Plus, we look back on the life of Paul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for 70...
The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists flagship weekly science show. Science news stories, scientific breakthroughs and interviews with leading scientists...
Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre: Atmospheric chemistry, human papilloma viruses, jet engines and DIY...
Why do we need sleep and why do some people fall asleep at the wrong times? We explore the science of snoozing and how...
We look at some of the best projects which let you get involved in scientific research from home, from hunting spiders...
We expose how electricity powers the nervous system, how ion channels could tackle diabetes and how algae could shed...
Will fracking bring down energy prices and keep our lights on, or could it be an environmental disaster?
In another question and answer edition of the show, the team get to grips with your questions - including can you...
In the final show from Australia, we find out how a wetsuit might protect surfers from sharks and a new development in...
How can DNA sequencing technology tell us what was put on Australia's first BBQ?
In the first of 3 shows from down under Chris Smith and Victoria Gill find out about the enviroment of one of the world...
We hear from the astronomers who are mapping out the Milky Way to work out where its stars came from.
A special question and answer edition of the show where the team get to grips with your queries, including, do hairs...
How has new technology changed the face of sport?
What do sufferers of schizophrenia experience, and why? Might the immune system be to blame? And could an avatar be the...
The latest in solar technology, nerves controlling cancers, wobbles in the Earth's core changing time, and can...
What will be the last organism living on Earth when the Sun swells, a replacement liver grown from stem cells, and the...
Miniature lungs, breasts and other organs can be grown in dishes to reproduce how the tissue develops and how they...
Fungi, close up: why plants can't grow without them, the personal account of a toadstool poisoning victim and...
Extreme Physiology: Everest to the Ocean Floor
Fooling GPS devices to report the wrong locations, pinpointing people in buildings, tracking volcanic dust, and nuclear...
New LEDs and how LED lighting affects health, a new way to fight flu, treating schizophrenia with avatars and 400 year...
This week, how plants keep track of time, viruses spread by sapsuckers, smoke makes fire-sensitive seeds germinate, and...
How are weather forecasts made? Are they accurate, and if not why not? And how do we know when extreme weather is on...
How new flu viruses, including H7N9, arise, and the threat from extensively resistant tuberculosis
We find out how scientists and art conservationists work together to develop new techniques to preserve our cultural...