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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Turning the tide on flooding - Naked Scientists 14.03.11
With climate change expected to bring more bouts of extreme ...
With climate change expected to bring more bouts of extreme weather and longer periods of drought and flooding, this week we take a look at ways to turn the tide on the looming water crisis. Plus, in the news, the schoolboy who's become the youngest ...
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AUTOMATE: The World of Robots - Naked Scientists 14.03.04
Robots are under examination this week. Engineer Blaise Thomson, from ...
Robots are under examination this week. Engineer Blaise Thomson, from Vocal IQ, designs speech systems for smartphones, Neil Bargh builds robots for science labs, and Airbus systems engineer Paul Meacham, who is building the next rover that will expl...
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The Noro Show - Naked Scientists 14.02.25
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, affects 1 million people each ...
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, affects 1 million people each year in the UK. But what is it, and how can you best protect yourself? Plus, in the news, how stress hormones depress the stock market, brain training that can improve vision on the ba...
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Brainy Babies! - Naked Scientists 14.02.24
Should you raise your baby to be bilingual? Are video ...
Should you raise your baby to be bilingual? Are video games rotting or rejuvenating children's brains? We find out! Plus in the news, personalised breast milk, modelling the brain with computers, how crude oil spills affect tuna and the next step tow...
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David Willetts AAAS Audio Blog - Naked Scientists 14.02.20
UK Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, becomes his own ...
UK Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, becomes his own radio presenter; here, on a tour organised by the UK's Science and Innovation Network, he charts his meetings with scientists and entrepreneurs in Chicago, including discovering ho...
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NAKED at the AAAS - Naked Scientists 14.02.14
Do scientists resort to propaganda to defend climate change? How ...
Do scientists resort to propaganda to defend climate change? How do we deal with evolution unbelievers? How do governments and policy-makers decide what science should be funded? Where will the next generation of communicators come from? Why are west...
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Green Food - Naked Scientists 14.02.11
We're chewing over the topic of food footprints: How green ...
We're chewing over the topic of food footprints: How green is your lunchbox? What's the environmental impact of your weekly food shop? Plus, in the news, the prosthetic hand that has allowed an amputee to feel for the first time, a new fatal strain ...
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Nanosized Science - Naked Scientists 14.02.04
This week we we zoom in on the subject of ...
This week we we zoom in on the subject of nano-particles to examine how tiny objects, smaller than the wavelength of light, can be making such large waves in the fields of health, optics, and electronics. Plus news of purple tomatoes on their way to...
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Exorcist, or Exercise: what's healthier? - Naked Scientists 14.01.28
Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre, Chris Smith ...
Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre, Chris Smith is joined by exercise scientist Dan Gordon, who also holds the world record in tandem cycling, epidemiologist Nita Forouhi, who studies diet, and David Ogilvie, who investigates how our en...
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And now for the weather, in space... - Naked Scientists 14.01.21
This week we investigate why the UK is investing in ...
This week we investigate why the UK is investing in space weather forecasts. Plus how could changes in the Sun's activity affect us here on Earth? In the news, conservationists supporting the sale of a hunting licence for the endangered Black Rhino, ...
