The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists flagship science show, includes the latest science news, interviews with top scientists, hands-on science experiments and answers to your science questions.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 1185
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Energy drinks curb, and biting back against beetles
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: A new test to detect Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms first appear. Also, the study showing Earth can sequester only a tenth of the carbon we thought …
00:35:23 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
Is AI changing the way we think?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, from bogus scientific papers and misleading made-up "facts", to potentially curtailing our critical thinking, we look at the effect that mass adoption of AI m…
00:34:27 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
First pig lung transplant, and the origins of dark energy
Today on the Naked Scientists: a pig lung is transplanted into a man in China, but what was the outcome? Also, scientists have a theory for the origins of Dark Energy - and it makes sense that a blac…
00:33:39 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
What can we do about hair loss?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we look at the science of hair, why we suffer hair loss, treatments that can slow hair loss, whether wigs are any good, and what happens during a hair transpl…
00:36:32 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Apple wins privacy row, and microbes dictate chocolate taste
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, Apple locked horns with the UK government who were demanding a security back door through the company's encryption. What was the outcome? Also, scientists dis…
00:34:40 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
What Niger's AMR outbreak means for the world
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, why we need to pay closer attention to antimicrobial resistance in some of the world's poorest nations... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the …
00:31:03 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Decoding our inner voice, and hunting for life on Mars
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: the scientists who think they can decode the thoughts we hear in our heads. Also ahead: do ultra-processed foods make it much harder to lose weight? Plus, we …
00:36:35 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
'Three-parent babies' prevent inherited genetic condition
James Tytko explores the science behind 'three-parent' embryos: the incredible medical procedure that prevents children from inheriting incurable mitochondrial diseases. Like this podcast? Please hel…
00:26:56 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Medicinal microbes for kidney stones, and musky mice
In the news, why a dose of bacteria might be the solution to combating kidney stones. What tooth enamel tells us about the lives and diets of dinosaurs. And what the world's most abundant insects can…
00:31:24 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
A 21st century guide to hunting dinosaur fossils
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we are on the hunt for dinosaurs as we explore how cutting edge tech, chisels, and canoes go hand in hand when changing the way we view our prehistoric past..…
00:33:05 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Old drug new tricks, and a sensational bionic leg
In the news, an old drug heralds a new treatment for the gut parasite Cryptosporidium; the bionic-knee that anticipates where amputees want to go to make movements much more natural; and why we're sp…
00:31:53 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
The science of modern warfare
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, how is science helping to shape the future of warfare? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:30:08 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Malaria bites back, and the lunar base race
In the news podcast, what's causing the uptick in malaria cases in Africa? Also, scientists show statistically that the sex of a baby at birth is not random, and South Korea joins the throng in the r…
00:38:27 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Vivaldi: The data revolution coming to care homes
There are more than sixteen thousand care homes across the UK, housing around half a million people. Staggering numbers. They are meant to be places of safety, support, and quiet, relaxed companionsh…
00:30:11 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Ancient Antarctic ice cores & is a sense of humour genetic?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Scientists get their hands on the oldest ice on Earth, and we've been to see it, but what's it going to reveal? Also, measles is on the up, again; we find out…
00:40:23 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
25 years of the Human Genome Project
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we look at 25 years of the Human Genome Project. What is it? And what has it achieved? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:31:18 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Fitter fat cells, and Earth spins slightly faster
This week, the cells that vanish when we slim down: are these the link between obesity and health problems like diabetes? Also, the bacteria that might be able to shield us from the "forever chemical…
00:41:40 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Can genetics grow a better garden?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we pay a visit to Cambridge University Botanic Garden to ask 'can genetics help grow a better garden?' Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Nak…
00:29:14 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
The "Nanny Plate" debate, and the Neanderthal fat factory
In the news, counting the calories: The UK government want shops to help us put 100 fewer calories in our baskets to beat obesity. So will it work? Also, archaeologists uncover the world's oldest fat…
00:33:32 |
Fri 04 Jul 2025
Why proteins matter
This episode was produced and presented by Dr Marushka Soobben, a scientist from South Africa who's been taking part in an internship here at the Naked Scientists. And this week, a journey into the w…
00:29:30 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
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