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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Australia's First BBQ - Naked Scientists 13.08.22
This week, we have another special show from Perth in ...
This week, we have another special show from Perth in Western Australia. Chris Smith and Victoria Gill go in search of dolphins, find out how DNA sequencing technology has allowed us to find out what was on Australia's first barbecue, and give a scie...
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Naked in Australia - Naked Scientists 13.08.15
This week we have a special show from Perth in ...
This week we have a special show from Perth in Western Australia. Chris Smith finds out whether importing nitrogen fixing legumes could hold the answer to Perth's poor soil fertility and Victoria Gill heads out on a scientific fishing trip to see h...
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Mapping out the Milky Way - Naked Scientists 13.08.08
We hear from the astronomers who are mapping out the ...
We hear from the astronomers who are mapping out the Milky Way to work out where its stars came from....
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Questions and Answers - Naked Scientists 13.08.01
A special question and answer edition of the show where ...
A special question and answer edition of the show where the team get to grips with your queries, including, do hairs know they've cut? Is someone who sweats sooner fitter? How do noise-cancelling headphones work? How do we know what's inside Earth? W...
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The Science in Sport - Naked Scientists 13.07.25
How has new technology changed the face of sport? This ...
How has new technology changed the face of sport? This week we delve into the science behind the tennis rackets that professional players use, the diets that top athletes follow, and how systems like Hawkeye are revolutionising the way that rules are...
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The Science of Schizophrenia - Naked Scientists 13.07.18
What do sufferers of schizophrenia experience, and why? Might the ...
What do sufferers of schizophrenia experience, and why? Might the immune system be to blame? And could an avatar be the answer to treatment? This week we delve deep into the brain circuitry behind this psychiatric condition to uncover the causes, hea...
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Souping up Solar - Naked Scientists 13.07.11
This week, the latest innovations in solar power technology including ...
This week, the latest innovations in solar power technology including a Cambridge team racing from Darwin to Adelaide in a solar car, community co-operatives empowered by solar panels, and how algae harvest the Sun's energy. In the news, how wobbles ...
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The Last Organism Alive on Earth - Naked Scientists 13.07.04
This week, the latest from the UK's National Astronomy Meeting ...
This week, the latest from the UK's National Astronomy Meeting in St Andrews Scotland including what will be the last organism living on Earth when the end-of-life Sun swells, why space science projects are getting larger, and the amateur astronomer ...
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Modelling Diseases in Dishes - Naked Scientists 13.06.27
Miniature lungs, breasts and other organs are being grown in ...
Miniature lungs, breasts and other organs are being grown in dishes so scientists can study how they form, why they succumb to disease and how toxins, drugs and poisons affect them. Organ models like these are rapidly replacing animals for many lab e...
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Fascinating Fungi - Naked Scientists 13.06.20
Fungi go under the microscope this week as we explore ...
Fungi go under the microscope this week as we explore how they barter minerals and carry chemical messages in return for sugars from plants; we also hear from someone who nearly died after consuming a deadly fungus, find out why fungi make the toxins...
