The Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists flagship weekly science show. Science news stories, scientific breakthroughs and interviews with leading scientists...

05 September 2025

Plus, Earth's carbon sequestration capacity could be 10% of what we thought...

02 September 2025

From academia, to health, to critical thinking...

29 August 2025

Plus, light pollution keeps birds awake at night...

22 August 2025

Plus, our ancestors had preferred tools as far back as 3 million years ago...

15 August 2025

Plus, how butterfly wings could revolutionise solar panel efficiency...

01 August 2025

Plus, the plane-sized asteroid which sailed safely past Earth...

29 July 2025

The shifting front lines, and where warfare might go next...

25 July 2025

Plus, the sex of babies at birth turns out to be a 'weighted coin toss...'

22 July 2025

Implementing lessons from the COVID social care calamity...

11 July 2025

Plus, gut microbes soak up forever chemicals...

08 July 2025

How some genetic tweaks can make a more resilient plant...

01 July 2025

The what, the why, and the AI...

27 June 2025

Plus, the Vera Rubin Observatory reveals its secrets to the world...

24 June 2025

How the latest polar science is tracking climate change's effect on Antarctica...

20 June 2025

Plus, how the African landscape shaped early human development

17 June 2025

A career of genetic detective work on dangerous pathogens...