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Science Podcasts
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02 May 2019
Scientists learn how the foetal membrane works to prevent pre-term births.
30 April 2019
How can veterinary medicine help all kinds of animals, as well as us humans?
29 April 2019
Why is it easier to see faint stars whilst looking slightly away from them?
26 April 2019
Impacts of measles vaccination campaigns, brain remodelling and multipartite viruses
26 April 2019
Does cannabis have healing effects? Can stem cells repair skin growths?
23 April 2019
Featuring the best science... And the bizarre! The team head to Scotland for the Edinburgh Science Festival.
21 April 2019
Are games addictive? And what can you do if you need help?
20 April 2019
What exactly is music therapy? Can music therapy change the brain?
18 April 2019
AI is being used to predict the lifetime of batteries, saving time and money in battery development.
16 April 2019
The Naked Scientists head to dinner with a brand new kind of oven!
15 April 2019
What is the Event Horizon Telescope revealing to us about black holes?
15 April 2019
Renewable energy is more likely to help tackle climate change than capturing carbon dioxide from power plants.
12 April 2019
Why do I get electric shocks from my car? How are flight routes planned?... Ask The Naked Scientists!
12 April 2019
An advanced camera captures an ancient star.
10 April 2019
The Space Boffins get to see inside the NASA’s famous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Centre.
09 April 2019
It's time for some questions! This week, a space doctor, a psychiatrist, a geologist and a chemist!
05 April 2019
Why do some people think the Earth is flat? Why are clouds different colours?
05 April 2019
New wearable cancer blood-testing device plugs directly into patients’ veins to test continuously.
02 April 2019
How do we see how babies are doing in the womb? Could the way you're born affect the microbes in your gut?
02 April 2019
New results from the LHC reveal the structure of exotic particles called pentaquarks.
01 April 2019
Jack Tavener has been crunching through some research to get to the root of this question.
31 March 2019
Breakthrough makes new catalyst technology possible...
29 March 2019
The shellfish that hunt using insulin, and brain pathways linked to addiction...
29 March 2019
How long do dreams last? Could we have wireless electricity? Why did the continents break apart?