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.01.10 - Listen Here! The Science of Sound and Hearing | We open our ears to the science of sound and hearing this week with a look at the genetic causes of deafness and how a deaf person's brain decodes sign language. We also hear how auditory illusions can fool you into hearing things that aren't there a... | 1/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 10.01.05 - Launching Naked Astronomy | Thrusting space science into the audio dimension, this week the Naked Scientists unveil a new series for 2010 - Naked Astronomy. Hosted by Ben Valsler together with Cambridge space scientists Carolin Crawford, Andrew Pontzen, Dominic Ford and a host ... | 1/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.12.20 - Dissecting Christmas Dinner | In a festive mood, this week the Naked Scientists meet their meat and dissect Christmas Dinner, but not with a carving knife! We also hear how scientists are able to re-create the acoustics of long-gone churches and cathedrals to appreciate how ancie... | 12/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.12.13 - Was Swine 'Flu Man-Made? | Where did the 2009 H1N1 swine influenza pandemic come from? This week we hear the evidence that this new 'flu may have escaped from a laboratory. We also explore rising rates of resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu, hear how 'flu vaccines are mad... | 12/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.12.06 - Understanding Hepatitis C | Join us to explore the virus behind Hepatitis C. We'lle be investigating the causes, prevention and treatment of this often masked but serious disease.... | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.11.29 - What if a Meteorite Destroyed the Moon? | How wide is the universe? What makes steak tough? Why does beetroot give me red urine? These tricky questions get stripped down in this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show. We'll be hearing about the camouflaged plant that doesn't need the Sun,... | 11/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.11.22 - Science Down Under | This week, we head down under to explore the latest Australasian science - we'll discover the new, state-of-the-art facility where high-tech lasers and cameras breed the best plants; explore a new remedy for wine ruined by bush fires and find out why... | 11/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.11.15 - Producing Planets | On this week's Naked Scientists, we seek the start of the solar system. We'll be finding out how clouds of gas and dust can clump and diversify to become stars, asteroids and the planets we know so well. Plus, we find out what happens to sculpt the... | 11/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.11.08 - Investigating Infertility | This week, we investigate infertility and In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). We find out how a new high resolution temperature monitor conceived in Cambridge can help couples get pregnant, and explore new ways to improve the success of fertility treatment... | 11/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.11.01 - Where do lost socks go? | The most distant object ever discovered as well as the events of National Pathology week feature in this week's show as we take on your science questions! We investigate whysocks go missing in the wash, whether light from the sun is a continuou... | 11/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.10.29 - Introducing - The Diamond Light Source Podcast | This week we're showcasing a new bimonthly programme strand which we're making in collaboration with the folks at Diamond, the UK's Synchrotron Light Source. In this episode, we dig deep into the world of archaeology to learn how scientists at ... | 10/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.10.25 - The Diseased Brain | We explore the basis of brain diseases on this week's Naked Scientists. We find out what happens to the brain in Huntington's disease, discover the genes behind Alzheimers and a potential treatment for autoimmune diseases like Multiple Sclerosi... | 10/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.10.18 - High Altitude Adventures | We reach for the skies on this week's Naked Scientists, with High Altitude Adventures. We find out how the body reacts to the low oxygen at high altitudes, and join Laura Soul testing the theories on a trek up to Everest base camp. Plus, we find ou... | 10/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.10.11 - Why does Water Expand when it Freezes? | The Nobel prizes feature on the Naked Scientists this week alongside a bumper crop of your science questions! We find out why water expands when it freezes, whether animals have regional accents, and how many rockets you would need to crash into the ... | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.10.04 - Catching Up with Cancer Research | This week, we catch up with the latest from the front line of cancer research. Kat Arney reports from the National Cancer Research Institute's annual conference, we find out how proton therapy is promising for targeting tumours and look at the hormo... | 10/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.09.27 - Researchers Revealed! | We bring you the highlights from European Researchers Night 2009, which filled the Great North Museum with explosions, music and laughter. We meet Brainiac's Jon Tickle to discuss the physics of custard, find out why My Little Ponies belong in a mus... | 9/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.09.20 - Life in the Branches | Join us in a peek at the secret lives of birds. We find out just how a cuckoo convinces others to care for it's young, and the tragic outcome for the cuckoo chick when the rouse is discovered. We meet the clever corvids, capable of problem solving ... | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.09.13 - Building Bodies and Mending Broken Hearts | This week we find out about bionic bodies. We discover whether it's possible to mend a broken heart with stem cells as well as investigate if soft nanobots could soon be delivering drugs around our bodies. We also bring you the highlights from this... | 9/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.09.06 - Can you run faster on the moon? | This week we're taking on the questions you've waited all summer to find the answers to. We find out whether humans can run faster on the moon than here on Earth, if tea tastes better in china cups, and if talking to plants can help them grow. Plus w... | 9/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.08.30 - Diana and Meera's Best Bits | Diana and Meera select their favourite bits of Naked Science, including parajetting over the Himalayas, digging up Greek brothels and making the perfect cup of tea scientifically. Plus, Dr Hal blows up an ostrich egg and blasts a 'barking dog' down a... | 8/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.08.23 - Ben and Dave's Best Bits | Ben and Dave select their favourite bits of Naked Science: from taking an MRI of outer space to orange fireballs and chocolate teapots. We explore the boys' best Naked capers. Plus, we join Dr Hal for a gassy set of explosive experiments. ... | 8/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.08.15 - Helen's Best Bits | It's big, it's blue, it's where life began and life certainly wouldn't be the same without it: yes, that's right, it's the sea. This week Helen Scales is taking the show underwater to explore her favourite realm. Among the marine menagerie she'll be... | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.08.09 - Kat's Best Bits | This week, Kat Arney has been through the archives and picked out her personal Naked highlights, including making experimental jelly, sneezing at computer screens, stabbing potatoes and Ben dancing (badly) in the studio. She looks back on advances i... | 8/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.08.02 - Peeing on an Electric Fence | What happens if you urinate on an electric fence? We find out the answer to this and some of your other science questions on this week's Naked Scientists, including why chilli peppers are red, how does squinting help you see further and what's the b... | 8/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.07.26 - Rubbish! | We dig deep into the science of rubbish, refuse, waste and recycling...... | 7/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.07.19 - Making Babies - Pregnancy and Fertility | The latest in the science of fertility, IVF and pregnancy... We find out how pre-implantation tests could improve the success of IVF and how stress during pregnancy affects foetal development. Plus, why knowledge is its own reward, how a jockey's po... | 7/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.07.16 - The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop | Award winning Canadian hip hop artist Baba Brinkman brings us his Rap Guide to Evolution, an hour of clever, witty and scientifically accurate rhymes that will have you seeing Darwin from a whole new perspective. Baba explores the history and curren... | 7/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.07.12 - Here's Looking at You - the Science of Vision | We seek the Science of Sight on this week's Naked Scientists, discovering how deep sea fish use clever bioluminescence and biological mirrors to cope with the darkness of the deep. We hear how our brains choose what sights to pay attention to, and w... | 7/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.07.05 - Why Does Toothpaste Make Food Taste Funny? | This week, we're taking on your science brainteasers! We find out why toothpaste ruins other flavours, whether humans have a mating season and why food goes in multicoloured, but comes out brown... Plus, fighting Fido's fleas with fungus,... | 7/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.06.28 - Driving into the Future | This week, we look into new ways of putting a tiger in your tank! We find out how pond life could help make eco-friendly biodiesel and how new types of batteries can power electric cars for further than ever before without running out of juice. Plu... | 6/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.06.21 - The Future of our Food | This week we dig into into the science of farming and food production. We find out how transgenic plants can help us dispense with the need for chemical pesticides and how giant greenhouses at the shoreline can be home to super-efficient farms of the... | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.06.14 - Your Science Questions | On this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show, we discover how storms create slow earthquakes and how a local star, betelgeuse, could explode very soon. We also hear of an accurate way to date pottery and explore the physics of helicopter seeds.... | 6/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.06.07 - The Science of Architecture | This week, we seek the science of Architecture. We find out how rapid prototyping technology could help us print out entire houses, and how natural light and ventilation could cut our energy bills. Plus, giggling gorillas tell us how laughter evol... | 6/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.05.31 - Bioengineering | How does nature inspire technology and engineering? We find out how bamboo may make effective wind turbines, and how the material that makes up locust tendons could soon be in your shoes and electronics!... | 6/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.05.24 - Getting Under Your Skin | Science gets under your skin on this week's Naked Scientists, where we find out how human skin colour evolved to make the best of our sunlight. We explain why albino people have no skin pigment at all and how to heal wounds without leaving scars. A... | 5/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.05.17 - Science Questions and Answers | We're open to your questions on the Naked Scientists this week, finding out how photosynthesis works underwater, exploring the sex lives of barnacles and discussing if rockets punch holes in the ozone layer. Plus, a viral cause of hypertension, how ... | 5/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.05.10 - Clean Water and Alien Invasions | This week, we're diving into the science of clean water, finding out why rivers and ponds are essential for wildlife, and how alien invaders are colonising our waterways. Plus, how a diet of glycerol makes yeast live longer, how microbes in mosquito... | 5/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.05.03 - Tackling Transport | On this week's Naked Scientists, we explore the engineering and materials science that will give rise to the future of transport! We find out how jet engine parts grown as a single crystal of superalloy will make flights more efficient, and how clev... | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.04.26 - Cleaner City Air | In this week's atmospheric Naked Scientists, we're putting the air that we breathe under the microscope. We find out how air quality is monitored, how new technology could help you plan the least polluted walk to work and why seaweed might be respons... | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.04.19 - Questions and Answers | This week, we find out how a giant parachute could help avoid satellite collisions, why the schizophrenic brain can't see a popular optical illusion and discover that all octopodes (or octopuses?) are poisonous! Plus, we take on your science questio... | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.04.05 - SciFest Africa | This special Naked Scientists comes to you from the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town, South Africa, with some of the highlights of SciFest Africa. Meera goes on safari to find out how the Born Free Foundation re-home mistreated lions while Chris tracks ... | 4/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.03.29 - History of Medicine | This week we hark back to the days before NHS patient records and find out how illnesses in ancient Rome, Victorian London and 17th century Italy were treated. We also explore how the modern history of medicine is being recorded as it happens and how... | 3/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.03.22 - Computer Science | This week, we'll strip computer science down to it's components and find out what we should expect to see in the next 5 years. We find out about the thinking behind artificial intelligence, what the future holds for Second Life and how neuroscience c... | 3/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.03.15 - The Cambridge Science Festival | Get festive with the Naked Scientists at the Cambridge Science Festival! We sniff out the sizzling science of our food, explore the workings of a mobile phone and hear the songs of the Cavendish Society for the first time since the 1930s. Plus, ins... | 3/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.03.08 - Your Questions and the Science of Sword Swallowing | We get to the point of cutting edge Naked Science this week, answering your science questions and exploring the science of sword swallowing. We find out how the Amazon rainforest could become a carbon criminal, learn how to predict the extent of an ... | 3/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.03.01 - Inspired by Science | This week we're seeking the science of laughter and music. We're speaking to comedian Robin Ince about how geneticists and astronomers can inspire stand up comedy, listening to the music of the world's first online science music festival, and geneti... | 3/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.02.22 - The International Year of Astronomy | On this week's stellar Naked Scientists we're staring out into space. We find out how technology developed to see inside your body can give a whole new dimension to pictures of deep space, we celebrate the launch of the International Year of Astrono... | 2/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.02.15 - The Science of Love | Happy Valentines Day! We may not be sending you a card, flowers or chocolates, but we love all our listeners. This week's show is all about the science of love and bonding, we'll be exploring the molecules that mediate monogamy, finding out how... | 2/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.02.08 - Stripping Down your Questions | On this weeks snow-bound Naked Scientists, we're taking on your science questions! We discover the caterpillar that tricks it's ant hosts into treating it like royalty, find out why fish get lost in acidic seas and why the gravitational pull of... | 2/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.02.01 - The Science of the Seriously Small | This week, we're studying the science of the seriously small - nanotechnology. We'll find out how tiny, flexible electronics could be implanted under the skin to restore lost sensation, and how tiny protein covered silicon "diving boards" can show us... | 2/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.01.25 - Material, Heal Thyself | We get Smart on this week's Naked Scientists with the science of self-healing, self-sensing and self-cleaning materials. We hear how carbon fibre polymers could lead to self-healing spacecraft, why a titanium coating keeps windows clean and kills su... | 1/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.01.18 - Obesity in your Genes | Is obesity in your genes? This week we find out how hormones, genetics and even your mother's diet contribute to your chances of becoming obese and succumbing to obesity-related diseases. We also take a look into the surgical way to lose weight fast ... | 1/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.01.13 - New Year, New Naked Science | Happy New Year! For our first show of 2009, we take on your science questions. We find out how earthworms can get airborne, why people get cramp and why Dr Chris' hypnic jerk frightens people on the bus. We also listen to the flirtatious duet between... | 1/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 09.01.06 - Why not "Ask the Naked Scientists?" | There's no Naked Scientists show this week, so why not try "Ask the Naked Scientists" - our weekly phone in show with Sue Marchant. This week, we answer qustions like why do we have Adam's Apples? Do other primates have them? When we find new species... | 1/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.12.30 - Introducing - Naked Archaeology | There's no Naked Scientists Show this week, but we're proud to introduce a new series of podcasts, starring our own Diana O'Carroll: Naked Archaeology This episode features the tale of TB's earliest victims, the science of archaeology underwater a... | 12/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.12.22 - Merry Naked Christmas | We look back on the greatest science news of the year, discuss our top science facts and take on your festive questions in this festive edition of the Naked Scientists. We find out how scientists can recreate a picture as you're looking at it, just ... | 12/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.12.14 - Emerging Diseases | New and Emerging diseases go under the microscope in this week's Naked Scientists, as we discover how new diseases arise, cross species barriers and spread throughout the population. We hear about the origins of HIV, the conditions that create hotsp... | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.12.07 - The Science of Sight | The science of sight submits to the scrutiny of the Naked Scientists this week as we look at lens replacement surgery, the genetics of degenerative eye diseases such as macular degeneration, and find out whether gene therapy and stem cells can repair... | 12/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.12.02 - The Naked Scientists in LA | The Naked Scientists hit Hollywood for a special show all the way from California. We meet the cream of Californian scientists from the University of California at LA and at San Diego to find out why designing ocean-going robots is like giving birth;... | 12/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.11.23 - Burning Science Questions | This week we hear how lasers might replace X-rays as a way to see inside the body, we delve into the genetic code of the extinct woolly mammoth and hear about a government competition to exploit the power of the web to help people to find public toil... | 11/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.11.16 - Archaeology | We dig into the world of archaeology this week to uncover what DNA is revealing about how humans domesticated plants and livestock. We also delve into the story of stonehenge and hear how scientists are using new isotope techniques to find out how it... | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.11.09 - National Pathology Week | This week's Pathological programme brings you a glimpse into the world of the pathologist. We attend a real autopsy to discover how a pathologist uncovers a cause of death, and hear how Cambridge scientists have found a new way to stop Multiple Scler... | 11/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.11.02 - Your Questions and Answers | It's been cold in the UK this week! So what better way to spend your time than to stay in the warm and find the answers to all of your nagging science questions... So if you've ever wondered how fireworks have so many pretty colours, why ... | 11/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.10.26 - The Psychology of Drinking and Dancing | Disco Psychology - the science of drinking and dancing feature in this week's Naked Scientists. We find out what your dance moves say about your genes and why drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes makes faces seem more attractive. Also, we discover... | 10/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.10.19 - Fusion - The Real Solar Power | Nuclear fusion is the power source inside the Sun - so can we copy the physics of the stars to generate energy here on Earth? This week, we find out how nuclear fusion works, and how to mimic a star on Earth...... | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.10.12 - Your Questions and Answers | New techniques to test for Down's Syndrome and oesophageal cancer feature in this week's Naked Scientists, along with the nanotechnology that may let you climb walls like spider man! We also take on your science questions and find out if it's possib... | 10/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.10.05 - Catching Up with Cancer | We catch up with the latest on cancer this week including an update from the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham. We hear how computers are helping doctors to read mammograms, how researchers are re-programming the immune syst... | 10/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.09.28 - Young at Heart - Healthy Ageing | This week, how to live longer and look younger with the science of ageing! We discover how repairing damage to DNA could prevent the diseases associated with old age, and find out how to keep your skin looking younger for longer. Also, doing just f... | 9/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.09.21 - Superbugs - MRSA and C. diff | Superbugs and hospital acquired infections go under the microscope on this weeks Naked Scientists. We find out why Clostridium difficile has become such a problem, how to keep bacteria away from surfaces and see if there's a vaccine for MRSA on the ... | 9/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.09.14 - Your Questions and the BA Science Festival | There's a bulging mailbag of science questions for the Naked Scientists this week, as we find out why we stop smelling smells, whether we can use viruses to kill cancer and why crisp and sweet packets make so much noise? Also, how unmanned spy-plane... | 9/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.09.07 - The Large Hadron Collider | The biggest science experiment in the world - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, will start on September 10th. So this week we peer inside a proton and discover how the LHC works to help scientists in the search for antimatter and the elusive 'Higg... | 9/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.08.31 - The Science of the Sea | Before Chris and Co get back for the start of the new series, Ben and Diana dive deep into the science of the sea. We find out why cold water corals can act as a climate calendar, how fish feminised by human female hormones have a surprising effect ... | 9/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.08.17 - The Sounds of Science | The hunt for Bigfoot, how a beer or two can boost attractiveness and the brain basis of imagination go under the lens this week when Ben and Diana also meet the chemist-turned-rapper behind the contraceptive pill and the "Superheroes of Science" a co... | 8/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.08.10 - The Final Frontier | Diana and Ben take the bridge this week for a journey around the world and out into space, with a selection of the best science from the Naked Scientists worldwide travels. We find out how planets form from stardust in just tens on millions of years... | 8/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.08.03 - A Punt down the Cam | Science on the River - A Punt Down the Cam. The river Cam runs through Cambridge, past the colleges that have been home to influential scientists for hundreds of years. This week, we drift down the river, picking up key scientists as we go. We dis... | 8/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.07.27 - Question and Answer Extravaganza! | It's an Extravaganza of Questions and Answers on the Naked Scientists this week as we take on your questions, including whether dogs can sniff out a seizure, what is fire made of, and how do glow in the dark objects work? Also, we hear what an artif... | 7/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.07.20 - Discovering Drugs | Drug Discovery: On this week's Naked Scientists, drug development goes under the microscope as we explore two new ways to find the treatments of tomorrow. We find out why size is important when it comes to chemicals that can kill superbugs, and how ... | 7/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.07.13 - Olympic Science | We're going for gold on this week's Olympian Naked Scientists, by discovering the sporty science of performance enhancement. We find out how drugs can help boost an athlete's performance, and how the testing labs are hot on their heels! We also exp... | 7/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.07.06 - Body Clocks and Circadian Rhythms | Give yourself the time to listen to this week's Naked Scientists Show, where we find out about the Body Clock! We discover the constant chemical cascade that keeps your clock in check, and how not seeing the sun leads to S.A.D. We probe the plant c... | 7/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.07.01 - Naked Evolution | It's 150 years since Darwin's theory of Evolution was presented to the Linnean Society, and so we've Naturally Selected the Science of Evolution! We find out why scientists have revisited a textbook example of natural selection in action, find out w... | 7/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.06.22 - Naked Science Q&A Show | Mirrors, Magnets and Meteorites make an appearance in this week's Naked Scientists Question and Answer Show. We find out how the immune system could be convinced to fight skin cancer, how future MRI scans could be in colour, and why easy-clean compu... | 6/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.06.15 - Fire and Mud | Get Red Hot and Dirty with the Naked Scientists as we explore the science of volcanoes. We discover how the heat from hot rocks can be used to work out what gases are emerging, how likely a volcano is to erupt and whether it will go with a bang or a ... | 6/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.06.08 - The Secrets of Odysseus | Ancient Greece is on the naked scientists' menu this week as we travel back in time to 1200 BC to discover how modern science and a 3000 year old poem have solved an ancient riddle. A team of classicists, geologists and archaeologists claim to have f... | 6/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.06.01 - Questions and Answers | Footballs in space, mind-controlled machines and long-lasting bubbles join your questions on this week's Naked Scientists Question and Answer show. We discover the feminine side of prostate cancer and the robot that can walk up walls, and also hear h... | 6/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.05.25 - Life on Mars | Hours before NASA's phoenix mission was due to land on Mars, the Naked Scientists took our own tour of the Martian landscape. We discuss how looking in valleys could tell us what shaped the Martian surface, and how probing Martian mud could reveal s... | 5/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.05.18 - Your Bacterial Body | Come with us on a tour of your body to discover how the bacteria that live on and in you play an important role! Bad breath bacteria, good gut bugs and the ones that escape through the other end all make an appearance, as we find out how bacter... | 5/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.05.11 - Repelling Pests - Mosquitoes, Moths and Weeds | Using nature's own tricks, we find out how to avoid mosquito bites, grow more crops and keep the weeds away in this week's Naked Scientists. We find out why mosquitoes prefer some people to others, and how to use pheromones to turn an insect's sex-d... | 5/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.05.04 - Clothed Questions, Naked Answers | Black holes, bright birds and ice evaporating in the freezer all come under scrutiny in this week's Naked Science Question and Answer Show. We also find out why space is so cold, what happens when a neutron star collapses and where houseflies buzz of... | 5/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.04.27 - Diamonds and Gemstones | Stunning sapphires, dazzling diamonds and red rubies abound in this week's sparkling edition of the Naked Scientists in which we find out how gemstones are formed, what makes them so beautiful and why they're so rare. We also reveal the tricks used ... | 4/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.04.20 - Houses of the Future | Sustainable Solar power in Sydney, home-generated electricity and green-housing developments go under the microscope this week as we explore the science of sustainable living. Meanwhile Dave goes for gold in water recycling by purifying and drinking ... | 4/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.04.13 - The Science of the Sun | Solar Flares and the Sun's influence on our climate are the burning issues of this week's show. We discover an explosion on the Sun so large that it cut global communications all over the world and rendered compasses useless. Also, we'll be looking... | 4/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.04.06 - Q&A and the Edinburgh Science Festival | Can cold water cause weight loss, is my mother-in-law turning into a reptile and why doesn't a mobile phone interfere with itself are all answered in this week's Naked Science Question and Answer Extravaganza. We also find out about a new way to keep... | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.03.30 - TB and Magnetic Bacteria | This week we visit the Historic city of Edinburgh to put Scottish science under the microscope! We discover the incredible magnetic bacteria and find out how their bio-nano-magnets could help treat cancer. We find out how satellite images can help ... | 3/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.03.16 - The Cambridge Science Festival | This week, we catch up with the action from this year's Cambridge Science Festival. We find out what you could learn from a plasticine brain and how your next holiday could be literally out-of-this-world! We explore the science of Dr who's Sonic Sc... | 3/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.03.09 - Naked Science Q&A Show | On this week's Naked Scientists, we tackle your questions. We find out what creates a 'Moonbow', how much water there was on Earth over one million years ago and what happens to milk in the freezer. Also, how butterflies could remember what caterpi... | 3/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.03.02 - Science of Music | This week we're exploring the science of sound and music. We sound out the human voice, hear why we all talk differently, and probe the origins of accents and the means by which impersonators mimic their victims. Also, we discover how a tune can act... | 3/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.02.24 - Virtual Life | This week the Naked Scientists go virtual! We'll be hearing how a new computer system can accurately gauge your age from a mugshot, we come face to face with the painting fool, a computer that can read - and then paint - your emotions, and we find o... | 2/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.02.17 - Boston T-ransplant Party | On this weeks Pan-Continental Naked Scientists we bring you the latest science news from the AAAS conference in Boston. We hear about why cholesterol-lowering drugs are good for us but bad for bacteria, see the map that shows mankind's effect on the... | 2/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.02.10 - Naked Science Q&A Show | This week on the Naked Scientists we discover novel drugs in carnivorous plants, genes pointing to prostate cancer and a way to capture waste wattage whilst walking. We hear about the future of 3D TV, the bio fuel carbon debt and how Pirate Bay coul... | 2/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.02.03 - Wet and Wild | Get Wet and Wild with the Naked Scientists! We don our wellies and wade into the science of wetlands, discovering the species you might see and why wetlands are vital for wildlife on land and at sea. We'll also find out how wetlands protect us from f... | 2/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.01.27 - Viruses and Vaccines | In this week's not-to-be-sniffed-at infectious episode of the naked scientists, we find out the facts of flu, including how the virus hijacks your cells, how new strains of the virus emerge to trigger epidemics and pandemics, and how scientists can c... | 1/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.01.20 - Combating Climate Change | On this week's Naked Scientists, We look at ways to tackle the problem of climate change - including capturing carbon at sea, trapping carbon dioxide in coal to release a useful fuel, and a way to turn co2 to stone, with the help of old lava floes! A... | 1/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.01.13 - Naked Science Q&A Show | This week, we uncover an ideal anti-freeze for ice-cream, find out how scientists grew a new heart in a dish and hear how four simple lifestyle changes could make you live fourteen years longer. Also, we find out about the technology of the future, ... | 1/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 08.01.06 - Addiction and Dieting | Hooked on the Naked Scientists? This week we're looking into the science of addiction, finding out how smoking alters the teenage brain, why a mixture of brain chemistry and psychological habits make drugs hard to kick, and how addiction re-wires the... | 1/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.12.30 - Climate Change and more Ask the Naked Scientists | Happy New Year! We celebrate the arrival of 2008 with a second special edition of our new podcast, Ask The Naked Scientists, followed by a 25 minute round up of the top climate change stories featured on the Naked Scientists over the last 12 months.... | 1/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.12.26 - Ask the Naked Scientists | Happy Christmas! To keep you entertained while we're off tucking into Turkey, this week and next we've got special editions of a new series of programmes we're launching in 2008 called Ask The Naked Scientists, our new live interactive science radio ... | 12/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.12.16 - Naked Science Christmas Party | Ho Ho Ho! This week on the Naked Scientists we're celebrating the festive season in style, with a party right here in the studio. From Christmas crackers to Brussels sprouts, we'll be looking at some of the science behind Christmas. We'll be learni... | 12/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.12.09 - Naked Science Q & A Show | This week, we take on your science questions, tackling the sticky subject of how glue works, the explosive potential of underground uranium and the problems with performance enhancing-football shirts. We look into gastroenteritis and find out how ju... | 12/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.12.02 - Alzheimer's, the Brain and Memory | This week we learn about Alzheimer's disease, how it changes the brain and may be caused by the virus which causes cold sores. We probe your grey matter to find out how memory works, what goes wrong to give us false memories, and the science behind ... | 12/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.11.25 - Science in South Africa Special | This week, we bring you the highlights of the Naked Scientists trip to South Africa. We explore what life is like in the poor regions of Johannesburg, and how the frightening reality of HIV and AIDS offers a silver lining in prevention research. Pl... | 11/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.11.18 - The South Africa Space Special | This week on the Naked Scientists we cross hemispheres to explore galaxies far far away. Chris presents live from Johannesburg to discuss the South African Large Telescope whilst back in the studio we explore the effects of space travel on the body, ... | 11/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.11.11 - Naked Science Q & A Show | This week on the Naked Scientists we seek solutions to your science questions. From finding the site of the big bang to repairing the retina, mirages on the motorway to fruit fireworks in your microwave. We also find out why staying in bed could he... | 11/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.11.04 - Human Origins and Migration | This week on the Naked Scientists, we're probing the origins of man and pursuing the spread of humans around the world. We find out how to date a hobbit, discover how an enormous flood formed the English Channel, and examine the evidence for when anc... | 11/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.10.28 - Stem Cells and Cloning | This week on the Award Winning Naked Scientists we find out about stem cells and cloning. We discuss the elusive 'stemness' that allows cells to specialise, and learn about cloning in the post-Dolly the sheep era. We also find out how genetics has re... | 10/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.10.21 - Particle Physics Show | This week, we delve inside atoms to find out what matter is made of, and how smashing them together can tell us about the birth of the universe. We learn about quarks, antimatter and the 'god particle' and discover that scientists are actually tryin... | 10/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.10.14 - Naked Science Q&A Show | This week, we're taking on your science questions. We find out how cockroaches and ants avoid the heat in a microwave oven, how best to protect yourself from lightning and why a light box can save you from a SAD winter. Also, a table decoration inspi... | 10/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.10.07 - Beer & Brewing | This week, we're quenching our thirst for knowledge with the science of Beer and Brewing! We learn about how beer is made, why nitrogen is vital for the perfect pint of Guinness and why professors of brewing think they have the best job in the world... | 10/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.09.30 - Smart Materials | This week, we're exploring the science of Smart Materials - we discover a Super-Non-Stick coating that even honey wont stick to and flexible plastic paper with E-Ink that we-writes itself on demand. We learn how potatoes could form the basis of futur... | 10/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.09.23 - Robots and Artificial Intelligence | This week, robots have taken over the Naked Scientists! Okay, not really but we are looking into the world of robotics to find robots that can clean your floor, disarm bombs and wage war on our behalf. We find out about 'Curious George', a robot that... | 9/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.09.16 - The Best of the BA Festival | This week we're bringing you the very best bits from the BA Festival of Science in York. We discover a chewing gum that dissolves in the wash but still keeps your breath fresh, get some good news about cancer and find out why jogging may not be good ... | 9/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.09.09 - Naked Science Q&A & the BA Festival | This week, we look at the latest science news and tackle more of your questions. We uncover the source of the asteroid that finished off the dinosaurs, find out how moray eels eat like aliens, and although we know that breast is best, could nicotine... | 9/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.09.02 - Naked Science Q&A | This week, Chris and Co are back from their holidays! So they're tackling their bulging mailbag of your questions. We discuss how scientists have been given the green light to cross human DNA with animal cells all in the name of medicine, eavesdrop... | 9/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.08.26 - The Best of the Naked Scientists 2 | This week, we look back at more of the very best bits of Naked Science. We find out why scientists are swollen with success after discovering spider venom with Viagra-like properties, We meet a cow that produces skimmed milk straight from the udder, ... | 8/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.08.19 - The Best of the Naked Scientists | This week, we look back at some of the juiciest bits of Naked Science from the last series. We find out how an iPod became an iRod to conduct lightning, discover an electrifying bikini and find out why teenagers feel so misunderstood, not that they'... | 8/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.08.12 - Summer Special Q&A Show | This week, do diet foods make children fat? Could a space screw save us from catastrophe collisions? Have we seen the last of the Yangtze river dolphin? And should we look to the Simpsons for our science? Writer Al Jean explains that, despite the thr... | 8/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.08.05 - Venoms and Toxins - Natures Arsenal | This week, mind reading children, scientists find a new gene in the lung cancer cocktail, and satnav or map-nav - what's greener? Plus we become biological weapons inspectors and explore nature's arsenal of venoms, poisons and toxins, including a sco... | 8/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.07.29 - Naked Science Q&A Show | This week, clean coal technology - how to get the energy from coal without digging it up, why GM goats are helping to combat nerve gas attacks, and how scientists have found the 'itch' gene. We also find out why smog causes heart disease, how seafood... | 7/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.07.22 - Extreme Survival Show | This week, we find out about survival in extreme environments. We find out how free divers descend hundreds of feet underwater without air, how life thrives beneath the ice in Antarctica, how fighter pilots combat G-forces to avoid blackouts, and how... | 7/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.07.15 - Fuels of the Future | This week, from iPod to iRod as a man's taste for music turns him into a human lightning conductor, why penguins are picky eaters, and better biopsies - why doctors are attracted to a new magnetic cancer detection system. Also a fuel made from fructo... | 7/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.07.08 - The Brain, Epilepsy and Out of Body Experiences | This week news that men talk as much as women, cosmetics from jellyfish, songbirds "greatest-t**s", a breathtaking asthma breakthrough and a gene-screen for bowel cancer. We also uncover the cause of contagious yawns, probe the brain basis of epileps... | 7/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.07.01 - Question and Answer Show | This week, playing bingo on an inflatable space station, a new way to attack the cause of Alzheimer's and mending a broken heart with stem cells. Also, using bananas to speed up fruit ripening, leeches out of water and chemical tricks to stop smokin... | 7/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.06.24 - ARMAGEDDON - Super Volcanoes, Meteorites and Earthquakes | This week a rabies-based Trojan Horse that smuggles drugs across the blood-brain barrier, why first-borns are brighter, progress with Parkinson's and a lunar telescope more powerful than Hubble. Plus in this week's ARMAGEDDON-focused show we look at ... | 6/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.06.17 - Forensic Science Show | Under the microscope this week, the science of forensics. We find out how scientists have exploded the myth about old aged whales thanks to a piece of shrapnel, about a new rice-based vaccine for cholera, and 'whey' to go, how scientists have made ed... | 6/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.06.10 - Question and Answer Show | This week, why some people have green blood, how radiation-hungry fungi will feed astronauts of the future, and how a cider a day keeps the doctor at bay. We discuss corrupt chemists, what happens when galaxies collide, how Beaujolais benefits your b... | 6/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.06.03 - Animal Behaviour - Feathered Einsteins, Mischievious Meerkats and Monkey Vision | This week, will a hot mint still taste cold? Also how skimmed milk could come straight from the cow in future, and why we walk upright without dragging our knuckles. Nicky Clayton discusses clever birds that use cigarettes to fumigate their feathers... | 6/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.05.27 - Planets and Cosmology | This week, Drs Chris and Helen find out how your fingers can reveal whether you're mathematically minded, and bridge-building ants that quite literally let themselves be walked over. Also, Astronomer Carolin Crawford takes us on a foray into outer s... | 5/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.05.20 - Volcanic pollution, the Ozone Hole and the Greenhouse Effect - The Atmosphere Show | This week, scientists recreate hair follicles, we uncover a means of making hydrogen in a hurry, hear about a stealthy way to destroy cancer and find out why a dose of herpes could be good for you. Also, John Grattan describes the biggest atmospheric... | 5/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.05.13 - Germs, Fungi and Viruses - The Microscopic World | This week, Dr Chris and Dr Helen explore the microscopic world, finding out why diarrhoea and projectile vomiting make cruise ships the perfect culture vessel for noroviruses, and asking why fungi are so important for great tasting chocolate. Also, ... | 5/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.05.06 - Naked Scientists Question and Answer Show | This week Drs Chris, Dave and Phil find out how a venomous spider has got scientists swollen with excitement because it's bite has Viagra-like properties, how maggots are fighting off MRSA from ulcers, and NASA are testing their next generation teles... | 5/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.04.29 - Migrating Genes, Surnames and Y Chromosomes | This week we're exploring how populations come by their genes including the surprise finding of African DNA in a remote village in Yorkshire. Oxford University's Bruce Winney explains how studying rural populations in Britain is helping to uncover ge... | 5/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.04.22 - Oceans and Marine Conservation | This week on the Naked Scientists an invitation to come and dive beneath the surface of the sea, to find out what is happening in the world's oceans. Your guides will be Marine Biologist Dr Annelise Hagan (University of Cambridge) and Ecology and Evo... | 4/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.04.15 - New Ideas in Cancer | This week we look at new developments in the science of cancer with Fiona Watt and Andy Futreal, we will see how new gene technologies could be key to understanding cancer, and knowing the role of stem cells could be essential to find effective cures... | 4/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.04.01 - Heart Disease and Repairing the Damaged Heart | This week we explore the science of Heart Disease. Dr Niall Campbell joins us to explain what heart attacks are and how theyre treated, Dr Anthony Mathur discusses how stem cells might hold the key to mending a broken heart, and Ben Valsler vis... | 4/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.03.25 - The Science of Flight | This week we explore the science of flight. Dr Graham Taylor from Oxford University talks about the aerodynamics of insect flight and how video camera back-packs allow him to see how eagles fly, and Jenny Goodman describes how future aircraft might b... | 3/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.03.18 - National Science and Engineering Week | Every year the Cambridge Science Festival celebrates some of the best and most exciting science and engineering going on in the UK - and the Naked Scientists were there! Find out about the cool science of ice cream, the microscopic world of microbes,... | 3/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.03.11 - Naked Science Question and Answer | Contaminated petrol, astronauts in danger of lung diseases, a new way to put the brakes on car accident rates, gas sensors made from silicon replicas of marine algae and how pollution is causing droughts, plus a healthy digest of your science questio... | 3/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.03.04 - Peruvian Mummies and Animal Domestication | This week we unwrap the secrets of ancient mummies from Peru with the help of London Universitys Lawrence Owens, find out where domestic animals and pets came from with Keith Dobney from the University of Durham, and in kitchen science Dave exp... | 3/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.02.25 - Parasites and Clean Water Supplies | Clean water is something that many of us take for granted, but Mark Booth describes how in many parts of the world dirty water can lead to life-threatening disease and parasitic infections. To talk about the current strategies in place to supply clea... | 2/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.02.18 - Naked Question and Answer and Venomous Vipers | Dr Chris and Dr Helen answer all your burning science questions, including why frost can form even when the air temperature is above zero, why hair looks darker when it is wet, why sunlight looks red through your eyelids, and whether cracking your kn... | 2/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.02.11 - Nuclear Power and Radiation in Medicine | Nuclear energy is always in the news, but how much do you know about nuclear fission and what happens to nuclear waste? To find out how it works, Anna Lacey and Dave Ansell visit Sizewell B power station in Suffolk, and studio guest Ian Farnan discus... | 2/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.02.04 - Science of Pain and Phantom Limbs | The science of pain is our hot topic this week. David Julius reveals the molecular mechanisms of pain and what a chilli pepper has in common with a tarantula, Geoff Woods describes the genetic mutations that lead to people not feeling pain at all, an... | 2/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.01.28 - Extreme Organisms and Hydrothermal Vents | This week we take a look at extreme environments and the organisms that live in them. Crispin Little talks about hydrothermal vents and the fastest fossilisation on the planet, Steve Scott explains why mining companies are interested in hydrothermal ... | 1/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.01.21 - Climate Change and Renewable Energy | Following this weeks crazy weather we have a look at Climate Change with Eric Wolff from the British Antarctic Survey, who will be talking about secrets about the climate locked away in ancient ice, Jon Gibbins from Imperial College tells us about ... | 1/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.01.14 - Naked Science Question and Answer and the World of Chemistry | With a new year comes a whole new stack of science questions to challenge Dr Chris, Dr Dave and Dr Kat. This week they explain where the sand in the Sahara comes from, whether mirrors can reflect x-rays, if it is dangerous to live near a phone mast, ... | 1/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 07.01.07 - Red Wine, Caffeine and Bugs in Your Guts | In the first show of 2007, Drs Chris, Dave and Helen find out why red wine is better for you than white wine or grape juice, and explore the science of healthy living with with London University researcher and author Roger Corder. We also discover th... | 1/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.12.17 - Christmas Question and Answer and the Star of Bethlehem | In the final show of 2006, Chris, Dave and Kat answer all your science questions including why poppadoms curl upwards in the pan, how seedless grapes grow, and if lightning really does strike twice. To celebrate the coming of Christmas, Colin Humphri... | 12/18/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.12.10 - Dark Matter, Northern Lights and Mars in 3D | Shedding light on the deepest depths of the universe is Gerry Gilmore, who talks about the Big Bang and the mystery of dark matter. We also hear from Peter Muller and Giulio del Zanna about 3-D imaging of the surface of Mars and how solar flares cont... | 12/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.12.03 - Naked Science Question and Answer and Polonium Poisoning | Dr Chris, Dr Dave and Dr Phil answer all your questions on science, technology and medicine, including why spiders do not run out of silk, what the universe is expanding into, what a flame looks like in space, and what happens when the brain is cut o... | 12/4/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.11.26 - Repairing the Retina and Spinal Cord | Repairing damage in the nervous system is incredibly challenging, but our guests this week have some promising solutions. Consultant ophthalmologist Robert MacLaren and colleagues at University College London have discovered a way to encourage the gr... | 11/27/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.11.19 - Science in Antarctica | As winter approaches, we take a trip down south to look at some of the cool research going on in Antarctica. Jane Francis talks about six-foot penguins and a time when Antarctica was warm and ice-free, Kate Hendry describes what it is like to work in... | 11/21/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.11.12 - The Sound of Music | This week we explore the science of sound including the mathematics of music and the geometry of jazz with mathematicians Tim Gowers, from Cambridge University, and Robin Wilson from the Open University. We also get to the bottom of why helium makes ... | 11/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.11.05 - Naked Science Question and Answer and Record Breaking Fireworks | Why scratch your head at science when Dr Chris, Dr Dave and Dr Kat are here to answer all you questions?! In this weeks question and answer special, we discover why liquid washing tablets don't dissolve from the inside, why some genetic disease... | 11/7/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.10.29 - Superconductivity and Cooling Devices | This week we take a look at some super cool science, as Tim Jackson describes how superconductors work, what they are, and how superconductors are helping astronomers get a clearer view of the universe. Also on the show, Ed Tarte discusses applicatio... | 10/31/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.10.22 - How We Hear, Echolocation and Giant Whoopee Cushions | Helping us tune into the science of sound this week is Bob Carlyon, who explains how we hear, how we can concentrate on one voice in a noisy room, and what it sounds like to have a cochlea implant. From the hard of hearing to the most finely tuned ea... | 10/27/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.10.15 - Science of Sight, Eye Diseases and Animal Vision | Taking a look at the science of sight is consultant ophthalmologist Nick Sarkies, who will discuss eye diseases and how we can treat them, and Ron Douglas provides insight into colour vision and how the world appears though the eyes of animals. Stick... | 10/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.10.08 - How Cancers Form, Cancer Biology and Future Therapies | Cancer biology goes under the microscope this week, as Gerard Evan talks about the causes of cancer and how cancer spreads around the body. Also on the show, and joining us live from the National Cancer Research Institute Conference, is Fran Balkwill... | 10/12/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.10.01 - Naked Science Question and Answer and New Horizons | Answering all your cosmic conundrums this week are Drs Chris, Dave and Phil who discuss why blood is red, the size of the ozone hole, how to make magnets, the best way to get rid of excess mucus, and sticking with the gooey theme, Adam Summers discu... | 10/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.09.24 - Catalysts for Cleaner Environments and Future Energy | Chemistry and lightning quick reactions are under discussion this week as Emma Schofield explains what a catalyst is, how catalytic converters work and how catalysts can help to clean up the atmosphere, and Fraser Armstrong discusses fuel cells, usin... | 9/26/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.09.17 - Peruvian Mummies, Ancient Environments and the Sahara | Explaining how science can help us dig up the past is Lawrence Owens, who uses teeth and bones to uncover the life and sometimes gruesome death of mummies in Peru and Bolivia, and Harriet Allen describes how the pollen record and layers of lake sedim... | 9/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.09.10 - Hot Nectar, Warming Weather and Birds Missing the Spring | In the hot seat this week is Beverley Glover, who will describe how flowers warm their nectar to entice passing pollinators, real life weatherman John Law discusses weather predictions and how to calculate temperature days in advance, and Marcel Viss... | 9/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.09.03 - Naked Science Question and Answer | The Naked Scientists are back to answer all your burning science questions. Dr Chris, Dave and Helen tackle hot flushes, why spiders love living in our houses, how many stars are in the Milky Way, and why cows in a field always face in the same direc... | 9/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.08.06 - Naked Science Question and Answer | In our last show before the summer, Dr Chris, Dave and Derek answer all your questions on science, technology and medicine including why paintings fade in sunlight, why body hair grows at different rates, whether UV light poses a danger at the disco,... | 8/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.07.30 - Crowd Control, Football Hooligans and Singing Mosquitoes | I predict a riot... or not. This week we're joined by crowd control experts Dr Clifford Stott, from Liverpool University, and Dr John Drury, from Sussex University, wholl be discussing why violence kicks off at football matches, how to spot a s... | 7/31/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.07.23 - Exploding Jellyfish, Marine Conservation and Sharks-3D | Marine biology and conservation specialist Dan Laffoley, from English Nature, and Chris Lynam, from the University of St Andrews join us to dissect the state of the worlds oceans and marine protected areas. From the conservation science institu... | 7/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.07.16 - The Science of the Sun, Sun Tanning, Nuclear Fusion and Fission Power | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory astrophysicist Chris Davis joins us to shed light on the structure and workings of the sun and the newly-launched STEREO mission, Cambridge University engineer Jeffery Lewins talks nuclear, and Anna Nicolaou asks why do... | 7/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.07.09 - Allergies, the Immune System and Parasites | In honour of the annual hoards if bleary-eyed hayfever sufferers, we are joined by Carrock Sewell who describes how the immune system works, what causes allergic reactions and how we might be able to cure them, and Mark Booth discusses parasites, how... | 7/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.07.02 - Sex Chromosomes, Genetics and Food Webs | Breaking things down to the building blocks of life this week is Mark Ross, who discusses the evolution of sex chromosomes, genetics and genomes, Michael Traugott describes a novel way of using genetics to find out who is eating whom in underground f... | 7/4/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 06.06.25 - Naked Question and Answer and The Life of Benjamin Franklin | Answering all your questions on science, technology and medicine this week are Drs Chris, Dave and Kat, who will be revealing why spicy foods make you sweat, the highest possible temperature, the cause of labyrinthitis and why tissues turn black afte... | 6/26/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
MY FAVORITE PODCAST
Entertaining and witty. There is so much info given out, in so many fields, that there should be something of interest for everyone. I am no longer listening to music on my ipod. I only hope the program continues past 2005. Never thought that "science" could be so pleasurable/interesting to listen to without being dull (kudos to the hosts). Although I am an American, I enjoy the "cockney" accents of the children that call up.
Superior, accessible science broadcasting.
The Naked Scientists, led by the charismatic Dr. Chris Smith, provide a weekly dose of down-to-earth discussions on various scientific topics. Each week, two or three guest scientists provide expert answers to the sometimes highly-amusing questions called-in or emailed by listeners, patiently shepherded by the perpetually time-short Dr. Chris and his able cohorts. Criticisms of the show are small, but include the rather brief time (one hour) into which a huge amount of information is packed, and the brevity of some answers leaves one often wanting more. This show would definitely benefit by extending the run-time by perhaps 30 minutes. New for the 2005-2006 season is the Kitchen Science segment, in which young children (9 to 11) perform fun science experiments in the kitchen with the aid of Dave and Derek. This new segment, while perhaps less appealing to adult listeners, may provide their children with some fun motivation to learn about science. Parents wanting to expose their children to science would be well-advised to check out the Kitchen Science segment for ideas. In conclusion, The Naked Scientists are hands-down one of the best science podcasts you can find and well-worth the download. Let's hope they're around for many seasons yet.
Stellar Science Podcast!
Fantastic show - this and the "This Week in Science" podcast are in constant update on my iPod. Love these guys - brilliant show!
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