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
Diamond Light Source - Probing our Cultural Heritage
This month, we dig deep into the world of archaeology to learn how scientists at Diamond are investigating our cultural heritage. We find out how scanning samples of the Dead Sea Scrolls can help dec…
00:27:29 |
Tue 15 Sep 2009
Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sandra Herbert
This week historian Sandra Herbert tells how she retraced Darwin's footsteps to the Galapagos in search of rock samples to prove his volcanic theories were right... Like this podcast? Please help us …
00:06:33 |
Mon 24 Aug 2009
WCSJ 2009 - Development Strand
What challenges do science journalists face in the developing world? In this special documentary covering the Development strand of the World Conference of Science Journalists, we discuss the challen…
00:38:10 |
Wed 12 Aug 2009
Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sir Terry Pratchett
This week we're in conversation with Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the multi-million selling Discworld series. We find out what inspired 'The Science of Discworld 3: Darwin's Watch', get Richard D…
00:10:07 |
Wed 12 Aug 2009
WCSJ 2009 - New Media Strand
What is the Internet, new technology and increasing citizen journalism doing to the world of science publishing and reporting? In this special documentary from the 2009 World Conference of Science Jo…
00:38:19 |
Tue 11 Aug 2009
Reporting Biomedical Science
The Wellcome Trust supported a series of events discussing the reporting of biomedical science at the World Conference of Science Journalists. Kat Arney takes us through the opportunities, responsibi…
00:27:26 |
Wed 05 Aug 2009
Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Brian Rosen
Darwin's first book was on coral reefs. Brian Rosen, from the Natural History Museum in London,takes up the story... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:08:55 |
Mon 03 Aug 2009
Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sir John Sulston
This week we're in conversation with Nobel laureate Sir John Sulston, the man behind the human genome project. He tells how he went from chemist to biologist to work on a tiny worm, C. elegans, that …
00:10:31 |
Mon 27 Jul 2009
Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Ruth Padel
Poet and Darwin-descendent Ruth Padel talks about how the history books led her to write "Darwin, a life in poems", an anthology of fifteen poems charting the major events of Darwin's life. Like this…
00:12:13 |
Mon 20 Jul 2009
The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop
Award winning Canadian hip hop artist Baba Brinkman brings us his Rap Guide to Evolution, an hour of clever, witty and scientifically accurate rhymes that will have you seeing Darwin from a whole new…
00:59:56 |
Wed 15 Jul 2009
The Daily Darwin - Friday - From The Naked Scientists
We tie up the Darwin Festival with predictions on global warming and the future of the human species. Plus, we find out about cultural selection and how tricky it is putting together an exhibition on…
00:14:51 |
Thu 09 Jul 2009
The Daily Darwin - Thursday - From The Naked Scientists
The fourth day brings together geologists and an exploration of Darwin's early scientific forays. We also find out how we have the power to solve climate change in a generation, why we should make fr…
00:14:26 |
Wed 08 Jul 2009
The Daily Darwin - Wednesday - From The Naked Scientists
Day three of the festival and if you've ever wondered what a Darwin rap sounds like, this show is for you. We also explore Darwin's foibles, nice scientists, first cousin marriages and evolutionary p…
00:14:09 |
Tue 07 Jul 2009
The Daily Darwin - Tuesday - From The Naked Scientists
We catch up with festival attendees and speakers on the second day of the Darwin Festival at Cambridge. Today we search for the origins of religion, meet the man who got the Human Genome Project goin…
00:13:48 |
Mon 06 Jul 2009
The Daily Darwin - Monday - From the Naked Scientists
This week sees Cambridge University celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Each day our team will bring you highlights from the events and e…
00:14:18 |
Sun 05 Jul 2009
Embargoes, Pharmaceuticals and Blogs at the World Conference of Science Journalists
In this final podcast from the WCSJ we discuss the public image of the pharmaceutical industry and the role of the media in shaping public opinion, as well as debate the use of the embargo system in …
00:13:16 |
Thu 02 Jul 2009
Peering into the Nano World - The Diamond Light Source Podcast
This month we peer into the nanoworld to find out how synchotrons can assist in the development of a new way to store data and revolutionise computer memory. We also hear how the chemical by-products…
00:30:01 |
Thu 02 Jul 2009
Public Relations and Investigative Journalism at the World Conference of Science Journalists
Today we reveal the winner of the bid to host the next WCSJ conference in 2011 as well as discuss the role of public relations and investigative journalism in the media. Plus we debate if the British…
00:12:22 |
Wed 01 Jul 2009
Predicting the Future of Science Journalism
In today's podcast we hear about the current state of science journalism in countries like the US and predict the future of the profession given the increasing emergence of new media such as online n…
00:12:46 |
Tue 30 Jun 2009
World Conference of Science Journalists
The World Conference of Science Journalists is an international gathering of science journalists from across the globe who have come together to debate and discuss the scientific issues affecting the…
00:10:21 |
Mon 29 Jun 2009
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