The Naked Scientists - Stripping Down Science
Interactive science, medicine and technology weekly live radio show with Cambridge University's Dr Chris Smith. We strip down science and lay the facts bare answering your science questions, interviewing top scientists and catching up with the latest top science news stories.
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Extreme Geology - Naked Scientists 13.10.29
Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre, Chris Smith, ...
Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre, Chris Smith, Dave Ansell, Ginny Smith and guests James Jackson, an Earth Scientist, Tehnuka Ilanko, a volcanologist, and Arwen Deuss, a seismologist, pit their wits against the assembled public as th...
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Stopping Superbugs - Naked Scientists 13.10.20
What is the scale of the superbug problem? How much ...
What is the scale of the superbug problem? How much is antibiotic resistance costing? Can new antibiotics be made that cannot be bypassed by bacteria? And what new drugs are already in the pipeline. In this infectious episode of the Naked Scientists,...
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Tunnelling Under London - Naked Scientists 13.10.15
How do you dig a 26 mile tunnel beneath a ...
How do you dig a 26 mile tunnel beneath a city and below the water table? This week we drop in on Crossrail, who are busy constructing a new commuter line below the UK capital, to discover how massive tunnels are made in the modern era. Plus, we take...
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Science Centre Showoff - Naked Scientists 13.10.08
Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre, Chris Smith, ...
Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre, Chris Smith, Dave Ansell, Ginny Smith and guests Rod Jones, an atmospheric chemist, Margaret Stanley, an HPV cancer researcher, and Caroline Goddard, jet engine metallurgist, pit their wits against t...
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Science of Sleep - Naked Scientists 13.10.01
What's the best way to catch 40 winks? We investigate ...
What's the best way to catch 40 winks? We investigate the science of sleep, including why we need it and why do some people fall asleep at the wrong times? Jason Rhiel tell us how he investigates what makes us sleepy using zebrafish and Mick Hastings...
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Citizen Science: Research You can Do - Naked Scientists 13.09.24
What's the best way to get involved in scientific research ...
What's the best way to get involved in scientific research from home? Chris Smith and Dominic Ford investigate some of the best citizen science projects which are looking for your help. From categorising galaxies to hunting spiders, mapping your happ...
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Shedding Light on the Brain - Naked Scientists 13.09.17
We expose how electricity powers the nervous system. Chris Smith ...
We expose how electricity powers the nervous system. Chris Smith and Hannah Critchlow speak to a panel of experts about why chillis taste hot and mint feels cool, how ion channels could tackle diabetes and the new technique that uses algae could shed...
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Get the Frack Out of Here... - Naked Scientists 13.09.12
Will fracking bring down energy prices and keep our lights ...
Will fracking bring down energy prices and keep our lights on, or could it be an environmental disaster? Kate Lamble and Ginny Smith speak to a panel of experts about whether fracking could really contaminate water supplies or cause earthquakes. Plus...
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Can you dehydrate in a bath? - Naked Scientists 13.09.05
Another special question and answer edition of the show where ...
Another special question and answer edition of the show where the team get to grips with your queries, including, cna you dehydrate in a bath? What is tinnitus? What chemicals leak from batteries? Why does water freeze from the top down? Are solar ph...
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Shark Camouflage in Australia - Naked Scientists 13.08.29
This week, we have a final show from Perth in ...
This week, we have a final show from Perth in Western Australia. Chris Smith and Victoria Gill find out how camouflage wetsuits might help protect surfers from sharks, hear about a new development in muscular dystrophy treatment, how sea sponges can ...
