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Science writer Brian Clegg on the element used to trigger nuclear reactions and in moisture gauges used in potential...
This week we're in conversation with Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the multi-million selling Discworld series....
On this week's newsflash, we hear how the malaria parasite fools the foetal immune system, how orchids mimic bees...
This week, Kat Arney has been through the archives and picked out her personal Naked highlights, including making...
This week we bring you the highlights from the 2009 Darwin Festival to meet the man behind the Human Genome project as...
Why do astronauts feel weightless in space? What makes teenagers throw tantrums? Do mobile phones damage our health? We...
Thallium podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Darwin's first book was on coral reefs. Brian Rosen takes up the story...
See the sights of the World Conference of Science Journalists...
This week, we hear how shrimp shells could catalyse biodiesel production, the physics behind regular raindrops and how...
We find out why tattoos can hang around for a lifetime. Plus, we ask if plants have an immune system.
What happens if you urinate on an electric fence? We find out the answer to this and some of your other science...
When do stars explode? How does shoe polish work? What happens if you float away from your spacecraft? Why can't...
We're on the case to find out what happens to our refuse. We find out about the life cycle of rubbish, how to...
This week we're in conversation with Nobel laureate Sir John Sulston, the man behind the human genome project.
We find out how pacemakers keep your heart in check, even if you go running after a bus. Plus, we ask how tattoos...
On this week's NewsFlash, we find out why an earthquake has put Giant Pandas in peril and how our lungs, and not...
The UK population has chucked out almost 7 million tonnes of rubbish since our last podcast so we're on the case...
The latest in the science of fertility and In Vitro Fertilization feature in this week's Naked Scientists in...
We take a turn around gyroscopes, find out if it's better to run through the rain and identify the origins of...
Science writer Brian Clegg on the difficult to pronounce element whose discovery was announced on a children's...