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
How to remember everything
How do we remember things, why some people stuggle to remember their way around, and what does it take to be a memory world champion? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scienti…
00:27:17 |
Tue 16 May 2023
Cancer vaccines and Commercial Space Stations
Scientists successfully test a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, why Japan is finally casting off its remaining Covid-19 restrictions, and we'll explore how a scientist is turning Yellowstone'…
00:30:26 |
Sun 14 May 2023
Building a better battery
With the global power supply shifting towards renewables, the battery is fast becoming one of the most vital forms of power storage. So how did we get here, how do batteries still need to improve, an…
00:28:17 |
Tue 09 May 2023
China's satellites and Wales' trilobites
What should we make of claims that China is building super weapons to hack and hijack US satellites? Also, the new app to help midwives detect health conditions in newborns, and we hear from the coup…
00:33:08 |
Fri 05 May 2023
Did rugby give me dementia at 40?
How repeated bumps to the head in sport can add up to dementia later in life... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:29:14 |
Tue 02 May 2023
Ultra-processed cuisine and catch-up vaccines
The doctor and broadcaster, Chris van Tulleken, on why ultra-processed food is making us fat and ill, the team that think they're close to cracking the male contraceptive pill, and the WHO's drive to…
00:31:14 |
Fri 28 Apr 2023
Dealing with Diabesity
With 14 million new cases of diabetes each year being attributed to poor diet and half the worlds' population estimated to be overweight or obese by 2035, it's no wonder the UK's Chief Medical Office…
00:26:16 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Starship explodes & soundscapes for sleep
In the news this week, Elon Musk's Starship experiences a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly', there's progress in developing a universal flu vaccine, and the sounds which might help your little one to f…
00:33:16 |
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Taking a trip into a black hole
Black holes are one of the most extreme things in the universe. Their gravitational pull is so strong, they can bend light and even time. So were you to find one and fall into it...what would happen?…
00:29:43 |
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Solar power milestones and bird microbiomes
The world crosses the threshold of 1 terawatt of energy produced from solar means, the parting gift left behind by birds meeting an unfortunate demise, and looking for exoplanets that have magnetic f…
00:29:29 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
Eco-anxiety: getting hot under the collar about climate change
In this bonus edition, climate psychologist Patrick Kennedy-Williams introduces us to the concept of eco-anxiety, the very real phenomenon leaving people across the UK feeling stressed about the futu…
00:29:51 |
Thu 13 Apr 2023
Bonus Episode: Mantra Meditation
This is a special, bonus episode brought to you in partnership with E.ON Next. If you've just been listening to our conversation with climate psychologist Patrick Kennedy-Williams, you'll know that t…
00:12:02 |
Thu 13 Apr 2023
China hides Covid data, the problem with pain
In the news, tech experts call for AI slowdown, monkeys fail to grasp magic tricks which require opposable thumbs to pull off, and why the WHO wants China to release information on the origin of Covi…
00:59:48 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
Recharging in nature
This week, in partnership with BMW, we're "recharging in nature" - discovering how stepping out into wild country replenishes our wellbeing batteries. But there's a disconnect for drivers of electric…
00:25:34 |
Tue 04 Apr 2023
T-Rex lips and dating tips
Coming up this week, why we might need to re-draw dinosaur faces: it turns out T Rex had lips - how did we miss that? Also, as the government moves to make laughing gas illegal we look at how it work…
00:29:35 |
Fri 31 Mar 2023
The Right to Repair: Get your fix
Whatever happened to make do and mend? Many of us, it seems, have lost the ability to fix the things we buy. So are manufacturers on a mission to make things impossible to fix, forcing us to buy new …
00:29:28 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Nerve interfaces and infrared fossil finding
In the news, scientists seeking to make measuring animal welfare a top priority on farms. Machines seeing the original chemicals in the bodies of fossilised animals. And why superglue might be the ke…
00:30:35 |
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Trick or treaty: the high seas agreement
The UN high seas treaty hopes to turn the tide on the biodiversity crisis in the ocean. Will it work, and will protecting 30% of the high seas be sufficient? Like this podcast? Please help us by supp…
00:33:11 |
Tue 21 Mar 2023
HIV case cured by umbilical cord stem cells
How doctors in the US have "cured" a woman with HIV, does Venus have volcanoes? Reexamining 30 year old probe footage has got scientists wondering, and signs that an artificial sweetener can affect t…
00:30:49 |
Fri 17 Mar 2023
Q&A: How will astronauts shower on the moon?
What happens when you put a space scientist interested in looking for alien life, a geologist studying some of the earliest life on Earth, a psychologist, and a linguist in a radio studio? Well hopef…
00:48:07 |
Fri 10 Mar 2023
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