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30 January 2012
We're told to save electricity by switching off devices on standby. But if a home is heated solely by electricity...
30 January 2012
In this NewsFlash, how induced stem cells help us to understand Alzheimer's disease, while embryonic stem cells...
29 January 2012
Has all the air in the world been breathed before? Are any viruses beneficial to health? Can naked farts transmit...
27 January 2012
Should wounds be left open or covered up? Why toenails - but not thumbnails - ingrow, what is hydatid disease?
25 January 2012
Carbon monoxide podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
25 January 2012
Can a mid-infra red view reveal the universe's secrets? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we meet MIRI, the...
23 January 2012
This month, we step inside to explore what, and who, it takes to run the synchrotron. We meet the people that keep the...
23 January 2012
This week I'll be getting inside your head..... with a question from Jarraryd Dunn
23 January 2012
In this NewsFlash we hear how modified e. coli could make seaweed a source for biofuels, find out why losing sleep can...
22 January 2012
Could a ray of sunshine hold the key to preventing MS, diabetes and even bowel cancer? Vitamin D - made naturally in...
20 January 2012
How much water should you drink in a day? Can miscarriages be prevented? What's the point of flies?
18 January 2012
Testosterone podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
17 January 2012
It's not often that science news goes viral, but when researchers dubbed a new species the 'Hoff Crab'...
16 January 2012
When cooking caramels why does temperature rise in stages? With New Year's Resolutions in full swing we sink our...
16 January 2012
A recipe for an H5N1 flu virus, biosecurity and terrorism, and the deepest deep sea vents ever found...
15 January 2012
Where do you stand on becoming part person, part machine? This week we hook up with three pioneers in the field of...
13 January 2012
Are cellphones safe? Why should cornflour make irradiated skin more comfortable? Why do dogs turn in circles before...
13 January 2012
Deep sea researchers Doug Connelly and Jon Copley from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton led the team...
11 January 2012
Theobromine podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
11 January 2012
Exploring a new generation of conservation areas designed to protect seabirds around the globe. And we encounter the...
10 January 2012
Lora Heisler exposes the brain mechanisms controlling appetite and body weight, and weight gain...
09 January 2012
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: Sue Nelson goes to Birmingham to find out how the James Bond film Casino Royale...
09 January 2012
Can wearing sunglasses fool your senses into thinking there is less sun and increase your risk of getting sunburn? We...
09 January 2012
In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear about the new spacecraft in orbit around the moon, an implant that can...