The Naked Scientists Podcast

Plus, assessing animal welfare and building infrastructure on areas of biodiversity...

The high seas treaty aims to protect 30% of the open ocean by 2030. But is this realistic?

Plus, an artificial sweetener suppresses immunity, and gorillas enjoy getting dizzy

Why did sharks survive the meteor strike and the dinosaurs didn't? What's the secret to self control?

Plus, 11 minutes of exercise reduces risk of fatality, and why the latest aurora was so far south

Can the often destructive forces of our planet shed light on its inner workings?

Plus, the early bows and arrows in Europe, and if the 4 day work week trial has been a success

Nuclear physicists have been set the challenge to generate clean energy in 15 years...

Plus, tool-using cockatoos and the giant penguin which lived 50 million years ago...

Could the worst outbreak of avian influenza on record lead to another pandemic?

Plus, the overlooked threat of indoor air pollution, and the newly deciphered letters from Mary Queen of Scots

Cutting back on environmental damage is key to farming of the future...

Also, machine learning algorithm proves more efficient at searching for aliens, and results from the sugar tax

We examine some of the surprising capabilities that satellites have and the dangers satellites face in orbit

Is paying people to turn off their appliances the precursor to a digital control of our energy consumption?

Large language models are ushering in a new era of idea generation...

Hair follicles remodel scar tissue, and mature brain cells grown in the lab

The past, present, and future of our relationship with alcohol

Marine noise causes dolphins to yell, and what went wrong at Spaceport Cornwall...

Putting your questions, from the cosmic to the microscopic, to our panel of expert guests...

Some of our favourite stories from the past 12 months

How data on our oceans is collected, and what we then do with it...

A breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy, but what does it mean?

How magnets, quite literally, shape the world we live in...