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
- 1186
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Titans of Science: Susan Solomon
Today's Titans interview is with the key figure in one of science's modern triumphs. Susan Solomon and her team were the first to theorise and prove what was causing the hole in the ozone layer above…
00:29:04 |
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Covid insights, Hurricane Beryl, and AI creativity cost
On the Naked Scientists news pod: data released from the UK's Covid tracing app provides intriguing insights on how the virus spread. Then, we hear whether extreme weather is the new normal, and we p…
00:34:15 |
Fri 12 Jul 2024
Titans of Science: Dan Fallows
In this edition of Titans of Science, we hear from some of the biggest names in the business. Today, it's the turn of the British Formula One engineer Dan Fallows. He's currently technical director a…
00:31:04 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
Mosquito bloodlust hormones & inflammation drives long Covid
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, Body scans give us new insights into long COVID; scientists discover the switch that triggers a mosquito's blood lust; and we'll take you on a whistle-stop to…
00:32:18 |
Fri 05 Jul 2024
Titans of Science: Nicky Clayton
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: How clever are birds really? Titans of Science continues, as we sit down with Cambridge University psychologist, and expert in animal comparative cognition, N…
00:31:05 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
Remembering Voyager's mastermind, and lizard clean-up crews
In this episode of The Naked Scientists: Edward Stone, the man who led the Voyager probe missions, which are still working half a century on, has died at the age of 88. We reflect on his legacy. Also…
00:30:42 |
Fri 28 Jun 2024
Titans of Science: Geoff Hinton
This episode of The Naked Scientists marks the return of a brand news series of Titans of Science, where some of the movers and shakers of the scientific and technological world help us to unpick a b…
00:33:26 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
E. coli outbreaks, and sniffing the air for DNA
This episode of The Naked Scientists: How scientists are getting to grips with the UK's E. coli outbreak. Lettuce leaves look like the source, but how? Also, how atomic bomb tests have helped us buil…
00:30:15 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
The trials and tribulations of trees
This week on The Naked Scientists, we're taking a look at trees. We look at how they communicate, the diseases they are fighting, and how beneficial to the climate planting trees really is... Like th…
00:30:01 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
Lab-grown Crohn's mini-guts, and is the Universe a doughnut?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, Could lab-grown 'mini-guts' help us crack Crohn's disease? Also, is the Universe organised like a bagel? I talk to one cosmologist trying to figure it out. A…
00:35:12 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
Gambling addiction: Hidden harms
This time, we're looking at gambling addiction and the associated harms. We hear from Bianca, a recovering gambling addict, about the deceit which characterised her experiences with betting, and why …
00:30:08 |
Tue 11 Jun 2024
Motor neurone disease, and a gut microbe-brewery
In the news this week, after the death of rugby legend Rob Burrow, we explore the mechanisms of motor neurone disease with John Ealing from the Manchester MND Care Centre. Also, we hear from Alexande…
00:32:58 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
Dark matter and dark energy: mapping the dark universe
This week on The Naked Scientists, we are looking at attempts to map the dark universe. As the new space telescope Euclid seeks to unlock the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, we ask why thei…
00:31:38 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
GM mosquitoes fight malaria, and robot digit gets thumbs up
This episode of The Naked Scientists: The genetically engineered mosquitoes released to fight malaria in Africa; how fake news skews public opinion, and who is behind it; and, finding out what it's l…
00:36:09 |
Fri 31 May 2024
The UK infected blood scandal
This episode of The Naked Scientists, as infected blood victims are finally promised compensation following the UK government's cover up of the scandal, we trace the story back to the very beginning,…
00:29:08 |
Tue 28 May 2024
Breakthrough in low carbon cement, and static sensitive bugs
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: How science can help cut the carbon footprint of concrete; designer antibodies to introduce cancers to immune assassins; and the caterpillars that sense stati…
00:30:19 |
Fri 24 May 2024
What does the future hold for AI?
We're coming back to the topic of generative artificial intelligence, asking how this potentially gamechanging technology is going to be integrated into our society. We'll hear an explanation of neur…
00:36:39 |
Tue 21 May 2024
Caesarean stops measles jab response, and quantum navigation
In the news pod, geneticist Henrik Salje tells us about the relative ineffectiveness of the measles vaccine for infants born via c-section. Also, the incredible memory-making abilities of Eurasian ja…
00:33:52 |
Fri 17 May 2024
From sounds to syntax: The science of language
Linguistics - the scientific study of language - is our topic for today. Chris Smith learns about the potential origins of human language with David Crystal, and how we assimilate vocal sounds into s…
00:32:36 |
Tue 14 May 2024
Vaccines, squirrels with leprosy, and exoplanet atmospheres
In the news pod, the nanotechnology enabling the production of a new vaccine to immunise against future coronaviruses. Then, how we can use psychedelic treatments without giving patients an unwanted …
00:33:08 |
Fri 10 May 2024
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