Naked Scientists 19.10.01 - Getting to Grips with Gene Therapy
This week - gene therapy. We talk to researchers using DNA technology to prevent blindness, halt muscular dystrophy, and even potentially cu...
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Naked Scientists 19.09.24 - Crystal Clear About Glass
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 d...
Naked Scientists 19.09.17 - Code Making and Breaking
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...
Naked Scientists 19.09.10 - Creepy crawlies, quarks and counting
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...
Naked Scientists 19.09.03 - Stripping down STIs
We're stripping down sexual health and sexually transmitted infections! Coming up, will we soon have a vaccine for chlamydia? And what happe...
Naked Scientists 19.08.27 - Are You Safe Online?
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 th...
Naked Scientists 19.08.20 - Marvellous Materials in Medicine
This week, Chris Smith and Izzie Clarke explore the helpful materials that keep us healthy. How are dental implants made and fitted? Bacteri...
Naked Scientists 19.08.13 - QnA: Fridges and impossible food
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 memo...
Naked Scientists 19.08.06 - A Spin Around the Electron
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 canc...
Naked Scientists 19.07.30 - Flying into the Future
This week, The Naked Scientists are taking off into the future of aviation: will flights get faster? Could we see a fully electric plane? An...
Naked Scientists 19.07.23 - The Moon Landing: 50 Years Later
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...
Naked Scientists 19.07.16 - Simulation Science: Living in The Matrix?
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 on...
Naked Scientists 19.07.09 - Alzheimer's Disease: Facts and Fiction
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 pl...
Naked Scientists 19.07.02 - Extremely High: Sky high science
We're rounding off our month of extreme shows - coping with altitude, flying over Everest, high energy physics and screaming in space! Plus,...
Naked Scientists 19.06.25 - Extremely Deep: Mining for gold
Extremes month continues, and this week we're going extremely deep; Chris Smith takes a trip to one of the world's deepest mines in search o...
Naked Scientists 19.06.18 - Extremely Curious: QnA
For extremes month we have an extreme QnA! This week we're joined by astronomer Carolin Crawford, nanoscientist Colm Durkan, Haydn Belfield...
Naked Scientists 19.06.11 - Extremely Cold: Cool Science
This week, we're continuing our month of science at the extremes, by looking at extreme cold. Including expeditions to the poles, what happe...
Naked Scientists 19.06.04 - Extremely Fast: The Science of Speed
This week, we're kicking off a month of science at the extremes. From fast acting venom to vehicles, speedy space to tennis serves We're get...
Naked Scientists 19.05.28 - Ultimate destination: building better roads
This week, we're out on the open road! How can science help make roads cleaner, safer, greener and quieter? We've been speaking to a range o...
Naked Scientists 19.05.21 - The Power of Vaccines
This week we're putting on our swimsuits and diving deep into the choppy waters of the world of vaccines, how do they help us, and why are p...