The Naked Scientists Podcast

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

20 September 2022

How many calories are in a human brain? And what would happen if our planet stopped rotating?

13 September 2022

The institutionalised falsities that still plague scientific study today.

09 September 2022

And the rest of your weekly dose of science news and views...

02 September 2022

How the bugs living inside us could contribute towards our health and disease

02 September 2022

The Moderna vs Pfizer legal battle, why first impressions count and cancer risk in coffee drinkers explored

30 August 2022

How climate change will affect our future rainfall, and the technology that could help mitigate the effects.

26 August 2022

Breakthroughs in malaria vaccines, sewage in our coastal waters, and if we share genes with our doppelgangers

22 August 2022

Take a tour of our planets faster than the speed of light

19 August 2022

In the news this week, a leap forward in making kidney transplants more accessible

16 August 2022

Sitting idle while the health of our children deteriorates is a dangerous game...

12 August 2022

In the news, why medical experts are worried about polio again...

09 August 2022

Saving species from the brink and adding them into existing environments to alter ecosystems

05 August 2022

Is the Earth spinning faster? And what impact could removing date labels from produce have on food waste?

02 August 2022

What are the hidden health costs of vaping?

26 July 2022

You're invited aboard the Princess Charlotte on the River Cam for a Naked Scientists Summer Special

19 July 2022

The best science news stories from the past month...

11 July 2022

As the UK looks to relax the growth and sale of gene-edited crops, how could this impact the food we eat?

05 July 2022

Ponds have been on the decline for a century, but restoring those we've lost doesn't have to be hard work

28 June 2022

Covid continues to rampage, monkeypox is spreading fast, and bird flu has seen its biggest season ever. Why?

20 June 2022

An in-depth look at some of the top science stories this month

14 June 2022

Renewable energy is part of the solution, but efficiently storing and distributing electricity are priorities too...

07 June 2022

Is breeze energy blowing us all away? Or are we throwing caution to the wind?

01 June 2022

Marine renewable technologies were comparable to those of wind in the 90s, but is the flow reversing?