The Naked Scientists Podcast

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The Naked Scientists flagship science show, includes the latest science news, interviews with top scientists, hands-on science experiments and answers to your science questions.

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  1. 2026-11-10 · 35 min · Episode 1305

    In partnership with Frontiers Science House, we bring you the next installment of our Why? series. Today, we tackle one of science's most hotly debated fields and ask: Why geoengineering? What do we mean by it? Can…

  2. 2026-11-06 · 35 min · Episode 1304

    Europe's supermarket fridges and freezers have come under sustained cyber attacks - BBC tech and AI editor, Zoe Kleinman, has the latest. Plus, what to expect from the COP31 climate summit in Turkey, why two indigenous…

  3. 2026-11-03 · 35 min · Episode 1303

    Mitochondria - the longest and most successful partnership in biology - a symbiosis between bacteria and complex cells spanning billions of years - go under our microscope this week. We've teamed up with ARIA - the…

  4. 2026-10-30 · 34 min · Episode 1302

    Coming up: Africa's leading public health agency has warned that the Ebola outbreak could spread beyond the continent. What are the risks? Plus, we hear from the team behind an electronic implant with a catalytic…

  5. 2026-10-27 · 30 min · Episode 1301

    This week, Rachael Ralph investigates sugar. Perry Bateman from British Sugar tells her how white sugar and demerara differ; the British Dental Association's Mick Armstrong explains how a high-sugar diet leads to…

  6. 2026-10-23 · 37 min · Episode 1300

    Today, we explore a Japanese mission to return a sample from Phobos. What might the project tell us about Mars's moons? Plus, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani at Cancer Research UK on Pope Leo's lung cancer diagnosis and treatment;…

  7. 2026-10-20 · 36 min · Episode 1299

    Today, what causes ageing, and why some animals age faster than others. Joao Pedro Magalhaes discusses ageing biochemistry; Noah Snyder-Mackler links "jumping genes" to shorter lifespans in big dogs; Stephen Clark…

  8. 2026-10-16 · 33 min · Episode 1298

    Coming up, the US places restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine, and MI5 chief Sir Ken McCallum warns that AI is accelerating cyber threats from Russia. Plus, an electronic sensor that can help detect Parkinson's disease,…

  9. 2026-10-13 · 31 min · Episode 1297

    Today, Rachael Ralph explores menopause and perimenopause. This episode features renowned gynecologist Heather Currie on what we know about this stage of life and who it affects; GP and broadcaster Nighat Arif on…

  10. 2026-10-09 · 37 min · Episode 1296

    A 28-year-old Russian researcher has reportedly died after contracting pneumonic plague. What do we know about this medieval-era disease? Plus, we unpack the 2026 Nobel Prizes, the world's first self-setting nuclear…

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Owner
Dr Chris Smith
Oldest episode in feed
10/2005 · over 21 years
Typical length
49 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords
science, medicine, technology, science radio, engineering, naked scientists

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