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
Roman dildos and hackers targeting pets
Take a daily brisk walk and take 25% off your mortality rate, the northern - and southern - lights and why they've been so pronounced of late, and have scientists discovered the world's first Roman s…
00:30:58 |
Fri 03 Mar 2023
What can plate tectonics teach us?
The news is awash with the destructive side of these geological processes, but are there aspects of these events that can help us learn more about our planet's inner workings? Like this podcast? Plea…
00:29:35 |
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Sleepy sperm and shiny shrimp
Are we any closer to a contraceptive for men, will a 4 day work week pay for itself, and how cretaceous caterpillars helped scientists work out when plants first opened and closed their leaves... Lik…
00:30:19 |
Fri 24 Feb 2023
Fusion power by 2040?
Today, we're asking whether UK science minister George Freeman's ambition of an operational fusion energy plant by 2040 is realistic. Scientists have their say as to whether or not this possible and,…
00:28:09 |
Tue 21 Feb 2023
Gene therapy saves baby from fatal condition
In the news this week, a UK toddler with a rare genetic disease is saved by gene therapy: we explain how it works. Cockatoos wow scientists by taking a toolkit along to solve a problem. And a 55 mill…
00:31:53 |
Fri 17 Feb 2023
A Bird Flu Pandemic Hovering on the Horizon
With over a billion birds dead and signs that the influenza virus is now spreading among mammalian species in the wild, are we at risk of another pandemic, just as we thought Covid was over? Like thi…
00:31:04 |
Tue 14 Feb 2023
Turkey's earthquake and China's balloon
As Turkey battles against the clock to find survivors of the recent Earthquake there, we look at what triggered the magnitude 7.8 quake. Also, how modern day codebreakers have unlocked secret corresp…
00:28:42 |
Fri 10 Feb 2023
Cheaper food from fewer fertilisers
Scientists and governments are working together to turn farming, one of the foremost causes of global emissions, into a future-proof industry. We'll hear about the UK governments new sustainable farm…
00:28:11 |
Tue 07 Feb 2023
Transplanting brain cells & the Big Birdwatch
Brain implants grown in a lab wire themselves into the nervous system. Artificial intelligence joins the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. We take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch 2023. And a…
00:26:11 |
Fri 03 Feb 2023
Satellites: forging metal and finding cholera
Much of our daily lives is made possible by the placement of objects orbiting our planet. From GPS, to weather forecasts, even your bank's ATM wouldn't be able to function without a timecode from spa…
00:32:08 |
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Plastic-eating bugs & paying you to power off
The plan to pay people to dial down their electricity use, the bacteria eating plastic in the ocean, and why antidepressants make it harder for users to enjoy themselves. Like this podcast? Please he…
00:30:32 |
Fri 27 Jan 2023
ChatGPT: The chatbot changing how we work
We first chatted ChatGPT last month, and have since been keeping an eye on the incredible ways it's been responding to users from across the world. This week, we consider the implications of this ver…
00:31:10 |
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Lasers lure lightning and carbon computing
How hair follicles might hold the key to reversing scars, but not just in skin: in hearts and other organs too. Also, scientists crack how to grow new brain cells in the laboratory dish. And what a m…
00:29:33 |
Fri 20 Jan 2023
Dry January: is giving up booze beneficial?
It's that time of the year where we traditionally make - and usually break - resolutions to eat less, drink less, lose weight, give up meat and take up exercise during the year ahead. And in the deca…
00:29:43 |
Tue 17 Jan 2023
Shouting dolphins and failed rocket launches
The artificial pancreas to turnaround diabetes control, what went wrong with the UK's first space launch, and the Cambridge-born process that can turn CO2 and waste plastic into fuels and valuable ch…
00:28:56 |
Fri 13 Jan 2023
Q&A: How to avoid being squashed by a whale
How stars burn for billions of years. Can Rishi Sunak turn us into a nation of mathematicians? And how misinformation changes the shape of our brains. Plus, there'll be our customary quiz at half tim…
01:01:44 |
Tue 10 Jan 2023
The best of 2022!
We're looking back at 2022, a remarkable year for many reasons. Whilst it is easy to be consumed by stories of conflict, climate catastrophe, and disease outbreaks, it is still important to remember …
00:54:04 |
Tue 03 Jan 2023
A deep dive into oceanography
We're taking a look at our planet's oceans, and seeing how and where the important work into studying our seas takes place, as well as finding out how the data collected by marine expeditions transla…
00:30:41 |
Tue 20 Dec 2022
Nuclear fusion, and magnetic air pollution
A landmark achievement: nuclear fusion experiments produce a net energy output - so what does this mean in practical terms. Also, glasses that soak up infrared to auto-demist. And how magnets are hel…
00:25:53 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
Tumours and tectonics: magnets making a mark
This week we've found ourselves attracted by the topic of magnetism; it's what makes it possible to generate and distribute electricity to our homes, or send messages and radio broadcasts over the ai…
00:29:03 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
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