18th Dec 2009
- The 'Flu
This week we peer down into the 'flu virus to find out how this virus is becoming resistant to the drugs we use to fight it, and how 'protecting' viruses can be used to attack it instead. We also investigate how 'flu vaccines work to give us protection to fight off an infection before it takes hold. Plus, we bring you the latest science news and discover the consequences of tasering an elephant in Question of the Week!
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11th Dec 2009
- Hepatitis C
This week we explore Hepatitis C to learn what this virus is, and how it attacks our body as well as look into the effects it has on our body and the current treatments available. We also bring you the latest news from the world of science and learn how to reproduce seedless fruit, in Question of the week!
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27th Nov 2009
- The Science of our Food and Wine
This week we look into our crops and agriculture to learn how scientists are improving farming methods to meet the food demands of the world's increasing population. We discover how monitoring plants with cameras and lasers can help us understand and improve them, plus how plants can be altered to survive in salty soils. We also learn how to pick the best brapes for making wine and in question fo the week we reveal the best way to serve it!
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20th Nov 2009
- Creating our Universe
This we we explore our universe to discover how our stars and planets were formed and how satellites out in space can help us monitor our environment here on earth. We also bring you the latest news including how the smell of old books can help to preserve them, and how deleting old memories makes room for new ones. Plus, keep an eye on the sky, in Question of the week!
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13th Nov 2009
- Looking into Fertility
This week, we look into the latest developments in the field of fertility to see how scientists are trying to improve the conditions of in-vitro fertilisation, IVF. We also bring you the latest science news including how a babies cry depends on it's accent as well as reveal a new faster, cheaper way to sequence the human genome and discover how eating slowly may be better for your health. Plus, staying on the topic of fertility, we investigate how many children a sperm donor can father!
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6th Nov 2009
- Science Update
This week, we bring you the latest news from the world of science including the world's fastest camera and how higher heels make you a faster runner! We also discover the most distant object ever found and how the non-stick coating, PTFE, is bringing technological success to South Africa. Plus, we try to get a good signal, in question fo the week!
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30th Oct 2009
- Diseases of the Brain
This week, we probe into our brain to investigate neurological diseases such as Huntiington's and Alzheimers disease to see how understanding the genetics and immune responses of these diseases could help us treat them. We also find out how the sequencing of a fungal genome could protect the agricultural industry in South Africa. Plus, we try and get something out of eyes, in Question of the Week!
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23rd Oct 2009
- Exploring High Altitudes
This week, we explore the challenges of climbing to high altitudes to see how the human body reacts to low oxygen. We also bring you the latest science news, as well as reveal new research that hopes to make insect pests simply slip away! Plus, we spy on spiders weaving their webs, in Question of the Week.
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16th Oct 2009
- Global Science Round-Up
This week, we bring you the top stories from the world of science, including how insects splattered onto car windscreens are helping identify new species and how digital cameras could be improved to work in strange lighting conditions. We also hear how the internet boom in India is affecting its economy and it's residents. Plus, we reveal if it's possible to sit too close to the TV in Question of the week!
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9th Oct 2009
- Cancer Research
This week we bring you the latest developments in cancer research to find out how beams of protons could be used to target individual cancer cells plus how stem cells can alter to form tumours in certain types of breast cancer. Plus we find out the top stories from the world of science and enter shark waters in Question of the week!
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2nd Oct 2009
- Brainy Birds
This week, we fly up into the sky to peer into the lives of some brainy birds. We discover how cuckoos manage to convince other bird species to bring up their young, and reveal how corvids are able to problem solve and use tools to get their food. Plus, we find out how the expanding field of biotechnology is helping to develop new drugs and disease treatments in South Africa.
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25th Sep 2009
- Bionic Bodies
This week were revealing the wonders of modern medicine to learn how science and technology is hoping to keep our bodies healthier for longer. We discover if it's possible to mend a broken heart as well as reveal if nano-scale robots could soon be delivering drugs around our bodies. Plus, we get our fingers dirty in Question of the week!
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18th Sep 2009
- British Science Festival
This week we bring you the highlights from the British Science Festival including how scientists have been looking into what your choice of friends says about you, as well as how fossils found in Georgia support theories that our ancestors migrated out of Africa much earlier than we thought. We also learn about the strange genome of the potato blight pathogen. Plus, we're out watching waves in Question of the week!
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11th Sep 2009
- Summer Science News
We kick off series 2 with a look at the latest science news and events of the summer. We find out how a stove has been modified to cook food, keep it cool and also generate electricity! We also learn how scientists have decoded the aphid genome and investigate how this could help farmers worldwide. Plus. we infect some plants in Question fo the Week!
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4th Sep 2009
- Best of the Naked Scientists in Africa - Part II
This week we take another look back over the past year to bring you the best bits from the series including an insight into the evolution of skin colour, how a map could help treat Malaria worldwide and how a deadly new virus was caught and stopped with great speed in South Africa. Plus we meet the coelocanth, an ancient fish species that lived before the dinosaurs and is still around today!
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28th Aug 2009
- Best of the Naked Scientists in Africa - Part I
Over the next fortnight we look back over the past year to bring you the best bits from the Naked Scientists in Africa including our trip to Shamwari Game Reserve, revelations of a deadly natural disaster, an insight into the life of a Locust and how our earliest ancestor originated in Africa!
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20th Aug 2009
- The Music and Food of our Ancestors
This week we dig deep to discover the origins of hunting and when man first started sharing meat as well as hear a musical interlude from the world's oldest flute to learn when our ancestors first began making music. We also find out about a new, more efficient technique to diagnose tuberculosis as well as go back in time to discover the cause and effect of the Krakatoa volcanic eruption.
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13th Aug 2009
- Science and Development
This week were looking at the role of science in worldwide development. Well be hearing how the attitude to science and agriculture in Africa need to change in order to help the continents rural populations, how the Obama administration view the role of science in public health developments as well as reveal how the truth and authority of science can be exploited in countries like Nigeria. Plus, we take a break from our usual Question of the week to find out what life changing discovery was made This Week in Science History...
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6th Aug 2009
- The Darwin Festival
This week we bring you the highlights from the 2009 Darwin Festival to meet the man behind the Human Genome project as well as bring you the rap guide to Evolution! We also find out about a new, efficient technique to diagnose Tuberculosis and brave the tattoo parlour for Question of the week!
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30th Jul 2009
- The Science of Rubbish
We're on the case to find out what happens to our refuse. We find out about the life cycle of rubbish, how to derive liquid fuels from waste and even how the future for fuel production could make your refuse a saleable commodity. Plus, how African nations are setting their own biotechnology agenda.
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24th Jul 2009
- Making Babies
The latest in the science of fertility and In Vitro Fertilization feature in this week's Naked Scientists in Africa. We find out how pre-implantation tests could improve the success of IVF and how a blood test could let you know if fertility treatment will be a success. Plus, our multi-tasking ancestors, chimps can get AIDS, how algae get around and the secret of the Toucan's beak!
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17th Jul 2009
- Visionary Science - The Science of Sight
We seek the Science of Sight on this week's Naked Scientists in Africa, discovering how deep sea fish use clever bioluminescence and biological mirrors to cope with the darkness of the deep. Plus, we hear how our brains choose what sights to pay attention to, discover a new treatment for sleeping sickness. In Question of the Week, we find out how to get oxygen into an egg!
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9th Jul 2009
- Reporting Science in Africa
This week we report from the World Conference of Science journalists which took place in London last week to find out how science is reported in Africa and reveal what differences a good journalist can make to a countries development. We also bring you the build up to Africas first Maker Faire and, we sneeze ourselves to sleep in Question of the Week!
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3rd Jul 2009
- Future Fuels
This week we're finding out about new and environmentally friendly ways to create fuel. We reveal batteries that could enable electric cars to run for longer to how algae can be used to produce biofuels. We'll also be hearing about a new South African satellite that's due to launch and, we scrap our cars in Question of the Week!
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26th Jun 2009
- The Future of Farming
This week, we explore the future of farming to find out how specially constructed greenhouses could provide arid countries with the freshwater as well as grow crops. We also hear how changing the genes in a plant could help remove unwanted pests, without harming the environment, and how an enormous dam in Lesotho could provide more efficient electricity to its residents as well as increase the water available in neighbouring South Africa. Plus, we reveal the brains behind washing powder, in question of the Week!
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19th Jun 2009
- African Science Special
This week, we're focusing on the latest scientific news and research taking place across Africa. We find out about Botswanas first science university and the important role this will play in the country, as well as investigate how the Kenyan governments aims to limit the nomadic movements of the maasai tribes are affecting wildlife numbers. We also reveal how scientists in South Africa have traced back to find our earliest common ancestor...and it turns out they're from Africa! Plus, we imagine a dried out earth, in question of the Week.
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12th Jun 2009
- The Science of Architecture
This week we're looking at the future of our buildings to reveal how buildings can eb kept cool without air conditioning and how houses could soon be constructed using a giant printer! We'll also be hearing how the credit crunch has effected HIV Funding in Africa and what affect the lifting of the 'gag' rule has had on family planning in Uganda. Plus, we investigate a future armageddon, in Question of the Week.
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8th Jun 2009
- Copying Biology
This week, we're looking into the fied of biomimetics to find out how scientists are copying biology for industry. Well be hearing the ways scientists are using the chemical which keeps a bumblebees wings flapping and how bombardier beetles, which have their own combustion chambers in the rear ends, could help us develop better engine efficiency. We'll also be hearing the latest news on swine flu from thr African continent plus we follow the sun in Question of the Week!
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29th May 2009
- The Colour of our Skin
This week, we're looking into our skin to find why we've evolved to have different skin colours around the world and the causes of conditions that affect our colouring, such as albinism. We'll also be finding out why scientists are investigating debris that fell out of the sky in South Africa. Plus, we're breeding, in Question of the Week!
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22nd May 2009
- Impacting our Oceans
This week, were investigating how human actions are affecting our oceans. Well be hearing about a global map thats been developed to show where our activities are having the biggest impact and well be finding out how trawl fishing is destroying the habitats of organisms living in our sea beds. We'll also be finding out about the latest gadgets from afrigadget.com and how you could get involved in Africas first 'Maker Faire'. Plus, we boogy with bees, in Question of the Week!
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15th May 2009
- Rivers and Oceans
This week we're diving into our rivers and oceans to learn about the organisms living there. We'll be hearing how invasive species are affecting certain ecosystems and how climate changing is affecting the microbes we find in our marine environment. We'll also be hearing how scientists in Stellenbosch are hoping to improve the production of silicon microchips plus, we've got an aerobatic Question of the Week!
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8th May 2009
- Transport Engineering
This week, we're looking into the world of engineering to find out how the parts for something as big as a jet engine can be made from a single metal crystal and how the science behind Formula one is spilling out in other parts of technology. Well also be finding about the MeerKAT project in South Africa thats hoping to uncover the origins of our universe. Plus, we're losing weight, in Question of the Week.
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1st May 2009
- Clean Air
This week were looking into our atmosphere to find out how organisms in the sea are contributing to the atmosphere on land and well be hearing about a new technology to help us test the atmosphere in out cities for pollutants. Well also be finding out how the acacia tree has greatly helped the livelihoods of farmers across the Bateke Plateau. Plus, we play with magnets in question of the week!
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24th Apr 2009
- Science and Technology
This week we plug into the world of technology to find out how the mobile phones we all rely on actually work, as well as reveal a prototype for a new device that could enable us to beam our emails onto the nearest wall! We'll also be hearing about a clinical trial in Senegal that was hoping to find the best treatment for Scabies and found something so good, that it didn't even need to finish the trial! Plus we've got a fishy question of the week.
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17th Apr 2009
- Science in South Africa
This week we're bringing you a sample of the science taking place in South Africas Eastern Cape. We'll be hearing the remarkable story of the ceolocanth to discover how this ancient fish species has managed to survive for millions of years, taking a tour of Shamwari Game Reserve to find out the challenges facing conservationsts today and learning the time-honoured art of glassblowing!
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10th Apr 2009
- The History of Medicine
This week we look back at the history of medicine to find out the early anatomical ideas of the Romans as well as reveal how modern medicine is helping us understand more about the past. We'll also be hearing about a natural disaster that's often forgotten about yet kills thousands of people each year. Plus, we've got a toxic Question of the Week.
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3rd Apr 2009
- SciFest Africa
This week we've got a special edition of the show from Scifest Africa, South Africa's national Science Festival! We hear the highlights of the events, talks and lectures as well as find out about the South African Large Telescopes (SALT) and what the residents of Africa can do to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. We also find out why the airborne disease Tuberculosis is still a major problem in South Africa, despite vaccines and antibiotics being available, and hear how the Born Free Foundation are helping mistreated animals worldwide. That's all in this week's SciFest Africa special!
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27th Mar 2009
- Computer Intelligence
This week we test man against the machine as we delve into the world computer science. We find out how intelligent a computer can really be, as well as discover how an understanding of computer programming could help us understand the human brain. We'll also be finding out how a map revealing the occurence of malaria worldwide could help us control the disease. Plus we've got a colourful question of the week!
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20th Mar 2009
- Genes and Migration
This week we jump into our genes to reveal how DNA previously thought to be 'junk' has an important role in our cells, as well as find out how stomach bacteria have enabled us to discover how our ancestors migrated across the world. We'll also be finding out about rice strains being grown in Benin that are resistant to toxic iron levels, plus, we lose our hair for Question of the Week!
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13th Mar 2009
- Animal Behaviour
This week we're investigating animal behaviour to find out how studying the morals of dogs could help us understand our evolution, as well as reveal how a butterfly caterpillar convinces Ants that it's one of them! We'll also be finding out about a project in the Gambia that could improve the health of the population, as early as in the womb. Plus we've got a burning Question of the Week!
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6th Mar 2009
- The Science of Laughter
This week we amuse ourselves with the science of laughter. We find out why laughter is so contagious as well as find out how award-winning comedienne Katherine Ryan felt having her genome profiled. We also speak to L'oreal-UNESCO Women in science award winner Tebello Nyokong about her research in finding a treatment for cancer and we go googling for Question of the Week.
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27th Feb 2009
- Space Exploration
This week we venture into outer space to explore new galaxies and find out how medical scanning technology can be used to create pictures of space! We also find out why planes are flying around South Africa without a pilot and how a large battery in the Drakensburg mountains could provide surrounding villages with electricity at crucial times. Plus we go leaf spotting in Question of the Week.
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20th Feb 2009
- The Science of Love
This week we open our hearts to the science of love to find out what goes on biologically to make humans monogamous as well as discover how women are secretly letting men know if they're available. We also hear how fisheries in East Africa could clean up their environment whilst also making some extra money, as well as reveal the under-appreciated value of the African Tigernut. Plus in question of the week, we get musical with milk!
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13th Feb 2009
- Archaeogenetics
This week we're digging deep into the world of archaeogenetics to find out how genetics is helping unearth information on the origin, life and spread of our ancestors. We hear about the life of Otzi the 5000 year old ice man as well as reveal the first ever sufferer of Tuberculosis. We'll also be finding out what happens inside the body of a locust to make it switch from loner to gang member. Plus we let the rhythm take control in Question of the Week!
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6th Feb 2009
- Nanotechnology
This week we delve into the minuscule world of nanotechnology to find out how nano-electronics could revolutionise prosthetic limbs and how we could soon be able to deliver drugs to exact parts of the body at the exact time it's needed. We're also joined by the creator of Afrigadget.com who tells us about the ingenious inventions he's seen in the villages of East Africa. Plus, in Question of the Week, we spit in the name of science!
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30th Jan 2009
- Smart Materials
This week we're finding out about smart material which have the ability to monitor and repair themselves as well as materials that can keep themselves clean. We'll also be finding out how a cave in South Africa has changed views on our ancestry as well as how bees could be helping the fish farming industry. Plus, in Question of the Week we find out when our brains begin to count!
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23rd Jan 2009
- Obesity and Weight Gain
This week we're looking into the causes of obesity and weight gain to find out how hormones play a role and also if the diet of a pregnant mother could affect the future health of her child. We also hear how the much hated Water Hyacinth weed is being removed in East Africa as well as find out about the Ugandan governments plans to remove Urban forests. Plus, in Question of the Week, we reveal the mystery of petrified wood.
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16th Jan 2009
- The Eye
In our first show for 2009 we explore the Science of the Eye to find out how cataracts form and why it's so important for us to blink. We also hear about the manipulative actions of the parasite behind schistosomiasis and in Question of the Week we find out if life on earth came from outer space.
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