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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Natural born cleaners - Naked Scientists 14.05.20
This week we investigate green clean ups. Can nature's recyclers, ...
This week we investigate green clean ups. Can nature's recyclers, bacteria and fungi, help us clean up man-made environmental problems from oil spills to mining slag heaps? Plus in the news, how the Gemini Planet Imager is helping astronomers 'see' e...
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Powering up the National Grid - Naked Scientists 14.05.13
This week we look at how our power grids are ...
This week we look at how our power grids are going to be transformed. From technology which hopes to reduce our energy prices to new ways to include wind and solar power in the grid. Plus, in the news, what Google have up their sleeve for their next ...
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Fascinating Fossils - Naked Scientists 14.05.06
In front of a live audience at the Cambridge Science ...
In front of a live audience at the Cambridge Science Centre, Chris Smith is joined by three paleontologists to discuss fascinating fossils! Alex Liu explains where the first animals evolved from, Stephanie Pierce describes how animals first crawled o...
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Building the Future - Naked Scientists 14.04.29
With the demand for new homes ever increasing, we ask ...
With the demand for new homes ever increasing, we ask what will the buildings of the future be like? Will new materials like bamboo or plastic take a bigger place in our houses? And how can we make our accommodation greener? Plus, in the news, the fi...
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Huntingtons Disease - Naked Scientists 14.04.22
In a special show from Cambridge and New Zealand, Hannah ...
In a special show from Cambridge and New Zealand, Hannah Critchlow investigates the research into Huntington's Disease. How has the search to correct a single gene enhanced our understanding of how the brain functions? How are sheep helping to unpick...
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Why do we laugh when tickled? - Naked Scientists 14.04.15
In this question and answer special, the Naked Scientists get ...
In this question and answer special, the Naked Scientists get stuck into your queries, like why are planets round? Why do we laugh when tickled? Does wearing glasses make your eyesight worse? And how many trees could offset carbon emissions? Plus, in...
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Power to your Elbow: Better Batteries - Naked Scientists 14.04.08
Bigger, better and longer lasting - this week we go ...
Bigger, better and longer lasting - this week we go in search of the battery technology that will power the future as well as consider the shortcomings of our present technologies. We also try to tune-in to our own broadcast on a radio powered by mos...
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Right Hand, Left Hand - Naked Scientists 14.04.01
How handedness spans the scientific world, from the smallest particles ...
How handedness spans the scientific world, from the smallest particles in the Universe to the drugs that cure disease and even the way you hold a pen, goes under the microscope this week as we explore the realms of asymmetry. Plus, in the news, the w...
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Devouring Raspberry Pi - Naked Scientists 14.03.25
2014 is the Year of Code, with the UK even ...
2014 is the Year of Code, with the UK even becoming the first major economy to introduce computer programming to the school timetable. This week we investigate why coding, and getting kids into computer science has become so important. Plus, in the n...
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Pit your Wits... - Naked Scientists 14.03.18
Pit your wits against the combined brain power of the ...
Pit your wits against the combined brain power of the Naked Scientists, in this question and answer Special as the team try to find out the truth behind the age of the Milky Way? Whether plants die of old age, and how cats make their fur stand on end...
