The Naked Scientists Podcast

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

08 October 2013

Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre: Atmospheric chemistry, human papilloma viruses, jet engines and DIY...

01 October 2013

Why do we need sleep and why do some people fall asleep at the wrong times? We explore the science of snoozing and how...

24 September 2013

We look at some of the best projects which let you get involved in scientific research from home, from hunting spiders...

17 September 2013

We expose how electricity powers the nervous system, how ion channels could tackle diabetes and how algae could shed...

12 September 2013

Will fracking bring down energy prices and keep our lights on, or could it be an environmental disaster?

05 September 2013

In another question and answer edition of the show, the team get to grips with your questions - including can you...

29 August 2013

In the final show from Australia, we find out how a wetsuit might protect surfers from sharks and a new development in...

22 August 2013

How can DNA sequencing technology tell us what was put on Australia's first BBQ?

15 August 2013

In the first of 3 shows from down under Chris Smith and Victoria Gill find out about the enviroment of one of the world...

08 August 2013

We hear from the astronomers who are mapping out the Milky Way to work out where its stars came from.

01 August 2013

A special question and answer edition of the show where the team get to grips with your queries, including, do hairs...

25 July 2013

How has new technology changed the face of sport?

18 July 2013

What do sufferers of schizophrenia experience, and why? Might the immune system be to blame? And could an avatar be the...

11 July 2013

The latest in solar technology, nerves controlling cancers, wobbles in the Earth's core changing time, and can...

04 July 2013

What will be the last organism living on Earth when the Sun swells, a replacement liver grown from stem cells, and the...

27 June 2013

Miniature lungs, breasts and other organs can be grown in dishes to reproduce how the tissue develops and how they...

20 June 2013

Fungi, close up: why plants can't grow without them, the personal account of a toadstool poisoning victim and...

13 June 2013

Extreme Physiology: Everest to the Ocean Floor

06 June 2013

Fooling GPS devices to report the wrong locations, pinpointing people in buildings, tracking volcanic dust, and nuclear...

30 May 2013

New LEDs and how LED lighting affects health, a new way to fight flu, treating schizophrenia with avatars and 400 year...

23 May 2013

This week, how plants keep track of time, viruses spread by sapsuckers, smoke makes fire-sensitive seeds germinate, and...

16 May 2013

How are weather forecasts made? Are they accurate, and if not why not? And how do we know when extreme weather is on...

09 May 2013

How new flu viruses, including H7N9, arise, and the threat from extensively resistant tuberculosis

02 May 2013

We find out how scientists and art conservationists work together to develop new techniques to preserve our cultural...