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
Contagion Special
In this infectious special podcast, we explore the science behind Stephen Soderburgh's latest film, Contagion, which depicts the series of events that unfold with the outbreak of a new strain of flu.…
00:17:17 |
Fri 11 Nov 2011
Treating snakebites, and European shags
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast - Sue Nelson visits the largest collection of venomous snakes in the UK to find out how researchers are developing antivenoms to help African snakebite victims; …
00:20:53 |
Tue 08 Nov 2011
Neanderthal mammoth hunters in Jersey
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: Richard Hollingham meets scientists and archaeologists who are working to preserve one of the most important Neanderthal settlements in north-west Europe to fin…
00:19:46 |
Wed 02 Nov 2011
HIV, Haemophilia and Muscular Dystophies
In this final podcast from the BSGT Conference we hear how genes could be targeted to develop a new drug for HIV as well as long awaited treatments for Muscular dystrophies and Haemophilia. We also d…
00:17:42 |
Sun 30 Oct 2011
Cancer and Ocular Gene Therapies
Today we hear how cancers, retinal degeneration, spinal chord injury and liver disease can all be targeted using gene and stem cell therapy techniques. We also explore a variety of methods to deliv…
00:17:57 |
Fri 28 Oct 2011
Respiratory Disorders and Muscular Dystrophies
In today's podcast we hear how gene therapy can be used to target a variety of respiratory disorders such as Cystic Fibrosis and how scientists are trying to grow organs such as lungs in the lab. We …
00:13:16 |
Thu 27 Oct 2011
Public Engagement in Gene therapy
In this first podcast from the 2011 BSGT/ESGCT Conference in Brighton we bring you the highlights from the Public Engagment day including an introduction to gene therapy and stem cell therapy, life…
00:16:13 |
Wed 26 Oct 2011
Cambridge Cafe Scientifique - NHS Rationing
Dr. Linda Sharples gives an insight into the workings of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and how new medical treatments, drugs and procedures are analysed and assessed for…
00:20:00 |
Mon 10 Oct 2011
The deep sea, ancient proteins, Arctic research
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast - how scientists find out about life in the oceans' deepest trenches; how identifying proteins from 50 milion year old reptile skin could help us store radioacti…
00:20:30 |
Mon 10 Oct 2011
Spreading aliens, Arctic experience, and Antarctica
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast, how hikers and walkers could be unwittingly changing the landscape by spreading alien species; what it's like to work as a marine biologist in the Arctic in tem…
00:21:03 |
Tue 27 Sep 2011
Looking into the Light!
This month we look into the light to discover how Diamond's new Imaging and Coherance beamline is helping scientists see with greater clarity than ever before! We hear how the beamline works to provi…
00:33:22 |
Sun 18 Sep 2011
Engineering the climate to tackle climate change
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: in a geoengineering special edition, we take a closer look at some of the technologies we may have to resort to using to avert dangerous climate change. Like th…
00:21:17 |
Wed 14 Sep 2011
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 Smi…
00:37:09 |
Wed 07 Sep 2011
Stonehenge, microscopic plants, and baboons
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast, why scientists are working with the National Trust to restore the chalk grasslands around Stonehenge; how researchers are using satellites to study microscopic …
00:19:41 |
Tue 23 Aug 2011
Where do all the salmon go, and making CO2 bricks
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast, how scientists are using fish scales to figure out why the UK salmon population is falling; and how carbon dioxide emissions from power stations could be used t…
00:17:32 |
Fri 12 Aug 2011
How Plants Attract Bats
A species of tropical vine attracts its bat pollinators using acoustic signals, rather than bright colours or smells, according to a study published in the journal Science this week. In this special…
00:05:47 |
Thu 28 Jul 2011
Searching for life in Lake Ellsworth
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: why scientists are planning on drilling three kilometres beneath the Antarctic ice sheet in one of the most ambitious exploration projects ever undertaken; and …
00:19:36 |
Tue 26 Jul 2011
Rip Currents and Carbon Capture
This week, why understanding rip currents at Perranporth in north Cornwall could help save lives; how exactly does carbon capture and storage (CCS) work and how can scientists be sure that carbon wil…
00:18:14 |
Tue 12 Jul 2011
WWII bunkers, thugs and aliens, and calving glaciers
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast, why weathermen are using a converted World War II bunker to monitor clouds; how thug species such as bramble, nettle and bracken can be just as damaging to wood…
00:19:54 |
Thu 07 Jul 2011
Inside Diamond
This month, we venture into the synchrotron along with members of the public to bring you a glimpse of the Inside Diamond open days. We meet the engineers and technicians that design the components o…
00:30:32 |
Wed 06 Jul 2011
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