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11 November 2018
14 January 2019
The white-bellied frog in south-west Western Australia is experiencing population extinctions throughout its small...
03 January 2019
Scientists pick the discoveries that would revolutionise their fields in 2019
24 December 2018
There are multiple clocks in the body: how do they tick to the same rhythm?
21 December 2018
How the Royal Society of Chemistry is breaking the gender barrier...
13 December 2018
Studies of ice melt in the Arctic suggest that the world may have a fighting chance of preventing huge sea level...
06 December 2018
A study of more than half a million blood samples has allowed scientists to pinpoint the risk factors for a rare type...
06 December 2018
People tend to favour relatives over non-relatives. But is this a product of culture or a part of human nature?
29 November 2018
At first glance, it almost sounds crazy. Can we really take carbon dioxide emissions from an industrial plant and store...
27 November 2018
A brief(ish) summary of my internship with the Naked Scientists...
27 November 2018
A trainee clinical geneticist talks to a mother whose child suffered from a genetic disease...
23 November 2018
Video games that are specifically designed to test and improve children’s social and emotional skills could enable...
22 November 2018
Are you a PhD student from Cambridge University? Fancy joining our team?
16 November 2018
A new type of use-by label for milk bottles that decomposes as the liquid inside goes sour could appear on UK...
15 November 2018
Recent intern Tamsin Bell talks about her time working with the Naked Scientists. Have a read to find out what she got...
13 November 2018
The age of fossil fuel dependency is over and we need to find new ways to power our energetically demanding lives....
11 November 2018
How drones and AI are helping to track endangered species and threatened marine habitats...
08 November 2018
Smartphone apps and genetic studies are teaming up to fight childhood obesity.
01 November 2018
A significant amount of the single-use plastics that we use ends up in our oceans.
01 November 2018
How do you assist a shark in the birthing process...
30 October 2018
We count down the top five creepiest pieces of research from the white coats.
16 October 2018
The story of how shipwrecked sailors joined local clans and communities in Southern Africa...
11 October 2018
Thousands of soiled nappies that were destined to clog Italian landfill sites or incinerators are being redirected to a...
09 October 2018
3D printers are becoming popular in a number of industries, as well as with hobbyists. If you've got a computer...
04 October 2018
Miners could soon be scouring mounds of industrial waste to extract rare metals that are needed for products such as...