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
National Astronomy Meeting: Thursday
Dark matter has long been needed by cosmologists to explain how structures like galaxies remain so strongly bound together. Catherine Peymans from the University of Edinburgh tells me about the lates…
00:33:24 |
Wed 03 Jul 2013
The Enigma Machine
Last week marked the 101st birthday of the code-breaker and computer scientist Alan Turing, so Ginny Smith met up with James Grime, from the Enigma Project, to find out more about the German code mac…
00:06:19 |
Tue 02 Jul 2013
National Astronomy Meeting: Wednesday
What will the last remaining lifeforms on the Earth look like as the Sun swells to become a red giant star? And why might future robotic explorers of the Moon find themselves engulfed in dust? Both o…
00:31:31 |
Tue 02 Jul 2013
National Astronomy Meeting: Tuesday
I find out how the British Geological Survey is investigating the threat that solar storms pose to the world's electricity grids. David Southwood, President of the RAS, tells me that astronomy is abo…
00:30:21 |
Mon 01 Jul 2013
National Astronomy Meeting: Monday
David Southwood, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, tells me why NAM is so important to him. I hear about plans to double the size of the Liverpool Telescope, the sparkles in the Sun which …
00:31:41 |
Sun 30 Jun 2013
Technology and Tennis
Technological advances in racquets and balls are changing the way tennis is played, including allowing us to reach incredible 163mph serves. To find out how, Ginny Smith visited a tennis court in F…
00:06:06 |
Sat 29 Jun 2013
How do we make the right decisions?
Clinical Neuropsychologist Barbara Sahakian explains why some people find it difficult to make decisions that are beneficial to them, and how drugs could help. Like this podcast? Please help us by su…
00:17:44 |
Tue 25 Jun 2013
Catalysts
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00:29:38 |
Sun 16 Jun 2013
Naked in Cheltenham
Ginny Smith talked to scientists performing at Chetenham Science Festival, as well as trying out some hands- on activities. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:35:14 |
Thu 13 Jun 2013
What is Random?
We were discussing on the radio today how random numbers are generated, and how could it be proved - to the satisfaction of a mathematician - that the number really is random? Evan Stanbury explains.…
00:05:04 |
Thu 16 May 2013
Science Toys, for Boys?
A campaign has been launched to stop science toys being sold by some stores as "toys for boys". But what does science say on the matter? Introduced here by BBC 5 Live's Dotun Adebayo, Ginny Smith has…
00:07:40 |
Sun 12 May 2013
Touching Up On Art Restoration
Continuing from our podcast Restoring the Masters, Sally Woodcock, a PhD student from the Hamilton Kerr Institute talks about how we restore old oil paintings to their former glory. Like this podcast…
00:07:19 |
Thu 02 May 2013
Science In-Situ
This month we explore science 'in action' as we discover how researchers at the synchrotron are experimenting with implants, industrial catalysts and engine materials In-Situ! We discover how manipul…
00:27:05 |
Mon 25 Mar 2013
BANG! Naked Science Festival
Breasts, bazookas, bosons and bombs: The Naked Scientists take to the stage for the Cambridge Science Festival 2013. An explosive mix of fertile conversation and kitchen science... Like this podcast?…
00:59:43 |
Sun 17 Mar 2013
Tidal energy, turtle mating habits
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: a look at the potential to generate up to 20 per cent of the UK's electricity from tidal energy; and why understanding the nuts and bolts of turtles' sex lives …
00:19:53 |
Tue 12 Mar 2013
What does DNA sequencing do for me?
Cambridge chemist and biotechnologist Shankar Balasubramanian discusses DNA sequencing and its implications for health and disease. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientist…
00:18:10 |
Tue 12 Mar 2013
Ice-Quakes in Svalbard
We spoke to Emma Smith, a PhD student with the British Antarctic Survey about her work whilst she was based in the icy noth of Svalbard... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Sc…
00:07:47 |
Mon 11 Mar 2013
Benedict Cumberbatch
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is the Cambridge Science Festival's guest director this year, meaning he's been assisting the Cambridge University festival team with putting together the programme…
00:24:57 |
Wed 06 Mar 2013
Our ancient ancestors, deep sea worms
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: why textbook illustrations of our early ancestors may have to be re-drawn; and why underwater canyons contain a wealth of life, including some rather ugly-looki…
00:19:02 |
Tue 19 Feb 2013
Using Genetics to Save the Ash Tree
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: decoding the ash tree's entire genetic sequence to produce a strain which is more resilient to ash dieback; the challenges of extracting biofuels from algae; an…
00:20:43 |
Tue 05 Feb 2013
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