The Naked Scientists Podcast

Pancreatic mRNA cancer vaccine shows promise, and SpaceX want a space station by 2025

How did batteries become such an important power source, and what might the future hold for them?

Is China gearing up for conflict in space? And why did the 'Godfather of AI' quit Google?

What we know about concussions, and how they can lead to dementia

Ultra-processed foods are linked to diseases like cancer, and the WHO push for people to catch up on vaccines

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...