Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast
Special scientific reports and investigations by the Naked Scientists team
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 981
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
Massive Super-Earth
Has the likelihood of alien life existing just become a lot more likely? Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics announced this week that they have found what's being dubbed th…
00:04:11 |
Fri 06 Jun 2014
Seabirds Chase Ships for Food
Gannets are using fishing boats as fast-food outlets, chasing them for miles over the ocean. Thomas Bodey explains to Chris Smith how GPS tracking on both the birds and ships shows that the gannets c…
00:04:54 |
Thu 05 Jun 2014
Does Nicolas Cage cause drownings?
Does Nicolas Cage cause people to drown in swimming pools? Does margarine consumption lead to divorce? Tyler Vigen looked at relations between seemingly unrelated statistics to highlight how correlat…
00:03:18 |
Thu 05 Jun 2014
The Battle of the Sexes
The course of true love never did run smooth and this can be seen across the animal kingdom too. The Malacological Society of London held their annual meeting and this year it was all about sexual se…
00:04:46 |
Sun 16 Mar 2014
Selecting Species to Save
With as much as 30% of all species potentially at risk of extinction, there is a 'Noah's ark' problem of selecting which species to save. This week the Royal Society held a meeting to discuss extinct…
00:04:51 |
Fri 14 Mar 2014
The Naked Mole Rat
The peculiarities of the naked mole-rat: what can we learn from them? Cambridge University pharmacologist Ewan St John Smith hosts this meeting of Cafe Scientifique, Cambridge, kicking off with an in…
00:14:20 |
Thu 27 Feb 2014
David Willetts AAAS Audio Blog
UK Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, becomes his own radio presenter; here, on a tour organised by the UK's Science and Innovation Network, he charts his meetings with scientists and…
00:33:30 |
Thu 20 Feb 2014
David Willetts Speech to the AAAS
Addressing the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2014 meeting in Chicago, David Willetts, UK Minister for Universities and Science, outlines how the special relationship betw…
00:21:27 |
Sat 15 Feb 2014
Packing Up a Museum
Moving house is one of life's most stressful events; so imagine packing up 4 million artifacts of a museum collection. That's exactly what they are doing at Cambridge University's museum of Zoology. …
00:06:07 |
Wed 12 Feb 2014
Can we eradicate Polio?
Polio might not have been seen in Britain since the 1980's, but despite worldwide efforts the potentially fatal disease is still endemic in three countries. Kate Lamble caught up with the Director of…
00:06:39 |
Mon 27 Jan 2014
Naked Scientists Guide to Genetics
In The Naked Scientists Guide to Genetics, Simon Bishop explores some common genetics terms, meets a creature from the depths of the sea floor, and befriends a family of fancy rats! The terms DNA, ge…
00:26:54 |
Fri 13 Dec 2013
#genes2shape: Tubby - from obesity to drought tolerance
Recorded at the 2013 Genetics Society Autumn Meeting 'From Genes to Shape', Simon Bishop meets Marco Reitz, who works on the conserved gene 'Tubby'. So-called because mutant Tubby creates obese mice,…
00:03:40 |
Thu 28 Nov 2013
#genes2shape: Asymmetry... in snails
Recorded at the 2013 Genetics Society Autumn Meeting 'From Genes to Shape', Simon Bishop meets Harriet Johnson, who works on the genes behind left-right asymmetry... in snails. Like this podcast? Pl…
00:02:47 |
Thu 28 Nov 2013
Afghanistan on the brain
The mental scars left after trauma and how ecstasy can help treat post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:06:31 |
Wed 27 Nov 2013
A weather forecast, for the dinosaurs
Could plankton hold the key to understanding ancient climate conditions? New research suggests ocean temperatures from 200 million years ago could be encoded in sea shell chemistry. Simon Bishop spok…
00:05:35 |
Thu 21 Nov 2013
Bodyguard drugs and TB
Tuberculosis is a major world problem, but extremely difficult to treat - vaccines are toxic to humans, and the disease-causing bacteria have a habit of hiding in the very cells tasked with destroyin…
00:05:56 |
Fri 01 Nov 2013
Packing plants with eco energy
Super energy-rich biofuels could soon be possible because of new research, dramatically reducing the environmental impact of intensive farming. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Nak…
00:04:45 |
Wed 23 Oct 2013
How important are the microorganisms all around us?
Dr. Jack Gilbert explains some of the surprising effects that microorganisms can have on our lives. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:07:34 |
Tue 22 Oct 2013
Diagnosing Emerging Disorders
How do you look for the cause of a brand new medical problem? Simon Bishop speaks to Professor David Goldstein about using genetic sequencing to uncover the cause of new disorders. Like this podcast?…
00:05:02 |
Tue 15 Oct 2013
Stopping HIV Spread
HIV attacks the immune system, invading one type of cell called a CD4 lymphocyte. The virus encourages infected cells to sidle up alongside healthy, uninfected cells before making them unload an infe…
00:05:26 |
Sat 05 Oct 2013
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