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
Clock This! - The Science of the Circadian Rhythm
The body clock goes under the Naked Scientists' spotlight this week. We unpick the mechanisms that enable human cells, plants and even bacteria to track the time of day and alter their activities acc…
00:59:25 |
Sat 21 Apr 2012
Saving Submariners and Studying Deep Sea Species
How can we save the occupants of stricken submarines? What species survive in the deepest depths of ocean trenches? Recognising the centenary of the Titanic tragedy, we're diving deep to meet the Rol…
00:59:29 |
Sat 14 Apr 2012
Naked Oceans - From Plastics to Poo
This week we bring you a special look at marine pollution from the Naked Oceans team, going from plastics to poo to explore some of the many ways we pollute the seas. We find out the truth behind the…
00:22:41 |
Sat 07 Apr 2012
Why did my Dishcloth Detonate?
Why does sunlight make me sneeze? What causes air turbulence? Why do energy-saving lights take time to warm up? In this week's question and answer show we also investigate why microwaving a dishcloth…
00:59:35 |
Sun 01 Apr 2012
Going Nuclear
This week we're exploring the future of nuclear energy, including meeting the makers of a new design of nuclear reactor that can consume the fuels that other plants can't burn. We also delve into way…
00:59:12 |
Sun 25 Mar 2012
Why Viruses Don't Infect the Same Cell Twice
Immune-manipulating parasites, bacterial genomes married to disease processes and viruses that bounce off already-infected cells make for an infectious episode of the Naked Scientists this week. Also…
00:59:20 |
Sun 18 Mar 2012
Sensors and Sensibility
Smart sensors can open a window into the environment. In this week's Naked Scientists Podcast we find out how networks of sensors around Heathrow airport can study how planes alter the atmosphere, a…
00:59:29 |
Sun 11 Mar 2012
Wattage from Waste and Watching Our Water
How can we extract energy from waste? In this week's Naked Scientists we explore the technology that turns muck into methane and consider the fertile issue of nutrient overload resulting from returni…
00:59:43 |
Sun 04 Mar 2012
Can a Mobile Phone Compromise your Sperm Count?
What's the point of earwax? Does WiFi damage the brain? Can a mobile phone in a trouser pocket dent a man's fertility? In this week's science Q and A show we also brush up on how they get the stripes…
00:59:41 |
Sun 26 Feb 2012
ZAP! Lasers on trial...
A new liquid crystal laser that can dial-up any wavelength of light you need, a laser-powered projector technology that turns any surface into a touch-screen, and a laser that fires salvoes of X-rays…
00:59:38 |
Sun 19 Feb 2012
Reclaiming Wasted Watts - Thermoelectric Generators
Over two-thirds of the energy in the fuel you put into your car is wasted, most of it in the form of heat that exits along the exhaust pipe. The same is true of large-scale power stations, which are …
01:00:10 |
Sun 12 Feb 2012
Do Diet Foods Make You Fat?
Could diet foods be making you fatter? How do we learn to like the foods we eat? This week, we indulge in the science of appetite, diet and diabetes. We'll find out how our early experiences of fo…
01:00:00 |
Sun 05 Feb 2012
Are any viruses good for you?
Has all the air in the world been breathed before? Are any viruses beneficial to health? Can naked farts transmit diseases? You set the agenda in this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show in …
00:59:19 |
Sun 29 Jan 2012
Vitamin D: Shedding light on diabetes, MS and cancer
Could a ray of sunshine hold the key to preventing MS, diabetes and even bowel cancer? Vitamin D - made naturally in skin exposed to strong sunlight - appears to reduce the risk of developing these, …
00:59:29 |
Sun 22 Jan 2012
Mind Meets Machine
Where do you stand on becoming part person, part machine? This week we hook up with three pioneers in the field of cybernetics including walking cyborg Kevin Warwick, who volunteered his own nervous …
01:01:11 |
Sun 15 Jan 2012
What's Inside Your Nappy?
Do stars form outside galaxies? What causes ringing in the ears? How fast does force propagate? Why do spectacles still work when worn backwards? Is the expanding universe tearing galaxies apart? And…
01:02:19 |
Sun 08 Jan 2012
What Colour is a Dead Chameleon?
Are candles environmentally unfriendly? Why does tinfoil touching a filling set my teeth on edge? What colour does a dead chameleon go? Does antiperspirant deodorant make you sweat more elsewhere? Co…
01:07:32 |
Sun 18 Dec 2011
Monitoring Moods with Mobiles
Can new technologies probe human thoughts and feelings without us even realising? This week we talk to a researcher who's using mobile phones to tap into peoples' emotions to provide new insights int…
00:58:56 |
Sun 11 Dec 2011
Underwater Archaeology and Underwater Welding
How do archaeologists locate, conserve and recover historical treasures from old shipwrecks? What is erosion revealing on the foreshores of the River Thames? And how do you weld up an oil or gas pipe…
00:59:12 |
Sun 04 Dec 2011
Imaging the Invisible
This week, how immune cells can be caught on camera as they exit blood vessels, a new design of lensless microscope and one that sees cells in 3D, how sound and heat can be used to find faults in mat…
00:59:04 |
Sun 27 Nov 2011
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