Ask the Naked Scientists
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 754
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
What causes hurricanes?
What causes hurricanes? How does plastination work? Why do we go grey? Does grunting make muscles work harder? Do parallel universes exist? What causes hot flushes? Are there any IQ tests for babies?…
00:22:27 |
Fri 02 Nov 2012
Why don't eyebrows go grey?
Why aren't bubbles coloured like the soap they came from? Does holding a remote control to you head make it work better? Why has exercise reduced my alcohol tolerance? Is it by design that the names …
00:23:19 |
Fri 26 Oct 2012
Why do some people have only boy babies?
How do atoms change inside stars? How did Felix Baumgartner accelerate to over 800 miles per hour? What is inside a black hole? What decides the sex of a baby? What causes jetlag? Could we use the mo…
00:22:03 |
Fri 19 Oct 2012
Why are aeroplane doors always on the left?
Why is skin the mouths of animals pink? Why doesn't water immediately fall out of clouds? How do we use light to send information into space? Why did a stomach explode after a liquid nitrogen cocktai…
00:22:46 |
Fri 12 Oct 2012
Why does boiled water taste different?
Is the Earth about to gain a new tectonic plate? What is pompholyx and what are the treatment options? Why does sunburned skin blister? Why does boiled water taste different? Is there anyone who can …
00:21:00 |
Fri 28 Sep 2012
How do hair transplants work?
How is the effectiveness of environmental interventions measured? What's the scientific definition of nothing? Why do farts smell worse in the shower? What happens when an aircraft breaks the sound b…
00:23:38 |
Fri 21 Sep 2012
Can we turn an asteroid into a space-station?
Why does a local anaesthetic make my face feel fat? How do worms get into food? Would a taxi driver find a map of a new city easier to learn? From where did the asteroid belt form? Why is the lower l…
00:22:17 |
Fri 14 Sep 2012
Where does amniotic fluid come from?
How did NASA get their cameras to work in the cold on the moon? How does a cordless electric toothbrush charge itself? What is adult respiratory distress syndrome? Where does the amniotic fluid aroun…
00:19:58 |
Thu 06 Sep 2012
Why don't aeroplane tyres explode?
Is a heater more efficient than a lightbulb? Why does your tongue stick to ice? Do planes alter the weather around airports? What's a headache? Do dreams alter your metabolism? Is medicine making the…
00:20:06 |
Fri 31 Aug 2012
What is a Black Hole?
Why does my GPS think my car has moved in the garage at night? Can humans survive a space-ride to Mars? Why are epsom salts worth their salt? What is a black hole and what is inside it? How do the eq…
00:01:00 |
Fri 24 Aug 2012
Why are there 360 degrees in a circle?
How do nerves conduct electrical impulses? How long does it take a bee colony to make a beehive? Why are there 360 degrees in a circle? How does special relativity work? What happens to a live insect…
00:20:04 |
Fri 10 Aug 2012
Why should salt have a sell-by date?
What's the point of making medicines fizzy? Why should salt have a sell-by date? Is boiled water as good as distilled for my iron? Do we actually only see half a movie? Where do foreign bodies dislod…
00:21:30 |
Fri 27 Jul 2012
What causes anencephaly?
This week, what causes anencephaly and exencephaly? Can electric cars recharge themselves from their wheels? How do astronomers determine the composition of exoplanets? Why do things move when I swit…
00:22:11 |
Fri 20 Jul 2012
Why doesn't the sea sink into the seafloor?
This week, the cause of vitiligo, whether pork is linked to a sore throat, what happens to a flame in microgravity, what causes albinism, what is dark matter and why can't we see it, why doesn't the …
00:23:03 |
Fri 13 Jul 2012
Why do wounds itch?
What does the discovery of the Higgs particle mean? How do flies land upside down on the ceiling? What happens when we divide by zero? Why do healing wounds itch? Does my washing dry by osmosis? How …
00:24:16 |
Fri 06 Jul 2012
Could we Plug In an Electric Eel?
Is the moon brighter overhead? Why do babies have higher heart rates? Do men snore more than women? What is peripheral neuropathy? Why are our organs wet inside? How do electric eels work? Why do wir…
00:22:01 |
Fri 22 Jun 2012
Could Lightning Power a Town?
What gives a flame its colour, and what is the hottest part? What limits the height of a skyscraper? How does post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV work? How do they put the lines on a clay tennis court?…
00:20:26 |
Fri 15 Jun 2012
Are Muscle Transplants Possible
Who was Phillip Tobias, how do self-focusing binoculars work, are muscle transplants possible, what is the bone structure of a snake, what happens when several sounds interact, will we still be evolv…
00:22:23 |
Tue 12 Jun 2012
Can viruses catch colds?
Do birds have a sense of smell? Are penicillin allergies permanent? How do vultures identify dinner? Does light travel forever? Is alcohol added to cooked food safe for an alcoholic? Do viruses have …
00:24:39 |
Thu 31 May 2012
Will my wife look like my mother-in-law?
What makes dog poo turn white? Is water really wet, or does it just wet things? What was the nuclear impact of Fukushima? Where did my big ants go? Do microwaves alter water? Is the world changing sh…
00:22:28 |
Fri 25 May 2012
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