Breaking bones, Aching joints and the Placebo effect

Breaking bones, Aching joints and the Placebo effect

Release Date: 02/22/2008

Description: This week on Ask the Naked Scientists we find out how to break your bones for your own good, the truth behind the placebo effect and how your body knows when to be sensitive. Also, why some people gain weight when they have arthritis, restless legs and the importance of prostate check-ups. All that and more on this weeks Ask the Naked Scientists.

Explicit: No

Ask the Naked Scientists is BACK!

Release Date: 01/06/2014

Description: How trees tell the time, the germ potential of hot air driers in toilets, where fruit flies come from, does menstruation synchronise, why do mad people tend to run along roads, why is smoking addictive and why should a 7-year old have underarm odour? Join Dr Chris for the first Ask! outing of 2014...

Explicit: No

Man-boobs, Hair Cells & Relativity in Rugby

Release Date: 05/19/2010

Description: Ask the Naked Scientists, South Africa! This week we're adding a new member to the Ask! family with a new show on South Africa's flagship station TalkRadio 702. We look at man-boobs, hair cells, relativity at work in rugby, the right way round for your headphones, the getting-cold-causes-colds myth, excito-toxicity, how the immune system works, why asparagus makes urine smell and the lifespan of a fly. Don't know the answer? Then why not Ask the Naked Scientists...

Explicit: No

Diet, The Brain and Meteors

Release Date: 01/04/2008

Description: This week on Ask the Naked Scientists we answer your questions on diet, the brain and meteors. We'll be looking into what foods can help reduce your cholesterol, if it's possible for our brains to shrink and how meteor showers work. We'll also be talking about dementia, smoking oils, how mountains are like sponges and how to recover if the fast-spreading norovirus gets into your system. All that and more of your questions answered on this special podcast from the Naked Scientists.

Explicit: No

Ask the Naked Scientists

Release Date: 08/21/2020

Authors: Dr Chris Smith

Description: How many organs could you donate and remain alive? How many planet Earths could fit inside the Sun? How high is a giraffe's blood pressure? Why is the sea blue? To find out, Ask The Naked Scientists!

Explicit: No

Planet Earth

Release Date: 09/13/2020

Authors: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Description: Planet Earth Podcast, selected by the Naked Scientists

Explicit: No

Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists

Release Date: 08/29/2020

Authors: The Naked Scientists

Description: Naked Astronomy: the Naked Scientists' Astronomy and Space Science Podcast - audio that's out of this world...

Explicit: No

Ask The Naked Scientists SA

Release Date: 03/19/2021

Authors: Naked Scientists

Description: Why scratch your head if you don't know the answer? What about the Earth made the dinosaurs so big? Why does the Universe spin? Is the Sun seem brighter in the morning than the evening? Are autistic people particularly at home with computers? Why do effervescent tablets fizz only in water? Why do Parkinson's patients sleepwalk without difficulty? Plus, news of a decoy molecule that can treat dwarfism and what earwax has revealed about blue whales...

Explicit: No

Special Editions

Release Date: 03/18/2021

Authors: Naked Scientists

Description: Probing the weird, wacky and spectacular, the Naked Scientists Special Editions are special one-off scientific reports, investigations and interviews on cutting-edge topics by the Naked Scientists team.

Explicit: No

Naked Scientists Special Editions ENHANCED

Release Date: 04/30/2021

Authors: The Naked Scientists

Description: Special scientific reports and investigations by the Naked Scientists team

Explicit: No

Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

Release Date: 09/01/2020

Authors: The Naked Scientists

Description: Special scientific reports and investigations by the Naked Scientists team

Explicit: No

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists

Release Date: 09/06/2020

Authors: James Tytko

Description: Open your mind with Naked Neuroscience, the spine-tingling, interactive monthly exploration of the workings of the nervous system from the Naked Scientists.

Explicit: No

Naked Neuroscience

Release Date: 03/18/2021

Authors: Naked Scientists

Description: Open your mind with Naked Neuroscience, the spine-tingling, interactive monthly exploration of the workings of the nervous system from the Naked Scientists.

Explicit: No

Naked Scientists

Release Date: 03/26/2021

Authors: Naked Scientists

Description: The Naked Scientists are a media-savvy group of physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use radio, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials, and promote it to the general public. Their award winning BBC weekly radio programme, The Naked Scientists, reaches a potential audience of 6 million listeners across the east of England, and also has an international following on the web.

Explicit: No

Africa

Release Date: 03/26/2021

Authors: Naked Scientists

Description: The Naked Scientists have joined forces with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the Pan Africa Chemistry Network and Channel Africa to produce a special thirty minute weekly edition of the Naked Scientists for broadcast across Africa and the rest of the world.

Explicit: No