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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Summary: The Naked Scientists flagship science show brings you a lighthearted look at the latest scientific breakthroughs, interviews with the world's top scientists, answers to your science questions and science experiments to try at home.

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Podcasts:

 October Q&A | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:51:59

It's Q&A time! This week - is AI a threat to humanity? What's a panic attack? And why does being scared make your legs wobble? We're answering your questions about science, technology, and medicine with our panel of experts. We've got university of Cambridge AI specialist Beth Singler; Naked Scientist and host of Naked Genetics Phil Sansom; Olivia Remes to chat to us about anxiety and mental health; and physiologist Sam Virtue, also from the University of Cambridge. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Getting to Grips with Gene Therapy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:59:51

This week - gene therapy. We talk to researchers using DNA technology to prevent blindness, halt muscular dystrophy, and even potentially cure HIV. Plus, what climate change means for the state of the world's oceans, a new satellite to take the Earth's temperature, and scientists discover the world's first baby bottles - and the milk that was in them - from thousands of years ago... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Crystal Clear About Glass | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:53:00

This week, we're taking a look through the window, or rather, at the window: we're looking at glass! Coming up, how do you make glass, how does stained glass work, and is bullet-proof glass really bulletproof? And in the news: Why birds are in big trouble, swimming the channel, scratching an itch, and a potential cure for the common cold... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Code Making and Breaking | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:57:11

We're making codes and breaking ciphers this week as we look at the world of cryptography! Coming up, Cold War spy rings, and how does your computer keep your data secure? Plus in the news, why it's hard to keep the weight off when you get older, and seagulls are stealing more than our chips, they're stealing our superbugs... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Creepy crawlies, quarks and counting | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:38

This week: How long can someone hold their breath and can you train for this? Who are fitter - footballers or rugby players? And what's the most intelligent insect? We've assembled an expert panel to take on your science questions - University of York animal behaviour scientist Eleanor Drinkwater, exercise physiologist Dan Gordon from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge University physicist Fran Day, and Cambridge University mathematician and University Challenge icon Bobby Seagull! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Stripping down STIs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:57:33

We're stripping down sexual health and sexually transmitted infections! Coming up, will we soon have a vaccine for chlamydia? And what happens in a sexual health check up? And in the news, the fires in the Amazon rainforest, and a new weapon against malaria... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Are You Safe Online? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:22

This week: How does the internet affect us? What does it mean for our security, our wallets, and ourselves. We're taking a deep dive into the world of all things cyber... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Marvellous Materials in Medicine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:57:49

This week, Chris Smith and Izzie Clarke explore the helpful materials that keep us healthy. How are dental implants made and fitted? Bacteria-resistant plastic coatings; and what hip implants have in common with plastic bags. Plus, in the latest science news, why pancreatic cancer is so aggressive - and how we might stop it, signs that something ten times the size of the Earth slammed into Jupiter, and more... For more PODCASTS by The Naked Scientists, head to thenakedscientists.com/subscribe. To SUPPORT The Naked Scientists, head to thenakedscientists.com/donate Plus, you can FOLLOW the team on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook; @nakedscientists. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 QnA: Fridges and impossible food | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:58:32

In this month's QnA show we're asking: why are fridges harder to open again after you just closed them? What's the best way to wipe the memory of a smart phone? And what might climate change mean for chocolate? We're answering your questions with the help of an expert panel - neuroscientist Duncan Astle, techxpert Peter Cowley, food security expert Nadia Radzman and engineer Livia Souza... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 A Spin Around the Electron | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:59:51

This week we're taking a spin around the electron! How does a fridge magnet stay stuck? And how can quantum physics help us in battling cancer? We'll find out. Plus in the news, the chemistry of breaking down microplastics, exploring bacterial infections resistant to last line antibiotics, and we're going back to school P.E lessons! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Flying into the Future | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:55:42

This week, The Naked Scientists are taking off into the future of aviation: will flights get faster? Could we see a fully electric plane? And can a Naked Scientist land a commercial aircraft? Izzie Clarke and Adam Murphy find out Plus, in the news, a new way of disguising cancer drugs as fat, sharks are in danger, and how do you make a bad joke funnier? For more PODCASTS by The Naked Scientists, head to thenakedscientists.com/subscribe. To SUPPORT The Naked Scientists, head to thenakedscientists.com/donate Plus, you can FOLLOW the team on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook; @nakedscientists. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 The Moon Landing: 50 Years Later | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:55:53

This week a special show celebrating 50 years since man first walked on the Moon! How did we get there, what happened on the Moon, and will we ever go back? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Simulation Science: Living in The Matrix? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:59:45

This week, could we be living in The Matrix? We're talking about the power of computer simulations, and we're asking are we all living in one! Plus, in the news - making diabetes treatment smarter; diagnosis by an electronic doctor - would you be comfortable with that? And the world's first robot that picks lettuces... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Alzheimer's Disease: Facts and Fiction | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:57:50

This week, Alzheimer's Disease goes under the microscope: what is it? Why do people get it, and can we cure it? Plus in the news, why the planet needs more trees, a breakthrough in storing computer data, and the science of a good excuse! For more PODCASTS by The Naked Scientists, head to thenakedscientists.com/subscribe. To SUPPORT The Naked Scientists, head to thenakedscientists.com/donatePlus, You can FOLLOW the team on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook; @nakedscientists. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

 Extremely High: Sky high science | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:59:54

We're rounding off our month of extreme shows - coping with altitude, flying over Everest, high energy physics and screaming in space! Plus, sniffing out Methane on Mars, and the scientists making sweet music with proteins... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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