Ask The Naked Scientists

Does offloading thought processes onto apps diminish thinking power, and why are some people sluggish in the mornings...

The enigma of spinal cord regeneration, and what's the Universe expanding into?

What's the duration of the protection after a jab, or natural infection, plus a host of head-scratchers from...

How similar is the brain of my best friend? And how much of my IQ do I own to my genes?

Batteries, clouds, cheese and dreams, Captain Kirk in space, and are farts infectious...

The chemistry of batteries you can replenish, and do our feet change shape as we age?

We talk viral evolution, vaccine quality control, and why we usually sneeze more than once!

Might mammoths roam Siberia once more? Also, the scale of the Universe, are humans getting taller, and what's...

Water hardness, metals, MRI scans and gravity go under scrutiny this week...

The making of magnetism, plus polluting the solar system, entropy and long sight...

What happens when two light rays meet, and what's at the bottom of a black hole...

Modern tech explained, as well as the basis of carbon dating, and why we can't tickle ourselves...

How do food allergies work, and what's in wine that causes a hangover?

What do the bits and bytes we're storing weigh, and how does relativity relate to the real world?

A nod to Tokyo and the age old question about Alzheimer's and aluminium...

And why laser beams are bad for goalkeepers...

How do electric eels make electricity, and is behaviour heritable?

Why did the rotary engine concept never take off, air pressure at altitude, and what hypnosis does to the brain...

The battle of the sexes, why one nostril seems to work better sometimes, why we feel hot or cold, and why tennis...

Where the sweet stuff comes from, as well as the science of albinism and stretch marks...

How medical detection dogs can sniff our Covid-19 sufferers, and what triggers early labour...

Is the TikTok meme correct? Also, where clouds go, how touchscreens work, and do exhausts last longer these days?!

It's full of hydrogen and oxygen, so why is water incombustible?

And why do dogs pee on upright objects?