Science Podcasts

How can you find natural water sources? Can stem cells repair eye conditions?

Answering questions on body hair, nuclear disasters, and surviving a falling lift...

How secure is the internet?

How has a gene for resistance evolved long before the antiseptic it's resistant to?

Why do people play simulator games like Farming Simulator and the new Woodwork Simulator?

What exactly is loneliness?

The helpful materials that keep us healthy.

Some say it's unsafe for humans, but even David Attenborough has remarked on the animal life there...

From magnets, to chemotherapy, to getting sick from putting your car heater on...

Time to go back to the monk who started at all. But all is not as it seems...

Recorded at the recent Bluedot festival; preserving the Apollo sites and latest meteorite mission.

We're tackling the science questions you've been sending in!

This week we're looking at the big impact of the tiny electron...

Why do men go bald starting on top? Can you really get TB of the spine? Chris Smith has the answers.

How will climate change affect monsoons? We have been pour-ing over an answer...

The Science Behind Jet Engines

The science behind science

What might iron-deficiency mean for the heart?

Will flights get faster? Could electric planes exist? And can our own Naked Scientist land a plane?

What can we expect in the future?

Do sunrises and sunsets "look different" in photos or paintings?

From trees and climate change, to electric shocks from tracksuits... Chris Smith has the answers.

Supposedly, you can survive on only 473 genes - if you're a bacterium. But what do these genes actually do?

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and landing on the moon.