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
- 1187
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Bedbugs, pig organ transplants, and 1918 flu deaths
This week on The Naked Scientists, the rise of the bedbugs. Leading bedbug expert, James Logan, will tell us all we need to know. Also, could genetically modified pig kidneys soon be transplanted int…
00:29:53 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
When not if: Preparing for the next pandemic
Medical professionals largely agree: the world is far more susceptible to a Covid level crisis than it ever has been. Mass urbanisation, political instability and climate change are among the factors…
00:36:27 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Malaria vaccine, Fukushima wastewater & Nobel prizes
In the news pod: the WHO have recommended the Oxford Covid jab for use - we talk to someone who helped design it. We also speak with the scientist who questions whether the Fukushima wastewater dispo…
00:33:03 |
Fri 06 Oct 2023
Titans of Science: Sally Davies
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, it's time for the conclusion of our summer series: Titans of Science. Chris Smith chats with England's former Chief Medical Officer and the current Master of …
00:25:59 |
Tue 03 Oct 2023
COVID variant vaccines, and sinking antimatter
In this episode of The Naked Scientists, A future proof covid jab that combats variants that don't even exist yet. Reassuringly for theoretical physics, signs that antimatter does obey the rules of g…
00:27:52 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Titans of Science: Robert Winston
This week's guest is a pioneer of IVF, award-winning broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords, Robert Winston. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:32:27 |
Tue 26 Sep 2023
Spinal injury repair, and embryo editing ethics
This week on The Naked Scientists: A breakthrough in treating spinal cord injuries, worrying news about red fire ants in Sicily, we look at what it means for us in the UK. Plus, NASA is sending a sam…
00:31:31 |
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Titans of Science: Anthony Fauci
Time for the next installment in Titans of Science! This week's very special guest is the former chief medical advisor to the White House during the pandemic, Dr Anthony Fauci. He tells Chris Smith h…
00:30:32 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Ban on cheap vapes, and farewell to Dolly's 'father'
On the news pod, we ask whether an outright ban is the best way to deal with the health and environmental cost of sweet shop style vapes. Also on the programme; a new device for detecting Covid on pa…
00:30:35 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Titans of Science: Helen Sharman - part 2
Part 2 of the extraordinary story of the first Briton in space. What was life like on a space station? How do you get back down? and what do you do afterwards? Like this podcast? Please help us by su…
00:29:34 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Concrete concerns, and pharaoh de toilette
In this edition, can civil engineers help rescue the UK's crumbling schools and hospitals? Also, new initiative that is hoping to improve the treatment of sepsis, and how the scent of ancient Egypt h…
00:31:10 |
Fri 08 Sep 2023
Titans of science: Helen Sharman - part 1
Today's guest is Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space. Our conversation ranges from her early beginnings working in a chocolate factory - Mars, would you believe - to her run in with the then lea…
00:30:30 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
London ULEZ emissions tax, and uterus transplants
This week, London's latest ULEZ expansion - will it make much difference to air quality? The concerning impacts of poaching, and not just to endangered species, and the curious case of a woman with a…
00:30:38 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
Return to the Moon: Why now?
This week, we're casting our eyes towards the brightest and largest object in our night sky: the Moon. As India becomes the 4th nation to achieve a successful soft landing on our only natural sateill…
00:28:24 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Serial killers, and sails on supertankers
In the news this week, how can we understand the motivations of serial killers? Also, we ask a dermatologist to outline the early signs of melanoma, and find out about the initiative to reduce carbon…
00:30:40 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
The perfect plate of food: seasonal and well seasoned
Eating. We all have to do it 3 times a day and there's a lot to consider every time we do: is what I'm eating good for me? Is it sustainable for the planet? Can I afford the time or the expense to pr…
00:29:42 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Elections in an AI age & smokers start with less grey matter
In the news this week, we start by asking whether we should start preparing to combat election interference in the wake of the breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. A study is out this week linki…
00:26:43 |
Fri 18 Aug 2023
The past, present and future of nukes
This week, we'll explore the origins of nuclear weapons and how they have changed modern warfare. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:34:34 |
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Prepping for pandemics, and pursuing Perseids
This week, we'll find out about preparations for the next pandemic and "disease X"; the link between a noticeably enlarged part of the human brain and obesity; and how honey sweetened the deal for an…
00:28:12 |
Fri 11 Aug 2023
Q&A: Knuth, curry and kettles
Another month, another brilliant panel, another romp through your mind bending questions. Physicists Tony Padilla and Toby Wiseman, archaeologist Emma Pomeroy and educator Andrew Morris help Chris Sm…
00:57:55 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
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