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Naked Scientists Special Editions ENHANCED — 250 episodes

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Cheers to the liver!

2

Bio-inspired robot swarms

3

New test for cervical cancer

4

Fossil Flowers, and Fur Seal Parasites

5

Carbon neutral Christmas!

6

Harnessing sunlight to clean water

7

'Nano-tweezers' extract the contents of cells

8

Language development through childhood

9

Cuddly Robots Feel Hugs

10

Modelling Malaria

11

Real fake tan fights cancer

12

Cancer-killing immune cells

13

Transmissible Tumours and LSD Receptors

14

How WW1 can help head injuries

15

Can artificial intelligence make medicines?

16

Glioblastomas Effect on Genes

17

Targeting immune cells to treat periodontitis

18

Cosmic Collisions: Supermassive black holes

19

1000 years of Tuberculosis

20

English youths drinking less

21

NASA: Now and Next

22

Inside Your Microbiome

23

Gene drive to wipe out mosquitoes

24

Using gallium as an antibiotic

25

Robotic Skin turns everyday objects into robots

26

New conductive and magnetic material

27

Bonobo Apes Won't Share Toys

28

Back to School: Mistakes help us learn

29

Audio cues improve driver safety

30

Goats prefer happy people

31

Origins of childhood kidney cancer

32

The Science of St John's

33

Pigeon patterning and stiff lungs

34

Evolution of the Skeleton

35

Circumcision Prevents HIV

36

Chemputer: Chemistry goes digital

37

Blocking immune memory cell survival to cure vitiligo

38

Growing new blood vessels

39

Bugs and Drugs, and Chocolate Cake

40

Why the high-life can shrink your arms

41

Should we be worried about asteroids?

42

From Tiny to T-Rex: Why Life Got Large

43

Dementia in a Dish

44

A new method of diagnosing osteoarthritis

45

World's first robotic eye surgery

46

CRISPR-Cas9: Cure or Carcinogen?

47

Regenerating tooth enamel

48

"Fish Elevator" Invented to Study Deep Sea Fish

49

How are new robots helping with surgery?

50

BatNav, TB and Aspirin

51

Active commutes may improve heart health

52

Kangaroo care: the science of snuggles

53

An update on Hawaii's eruptions

54

Could exercise at work be bad for you?

55

Understanding neurodegeneration mechanisms in disease

56

Can birds cope with the extreme spring weather?

57

Tackling Cancer in Tasmanian Devils

58

Why are some people tastier to mosquitoes?

59

Robin Hood and Autism

60

A new model for motor neurone disease

61

Ivory, bear bile and tiger skins: Confiscated contraband

62

Ant Undertakers and the Human Cell Atlas

63

Reprogramming Skin Cells to Treat Multiple Sclerosis

64

Is walking with friends better than walking alone?

65

New treatment for heavy periods

66

Toothpaste Ingredient Fights Malaria

67

Find out about the Flu

68

Sperm Competitions

69

Tinnitus therapy trial success

70

Could lifes building blocks have formed in space?

71

Environmental implications of healthier eating

72

Falcon-inspired drone technology

73

The future of HIV research

74

Is science getting harder to understand?

75

Could reflective particles limit climate change?

76

Type 2 Diabetes Reversed in Rats

77

Sleep and fear learning

78

AI learning without human guidance

79

eLife at Five

80

Good cholesterol protects heart cells against damage

81

Voice in the crowd

82

Kidneys in a dish

83

LiFi one step closer to our homes

84

Molecule dashes hopes for interstellar signs of life

85

Neonicotinoids in majority of worlds honey

86

Making robot muscle

87

Algal protein may boost crop growth

88

How do tissues grow?

89

Baby-like skulls are key to bird success

90

Microbes in Saliva

91

Measuring Tectonic Plate Strength

92

New antimicrobials show promise in battle against superbug

93

Where do New Drugs come From?

94

Old maps highlight new understanding of coral reef loss

95

Uterus age may affect pregnancy success

96

Fish Recognise Fish Faces

97

Can bacteria affect the sex life of animals?

98

Our hairy insides

99

Whats behind the rise in osteoarthritis?

100

Foraging for food

101

The link between cellular garbage disposal and Alzheimers disease

102

Violence weakens short term memory

103

How Does Sleep Affect Dementia?

104

Glowing Squid, and Electric Anxiety

105

Searching for super-fast stars

106

Can brain training slow the progression to Alzheimers?

107

What Causes Coastal Erosion?

108

Magnetic control of vision

109

The Rise of Deadly Heatwaves

110

What Lies Behind an Egg's Shape?

111

Spotlight on tropical diseases

112

What is Wannacry?

113

Ancient protein thwarts virus attack

114

Methane to Methanol

115

Boosting your Intellect

116

How human handedness happens

117

Blood test for autism

118

Dental detectives shed light on ancient diets

119

Making Goodwill Go Viral

120

The battery powered by stomach acid

121

Sex-specific virulence in viruses

122

Footprints of the past

123

Plankton Change Genes to Combat Climate Change

124

Shark chemical wards off Parkinson's Disease

125

Big Brains Boost Deer

126

Dissecting a Cheetah

127

Man's First Footsteps

128

Climate 'Clamity'

129

Antidote to Silent Killer

130

Does deforestation drive disease?

131

Dark Energy Mapped

132

A new dimension for graphene production

133

Bullying increases overweight risk

134

Malaria's drug-resistance genes found

135

Why don't Elephants get Cancer?

136

How to be an astronaut

137

Quantum leaps in quantum technology

138

Bionic plant sensors

139

Lunar Origins Explained

140

Ice-free summers in the Arctic?

141

Are aliens out there?

142

Non-invasive prenatal DNA screening

143

How small lies escalate

144

First ever fossilised dinosaur brain found

145

UK opiate deaths double

146

Gender equality in STEM

147

Practising Medicine

148

A powerful duo against HIV

149

Hospital Histories

150

Balancing the methane budget

151

Genes linked to friendly dogs

152

Proteins from Fossils

153

Bee Happy!

154

Are humans born violent?

155

Is the Bermuda Triangle really cursed?

156

Good fat fights bad fat

157

Older drivers drive safely

158

How pollution harms your lungs

159

Dawn of the Anthropocene

160

Gold from garbage

161

The secrets of Ceres

162

Who is tallest?

163

See-through rats bare their brains

164

Meet the Octobot - the soft robot octopus

165

Empathy speeds up learning

166

Why does female fertility fall with age?

167

Sunflowers dance to their own beat

168

Dinosaurs stuggled with arthritis

169

Great Red Spot storm warms up Jupiter

170

Zika vaccine breakthrough

171

Data Mining Helps Pneumonia Diagnosis

172

New anti-cancer patch

173

Chewing robot lives on a paleodiet

174

Power of positive thought

175

Electronic nose senses pesticides and terrorism threats

176

Royal Society Summer Exhibition

177

Cyborg Cardiac Patch

178

Getting every last drop

179

Life-saving helium discovery

180

Juno probe plunges into Jupiter

181

Two Zika vaccine candidates discovered

182

Silky sounds - making violins from silk

183

Mini-guts for testing cystic fibrosis theraphy

184

Solar powered jet makes historic crossing

185

Seeing pain in the brain

186

Iron Up Against Heart Failure

187

Sudden cardiac death in the young

188

Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Stone

189

The Longest Tunnel Ever Built

190

Fish Prefer Pastic Over Food

191

Immune System Surprisingly Adaptive

192

Universal Cancer Vaccine

193

Does salt increase blood pressure?

194

Microbiome mind control, epilepsy and parastic worms

195

Botox Effects are More than Skin Deep

196

Boiling Frogs?!

197

500 Years of Robots

198

New link in how life began

199

The Maths of Gambling

200

Mouse Model Shows Zika Causes Birth Defects

201

Limbs from Gills?

202

Archaeology Undisturbed?

203

Brains: the bigger the better?

204

Will your doctor be prescribing LSD soon?

205

Have STIs led to monogamy?

206

Invisible allies: the future of satellites

207

New Horizons reveals Pluto's secrets

208

From antibiotic resistance to artificial fingertips

209

New stroke rehabilitation technique

210

ExoMars spacecraft launches successsfully

211

What's killing the bees?

212

Coercion - It's easy to be bad

213

Game changing cancer cure?

214

Mapping climate change

215

Here Comes Science: They Might be Giants

216

Gravitational Waves Discovered!!

217

Zika declared public health emergency

218

Monkeys that gamble

219

Gene editing human embryos

220

What beached the sperm whales?

221

Could conspiracy theories be true?

222

Behind the scenes at Call the Midwife

223

Free radicals - a miracle cure?

224

National Security Algorithm

225

New Leukemia Therapy

226

Mosquitoes home in on heat

227

Why Do Dogs Slurp So Sloppily?

228

Tim Peake Rockets To Space

229

COP21 The Results

230

Plants communicate to trade with fungi

231

Science Breakthrough of the Year 2015

232

ARM: 25 years as Britain's biggest tech company

233

Can genetics help you stop smoking?

234

Why loneliness can kill

235

Sex addicts hooked by online porn

236

Supergenes can determine behaviour

237

Sounds to make you emotional

238

Puberty Timing and Health

239

Cambridge Graphene Technology Day

240

How Random are DNA Mutations?

241

Sleep and Reward Boost Recall

242

Can we prevent breast cancer?

243

How Healthy are E-Cigarettes?

244

New Vaccine For RSV

245

Eye drops to treat cataracts

246

The problem with childbirth

247

Frost prevented by new material

248

Is personality linked to birth order?

249

Slippery steel that repels bacteria

250

£21m for Engineering Grand Challenges