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
- 1188
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Life on Mars
Hours before NASA's phoenix mission was due to land on Mars, the Naked Scientists took our own tour of the Martian landscape. We discuss how looking in valleys could tell us what shaped the Martian …
00:56:15 |
Sat 24 May 2008
Your Bacterial Body
Come with us on a tour of your body to discover how the bacteria that live on and in you play an important role! Bad breath bacteria, good gut bugs and the ones that escape through the other end all …
00:57:30 |
Sat 17 May 2008
Repelling Pests - Mosquitoes, Moths and Weeds
Using nature's own tricks, we find out how to avoid mosquito bites, grow more crops and keep the weeds away in this week's Naked Scientists. We find out why mosquitoes prefer some people to others, …
01:04:20 |
Sat 10 May 2008
Clothed Questions, Naked Answers
Black holes, bright birds and ice evaporating in the freezer all come under scrutiny in this week's Naked Science Question and Answer Show. We also find out why space is so cold, what happens when a …
00:56:33 |
Sat 03 May 2008
Diamonds and Gemstones
Stunning sapphires, dazzling diamonds and red rubies abound in this week's sparkling edition of the Naked Scientists in which we find out how gemstones are formed, what makes them so beautiful and wh…
00:56:36 |
Sat 26 Apr 2008
Houses of the Future
Sustainable Solar power in Sydney, home-generated electricity and green-housing developments go under the microscope this week as we explore the science of sustainable living. Meanwhile Dave goes for…
00:56:32 |
Sat 19 Apr 2008
The Science of the Sun
Solar Flares and the Sun's influence on our climate are the burning issues of this week's show. We discover an explosion on the Sun so large that it cut global communications all over the world and …
00:57:18 |
Sat 12 Apr 2008
Q&A and the Edinburgh Science Festival
Can cold water cause weight loss, is my mother-in-law turning into a reptile and why doesn't a mobile phone interfere with itself are all answered in this week's Naked Science Question and Answer Ext…
00:56:33 |
Sat 05 Apr 2008
TB and Magnetic Bacteria
This week we visit the Historic city of Edinburgh to put Scottish science under the microscope! We discover the incredible magnetic bacteria and find out how their bio-nano-magnets could help treat …
00:59:01 |
Sun 30 Mar 2008
The Cambridge Science Festival
This week, we catch up with the action from this year's Cambridge Science Festival. We find out what you could learn from a plasticine brain and how your next holiday could be literally out-of-this-…
00:59:00 |
Sun 16 Mar 2008
Naked Science Q&A Show
On this week's Naked Scientists, we tackle your questions. We find out what creates a 'Moonbow', how much water there was on Earth over one million years ago and what happens to milk in the freezer.…
00:59:39 |
Sun 09 Mar 2008
Science of Music
This week we're exploring the science of sound and music. We sound out the human voice, hear why we all talk differently, and probe the origins of accents and the means by which impersonators mimic t…
00:59:04 |
Sun 02 Mar 2008
Virtual Life
This week the Naked Scientists go virtual! We'll be hearing how a new computer system can accurately gauge your age from a mugshot, we come face to face with the painting fool, a computer that can re…
00:56:44 |
Sun 24 Feb 2008
Boston T-ransplant Party
On this weeks Pan-Continental Naked Scientists we bring you the latest science news from the AAAS conference in Boston. We hear about why cholesterol-lowering drugs are good for us but bad for bacte…
00:55:37 |
Sun 17 Feb 2008
Naked Science Q&A Show
This week on the Naked Scientists we discover novel drugs in carnivorous plants, genes pointing to prostate cancer and a way to capture waste wattage whilst walking. We hear about the future of 3D T…
00:56:39 |
Sun 10 Feb 2008
Wet and Wild
Get Wet and Wild with the Naked Scientists! We don our wellies and wade into the science of wetlands, discovering the species you might see and why wetlands are vital for wildlife on land and at sea.…
00:59:00 |
Sun 03 Feb 2008
Viruses and Vaccines
In this week's not-to-be-sniffed-at infectious episode of the naked scientists, we find out the facts of flu, including how the virus hijacks your cells, how new strains of the virus emerge to trigge…
00:56:51 |
Sun 27 Jan 2008
Combating Climate Change
On this week's Naked Scientists, We look at ways to tackle the problem of climate change - including capturing carbon at sea, trapping carbon dioxide in coal to release a useful fuel, and a way to tu…
00:57:15 |
Sun 20 Jan 2008
Naked Science Q&A Show
This week, we uncover an ideal anti-freeze for ice-cream, find out how scientists grew a new heart in a dish and hear how four simple lifestyle changes could make you live fourteen years longer. Als…
00:56:56 |
Sun 13 Jan 2008
Addiction and Dieting
Hooked on the Naked Scientists? This week we're looking into the science of addiction, finding out how smoking alters the teenage brain, why a mixture of brain chemistry and psychological habits make…
01:00:00 |
Sun 06 Jan 2008
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