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
Could you be an astronaut?
Destination Mars: this month we're launching a series of programmes to probe what it's going to take to send people to the Red Planet. We'll be looking at rocket technology, how to keep people fed an…
00:54:57 |
Mon 05 Oct 2015
Why don't spiders get stuck on their webs?
We take on your science questions: Can animals feel guilty? Could drones detect landmines? What's the furthest a paper plane could fly, and why don't spiders get stuck on their webs? Plus, a look at …
00:49:44 |
Mon 28 Sep 2015
How to Save a Life
This week we find out what it takes to save a life, from doctors performing open chest surgery in the street to helping people recover in the longer term from severe brain injuries. Plus, news of a r…
00:54:18 |
Mon 21 Sep 2015
Climate Change: Making Waves?
Climate change - and concerns about rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere - are often in the headlines. However, looking back in the history of the earth, it's clear that this isn't the f…
00:57:37 |
Mon 14 Sep 2015
Hands-on, Minds Open: The Changing Face of Science
This week we're asking whether scientists and technologists are in short supply, and how the way that we teach science in schools is changing: some classrooms are pumping out published papers! Plus, …
00:53:47 |
Mon 07 Sep 2015
Pluto, at Long Last...
This week is a very special, edition of the Naked Scientists as we dedicate a whole hour to the world's favourite dwarf planet - Pluto. But how did it get there in the first place? What has the New H…
00:58:25 |
Mon 31 Aug 2015
Truth and Beauty: The Hidden World of Symmetry
On the face of it, symmetry may seem simple, but diving beneath the surface reveals a whole new world. Over the last 100 years, the mathematical idea of symmetry has proved to be a guiding light for …
00:56:42 |
Sat 22 Aug 2015
The Yuck Factor: Why We Find Things So Disgusting
We delve into the disgusting to discover the emotion of disgust and how it affects our lives. From cockroaches dipped in juice to the importance of sanitation, no topic is off limits as we find out a…
00:58:00 |
Mon 17 Aug 2015
Graphene
Hundreds of times stronger than steel, transparent, an excellent electrical conductor, and weighing next to nothing, graphene is hailed as a wonder material. But what is it doing for us now? And wher…
00:58:35 |
Mon 10 Aug 2015
Meet your Sex Hormones
Hormones are the driving force behind reproduction and are what make us keen to go make babies. We follow some of these hormones to hear how they have an influence from birth to death, and also the u…
00:56:40 |
Mon 03 Aug 2015
Why do Scientists say "So"?
From why scientists so often use the word "so" to the feasibility of charging a human by USB, how much Silly Putty it would it take to cover the entire Earth, and whether we could genetic engineer su…
00:52:54 |
Tue 28 Jul 2015
The Seven Million Dollar Maths Mystery
This week, we're investigating the Millennium Prize Problems - a set of mathematical equations that, if solved, will not only nab the lucky winner a million, but also revolutionise the world. Plus, t…
00:52:41 |
Mon 20 Jul 2015
Make it Digital!
This week, broadcasting live from the centre of Cambridge, the Naked Scientists delve into the digital age we live in. We look at new, exciting ways to get kids into coding, how big data is changing …
00:57:50 |
Mon 13 Jul 2015
BOOM! The Bang behind the bomb, and how to stop it
Things get a little dangerous as we don our body armour and head out into the battlefield. How do explosives work and what can we do to protect against them? We take a sneak peek at AnUBIS, a device …
00:57:44 |
Mon 06 Jul 2015
Caesium: The Element that Redefined Time
It's 60 years since the world's first atomic clock was created. But what is time? When did time begin, and how accurate is timekeeping today? We'll be asking why we need leap seconds, we cook up a Bi…
00:53:06 |
Mon 29 Jun 2015
Bring out your Dead: Plague and Fire
Tens of thousands of Londoners developed painful, apple-sized, pus-filled boils before dying from the dreadful disease within days. But just as the ordeal of the Black Death seemed to be subsiding, t…
00:52:41 |
Mon 22 Jun 2015
What does Falling into a Black Hole Feel Like?
What's the point of mosquitoes? Do your eyes pop out if left open when sneezing? Is the Universe infinitely big? Are birds really related to dinosaurs? What is quantum entanglement? If the space stat…
00:52:55 |
Mon 15 Jun 2015
Behind Blood donation
For World Blood Day we've been delving into the history of blood letting, getting stuck into blood donation and exploring exciting new possibilities for making blood that's safe for everyone. Plus, a…
00:55:23 |
Mon 08 Jun 2015
Dark Matter: A Massive Mystery
Are we on the verge of solving one of the longest standing puzzles in physics? Physicists think we're close to discovering the identity of Dark Matter, the mysterious, invisible substance that accoun…
00:53:56 |
Mon 01 Jun 2015
How many geckos to hold up a human?
Colour-switching sticklebacks, geckos with enough adhesive power to hold up a human, bats with built-in sonar and moles with amazing noses - this week we go in search of the world's most incredible a…
00:59:44 |
Mon 25 May 2015
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