Quick Fire Science, from the Naked Scientists
Rapid fire science in sixty seconds, or so... We break down the latest science stories into digestible quick-fire podcasts that focus on the facts.
Technology
Physics
Natural Sciences
Psychology
Chemistry
Life Sciences
Science
Health & Fitness
Medicine
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 2 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2019
Nuclear Power
This week, nuclear expert Mycle Schneider, formerly an adviser to the French and German governments has said that he's deeply worried about contaminated cooling water leaking from tanks at the site…
00:02:14 |
Wed 28 Aug 2013
Hyperloop Trains
US-based entrepreneur Elon Musk is not a man who's lacking ambition in life. His company Space-X has already built rockets which compete with those used by NASA and the European Space Agency, and l…
00:02:09 |
Wed 21 Aug 2013
Shooting stars
This week, star gazers have been turning their eyes to the sky to look for shooting stars, as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. But what are meteors, and what's the best way to observe them…
00:01:40 |
Tue 13 Aug 2013
Growing meat in the lab
This week the world's first lab grown beef burger was cooked and eaten in London. But how was it made and why is it important? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:01:55 |
Wed 07 Aug 2013
What are Jellyfish?
This weeks Quick Fire Science on Jellyfish Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:01:33 |
Wed 31 Jul 2013
Organ donation
This Sunday sees the start of the 19th World Transplant Games in Durban, South Africa. The games offer the opportunity for those who have undergone a transplant to compete in a variety of competiti…
00:02:01 |
Wed 24 Jul 2013
Man-powered Helicopter
This week, a team at Toronto university won the "Igor I. Sikorsky Competition" by building a man-powered helicopter and flying their machine "Atlas" within a 10mx10m box, at a height of 3m for ove…
00:02:38 |
Wed 17 Jul 2013
A new IVF fertility treatment
A baby has been born in the US using a new genetic screening test for IVF embryos Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:02:03 |
Wed 10 Jul 2013
Wildfires
What causes wildfires? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:01:53 |
Wed 03 Jul 2013
Buying a Pint with Bitcoins
The virtual currency 'bitcoin' has long been used by gamers to buy extra features online. But now you can spend your savings on real life pints. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Na…
00:01:56 |
Tue 25 Jun 2013
Helium balloons... and wifi
Dubbed Project Loon, and with the strapline "Balloon-Powered Internet For Everyone", Google announces the deployment of a fleet of balloons to bring Internet access and WiFi within reach in remote pl…
00:02:11 |
Wed 19 Jun 2013
An Invisibility Cloak for your Pets
A team in Singapore have developed an invisibility cloak that can hide goldfish and cats. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:01:50 |
Wed 12 Jun 2013
HPV and Oral Cancer
This week the actor Michael Douglas revealed in an interview with the Guardian newspaper that he believes the throat cancer he suffered was as a result of infection with the human papillomavirus -…
00:01:50 |
Wed 05 Jun 2013
Climbing Everest
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the first complete ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay in 1953. But few people know that had it not been for the failure of one of two…
00:02:10 |
Wed 29 May 2013
Tornado Science
Tragedy struck Oklahoma this week, when a massive tornado at least a mile wide ripped through the town of Moore, injuring 353 and leaving at least 24 people dead. To find out how these destructive fo…
00:02:00 |
Wed 22 May 2013
BRCA1: Angelina Jolie
It emerged this week that actress and director Angelina Jolie chose to have a double mastectomy, because she carries a gene called BRCA1, which greatly increases her chances of developing breast canc…
00:01:46 |
Wed 15 May 2013
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