The Naked Scientists Podcast

Could a ray of sunshine hold the key to preventing MS, diabetes and even bowel cancer? Vitamin D - made naturally in...

Where do you stand on becoming part person, part machine? This week we hook up with three pioneers in the field of...

Do stars form outside galaxies? What causes ringing in the ears? How fast does force propagate? Why do spectacles still...

Are candles environmentally unfriendly? Why does tinfoil touching a filling set my teeth on edge? What colour does a...

Can new technologies probe human thoughts and feelings without us even realising? This week we talk to a researcher who...

How do archaeologists locate, conserve and recover historical treasures from old shipwrecks? What is erosion revealing...

This week, how immune cells can be caught on camera as they exit blood vessels, a new design of lensless microscope and...

Is modern technology changing your brain?& How fast does flu fly?& Can you build a lightsaber?& Your...

In a show not to be sneezed at, we look at the evidence that coughs and sneezes are linked to heart attacks.& We...

This week Kat Arney joins us live from the National Cancer Research Institute's conference in Liverpool. We find...

This week's podcast is live from the British Society for Gene Therapy (BSGT) conference in Brighton, UK.& Some...

Can moonlight and a magnifying glass be used to start a fire? Why do bananas go brown and does it happen faster in the...

This week, Plant Pests and Plant Pathology - we find out what happens when plants get ill, how to understand and...

This week, we're investigating alternatives to petrol.& We'll board a biofuel powered bus to meet the...

Could a Siphon be used in orbit? Why do leaves change colour in Autumn? How is immunity passed from mother to baby...

We've whipped up an appetising take on the science of food and cooking for you this week. With a main course of...

This week, we're chilling out in the world of cryogenics, the science of the super-cold. We'll find out what...

This week, we seek the science of supercomputers!& We find out how they work, and how they can answer some of the...

Why do some animals poo wherever the fancy takes them, whilst others are more fussy about the locations of their...

This week, Chris explores some of the cutting edge research taking place in Aberdeen.& We meet a scientist making...

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the "plane". Or so the saying goes, but new research has confirmed...

Are designer molecules poised to take us into a new chemical dimension?& This week, we explore how, long before the...

Do bubbles help or hinder when doing the dishes? Can we find evidence of material from Earth on the Moon? Can camera...

This week, we take a dive beneath the waves to look back at the last year in Ocean science.& We call in on deep sea...