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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Make it Digital! - Naked Scientists 15.07.14
This week, broadcasting live from the centre of Cambridge, the ...
This week, broadcasting live from the centre of Cambridge, the Naked Scientists delve into the digital age we live in. We look at new, exciting ways to get kids into coding, how big data is changing the world of healthcare, and we take to skies to go...
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BOOM! The Bang behind the bomb, and how to stop it - Naked Scientists 15.07.07
Things get a little dangerous as we don our body ...
Things get a little dangerous as we don our body armour and head out into the battlefield. How do explosives work and what can we do to protect against them? We take a sneak peek at AnUBIS, a device that uses donated human body parts to help to under...
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Caesium: The Element that Redefined Time - Naked Scientists 15.06.30
It's 60 years since the world's first atomic clock was ...
It's 60 years since the world's first atomic clock was created. But what is time? When did time begin, and how accurate is timekeeping today? We'll be asking why we need leap seconds, we cook up a Big Bang with lasagne and hear how planet Earth is a ...
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Bring out your Dead: Plague and Fire - Naked Scientists 15.06.23
Tens of thousands of Londoners developed painful, apple-sized, pus-filled boils ...
Tens of thousands of Londoners developed painful, apple-sized, pus-filled boils before dying from the dreadful disease within days. But just as the ordeal of the Black Death seemed to be subsiding, the Great Fire struck the city. But did the conflagr...
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What does Falling into a Black Hole Feel Like? - Naked Scientists 15.06.16
What's the point of mosquitoes? Do your eyes pop out ...
What's the point of mosquitoes? Do your eyes pop out if left open when sneezing? Is the Universe infinitely big? Are birds really related to dinosaurs? What is quantum entanglement? If the space station is held in orbit by gravity, why do things floa...
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Behind Blood donation - Naked Scientists 15.06.09
For World Blood Day we've been delving into the history ...
For World Blood Day we've been delving into the history of blood letting, getting stuck into blood donation and exploring exciting new possibilities for making blood that's safe for everyone. Plus, a new test to reveal every virus infection you've ev...
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Dark Matter: A Massive Mystery - Naked Scientists 15.06.02
Are we on the verge of solving one of the ...
Are we on the verge of solving one of the longest standing puzzles in physics? Physicists think we're close to discovering the identity of Dark Matter, the mysterious, invisible substance that accounts for nearly a quarter of the mass of Universe. So...
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How many geckos to hold up a human? - Naked Scientists 15.05.26
Colour-switching sticklebacks, geckos with enough adhesive power to hold up ...
Colour-switching sticklebacks, geckos with enough adhesive power to hold up a human, bats with built-in sonar and moles with amazing noses - this week we go in search of the world's most incredible animals. Scientists passionate about their species p...
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Can astronauts shower in space? - Naked Scientists 15.05.19
This week, can we colonise Mars? What's causes that smell ...
This week, can we colonise Mars? What's causes that smell after it rains? Can genetics inform skin care? And how do astronauts shower in space? Chris Smith, Richard Hollingham and Max Sanderson join Kat Arney to take on your quandaries, and also disc...
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Safety at 40,000 Feet - Naked Scientists 15.05.12
This week, endoscopies for jet engines, how the aviation industry ...
This week, endoscopies for jet engines, how the aviation industry could have us cruising for an infectious bruising, the workings of radar, and whether cheap flights actually cost the Earth. Plus, in the news, why doctors could soon be culturing your...
