The astrophysicist at the centre of the pulsar discovery...
The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists flagship weekly science show. Science news stories, scientific breakthroughs and interviews with leading scientists...
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With obesity and diabetes rates rising around the world, we seek solutions...
Plus, breakthrough in the fight against flu and measuring the microbiome of mice in space...
What are black holes, how do you find one, and what would happen if you fell in?
Plus, a new theory behind magnetoreception, and how concrete might absorb more CO2
Why people are feeling stressed about the future and the frightening implications of climate change...
Your audio toolkit for fighting eco-anxiety...
Plus, scientists manufacture meatball made of mammoth
How nature is good for our health, and how installing EV chargers at national parks might help us get there...
Also, should we call time on daylight savings, and why has the UK government moved to ban nitrous oxide
Making sure that where there’s a will, there isn’t e-waste.
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