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.
Visit Show Website http://www.thenakedscientists.co...Recently Aired
-
HD
NCRI Cancer Conference - Naked Scientists 11.11.06
This week Kat Arney joins us live from the National ...
This week Kat Arney joins us live from the National Cancer Research Institute's conference in Liverpool. We find out how mistakes in cell signalling can cause cancers and why DNA repair pathways offer targets to treat tumours. Also, we explore the l...
-
HD
Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy - Naked Scientists 11.10.30
This week's podcast is live from the British Society for ...
This week's podcast is live from the British Society for Gene Therapy (BSGT) conference in Brighton, UK. Some of the world's top gene and stem cell therapists explain how we can manipulate genes to treat a variety of disorders, from cystic fibrosis ...
-
HD
Why Is Ice Slippery? - Naked Scientists 11.10.23
Can moonlight and a magnifying glass be used to start ...
Can moonlight and a magnifying glass be used to start a fire? Why do bananas go brown and does it happen faster in the fridge or the fruitbowl? Why are ice and snow slippery? And how does flyspray work? Alongside your quality science questions in t...
-
HD
Plant Pests and Plant Pathology - Naked Scientists 11.10.16
This week, Plant Pests and Plant Pathology - we find ...
This week, Plant Pests and Plant Pathology - we find out what happens when plants get ill, how to understand and prevent the spread of plant disease, and how they can call up an insect army to defend them if they're attacked. We also find out why so...
-
HD
Outpacing Petrol - Biofuels and Hydrogen - Naked Scientists 11.10.09
This week, we're investigating alternatives to petrol. We'll board a ...
This week, we're investigating alternatives to petrol. We'll board a biofuel powered bus to meet the plant scientists who are using algae to make biodiesel. We'll find out how to turn household waste into hydrogen, and meet the brains behind Bristo...
-
HD
Would a Siphon Work in Space? - Naked Scientists 11.10.02
Could a Siphon be used in orbit? Why do leaves ...
Could a Siphon be used in orbit? Why do leaves change colour in Autumn? How is immunity passed from mother to baby through breastfeeding? Why do earthquakes happen away from plate boundaries? How do microwaves heat up food? We storm through your ques...
-
HD
Cheese Making and Cake Baking: The Chemistry of Cookery - Naked Scientists 11.09.25
We've whipped up an appetising take on the science of ...
We've whipped up an appetising take on the science of food and cooking for you this week. With a main course of cookery in the kitchen served up by a cake-baking physicist followed by a microbiological look at the cheese board and then the bacterial ...
-
HD
Chilling Out - The Science of Cryogenics - Naked Scientists 11.09.18
This week, we're chilling out in the world of cryogenics, ...
This week, we're chilling out in the world of cryogenics, the science of the super-cold. We'll find out what happens to living tissue when it freezes, and how we can use low temperatures to keep organs, and maybe even one day whole bodies, in suspend...
-
HD
Supercomputers & Super Computing - Naked Scientists 11.09.11
This week, we seek the science of supercomputers! We find ...
This week, we seek the science of supercomputers! We find out how they work, and how they can answer some of the biggest questions in science. We also hear about the World Community Grid, which offers scientists computer time donated by volunteers ...
-
HD
Australopithecus Sediba Special - Naked Scientists 11.09.08
Reader in evolution at Wits University, Lee Berger, made a ...
Reader in evolution at Wits University, Lee Berger, made a life-changing discovery when he uncovered the remains of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, in South Africa. Here, Chris Smith gets to meet the newest addition to the human fa...
