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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Are Dogs Ticklish? - Naked Scientists 11.04.10
Do dogs get ticklish? What wakes up mosquitoes at meal ...
Do dogs get ticklish? What wakes up mosquitoes at meal times? Do animals use weapons? In this fast-paced Question and Answer show we also focus on the nuclear threat from Fukushima and hear how gut bugs raise the risk of heart disease, why flaps for ...
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Keeping the Conversation Flowing - Naked Scientists 11.04.03
This week, we go wireless to explore the science of ...
This week, we go wireless to explore the science of mobile phones. We hear how new error-correction techniques are promising to put an end to poor quality communications, we meet a new system that lets you borrow the antennae of other nearby phones t...
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Life Where the Sun Don't Shine... - Naked Scientists 11.03.27
Life in inaccessible places - including in caves sealed off ...
Life in inaccessible places - including in caves sealed off from the Sun and around deep-sea vents - is the subject of this week's Naked Scientists. In these intriguing environments, bacteria replace plants as the primary producers, extracting energ...
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Beyond the Universe - Multiverses and More - Naked Scientists 11.03.20
This week, we find out what lies beyond the limits ...
This week, we find out what lies beyond the limits of our Universe as we discuss multiverses, higher dimensions, string theory and supersymmetry. We find out how these ideas develop from basic principles and how the LHC can help to confirm, or refute...
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Why did a Laser Make My Nuts Glow? - Naked Scientists 11.03.13
Can you electrocute weeds? Why do teeth go wobbly? And ...
Can you electrocute weeds? Why do teeth go wobbly? And which cells last a lifetime? In this bumper edition of the Naked Scientists, we tackle your pressing science questions and find out how the shuttle manoeuvres in space, what makes wounds itch, wh...
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Aspirin's Anniversary - Naked Scientists 11.03.06
From anti-ague to anti-Alzheimer's agent: over the 112 years since ...
From anti-ague to anti-Alzheimer's agent: over the 112 years since it was first trademarked, Aspirin has evolved from popular painkiller to powerful preventative against heart attacks, strokes and even cancer. In this week's show we trace its histor...
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Boosting Your Bones - Naked Scientists 11.02.27
Just the bare bones this week as we find out ...
Just the bare bones this week as we find out how exercise strengthens the skeleton and how new scanning techniques can help to pick up osteoporosis earlier and inform its management. We also try out a new gadget for measuring the force muscles can a...
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Checking the Atmosphere and Changing the Climate - Naked Scientists 11.02.20
We look to the skies in this week's Naked Scientists ...
We look to the skies in this week's Naked Scientists show, to uncover ways to monitor and change the chemistry of the atmosphere. We join researchers on board an air-sampling aeroplane to discover how atmospheric chemistry changes once the sun sets, ...
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What Makes Mucus Green? - Naked Scientists 11.02.13
How do magnets multiply? What keeps an aeroplane in the ...
How do magnets multiply? What keeps an aeroplane in the air? How do wild animals avoid incest? It's open season on science questions in this week's Naked Scientists. We'll find out if oil extraction leaves a cavity, can cranberry juice cut urine ...
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Low Energy, High-Power Processing - Naked Scientists 11.02.06
This week we're getting inside the workings of the next ...
This week we're getting inside the workings of the next generation of chips that are set to pack a bigger computing-punch but at a fraction of the energy-expenditure of todays' models: CTO Mike Muller joins us to explain the revolutionary technology...
