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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 754
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
What is Colourblindness?
What is genetic diversity? What causes colourblindness? Why does a microwave turntable sometimes rotate in the opposite direction? How are genes linked to behaviour? How accurate are different dating…
00:20:33 |
Fri 24 May 2013
Why are bubbles white?
What attracts malaria-infected mosquitoes to people? How happens to the brain during adolescence? Why are bubbles always white? Would a sealed box containing an exercising person get lighter? What do…
00:22:39 |
Fri 17 May 2013
What is Sleep Walking?
Does cold exposure cause colds? What consitutes safe drinking water? Why do distant lights and stars flicker? What is sleep walking? What causes bipolar disorder? How does sound travel in air? Plus, …
00:21:49 |
Fri 10 May 2013
Does food affect body odour?
Does what we eat alter how we smell? Why does the severed tail of a lizard still wriggle? How does the nervous system re-wire itself? What's in snake and spider venom? Do fuel-saving devices for cars…
00:22:30 |
Fri 03 May 2013
How do Touch Screens Work?
Why do adults smell more than children? How are bionic implants contributing to longevity? What is progeria? How do touch screens work? Why do anti-HIV drugs cause fat redistribution? Why does power …
00:22:42 |
Fri 26 Apr 2013
Weaning and HIV
Does holding a car remote to your head make it work better? Why does a boat float? Are triple rainbows real? What's a near-death experience? This week we also look at a new scientific study into why …
00:18:04 |
Fri 19 Apr 2013
Are babies born to swim?
Are babies born to swim? Can you escape from a black hole? Can an egg with a double yolk yield two chicks? What causes nightmares? Why do we gesticulate when we speak? Why is the Moon visible by day?…
00:21:21 |
Fri 05 Apr 2013
Live from 702 HQ
Naked Scientists team, Ben Valsler, Chris Smith and Ginny Smith joined the 702 crew and a studio audience live in Johannesburg to talk science, build vacuum bazookas and challenge listeners' mathemat…
00:35:15 |
Thu 28 Mar 2013
Do Satellites Collide?
Do satellites collide? Can albinism be diagnosed on a scan? What causes the timing of the equinox to vary? Do bullets fired in the air still kill people? Can we make a human from just a genetic code?…
00:20:20 |
Wed 27 Mar 2013
Why does Washing Shrink?
Who was John Snow? Why do things shrink in the wash? How does carbon dating work? Is intelligence down to mitochondria? Why does the banner also bank behind a banking aircraft? And how does the human…
00:22:34 |
Fri 15 Mar 2013
How does a gastric bypass work?
Does a cloudy day aggravate arthritis? Was the biblical flood real? How does a gastric bypass work? Will a knife in water go blunt? Where do the skeletons on sunken ships go? Why do cats have an extr…
00:19:36 |
Fri 08 Mar 2013
Are urine and sweat the same?
How did horse meat end up in the food chain? Is baking foil bad for you? How big are viruses? How are urine and sweat produced? How do hydrogen vehicles work? And how do we measure the height of thin…
00:17:49 |
Fri 01 Mar 2013
How do pills know where pain is?
Why do ovaries run out of eggs and what affects egg quality? Why does diesel smell nice but burning engine oil is unpleasant? Do genes from genetically modified organisms get into eggs and sperm? …
00:18:22 |
Fri 22 Feb 2013
Are you taking the Higgs?
How does alcohol cause liver cirrhosis? Can we make matter massless by removing Higgs particles? How did spiders evolve web-making skills? What is insulin resistance? What does fluoride do? And do sc…
00:18:13 |
Fri 08 Feb 2013
Why Tired Toddlers Rub Their Eyes
Are helium-filled balloons less likely to pop? How does a cordless toothbrush charge? Is there much mercury in compact fluorescent bulbs? Why do tired toddlers rub their eyes? Is lactose intolerance …
00:22:13 |
Fri 01 Feb 2013
How does blood doping work?
What is involved in blood doping in sports? Can beetroot make urine red? Can mosquitoes transmit HIV? How do dung beetles use the Milky Way to navigate? Do sneezes stop your heart? Can you hear a sup…
00:22:00 |
Fri 25 Jan 2013
Making more twins
How box jellyfish venom exerts its lethal effect, will the World end, how were the pyramids aligned, why does humid air feel hotter, why does a hot water stream slow after the tap is opened, what cau…
00:22:16 |
Fri 21 Dec 2012
Can genes re-write their own code?
Carp with compasses, why we have earwax, what causes CIDP, can genes re-write their own code, do bananas in brown bags stay fresher longer, does hot water sound different, why veins look blue and wha…
00:20:42 |
Fri 07 Dec 2012
Do tyres on the roof repel lightning?
Why do we age? Why do frogs end up in the swimming pool when it rains? Are mosquitoes attracted to some people more than others? What is epigenetics? What causes Bell's Palsy? How do frogs find water…
00:21:25 |
Fri 30 Nov 2012
Do Blood Donors Live Longer?
Do blood donors live longer, is water safe in plastic bottles, is Earth gaining weight and are space probes sterile? Plus, how fireflies have helped engineers make even brighter LEDs. Like this podca…
00:22:44 |
Fri 09 Nov 2012
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