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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Coal Gasification and Carbon Capture - Naked Scientists 11.06.19
This week, we find out how to get useful gas ...
This week, we find out how to get useful gas from useless coal, and make money from waste carbon dioxide! Underground coal gasification could allow us to access huge amounts of energy in inaccessible coal seams. We find out how it works as well as e...
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Passengers in a Bacterial Body - Naked Scientists 11.06.12
The good side of microbes goes under the microscope this ...
The good side of microbes goes under the microscope this week as we explore how the 100 trillion bacteria that thrive on us and in us, and even outnumber our own cells ten times over, work with the body to maintain good health. We also hear from the ...
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Do My Eyes have Anti-Shake Vision? - Naked Scientists 11.06.05
What would we see at the edge of the universe? ...
What would we see at the edge of the universe? Are there long term health effects of eating spicy food? Why doesn't diesel need a spark to ignite? It's another Naked Scientists science question and answer show, where we take on your questions! Find o...
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Metallurgy - Metals at the Molecular Scale - Naked Scientists 11.05.29
What happens when a blacksmith meets a metallurgist? This week ...
What happens when a blacksmith meets a metallurgist? This week we explore what's happening at the molecular scale when the smithy works a piece of iron, we meet the superalloys that survive temperatures way above their melting points inside jet engin...
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Scratch 'n Sneeze - Science of Allergies - Naked Scientists 11.05.22
This week's Naked Scientists is not to be sneezed at ...
This week's Naked Scientists is not to be sneezed at - we're looking at the science of allergies! We explore what happens to cause your body to overreact to harmless things, and find out how potentially fatal peanut allergy can be cured. Plus, how ...
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Wet But Not Wild - Farming Fish - Naked Scientists 11.05.15
We cast our nets wide this week to catch the ...
We cast our nets wide this week to catch the science of aquaculture or fish farming! We'll find out how farming marine life can reduce reliance on disappearing wild stocks, and explore the effect on the local environment. Also, how recycled fish po...
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Should I Lie Down to Tan? - Naked Scientists 11.05.08
Is standing or reclining best for the perfect suntan? Can ...
Is standing or reclining best for the perfect suntan? Can we see atoms? Why add pennies to Big Ben's pendulum? It's a question and answer show so we shoulder your scientific conundra! We'll find out how web companies keep up with growing data dem...
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Brains, Batteries and Nuclear Fusion - Naked Scientists 11.05.01
Computers that can lip-read, a robot that follows your brain ...
Computers that can lip-read, a robot that follows your brain waves, prosthetic arms controlled by thinking about fingers that have been amputated, the future of nuclear fusion, Bandaids for batteries, why oral cancer rates are up 200% on 20 years ago...
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Diamond Light Source Special - Naked Scientists 11.04.24
For Easter this week, we explore how synchrotron radiation can ...
For Easter this week, we explore how synchrotron radiation can be used to probe and find answers to a variety of scientific questions as we bring you a special programme of highlights from the Diamond Light Source podcast. We hear how changes to key ...
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DNA-away Disease: Gene Therapy at Work - Naked Scientists 11.04.17
Two pioneers in the field of gene therapy join us ...
Two pioneers in the field of gene therapy join us to discuss how they're developing modified viruses to deliver healthy copies of genes to save patients afflicted by lethal genetic diseases. We also hear how energy can be harvested from footsteps and...
