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27 October 2011
How do we tell people apart by using their DNA? From murder investigations to paternity testing, DNA fingerprinting is...
26 October 2011
Aspirin podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
25 October 2011
What are the mysterious blue straggler stars? In this month's Naked Astronomy we'll find out why some stars...
24 October 2011
This week we hear how seaweed is making coral sea-sick, how anti-virals could be used to treat Alzheimers disease, get...
23 October 2011
Astronauts have to put up with living in zero gravity, so how might they go about avoiding its ill effects? Find out in...
23 October 2011
Can moonlight and a magnifying glass be used to start a fire? Why do bananas go brown and does it happen faster in the...
21 October 2011
This week, why does a bout of flu leave you with blocked ears? Can grapefruits be engineered to taste like meat? Why is...
19 October 2011
Vanillin podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
17 October 2011
We're back! And this month we start by taking a tour of& the terribly glamorous ditches& in East Anglia....
17 October 2011
Black holes emit Hawking radiation and gradually reduce in size, so is there a critical mass at which a black hole can...
17 October 2011
In this NewsFlash, why a high protein diet stops you from snacking, the protein "restraining order"...
16 October 2011
This week, Plant Pests and Plant Pathology - we find out what happens when plants get ill, how to understand and...
14 October 2011
After telling us how the bubonic plague bacterium, which wiped out half the population of Europe in the middle ages,...
12 October 2011
Sulfur mustard podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
11 October 2011
This month, Linda Sharples from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) expalins how new drugs...
11 October 2011
The oceans were the cradle of life on Earth for billions of years before our ancestors took to the land and air. But...
11 October 2011
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast - how scientists find out about life in the oceans' deepest trenches; how...
11 October 2011
Dr. Linda Sharples gives an insight into the workings of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (...
10 October 2011
Human excrement burns quite well, so why not use it to power a house? But how could this be done? Find out in this...
10 October 2011
We explore the neurological basis of boundless optimism in this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, so fill your glasses to the...
09 October 2011
This week, we're investigating alternatives to petrol.& We'll board a biofuel powered bus to meet the...
07 October 2011
Why do some things dissolve but others don't, what are the stains on the towels at the gym and how do astronauts...
07 October 2011
Fuel cells may be a major energy source of the future, but how do they work? In the latest Naked Science Scrapbook, we...
05 October 2011
Adenosine triphosphate podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry