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05 August 2009
Thallium podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
04 August 2009
Darwin's first book was on coral reefs. Brian Rosen takes up the story...
04 August 2009
See the sights of the World Conference of Science Journalists...
03 August 2009
This week, we hear how shrimp shells could catalyse biodiesel production, the physics behind regular raindrops and how...
03 August 2009
We find out why tattoos can hang around for a lifetime. Plus, we ask if plants have an immune system.
02 August 2009
What happens if you urinate on an electric fence? We find out the answer to this and some of your other science...
31 July 2009
When do stars explode? How does shoe polish work? What happens if you float away from your spacecraft? Why can't...
30 July 2009
We're on the case to find out what happens to our refuse. We find out about the life cycle of rubbish, how to...
28 July 2009
This week we're in conversation with Nobel laureate Sir John Sulston, the man behind the human genome project.
27 July 2009
We find out how pacemakers keep your heart in check, even if you go running after a bus. Plus, we ask how tattoos...
27 July 2009
On this week's NewsFlash, we find out why an earthquake has put Giant Pandas in peril and how our lungs, and not...
26 July 2009
The UK population has chucked out almost 7 million tonnes of rubbish since our last podcast so we're on the case...
24 July 2009
The latest in the science of fertility and In Vitro Fertilization feature in this week's Naked Scientists in...
24 July 2009
We take a turn around gyroscopes, find out if it's better to run through the rain and identify the origins of...
22 July 2009
Science writer Brian Clegg on the difficult to pronounce element whose discovery was announced on a children's...
21 July 2009
Poet and Darwin-descendent Ruth Padel talks about how the history books led her to write "Darwin, a life in poems...
20 July 2009
Tungsten podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
20 July 2009
We find out what it is that makes rice-based cereals so noisy. Plus, we ask how does a pacemaker know to keep step with...
20 July 2009
On this NewsFlash, we hear how learning about a reward is a reward in itself and how a jockey's stance can shave...
19 July 2009
The latest in the science of fertility, IVF and pregnancy... We find out how pre-implantation tests could improve the...
17 July 2009
We dive into the underwater traps at Lake Huron, explore the origins of hunting and play a tune on the world's...
17 July 2009
We seek the Science of Sight on this week's Naked Scientists in Africa, discovering how deep sea fish use clever...
17 July 2009
We find out why field mice aren't green, why the Earth isn't put off its orbit by the Sun's activity and...