Science Podcasts

This week we plug into the world of technology to find out how the mobile phones we all rely on actually work, as well...

Platinum podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

As they can't close their eyes, how do fish sleep? We find out in this Question of the Week. Plus, we ask if...

In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how a giant parachute could help avoid satellite collisions, why the...

This week, we find out how a giant parachute could help avoid satellite collisions, why the schizophrenic brain can...

Zirconium podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

This month we explore the mysterious anchors buried off the shores of Cyprus, the unusual burial practices in Malta and...

How do painkillers work and which ones are available to us? Why doesn't the plastic on ready-meals melt in the...

This week we're bringing you a sample of the science taking place in South Africas Eastern Cape. We'll be...

Radium podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

We find out how a cocktail of chemicals in Black Fly saliva could offer a cure for River Blindness, discover that...

Can horses feel electric shocks through their fur? Can we create lightning artificially? How do we send electric...

This week we look back at the history of medicine to find out the early anatomical ideas of the Romans as well as...

As the Naked Scientists were all tied up in SciFest Africa this week, there's no roundup of this weeks news....

This special Naked Scientists comes to you from the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town, South Africa, with some of the...

This week we've got a special edition of the show from Scifest Africa, South Africa's national Science...

Iodine podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

This Question of the Week is about getting to the root of toxic snake bites. Why do Aussie snakes have such a venomous...

This week, we find out how artificial DNA could tell us about the origins of life, discover a way to identify those...

This week we hark back to the days before NHS patient records and find out how illnesses in ancient Rome, Victorian...

This week we test man against the machine as we delve into the world computer science. We find out how intelligent a...

Zinc podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

On this week's NewsFlash we discover a promising treatment for Parkinson's disease, find out why eating fish...

This week, we'll strip computer science down to its components and find out what we should expect to see in the...