Anything in the deep sea, whether that’s the microbes that live down there, or the research vehicles sent down to take samples of them face the same challenges from being way down deep. So why study the deep ocean depths? And how do we do it? For this naked scientists special, Sarah Castor-Perry went to Scripps Institution of Oceanography to find out, from Professor of Marine Microbial Genetics, Professor Douglas Bartlett, and engineer extraordinaire Kevin Hardy.

• Deep sea challenges of microbes and men - Interviews
• The Pressures of the Deep Sea - Naked Scientists Science Podcasts and Science Radio Shows
• Diving into the deep sea - Podcasts
• Drugs from the Sea, and Thalidomide at 50 - Podcasts
• Medicines from Marine Microbes - Interviews
• Exploring the oceans - Interviews