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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 question...
This week, we discuss the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius. What are we beginning to learn? Plus, how potatoes were the driving force f...
Today, we put meningitis under the microscope. Robin May at the UK Health Security Agency explains this group of conditions and how his team...
Forty years on from the Chernobyl disaster, we discuss radioactive fallout and our relationship with nuclear risk. In sport, researchers sug...
Today, we are taking a journey through the evolution of space telescopes and observatories. They are continuing to drive our understanding o...
This week scientists confirm the link between changes to the microbiome and later development of Parkinson's Disease, a super speedy microfl...
We dive into the science and impact of flooding and coastal change. In partnership with UK Research and Innovation, this podcast explores wh...
This week, we look at UK Alzheimer's drugs and the latest debate over whether new treatments are a genuine breakthrough or overhyped, alongs...
This week, we are exploring the oil and gas industry, literally from the ground up: what's the geology of oil formation, how does a petroche...
This week, we find out how space travel is likely to affect the bodies of the Artemis II astronauts. Plus, how conflict and other adverse ev...
Time waits for no one, but what exactly is it? Is it just a human construct, or something far deeper, flowing through our minds and bodies?...
Artemis II begins its mission to take humans farther into space than ever before, scientists in London unveil the first lab-grown oesophagus...
Across our planet, natural archives preserve the biological footprints of species long gone, from woolly mammoths at the macro scale, throug...
This week: social media's role in user harm and the plausibility of app addiction, a sunken Soviet sub revealing how nuclear materials behav...
Coming up, we explore the race back to the Moon. Why are we going? How will we get there? Can we live and work on its surface? And what can...
Coming up, we explore an outbreak of meningitis in the English county of Kent. Will a targeted vaccination campaign bring it under control?...
For Endometriosis Awareness Month, we explore a condition which affects 10% of women around the world. Cells that form the lining of the ute...
Coming up, we assess the environmental and health impact of conflict in the Middle East. Plus, the gene variants that affect how heavily som...
This week, we're exploring polio: a highly infectious viral disease that can attack the nervous system and cause paralysis, mainly in young...
Coming up, we explore how CAR-T cell therapy is revolutionising personalised cancer treatment. Plus, how NASA's DART mission tested Earth's...
Our Titans of Science series continues with Mike Wooldridge, Ashall Professor of Foundations of Artificial Intelligence at the University of...
Today, how the brain harnesses immune cells to clear burned out fats during sleep: does this protect from Alzheimer's disease? Also, the nut...
Our Titan of Science this week is leading light in the field of malaria, Jane Carlton. The first to sequence the genome of malaria parasite...
This week, we look into the science behind Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death, caused by dart frog poison, and why Russia reso...
This week, in partnership with British Heart Foundation, we explore heart failure. Leading experts from the UK's largest independent funder...
This week, we discuss a new antibody-based nasal spray that protects against the flu: how does it work? Plus, the tiny self-replicating mole...
Coming up, we explore the tremendous impact mosquitoes have had throughout their evolution. In this episode, we break down what mosquitoes a...
This week, we examine a herpes zoster vaccination that can reduce or delay dementia diagnosis. How does it work? Plus, the BBC's Zoe Kleinma...
Today, we take a closer look at motor neurone disease (MND), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting the motor neurones that cont...
Coming up, a world-first gene cancer database is launched. How might it help us gain a better understanding of how disease develops? Plus, t...
Titans of Science is back with John Zarnecki, a towering figure in the UK's space community. He has played a crucial role in designing instr...
This week, a blood finger-prick test has been developed to detect Alzheimer's disease before symptoms arise. But how accurate is it? Plus, t...
This week, we're looking at a major study that is following the development of children born in the UK in 2026. It's called Generation New E...
This week, China's attempts to build a new "mega-embassy" in London, but are there security risks? Plus, the UK plans to build a record numb...
This week, we've partnered with Frontiers as they aim to push science to the top of the agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It come...
This week, the UK begins the rollout of the chickenpox vaccine to younger children. But why is it only being offered now? Plus, the high-lev...
In this episode, we hear from not one, but two Titans of Science, together. And that's because Ed Wild and Sarah Tabrizi are neuroscientists...
In this episode, we're revisiting some of the most magical moments and scientific milestones of 2025 - including the incredible legacy of Da...
This week, defence analyst, Michael Clarke, explains the significance of the MI6 agency's scientific shift. Will it help counter Russia's te...
Today, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation, we are asking whether it will snow on the 25th of December. It's frequently called a...
On this week's news podcast, Emory University's Boghuma Titanji on the discovery of a new strain of monkeypox in the UK, and efforts to curb...
Titans of Science is all about showcasing science superstars making huge breakthroughs and giant leaps foward in their scientific realms. In...
Coming up, we explore the UK's plans to rollout facial recognition technology. Is it a bold move to catch violent criminals, or scientific a...
The Naked Scientists welcome the return of a new series of Titans of Science, where the world's scientific, medical, and technological pione...
On this week's news podcast, the former UK prime minister, David Cameron, calls for prostate cancer screening following his diagnosis. But d...
Today, synthetic bacteriophages, a breakthrough vaccine for TB, and how unpicking the pathways used to make antibiotics are helping scientis...
In the news, why the UK appears to be betting big on small modular nuclear reactors. Also, Iran seeds the skies in bid to end its worst drou...
Today, we're analysing the COP30 conference in Brazil, asking whether the will to tackle climate change is drying up. Like this podcast? Ple...
In the news show, flu season starts early in the Northern hemisphere due to pesky new strains, so will vaccines be effective? Also, the baby...
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we go nuclear, and explore the science and politics of weapons of mass destruction... Like this pod...
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Among British people vapers now outnumber smokers for the first time. From Big Bang to Big Crunch -...