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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Why Do I See Stars when I Stand? - Naked Scientists 12.06.17
Why does a head injury, or standing up too quickly, ...
Why does a head injury, or standing up too quickly, make us see stars? Are slug pellets painful? How do flies fly in an elevator? We take on your science questions this week, and find out why we should let food ferment, what makes bat...
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SETI, Aliens and the Origins of Life - Naked Scientists 12.06.10
How do we look for life beyond Earth? And how ...
How do we look for life beyond Earth? And how did it first get started down here? To help us take on these big questions, we explore the science of SETI and the chemistry of creating life. Plus, science gets cinematic as we meet the scientific adv...
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Getting Inside your Genes - Naked Scientists 12.06.03
This week, we're introducing the new Naked Genetics podcast - ...
This week, we're introducing the new Naked Genetics podcast - This time, Kat Arney takes a look at the world of top models - not the kind that won't get out of bed for less than ten grand, but the model organisms used by researchers all over the worl...
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Making a Meal out of Microbes - Naked Scientists 12.05.27
This week we explore the role of microbes in drug ...
This week we explore the role of microbes in drug development, food production and soil fertility. We investigate how bacteria such as Streptomyces are used and improved to make antibiotics, discover how gut microbes in cattle can be manipulated to i...
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From PC to Plane - Making New Metals - Naked Scientists 12.05.20
How do you make a new metal? This week, we ...
How do you make a new metal? This week, we follow a novel alloy from PC to plane, finding out how computer modelling and design can help us create new metals with exciting new properties. We also discover how these newly-designed metals are forged, t...
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Cracking Chronic Fatigue - Naked Scientists 12.05.13
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) sufferers describe symptoms of severe exhaustion, ...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) sufferers describe symptoms of severe exhaustion, weakness, muscle pain and fatigue. But why, and what is science revealing about the underlying causes of the condition? We talk to a researcher who is probing the geneti...
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Naked in Norway - Naked Scientists 12.05.06
This week we get Naked in Norway as we visit ...
This week we get Naked in Norway as we visit the University of Oslo to reveal the remains of ancient plesiosaurs and investigate their migration into water, discuss a new concept for more efficient solar cells and discover the fatal effects of climat...
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Is there such a thing as a "girls' throw"? - Naked Scientists 12.04.29
Does exercise lead to a more muscular heart? Why can ...
Does exercise lead to a more muscular heart? Why can an unfit cyclist cycle faster than an olympic runner runs? How do kinetic watches work? We answer your questions in this week's Naked Scientists Podcast, and find out why so many dead bugs end u...
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Clock This! - The Science of the Circadian Rhythm - Naked Scientists 12.04.22
The body clock goes under the Naked Scientists' spotlight this ...
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 accordingly, and we hear the evidence that night work ...
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Saving Submariners and Studying Deep Sea Species - Naked Scientists 12.04.15
How can we save the occupants of stricken submarines? What ...
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 Rolls-Royce NATO Submarine Rescue System, we find out ...
