The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists
The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists
Tuesday 07 July 2020 : This week, testing, tracing and monitoring. How does a covid test actually work? Do antibodies to covid mean immunity? And the tech to...
Tuesday 30 June 2020 : Forget banks, forget airlines - can we bail out the planet? As the world begins to reopen from lockdown, we're asking whether the present...
Tuesday 23 June 2020 : This week, lockdown may be easing, but the pubs still haven't flung open their doors yet, so this week, we're bringing a little of the pub...
Tuesday 16 June 2020 : This week, put on your hard hat and steel capped boots: we're journeying to the centre of the earth! From the soil at the surface to the...
Tuesday 09 June 2020 : Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of some Nobel-prize-winning science: the fifth state of matter, a strange quantum soup known as a...
Tuesday 09 June 2020 : Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of some Nobel-prize-winning science: the fifth state of matter, a strange quantum soup known as a...
Tuesday 02 June 2020 : This week, the search for a vaccine for COVID-19: will we succeed, and when? Plus, in the news, the search for a chemical fingerprint for...
Tuesday 26 May 2020 : This week, we're asking what will the "new normal" look like? We delve into the future of healthcare, education and transport. Plus in the...
Tuesday 19 May 2020 : What's a scientific paper? What's peer review? And when governments say they're "following the science" during this pandemic, what does that...
Tuesday 12 May 2020 : This week, we're bringing you a special episode, diving into the science and technology of World War Two, to mark the 75th anniversary of...
Tuesday 05 May 2020 : This week, pull up a chair, a drink, and get your pens and paper ready, because it's time for The Naked Scientists science pub quiz! Playing...
Tuesday 28 April 2020 : This week, we're looking at the impacts of coronavirus beyond the virus: how is it hitting economies, universities and our mental wellbeing?...
Tuesday 21 April 2020 : Welcome to a voyage of discovery using only the view from your window. From cloudspotting to birdwatching to stargazing, you're never going...
Tuesday 14 April 2020 : Today, we're taking a step back from talking about coronavirus, to bring you a QnA show with a difference! We're answering some of the...
Tuesday 07 April 2020 : This week, we are looking at radioactivity, from its uses in medicine to its uses in war. Plus, a sneak preview of a new film due out soon...
Tuesday 31 March 2020 : This week - from genetics to geoscience, chemistry to komodo dragons, an explosive hour of science fun! Hear what went on at our live event...
Monday 30 March 2020 : Here are a few extra bits from our live show as part of the Cambridge Science Festival, recorded back on 11th March 2020 before the rest of...
Tuesday 24 March 2020 : We take a detailed look at the coronavirus pandemic that's sweeping the globe. How does it affect the lungs? What can doctors do about it?...
Tuesday 17 March 2020 : With billions of people moving to cities in the next few decades we are looking at the secrets for making cities sustainable, from a virtual...
Tuesday 10 March 2020 : What happens if you overwater a plant? How does gravity actually work? And should we be cancelling mass events to contain the coronavirus?...
Tuesday 03 March 2020 : This week, we're talking electric cars: we get someone to drive one for a few days to find out how easy the switch to electric might be. And...
Thursday 27 February 2020 : For many, the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a phrase straight out of sci-fi, conjuring up visions of utopias or dystopias, from films...
Tuesday 25 February 2020 : With the leap year upon us, and the rare appearance of Feb 29th, we're "marking time" to find out how time works: from why time seems to go...
Tuesday 18 February 2020 : This week we delve into the disease that accounts for a quarter of all cancer diagnoses in men: prostate cancer. We'll be finding out how...
Tuesday 11 February 2020 : This week - tick tock! We're talking body clock science! Whether it's eating, sleeping, or coming down with something - we're taking a look...
The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists
Covid Science: Test, Track, Trace
This week, testing, tracing and monitoring. How does a covid test actually work? Do antibodies to covid mean immunity? And the tech to...
Bail Out The Planet
Forget banks, forget airlines - can we bail out the planet? As the world begins to reopen from lockdown, we're asking whether the present...
Let's Get Quizzical: Summer Science Pub Quiz
This week, lockdown may be easing, but the pubs still haven't flung open their doors yet, so this week, we're bringing a little of the pub...
Under Our Feet: What's Inside Earth?
This week, put on your hard hat and steel capped boots: we're journeying to the centre of the earth! From the soil at the surface to the...
The Fifth State of Matter
Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of some Nobel-prize-winning science: the fifth state of matter, a strange quantum soup known as a...
The Fifth State of Matter
Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of some Nobel-prize-winning science: the fifth state of matter, a strange quantum soup known as a...
COVID-19: How to Vaccinate a Planet
This week, the search for a vaccine for COVID-19: will we succeed, and when? Plus, in the news, the search for a chemical fingerprint for...
Life in the New Normal
This week, we're asking what will the "new normal" look like? We delve into the future of healthcare, education and transport. Plus in the...
Publishing & Politics: How Science Gets Made
What's a scientific paper? What's peer review? And when governments say they're "following the science" during this pandemic, what does that...
The Science of World War Two
This week, we're bringing you a special episode, diving into the science and technology of World War Two, to mark the 75th anniversary of...
Science Pub Quiz!
This week, pull up a chair, a drink, and get your pens and paper ready, because it's time for The Naked Scientists science pub quiz! Playing...
COVID-19: Beyond the Virus
This week, we're looking at the impacts of coronavirus beyond the virus: how is it hitting economies, universities and our mental wellbeing?...
Eyes on the Skies
Welcome to a voyage of discovery using only the view from your window. From cloudspotting to birdwatching to stargazing, you're never going...
Bubbles, Balloons and Blooms: April Q&A
Today, we're taking a step back from talking about coronavirus, to bring you a QnA show with a difference! We're answering some of the...
The Rise of Radioactivity
This week, we are looking at radioactivity, from its uses in medicine to its uses in war. Plus, a sneak preview of a new film due out soon...
Boom! Naked Scientists LIVE!
This week - from genetics to geoscience, chemistry to komodo dragons, an explosive hour of science fun! Hear what went on at our live event...
Audience Questions: Naked Scientists LIVE!
Here are a few extra bits from our live show as part of the Cambridge Science Festival, recorded back on 11th March 2020 before the rest of...
Coronavirus Explained: How COVID-19 Works
We take a detailed look at the coronavirus pandemic that's sweeping the globe. How does it affect the lungs? What can doctors do about it?...
Secrets of sustainable cities
With billions of people moving to cities in the next few decades we are looking at the secrets for making cities sustainable, from a virtual...
Q&A: COVID-19, Solar Storms & Ancient Teeth
What happens if you overwater a plant? How does gravity actually work? And should we be cancelling mass events to contain the coronavirus?...
Electric Cars: Worth the Charge?
This week, we're talking electric cars: we get someone to drive one for a few days to find out how easy the switch to electric might be. And...
Artificial intelligence in medicine
For many, the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a phrase straight out of sci-fi, conjuring up visions of utopias or dystopias, from films...
Time: It's all relative
With the leap year upon us, and the rare appearance of Feb 29th, we're "marking time" to find out how time works: from why time seems to go...
Prostate Cancer: Detection and Diagnosis
This week we delve into the disease that accounts for a quarter of all cancer diagnoses in men: prostate cancer. We'll be finding out how...
Eat, Sleep, Repeat: Body Clock Science
This week - tick tock! We're talking body clock science! Whether it's eating, sleeping, or coming down with something - we're taking a look...
