Science Podcasts

Are babies born to swim? Can you escape from a black hole? Can an egg with a double yolk yield two chicks? Why is the...

We find out how long it takes for a comet to melt and ask could we ever get a cometless sky? Plus we wonder the power...

We take a tour of the Australian precursors to the Square Kilometre Array, and find out how new sensors will improve...

Simon Cotton explains the discovery of 'the drug of last resort'

Naked Scientists team Ben Valsler, Chris Smith and Ginny Smith joined the 702 crew and a studio audience live in...

The genetic basis of autism goes under the microscope in this special Easter edition of Naked Genetics, from Kat Arney.

Why don't satellites collide? Do bullets fire upwards still kill people? And why doesn't glue stick to the...

Brian Clegg raises a glass to unscrupulous barmen

Discover how scientists are seeing science 'in action' and on the nano-scale to improve our implants,...

Kirsten Gottschalk visits the Murchison Widefield Array in Western Australia

We find out if humanity could cope without computers, plus we ask will we ever get a cometless sky?

What the future holds for digital data storage, what the Planck probe has revealed, giant squid and what Curiosity...

Simon Cotton looks at the rocket propellant that causes environmental problems

Combining virtual reality and treadmills to map navigation and inducing creativity by electrically tweaking human...

Breasts, bazookas, bosons and bombs: The Naked Scientists take to the stage for the Cambridge Science Festival 2013

Who was John Snow? Why do things shrink in the wash? How does carbon dating work? Is intelligence down to mitochondria...

It's thought that around one in a hundred children in the UK is somewhere on the autistic spectrum - a complex...

We celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the epidemiologist John Snow by looking at the historic and modern...

Are humans the only species that practice dental hygiene to retain their pearly nashers? Plus we ask, could we cope if...

Brian Clegg brightens up our lives with some bright yellow chemistry

This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: a look at the potential to generate up to 20 per cent of the UK's...

Cambridge chemist and biotechnologist Shankar Balasubramanian discusses DNA sequencing and its implications for health...

We spoke to Emma Smith, a PhD student with the British Antarctic Survey about her work whilst she was based in the icy...

Comets, Mars and the first phone in space are featured in the latest Space Boffins podcast. Recorded at London's...