The Naked Scientists Podcast

60 years since the discovery of atomic time, we ask what is time and when did it begin?

A scorcher of a show investigating the Black Death and the Great Fire of London.

What's the point of mosquitoes? Do your eyes pop out if left open when sneezing?

We dip into the history of blood, get stuck into blood donation, and explore its future...

Are we on the verge of solving one of the longest standing puzzles in physics?

Bat v caterpillar, mole v gecko, snake v stickleback - which is the most amazing animal?

The Naked Scientists and guests join forces to answer some of your best science questions.

Crashes, contagion and climate change. Do we have anything to fear from planes?

How volcanoes blow their tops, and the after-shocks of an eruption...

We step inside the multidimensional world of the computer games industry...

Why do humans have rhythm? Do you sneeze in your sleep? Why do crabs walk sideways?

Can we live forever? We look at the latest breakthroughs that could make us immortal...

Eggs, chickens and chocolate abound in this Easter special.

From crime scene to court room, how is science used to solve crimes?

Are psychosis, chronic fatigue syndrome and depression down to abnormal immune responses?

Why Newton stuck a needle in his eye, how the brain sees and echoes of the Big Bang...

What parasites are living in and on you, and the tricks these invaders play on their hosts

Archimedes shouting Eureka, Isaac Newton's apples, Volta's piles and singing planets...

Unrolling the sometimes conflicting stories about the dangers and benefits of cannabis.

How and where your phone is leaking your personal information to and how to stop it...

We hack online dating, maximise first date potential and use maths to minimise divorce...

How does our microbiome keep us healthy?

What are plastics, why they don't break down and how to grow plastics on trees...

Why we sleep talk, how to lucid dream and what happens when sleep goes wrong...