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Science Podcasts
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06 August 2010
How do lasers work? And why is a hydrogen atom bigger than a helium one? Why is there no oxygen on other planets?
06 August 2010
This week we explore the invasion of the parthenium weed which has overtaken millions of hectares of land in Ethiopia...
04 August 2010
Nickel podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
01 August 2010
The science of the Glastonbury Festival is the unusual subject of this week's special summer edition of the Naked...
30 July 2010
Why does time seem to go by faster as we get older? What do IQ tests really measure? How do probiotic yoghurts work? We...
30 July 2010
This week, we get an insight into Southern African genomes as scientists have sequenced the DNA of members of the...
28 July 2010
Flerovium podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
26 July 2010
How much and how fast would you have to let loose your intestinal gases in order to lift yourself from the ground? We...
26 July 2010
In this NewsFlash, we hear how Sphagnum moss spores travel on smoke rings, explore a new way to capture carbon,...
25 July 2010
How do you answer the biggest questions in the Universe? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we'll find out how...
25 July 2010
How do we know that ants count their footsteps? We'll find out in this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show,...
23 July 2010
Why does sugar look so different when you heat it up? How much CO2 is there in all the world's bottles of Cola?...
23 July 2010
This week, we bring you the top stories from the AIDS 2010 conference which took place in Vienna this week as well as...
22 July 2010
Sodium podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
22 July 2010
This month we bring you the highlights of Diamonds events at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition including hydrogen...
20 July 2010
In this NewsFlash, we hear how scientists have created Malaria-free mosquitoes, how hostile bacteria in the Arctic can...
19 July 2010
What is the point of kissing? Does it have any benefit for us or our progeny?
18 July 2010
We go nuclear this week to investigate the future of atomic energy, the issues surrounding nuclear waste management and...
17 July 2010
Human remains are our main topic of interest in this month's Naked Archaeology. Diana and Duncan explore the...
16 July 2010
Do we really need 8 glasses of water a day? How does a jet engine work? Where does earwax come from? Why are some apes...
16 July 2010
This week, we explore the latest in laser technology, including how a team in South Africa have developed a way to...
14 July 2010
Livermorium podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
14 July 2010
Synthetic biology goes under the microscope in this month's Cafe Scientifique, as Gos Micklem describes how to...
12 July 2010
We ask why the New World wasn't technologically as advanced as the Old World. Is this a valid question?