The Naked Scientists Podcast

23 February 2021

Learning In The Time Of COVID

We're tackling increasing education gaps, stressed out parents & teachers, and the changing world of work.....

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Covid-19 latest and the flu surge in waiting

28 February 2021

Virologist Dr Chris Smith catches up with RNZ's Kim Hill with an update on the Covid-...

Why haven't we evolved not to age?

27 February 2021

Good news on the Covid-19 vaccine front from the UK, why South Africa isn't using...

What might aliens look like?

26 February 2021

This month on Naked Astronomy, we're waxing lyrical about aliens. What might they...

A taste of physiology

26 February 2021

What happens the moment some food hits your tongue? How do you taste it, and how do...

Restoring Old Masterpieces

24 February 2021

Restoring old master pictures and preserving old manuscripts requires knowledge of...

How To Tell Coronavirus Variants Apart

24 February 2021

We’re looking at the most critical variants of the coronavirus, and finding out how...

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Naked Body: A taste of physiology

26 February 2021

What goes into having a sense of taste?

The mutant fish whose fin is becoming a limb

24 February 2021

Millions of years after we crawled out of the oceans, biologists have helped a fish...

G-quadruplex DNA found in human cells

24 February 2021

DNA can tangle itself into strange shapes - including this four-stranded molecular knot...

Pfizer vaccine: can it handle new variants?

24 February 2021

How concerned should we be about new coronavirus variants? That’s what Pei-Yong Shi is...

Question of the Week

A public toilet.

Question of the Week

Why do some people shiver when they pee?

01 February 2021

Listener Eleanora asked: "I want to know why my dad shivers when he pees." Phil...

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