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- 1198 - Why whooping cough cases are surging and looking for life on EuropaSun, 24 Mar 2024
- 1197 - COVID-19, 4 years on.
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode……four years after they declared COVID 19 a global pandemic, we speak to the World Health Organization to get their recollections and perspectives. A surprising finding about the particles shed from the brake pads on our cars, we look back at the remarkable life of Paul Alexander, the man in the iron lung, who’s died aged 78. And we look at the long term effects of COVID 19.
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 1196 - Cyber Crimes in Cyber Times
Off the back of cyber-attacks on the British Library and Cambridge University, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist look at the how they happen, who is responsible, and how can we protect against them. Plus the team find out why a gene might be responsible for a Labrador's weight, how early springs are affecting migratory birds, and hear from the Cambridge team who have found the oldest known dead galaxy in the universe.
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 - 1195 - The gene that turns Labradors into gluttons, migratory birds and the oldest known dead galaxy.Sun, 10 Mar 2024
- 1194 - Lithium batteries, human tails and the science behind potholes
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode……as the UK re-joins the EU horizon research programme we hear from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on what she sees as the main benefit from this new deal. Also, scientists discover a way to get lithium batteries charging faster and performing better in the cold, and how and why did we humans lose our tails back in history? Plus we’re looking into potholes, what’s causing them and the research drive to try and fix them permanently.
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Sun, 03 Mar 2024 - 1193 - Whale songs, fake fossils and "Forever Chemicals"
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode...scientists unveil prehistoric cases of Down’s syndrome, but how did they find them? How whales really produce whale songs and the famous fake fossil that foxed palaeontologists for the best part of a century. Plus we’re taking a look at the so called “Forever Chemicals”…what are they? And how they might be damaging for us and the environment.
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Sun, 25 Feb 2024 - 1192 - Dengue fever, sense of humour and fish skin
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode...a huge outbreak of dengue fever in Brazil so should we be worried here in Europe? Also scientists discover the types of microbe that drive the decomposition of animal flesh and they do it in a pretty gruesome way. And where do we get our sense of humour from? Plus we find out how fish skin is fighting infection on the battlefield and take a look at the origins of medics in conflicts.
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Sun, 18 Feb 2024 - 1191 - Blueberries, cancer waiting lists and assisted dying
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode... why cancer waiting lists have lengthened and the importance of catching the disease early? Also how pollution is blinding insects to plants they might want to pollinate? And how do blueberries come by their colour? It’s not as simple as it sounds, squash one and you’ll see they are not blue inside. Plus we’re looking at the debate at around assisted dying after Dame Esther Rantzen told the BBC she’s decided to join an assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.
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Sun, 11 Feb 2024 - 1190 - Elon Musk's brain implants and the science of shipping
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode...a human receives one of Elon Musk’s brain implants, but why? Also scientists unlock part of the puzzle of why fasting can cut inflammation and slow down the gaining process, and a brief history of spine – we explore a new exhibition on vertebrates. Plus The science of shipping – we go to sea on a ship of the future to hear how the industry is trying to cut it’s carbon footprint.
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Sun, 04 Feb 2024 - 1189 - Retinas, biological cells and pond skater insects.
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode...what the structure of your retina reveals about your risk of developing a range of different diseases, have we finally cracked how the first biological cells appeared 4 billions years ago? And how pond skater insects survive potentially lethal run-ins with large raindrops. Plus we’re continuing our “Titans of Science” series, this week we interviewing Wales former Chief Scientist and Alzheimer's guru, Julie Williams.
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Sun, 28 Jan 2024 - 1188 - The Black Death, wine measures and pot holes
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode...did the black death really kill so many in Europe that if left an indelible mark in the population’s DNA? New research suggests that might be a myth. Also could smaller wine measures in pubs help to tackle our unhealthy relationship with alcohol and later on, the Cambridge engineers who are using science to plug the gaps in the UK pot-holed roads. Plus we continue our Titans of Science series, this week featuring the cosmologist, astrophysicist and member of the House of Lords, Martin Rees.
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Sun, 21 Jan 2024 - 1187 - Titans of Science: Professor Deborah Prentice
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode...why a dose of old drugs might be a new way to beat depression. With many countries gearing up for general elections in the year ahead, why AI generated deepfakes have got politicians very worried. We look back at the life of the pioneering British transplant surgeon, Professor Sir Roy Calne and we continue our Titans of Science series with the psychologist and new Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University – Professor Deborah Prentice.
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Sun, 14 Jan 2024 - 1186 - Measles, Terror Chatbots and the Microbiome
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists investigate why the world is seeing a surge of measles, look into how Japan prepares for earthquakes, asks if AI glorifies terrorism, and whether space junk is worth recycling. Plus they delve into the microbiome including how a "transpoosion" can reverse antibiotic resistance.
Sun, 07 Jan 2024 - 1185 - Quantum LeapSun, 31 Dec 2023
- 1184 - Christmas science stories and computer games
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present a special Christmas
The science of champagne, a look at the light hearted stories from the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal, and the 150 million year old marine reptile with a slot on prime time Christmas TV. Plus a look at some of the best computer games you can play across Christmas.
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Sun, 24 Dec 2023 - 1183 - Titans of Science: Chris Hadfield
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: Nausea in pregnancy, scientists have solved why it happens and what we can do about it. Also, COP28 is over, but what was actually achieved And what science is revealing about the methods of great artists like Rembrandt.
Plus Titans of Science returns, talking to leading scientists around the world, and today’s relaunch features former astronaut and commander of the International Space station, Chris Hadfield.
Sun, 17 Dec 2023 - 1182 - Covid Inquiry, fossilised trees in the Fens, and getting Britons moving
James Tytko and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
This week Boris Johnson gives evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry, the farmers digging up 5000 year old trees on the Fens, a new drug to prevent fentanyl overdose, and how to confront the UK’s activity crisis.
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Sun, 10 Dec 2023 - 1181 - COP28, swine flu, Bennu asteroid and digital twins.
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode... what’s on the agenda for the COP28 climate summit? What do we know about the new strain of swine flu found in North Yorkshire? Samples from the Bennu asteroid arrive in the UK, we talk to the scientist who just got her hands on some. As technology advances, how can we all save time and money by having a digital twin?
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Sun, 03 Dec 2023 - 1180 - Cyber attacks, red wine headaches and Parkinson’s disease
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode... a damning indictment of our politician’s grasp of science emerges from the COVID enquiry. We’ll ask who is behind the high-profile cyber attacks on the British Library and how researchers got to the bottom of why some of us get red wine headaches. Plus we find out what it’s like to live with Parkinson’s disease and what is science revealing about why it happens and what we can do to make life more bearable.
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Sun, 26 Nov 2023 - 1179 - Chickenpox, Champion Jockeys and Light Speed
Will Tingle and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
This week, the decision to give chickenpox vaccines to kids: what changed medics' minds? Also, spinal injuries, the building blocks of life and why the universe has a speed limit.
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Sun, 19 Nov 2023 - 1178 - Anastrozole, COP 28, hedgehogs and the James Webb space telescope
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's episode, the drug Anastrozole can prevent thousands of cases of breast cancer among older women, but at what cost? Climate change expert Mark Maslin on what we need to know about the forthcoming COP 28 summit that’s going to kick off soon in Dubai. How the UK’s hedgehogs have been going through something of a rough patch recently. Plus we’ll take a look at what the James Webb space telescope has been teaching us.
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Sun, 12 Nov 2023 - 1177 - Winter flu, AI Summit, Cockney accent and the COVID enquiry
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs,
In this week's episode... Winter flu season hits the northern hemisphere but how are scientists trying to stay one step ahead of the virus, we’ll be unpacking the Artificial Intelligence summit that’s been happening at historic Bletchley Park and we’ll be finding out why the world famous cockney accent is dying out among the young in the Southeast of England. Plus as the ongoing COVID enquiry lays bare the mistakes been made during the pandemic, we speak to experts on how we can be better prepared for the next one.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 - 1176 - Long COVID, Hurricanes and "Spooky" Organisms.
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's episode...there’s new analysis on the prevalence of long covid, how widespread is it? Could climate change be making hurricanes in the Atlantic stronger? And as we are in the middle of the spookiest time of year is it time to reappraise the benefits of a few organisms that are considered gross, dangerous and scary.
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Sun, 29 Oct 2023 - 1175 - Mouthguard technology, space junk and Is it time to stop changing the clocks?
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's episode...the mouthguard technology that is helping tackle head knocks in sport. We’ll assess the impact that space junk is having on our atmosphere. It’s that time of year again. As many parts of the world prepare to change their clocks, we’ll examine the case for doing away with the practice altogether.
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Sun, 22 Oct 2023 - 1174 - Titans of Science: Dame Sally Davies
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's episode...the rise of the bed bugs, leading bed bug expert James Logan tells us all we need to know, could genetically modified pig kidneys soon be transplanted into the humans? The clinical trial ixs now awaiting approval. And why it might be time for us to reappraise the impact of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
Plus in our Titans of Science series, we hear from England’s former chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies on her career in the top job and the antibiotic apocalypse that she’s made it her mission to combat.
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Sun, 15 Oct 2023 - 1173 - New malaria vaccine, radioactive water and Lord Robert Winston
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's episode...Will a new vaccine help to turn the tide against malaria? As Japan releases radioactive water into the sea from Fukushima, should we be worried? What and who have won Nobel prizes this year? And why a lion’s roar isn’t the most feared sound on the South African Savanna.
Plus in our Titans of Science series, we talk to Lord Robert Winston, the pioneer of IVF treatment.
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Sun, 08 Oct 2023 - 1172 - Covid vaccine for all variants, and Anthony Fauci in conversation
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's episode... we discuss a future proof Covid jab that combats variants that don’t even exist yet, signs that antimatter does obey the rules of gravity and why one doomsday scenario is predicting we’re all going to wiped out in 250 million years’ time when plate tectonics give us a new super continent.
Plus in our Titans of Science series, we talk to former Chief Medical Advisor to the White House, Dr Anthony Fauci, about what It was like working with Donald Trump across Covid and his handling of the first cases of HIV in the USA back in the 1980s.
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Sun, 01 Oct 2023 - 1171 - Spinal cord injury treatments, red fire ants and asteroid samples.
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's episode... A breakthrough in treating spinal cord injuries, worrying news about red fire ants in Sicily, we look at what it means for us in the UK and NASA is sending a sample of an asteroid back to Earth - it arrives this weekend - find out what scientists are hoping to learn.
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Sun, 24 Sep 2023 - 1170 - Titans of Science: Helen Sharman (Part 2)
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's episode...After a rise in Covid cases across the country, we try to find out when exactly are people infectious? The potential ban on single use vapes and farewell to Dolly's father, we look at the legacy of Ian Wilmut, who cloned the world's most famous sheep.
Plus in our new Titans of Science series, we continue with part 2 of our interview with Helen Sharman, the first Britain in space, we find out what day to day life was like on the Mir Space Station.
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Sun, 17 Sep 2023 - 1169 - Titans of Science: Helen Sharman
James Tytko, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week’s episode….Can civil engineers help rescue UK’s Schools and hospitals? We’ll be hearing about a new initiative that is hoping to improve the treatment of Sepsis, and how the scent of ancient Egypt has been replicated in a Danish museum.
And in our new series Titans of Science, Chris Smith chats to Helen Sharman, the first Britain in space, about her life from her childhood in Sheffield to becoming a the first Western-European to visit space.
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Sun, 10 Sep 2023 - 1168 - Eating well without compromising on taste
James Tytko, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
London’s latest ULEZ expansion - will it make much difference to air quality?
The concerning impacts of poaching, and not just to endangered species.
And Dr Chris Smith takes on a summer cooking challenge in the name of eating well without compromising on taste.
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Sun, 03 Sep 2023 - 1167 - India Land on the Moon
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: a leading authority on serial killers examines Lucy Letby’s motives and how we prevent a repeat. And DJ Chris Evans reveals he has melanoma, but what exactly is it?
Plus: India becomes only the fourth country in history to land a spacecraft on the Moon. We find out how much we really know about the brightest object in our night sky.
Sun, 27 Aug 2023 - 1166 - The real Oppenheimer
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.
Including how Artificial Intelligence might influence elections in the future and how brain structure affects the likelihood that teens take up smoking
Plus following the release of the Hollywood blockbuster Oppenheimer, an inside look at the reality of the atom bomb.
Sun, 20 Aug 2023 - 1165 - Q&ASun, 06 Aug 2023
- 906 - Artificial Intelligence
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: Sweltering temperatures wreak havoc across Europe and North America; Have aliens crash landed on Mars; and the Cambridge scientist who wants to create the largest ever DNA and health research programme for children and young people. Plus we look at Artificial Intelligence - what can this emerging technology really do for us?
Sun, 30 Jul 2023 - 905 - Tackling Depression
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease; warnings we might be on the brink of a measles outbreak in London; and why algae might help vegans with their vitamins.
Plus we look at what depression is, and how we can help to manage the condition. For support on topics covered in this programme, you can get details of organisations within the UK by visiting the BBC Actionline website. bbc.co.uk/actionline
Sun, 23 Jul 2023 - 904 - Protecting the Oceans
Chris Berrow and the Naked Scientist team present the week's science news. In today’s programme we look at the heatwaves sweeping across Europe; how babies in the womb use a “greedy” gene to get more food from mum; and why do tennis players take so long to choose a ball to serve with?
Plus we look at some of the ways scientists are trying to protect our planet’s oceans.
Fri, 14 Jul 2023 - 903 - We answer your questions
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme - your questions go under the microscope: including why don’t whales and dolphins drown when they go to sleep? Is it true that a fungus from a nuclear reactor can help patients undergoing radiotherapy?And do magnets around your water pipes prevent limescale building up? Plus, when the whistle goes for half time, we’ll have a quiz for you to have a go at too!
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Sun, 09 Jul 2023 - 902 - Light Pollution
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: How an artificial-intelligence technology from Cambridge is helping cut cancer treatment waiting times. We also hear how the James Webb Space Telescope is shedding new light on the chemical building blocks of life, the universe and everything. Plus heat-resistant drones that can fly into burning buildings to track down survivors.
And this week, light pollution goes under our spotlight.
Sun, 02 Jul 2023 - 901 - Titan sub and an HIV vaccine
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today's programme: The missing Titan sub might have imploded - we look at the conditions that the vehicle - and would be rescuers - were having to work with 4km down. Also, we discuss the telescope heading for space to shed new light on dark energy.
Plus, 40 years on since the identification of HIV we look at where this virus came from, and how far away we are from an effective vaccine.
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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 - 900 - UFOs - What do we know?
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today's programme: As NASA meet to investigate U-F-O’s and whistle-blowers claim countries have been stashing alien spacecraft for decades, we’ll be asking what do we know about Unidentified Flying Objects?
Plus we ask how solar power stations in space would work? And we find out more about the fish that fight infection by swimming to warmer waters.
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Sun, 18 Jun 2023 - 899 - Fossils - why there is so much excitement at the moment?
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: we look at the enquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic, what is it hoping to achieve? and how an AI is writing its own computer code, speeding up the Internet. Plus fossils - why there is so much excitement in this field at the moment?
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Sun, 11 Jun 2023 - 898 - Alleviating Allergies
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: are ecstasy and LSD set to become new treatments for depression? Who’s chattier in their first year of life, boys or girls? and We look at what allergies are, and how we can help fight against them.
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Sun, 04 Jun 2023 - 897 - Memory, mosquitos and mowing the lawn
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: What attracts mosquitoes to some people but not others? Grow not mow: why one Cambridge college has broken hundreds of years of tradition, and decided not to mow their lawn. And we look at the science of memory. What is it, and how can we improve our own memories?
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Sun, 28 May 2023 - 896 - Your questions answeredSun, 21 May 2023
- 895 - Singing fish and building better batteries
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: A breakthrough in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, and the fish that communicate by singing.
Plus we’re looking at improvements that are being made when building batteries, and asking: is the prospect of electric airliners about to take off?
Sun, 14 May 2023 - 894 - Sport and concussion injuries
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: What should we make of claims that China is building super weapons to hack and hijack US satellites? We also hear from the couple who have discovered one of the world's most important fossil deposits, almost on our own doorstep!
Plus ... we investigate the link between sport and concussion injuries.
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Sun, 07 May 2023 - 893 - Obesity
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's episode: we speak to the team that think they’re close to cracking the male contraceptive pill. And the WHO announce their big vaccine catch-up: to protect the millions of children worldwide who’s routine vaccinations have been disrupted by Covid.
Plus, living with obesity is one of the biggest health challenges we face in the future, so we look at what’s being done about the problem.
New episodes released weekly. If you're in the UK, for more BBC podcasts listen on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3UjecF5
Fri, 28 Apr 2023 - 892 - Black Holes and the Dark Side of the Moon
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: Scientists test out a new universal flu vaccine that fights all flus and last for several years. And why Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon might hold the melodic key to the ultimate night's sleep.
Plus, what are black holes and what would happen if you were to fall into one?!
Sun, 23 Apr 2023 - 891 - What is Pain?Sun, 16 Apr 2023
- 890 - Is There Anybody Out There?
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: Nearly 2000 tech experts and scientists are calling for a halt to AI research: we talk to one of them. And “simply inexcusable”: the words of the World Health Organisation as it condemns China’s failure to share key Covid data from the beginning of the pandemic. Plus we’re asking, “is there anybody out there?” - how likely it is we’re alone in this Universe?
Sun, 09 Apr 2023 - 889 - Dinosaur faces, laughing gas, and repairing broken gadgets
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: Why we might need to re-draw dinosaur faces: it turns out T Rex had lips - how did we miss that? Also, as the UK government moves to make laughing gas illegal we look at how it works and why they’re doing this.
Plus these days nothing seems to be repairable - it’s almost as if manufacturers don’t want you to fix a broken gadget and instead buy a new one. We find out why that might be.
Sun, 02 Apr 2023 - 888 - The High Seas Treaty
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: how scientists are making measuring animal welfare a top priority on farms, and why superglue might be the key to superior plastic recycling. Plus we dive into the high seas treaty: the ambitious plan to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030.
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 - 887 - Recharging In Nature
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
This week: How doctors in the US have “cured” a woman with HIV. Does Venus have volcanoes? Re-examining 30 year old probe footage has got scientists wondering.
Plus we look at the value of national parks to our wellbeing, and the new project to make it easier to recharge not just your mental batteries but also your electric car in remote parts of the country.
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 - 886 - Q&A: Ask Us AnythingSun, 12 Mar 2023
- 885 - What can the Earth tell us about itself?
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme we look at how taking a daily brisk walk could take 25% off your mortality rate. The northern - and southern - lights and why they’ve been so pronounced of late? And have scientists discovered the world’s first Roman sex toy?
Plus we look at the science of tectonics and ask, what can the Earth tell us about itself?
Sun, 05 Mar 2023 - 884 - Male Pill, Invisible Shrimp, & Fusion Power in Future?
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. This week: the likelihood of commercial fusion power by 2040, male contraceptive pills, how shrimp use a trick of the light to disappear, and when our European ancestors first armed themselves with bows and arrows
Sun, 26 Feb 2023 - 883 - Gene therapy, the world's biggest penguin, and the threat from bird fluSun, 19 Feb 2023
- 882 - Quakes, bad indoor air, and will we be eating bacteria in future?
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
Why Turkey can expect aftershocks for up to a year, as we examine the science behind this week's massive earthquake. Plus encrypted letters from Mary Queen of Scots decoded, efforts to drive up indoor air standards, and the revolutions in farming and food production to make food cheaper.
Sun, 12 Feb 2023 - 881 - Transplanted brains, sugar taxes and satellites
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
This week: Human brain tissue transplants wire themselves into rat brains, signs sugar taxes cut obesity, and the science of satellites, including the company planning to forge new metals in orbit.
Sun, 05 Feb 2023 - 880 - Can a chatbot be a good broadcaster?
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: is paying people to switch off their electricity the right strategy? We hear about bacteria that can eat ocean plastic. And find out more about the spiders that can grow back their limbs!
Plus we find out if an AI chatbot is any good as a broadcaster.
Sun, 29 Jan 2023 - 879 - History of Booze
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In this week's programme: How hair follicles might hold the key to reversing scars, but not just in skin: in hearts and other organs too; scientists crack how to grow new brain cells in the laboratory dish; and what a mutant from millions of years ago is revealing about how ancient animals mated.
As many of us are taking part in Dry January, we look at the history of booze.
Sun, 22 Jan 2023 - 878 - All aboard 'Boaty McBoatface'
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. This week we discover a breakthrough in treating type 2 diabetes, and find out why the Virgin Orbital launch failed earlier this week
Plus, we look at microplastics and the oceans at large as we go aboard the ocean research vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough, which could have originally been named 'Boaty McBoatface', as they prepare to set sail for the Antarctic. And we discover how the Boaty McBoatface name lives on through one of the research submarines that is deployed on board the ship.
Sun, 15 Jan 2023 - 877 - New Year's Q&ASun, 08 Jan 2023
- 876 - The Best Of 5 Live Science 2022Sun, 01 Jan 2023
- 875 - The Science of Magnetism
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: A breakthrough in nuclear fusion: what’s happened and what does this mean in practical terms? A new way to stop your glasses fogging up during this cold snap. Plus why are scientists so attracted to the topic of magnetism?
Sun, 18 Dec 2022 - 874 - 8 billion people and counting
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: The old liver drug that turns out also to be able to prevent Covid-19 infection and the Artificial Intelligence systems that pass the Turing Test and can write their own computer programs. Plus, the 8 billionth person was born last month, so we ask - how many people can the planet really support?
Sun, 11 Dec 2022 - 873 - 5 live ScienceSun, 04 Dec 2022
- 872 - Putting tuberculosis under the microscope
James Tytko, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
This week: A new rapid way to tell heart failure from a chest infection - just with a sample of breath. How the perseverance rover is getting on looking for life on Mars. And the imperceptible sounds in music that make people want to dance.
Plus... we’re putting TB - tuberculosis - under the microscope to hear why as many as one person in 3 are still being infected by a disease that’s been with us for thousands of years.
Sun, 27 Nov 2022 - 871 - Your questions answered, including: how do black holes work?Sun, 20 Nov 2022
- 870 - Long Covid
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
This week: How researchers are growing new blood in the lab, and the scientists planning for potential alien communications.
We also look at long covid, what exactly is it, and is it possible to treat?
Sun, 13 Nov 2022 - 869 - What happens to our bodies when the clocks change?
Chris Berrow, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: A new way of tackling epilepsy, does birdsong really make you feel calmer, and we hear from scientists fight the fungus that’s targeting bananas. Plus we find out what happens to our bodies when the clocks change.
Sun, 06 Nov 2022 - 867 - We See Monsters!
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, including:
The new health survey calling on 5 million Brits to improve disease detection.
Bees shock scientists studying electricity generated by their buzzing!
And can gaming boost cognition in youngsters?
Plus...the decommissioned oil rig-turned art installation: we’ve been to “See Monster” in Weston-super-Mare!
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Sun, 30 Oct 2022 - 866 - Cancer accomplices and lost fishing nets.
Dr. Chris Smith updates you with the latest science news, including how cancer cells can use bacteria as accomplices, and surprising statistics on the amount of fishing equipment lost at sea. Plus capturing carbon underground, and an examination of the culture and history of Neanderthals through their DNA.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 - 865 - Fract or Fiction: We drill down into the science of frackingSun, 16 Oct 2022
- 864 - Science Nobel Winners
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: A rundown on this week’s science Nobel prizes, why paracetamol might cause behavioural problems in children born to mums who used the drug in pregnancy, and the spacecraft which crashed into an asteroid on purpose!
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Sun, 09 Oct 2022 - 863 - A rundown of the Nobel PrizesSun, 09 Oct 2022
- 861 - How many calories are there in a brain?Sun, 25 Sep 2022
- 860 - Dealing with Dogma
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: the plastic that sterilises itself, and why sweeteners are worse for you than sugar.
Plus we look at scientific dogmas and find out how to mentally immune yourself so you don’t fall for dodgy data.
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 - 859 - The Human Microbiome
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. Including: Scientists uncover the world’s earliest amputation patient, and are GP zoom appointments as good at getting the diagnosis as a face to face consultation?
Plus how transplanting microbes from the bowel of one person to another can cure diseases. We delve into the world of the human microbiome.
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 - 858 - Moderna vs Pfizer, Marijuana, Coffee and Cancer, and water water not everywhere...Sun, 04 Sep 2022
- 857 - Walking the Solar System without leaving EarthSun, 28 Aug 2022
- 856 - The new Moderna vaccination and a revolution in kidney transplant treatmentSun, 21 Aug 2022
- 855 - 5 live ScienceSun, 14 Aug 2022
- 854 - 5 live ScienceSun, 07 Aug 2022
- 853 - 5 Live Science
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
In today’s programme: Why woodpeckers don’t get brain damage. Plus rocket fuel, but not as we know it and much more sustainable.
And we look at gene edited food … what does it mean, and why might we want to control our food in this way?
Sun, 24 Jul 2022 - 852 - Chatbots that look like they're alive, and what colour wine bottles to avoid
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
The week the team review some of the scientific highlights of the last month, including what the James Webb telescope will reveal about our place in the Universe, how orcas are giving great white sharks a hard time in South Africa, and why clear glass wine bottles might be better off avoided.
Sun, 17 Jul 2022 - 851 - Ghost Pond ResurrectionSun, 10 Jul 2022
- 850 - Putting Emerging Infections Under The MicroscopeSun, 03 Jul 2022
- 849 - Keeping the lights on with renewable energy
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis. In today’s programme: Scientists discover the world’s biggest bacterium, evidence that we pick our friends based on how they smell, and do brain training apps really work?
Plus... we tackle a thorny issue - if we rely too heavily on solar and wind power, and the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow where the demand is, how do we keep the lights on? Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.
Sun, 26 Jun 2022 - 848 - 5live Science JUNE SCI-LIGHTSSun, 19 Jun 2022
- 847 - Bad Air, 4 day working week and where did chickens come from?Fri, 10 Jun 2022
- 846 - 70 Years of Science InnovationSun, 05 Jun 2022
- 845 - Monkeypox, Insight's journey on Mars, and the pros and cons of solar powerSun, 29 May 2022
- 844 - Investigating War Crimes
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the warning signs of bowel cancer, whether the so-called “runners high” exists, and following claims of war crimes committed by Vladimir Putin's forces in Ukraine how forensic archaeologists can help uncover evidence of what’s happened.
This episodes looks in detail at how forensic investigators examine a crime scene, and contains graphic descriptions of violence and how the victims died. If you have children listening you may want to skip this one.
Wed, 25 May 2022 - 843 - AD FABSun, 15 May 2022
- 842 - It's Q 'n' 'May' Time!Sun, 08 May 2022
- 841 - Wake up and smell the coffee…Sun, 01 May 2022
- 840 - Dogs, Dingoes and Contagious CancersSun, 24 Apr 2022
- 839 - Hot Cross Puns: Easter Science Q & ASun, 17 Apr 2022
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