What's CERN all about? Why are my eyes red when I'm drunk? How does carbon...
Ask The Naked Scientists
Science phone-in podcasts answering science questions and discussing topical science news stories...
25 April 2014
How can cochlear implants deliver gene therapy? Are you better off circumcised? Can planets exist without a parent star...
17 April 2014
The Naked Scientists appear in the flesh at Primedia Place, home of 702, to answer questions from the live audience...
11 April 2014
How have doctors grown new vaginas in vitro? Are fires feasible in space? Why does the moon always show to same face to...
04 April 2014
What's inside Enceladus? How do we make water safe for drinking? How Sunny is it on Saturn's moons? What...
28 March 2014
How do scientists make synthetic chromosomes? How does heat radiate? Where does oxygen come from? Why does anxiety make...
21 March 2014
Is gravity waves from the Big Bang a big deal? Is evolution still occurring? Why does water boil at lower temperature...
14 March 2014
How the processing power of a brain compares with a computer and why the bubbles in Guinness go downwards...
08 March 2014
Can weather be manipulated? Will wet coal produce less electricity in a power station? Why does curry make my nose run?
28 February 2014
Can a mobile phone between the legs affect fertility? Why does wet cornflour stiffen when squeezed? Does light at night...
21 February 2014
The cause of a blood red moon, upper limits for temperature and are e-cigarettes safer?
07 February 2014
How does acid produce stem cells? Why do carpets creep across the floor? Where does dust come from? What's special...
31 January 2014
How does light accelerate in a less-dense medium? How do climbing plants twist around a stake? Why would stainless...
24 January 2014
How do GM and cloning differ? Will lightning fry a swimmer? Why does beetroot make urine red? How do comets come by...
10 January 2014
How is the scale of coronal mass ejection (CME) measured? How does evolution work? What causes magnetic field flips?...
06 January 2014
How trees tell the time, the germ potential of hot air driers in toilets, where fruit flies come from and does...
20 December 2013
Plant sex, omega-3 fatty acids and the science of sous-vide cuisine...
11 October 2013
Why tugging on nasal hairs causes crying? What triggers static shocks? Why are computers based around binary? What are...
27 September 2013
What colour were human ancestors? What does a rocket push against in space to propel itself forward? Why does yawning...
20 September 2013
Why scratch your head if you don't know the answer? What about the Earth made the dinosaurs so big? Why does the...
13 September 2013
How is an electron microscope tip made to measure 1 atom thick? Why do I sound different on a recording? Can light be...
06 September 2013
Do diamonds melt? What is heartburn? What should anglers wear so fish don't see them? Why does holding an aerial...
26 July 2013
Is global warming a given? Can olive leaf extracts combat parasites? Is there a fake tanning pill? Why keep gas...
19 July 2013
Why space is dark, do bags of coins deter flies, why don't cats go grey, is GPS or an odometer more accurate, and...
12 July 2013
Why are we ticklish? What happens to blood when we die? Why are mechanical hearts hard to make? Why does microwaved...