We explore how the jet engine evolved to become such an efficient, powerful piece of...
Video Podcasts
Video podcast strands produced by the Naked Scientists.
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from the former Wellcome collection, consisting of the kidney, pelvis and ureter showing...
01 September 2011
A 1958 operative resection specimen comprising an appendix removed from a 20 year old man who presented with classic...
01 September 2011
A 1912 autopsy specimen from a 73 year old man who presented with acute abdominal pain of four days duration,...
01 September 2011
A 1931 autopsy specimen from a man, aged 71, who had had a coronary occlusion two and a half years prior to his death....
01 September 2011
A normal Liver View from the cisceral aspect to show the normal lobar architecture. Probe key:- Hepatic artery (Red);...
01 September 2011
A 1958 autopsy specimen from a patient who died of a'byronesque' massive pulmonary haemorrhage due to...
01 September 2011
A 1936 autopsy specimen from a 37 year old children's nurse admitted for painful swellings of the neck and loss of...
01 September 2011
A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 53 year old sailor who fell down a companionway on board ship on March 20th. He was...
01 September 2011
An 1861 autopsy specimen from a 32 year old woman admitted for enlargement of the abdomen. She died a week after her...
01 September 2011
A 1987 operative specimen from a 67 year old man who presented with a two year history of a progressively enlarging...
01 September 2011
A 1953 autopsy specimen from a 65 year old woman who complained of a small swelling in the abdominal wall following a...
01 September 2011
A 1904 autopsy specimen consisting of the heart opened to demonstrate hydatid cysts in various stages of evolution. No...
01 September 2011
A 1998 autopsy specimen from a 35 year old Ugandan female, who presented at the late stage of Aids with a CD4 count of...
01 September 2011
A 1971 autopsy specimen from the Dreadnought hospital. The specimen, an incidental finding, comprises a male urethra...
01 September 2011
An operative resection specimen from a 20 year old woman from Pakistan who presented with right iliac fossa pain three...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 66 year old female with quadriparesis progressing over 14 years.
01 September 2011
A 1958 autopsy specimen from a 54 year old man admitted with a history of attacks of colicky abdominal pain. On...
01 September 2011
An autopsy specimen from a 29 year old woman from Portugal who was admitted to the intensive care unit on 17.10.76. She...
21 August 2011
We explore how the jet engine evolved to become such an efficient, powerful piece of technology, from the early designs...
14 August 2011
David Compton from Industrial Chemicals Ltd explains the conditions, materials and equipment needed to make tonnes of a...
12 August 2011
Why are some people short sighted and some people long sighted? And how do we use something more usually associated...
01 August 2011
A 1946 autopsy specimen from a 67 year old female admitted with loss of energy and drowsiness. On examination, she was...
01 August 2011
A 1911 autopsy specimen from a man aged 40 years, who was admitted under Dr. Shaw for pain in the left loin. He had had...
01 August 2011
A selection of autopsy cardiac specimens comprising Starr-Edwards silastic ball valves, a Bjork-Shiley tilting valve...