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The Naked Scientists

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The Naked Scientists Science Radio Show is a live weekly audience-interactive science radio talk show broadcast live on BBC radio, and on the net, and archived online. The programme takes science questions live from the audience on any topic, contains topical science news stories, and features interviews with guest scientists.


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Naked Scientists 09.11.15 - Producing Planets
On this week's Naked Scientists, we seek the start of the solar system. We'll be finding out how clouds of gas and dust can clump and diversify to become stars, asteroids and the planets we know so well. Plus, we find out what happens to sculpt the surface of planets, and how the Rosetta mission will be the first craft to land on a comet! Also,how the smell of old books can help to preserve them, deleting old memories to make room for new ones and the frightening rate of Greenland ice loss. ...

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[ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:56:08 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.11.08 - Investigating Infertility
This week, we investigate infertility and In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). We find out how a new high resolution temperature monitor conceived in Cambridge can help couples get pregnant, and explore new ways to improve the success of fertility treatment. Plus, a new extra-fast and super-cheap way to sequence the human genome, the science of eating slowly, and fish dining out at the Shark Cafe. Also, we find out how newborns cry with an accent and examine the inner workings of an egg......

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[ Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:40:30 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.11.01 - Where do lost socks go?
The most distant object ever discovered as well as the events of National Pathology week feature in this week's show as we take on your science questions! We investigate whysocks go missing in the wash, whether light from the sun is a continuous beam and whether numerous vaccines can be given together in one dose. We also find out how higher heels make for a better runner and reveal the world's fastest camera. Plus, we find out why we get a better signal when holding an aerial and show you how t...

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[ Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:30:53 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.10.29 - Introducing - The Diamond Light Source Podcast
This week we're showcasing a new bimonthly programme strand which we're making in collaboration with the folks at Diamond, the UK's Synchrotron Light Source. In this episode, we dig deep into the world of archaeology to learn how scientists at Diamond are investigating our cultural heritage. We find out how scanning samples of the Dead Sea Scrolls can help decipher them, how probing timber from the Mary Rose can improve its conservation and how studying pigments in paintings could protect major ...

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[ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:14:30 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.10.25 - The Diseased Brain
We explore the basis of brain diseases on this week's Naked Scientists. We find out what happens to the brain in Huntington's disease, discover the genes behind Alzheimers and a potential treatment for autoimmune diseases like Multiple Sclerosis or MS. Also, the nerve cells in the ear that make loud sounds painful, the extraordinary eyes of the Mantis Shrimp and the world's largest web spinning spider. Plus, how spiders make glue from silk and snot, and in Kitchen Science, we show you a way to f...

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:51:49 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.10.18 - High Altitude Adventures
We reach for the skies on this week's Naked Scientists, with High Altitude Adventures. We find out how the body reacts to the low oxygen at high altitudes, and join Laura Soul testing the theories on a trek up to Everest base camp. Plus, we find out how the continental collisions that made mountains may have plunged the Earth into an ice age. We also hear how the rate of mutation changes in lab-bench evolution, how looming sounds make our vision more sensitive, why poking a stem cell can chan...

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[ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:13:35 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.10.11 - Why does Water Expand when it Freezes?
The Nobel prizes feature on the Naked Scientists this week alongside a bumper crop of your science questions! We find out why water expands when it freezes, whether animals have regional accents, and how many rockets you would need to crash into the moon to knock it off course. Plus, how the insects splattered on windscreens are helping scientists to study biodiversity, the virus linked to chronic fatigue syndrome and the prospect of a paper-thin digital camera. Also, We find out how India is co...

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[ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:44:57 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.10.04 - Catching Up with Cancer Research
This week, we catch up with the latest from the front line of cancer research. Kat Arney reports from the National Cancer Research Institute's annual conference, we find out how proton therapy is promising for targeting tumours and look at the hormones and stem cells involved in breast cancer. Also, the role of aspirin in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, how recession could be healthy & tuning in to the Earth's vibrations. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we show you how to see using sound!...

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[ Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:22:39 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.09.27 - Researchers Revealed!
We bring you the highlights from European Researchers Night 2009, which filled the Great North Museum with explosions, music and laughter. We meet Brainiac's Jon Tickle and discuss the physics of custard, find out why My Little Ponies belong in a museum and explore the murder mystery of the Lindow Man. Also, how embryology inspired fashion design and how Spanish rocks point to North Sea oil. Plus, we rock out with the Punk Scientists... ...

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[ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:24:47 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.09.20 - Life in the Branches
Join us in a peek at the secret lives of birds. We find out just how a cuckoo convinces others to care for it's young, and the tragic outcome for the cuckoo chick when the rouse is discovered. We meet the clever corvids, capable of problem solving feats that may even outfox the great apes. Also, how green tea makes strong bones,the genes involved in prostate cancer and online robotic surgeons. Plus, in Kitchen Science we find out how Dave Ansell spent his schooldays - making stationery fly!...

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[ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:32:52 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.09.13 - Building Bodies and Mending Broken Hearts
We discover the science of bionic bodies - how new technologies, materials and stem cells can help to repair and rebuild your body......

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[ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:03:44 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.09.06 - Can you run faster on the moon?
This week we're taking on the questions you've waited all summer to find the answers to. We find out whether humans can run faster on the moon than here on Earth, if tea tastes better in china cups, and if talking to plants can help them grow. Plus we look into the world of statistics to learn how many ants it would take to carry a human and discover how many people in the world are having sex right at this moment! Plus, in Kitchen Science, we bring you a watery way to measure upthrust....

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[ Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:35:54 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.08.30 - Diana and Meera's Best Bits
Diana and Meera select their favourite bits of Naked Science, including parajetting over the Himalayas, digging up Greek brothels and making the perfect cup of tea scientifically. Plus, Dr Hal blows up an ostrich egg and blasts a 'barking dog' down a seven-foot test tube. *No animals were harmed in the making of this podcast*...

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[ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:50:00 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.08.23 - Ben and Dave's Best Bits
Ben and Dave select their favourite bits of Naked Science: from taking an MRI of outer space to orange fireballs and chocolate teapots. We explore the boys' best Naked capers. Plus, we join Dr Hal for a gassy set of explosive experiments. ...

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[ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:08:00 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.08.15 - Helen's Best Bits
It's big, it's blue, it's where life began and life certainly wouldn't be the same without it: yes, that's right, it's the sea. This week Helen Scales is taking the show underwater to explore her favourite realm. Among the marine menagerie she'll be revisiting the incredible story of squid that see with their entire body, once again be meeting the humming toadfish, which is teaching us a thing or two about making music, and we'll catch up with the colourful clownfish that, just like Nemo, might...

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[ Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:47:54 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.08.09 - Kat's Best Bits
This week, Kat Arney has been through the archives and picked out her personal Naked highlights, including making experimental jelly, sneezing at computer screens, stabbing potatoes and Ben dancing (badly) in the studio. She looks back on advances in cancer therapy, developments in making people bionic and how new diseases emerge, as well as reliving the chance to meet Alan Titchmarsh, for a chat about the importance of ponds. Plus, we have a brand new bit of the Naked Scientists, where we're ...

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[ Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:18:56 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.08.02 - Peeing on an Electric Fence
What happens if you urinate on an electric fence? We find out the answer to this and some of your other science questions on this week's Naked Scientists, including why chilli peppers are red, how does squinting help you see further and what's the best way to align your laundry with the wind? Plus, why blue food colouring could reduce the damage of spinal injury, how shrimps could catalyse biodiesel production and the physics behind the regularity of raindrops......

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[ Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:59:57 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.07.26 - Rubbish!
We dig deep into the science of rubbish, refuse, waste and recycling......

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[ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:04:21 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.07.19 - Making Babies - Pregnancy and Fertility
The latest in the science of fertility, IVF and pregnancy... We find out how pre-implantation tests could improve the success of IVF and how stress during pregnancy affects foetal development. Plus, why knowledge is its own reward, how a jockey's posture makes horses run faster and how science publishing on the web is about to change. In Kitchen Science, Dave finds out how a bag of liquid cushions a developing baby inside it's mother!...

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[ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:51:24 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.07.16 - The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop
Award winning Canadian hip hop artist Baba Brinkman brings us his Rap Guide to Evolution, an hour of clever, witty and scientifically accurate rhymes that will have you seeing Darwin from a whole new perspective. Baba explores the history and current understanding of Darwin's theory, combining hilarious remixes of popular rap songs with clever lyrical storytelling that covers Natural Selection, Artificial Selection, Sexual Selection, Group Selection, Unity of Common Descent, and Evolutionary Ps...

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[ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:46:39 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.07.12 - Here's Looking at You - the Science of Vision
We seek the Science of Sight on this week's Naked Scientists, discovering how deep sea fish use clever bioluminescence and biological mirrors to cope with the darkness of the deep. We hear how our brains choose what sights to pay attention to, and what a bees brain can teach us about how we see optical illusions. Plus, salt-tolerant GM crops, statins stalled by sluggish blood and how the turtle got it's shell. In Kitchen Science, we fool our eyes into seeing confusing colours......

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[ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:15:03 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.07.05 - Why Does Toothpaste Make Food Taste Funny?
This week, we're taking on your science brainteasers! We find out why toothpaste ruins other flavours, whether humans have a mating season and why food goes in multicoloured, but comes out brown... Plus, fighting Fido's fleas with fungus, stressed men take more risks, and predicting if hepatitis B will lead to liver cancer. In Kitchen Science, we make a fruity fireball with orange peel....

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[ Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:38:33 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.06.28 - Driving into the Future
This week, we look into new ways of putting a tiger in your tank! We find out how pond life could help make eco-friendly biodiesel and how new types of batteries can power electric cars for further than ever before without running out of juice. Plus, how Margaret Thatcher's face can tell us how monkeys recognize each other, what sharks have in common with serial killers and why dolphins are a bit like jet fighters. And in Kitchen Science, we see how batteries work in Arctic conditions....

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[ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:07:38 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.06.21 - The Future of our Food
This week we dig into into the science of farming and food production. We find out how transgenic plants can help us dispense with the need for chemical pesticides and how giant greenhouses at the shoreline can be home to super-efficient farms of their own. We explore the problems faced by our sweet honey bee and in Kitchen Science we do some plant modification of our own no transgenics knowledge needed, just food colouring......

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[ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:36:34 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.06.14 - Your Science Questions
On this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show, we discover how storms create slow earthquakes and how a local star, betelgeuse, could explode very soon. We also hear of an accurate way to date pottery and explore the physics of helicopter seeds. Plus, why hurricanes rotate in opposite directions either side of the equator, the ultimate fate of stars and how to boil your fishtank without harming the fish. All this and in Kitchen Science we snap some spaghetti to seek the physics of pasta!...

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[ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:54:18 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.06.07 - The Science of Architecture
This week, we seek the science of Architecture. We find out how rapid prototyping technology could help us print out entire houses, and how natural light and ventilation could cut our energy bills. Plus, giggling gorillas tell us how laughter evolved and birds that learn from their neighbours. In Kitchen Science, Dave challenges you to build the best bridge, using only a single sheet of A4 paper!...

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[ Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:49:12 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.05.31 - Bioengineering
How does nature inspire technology and engineering? We find out how bamboo may make effective wind turbines, and how the material that makes up locust tendons could soon be in your shoes and electronics!...

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[ Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:55:55 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.05.24 - Getting Under Your Skin
Science gets under your skin on this week's Naked Scientists, where we find out how human skin colour evolved to make the best of our sunlight. We explain why albino people have no skin pigment at all and how to heal wounds without leaving scars. Also, the nano-scale media storage that will last a billion years, the toxic bite of the komodo dragon and the biological link between cancer and depression. Plus, we shine a light on jaundice phototherapy, with the help of a urinating glass baby!...

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[ Tue, 26 May 2009 11:34:02 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.05.17 - Science Questions and Answers
We're open to your questions on the Naked Scientists this week, finding out how photosynthesis works underwater, exploring the sex lives of barnacles and discussing if rockets punch holes in the ozone layer. Plus, a viral cause of hypertension, how bees stick to petals like velcro, and a new, super-dense deuterium - 130,000 times denser than water! We hear about the new generation of eBook readers, and in Kitchen Science Dave vacuums his bathroom scales to weigh the air!...

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[ Tue, 19 May 2009 10:53:44 +0000 ]


Naked Scientists 09.05.10 - Clean Water and Alien Invasions
This week, we're diving into the science of clean water, finding out why rivers and ponds are essential for wildlife, and how alien invaders are colonising our waterways. Plus, how a diet of glycerol makes yeast live longer, how microbes in mosquitoes can block malaria and how planting trees could reduce your electricity bills. We hear about the European Space Agency's Planck and Herschel missions to study the formation of galaxies and the fate of the universe, and in Kitchen Science, we explo...

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[ Mon, 11 May 2009 15:42:22 +0000 ]

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