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The Naked Scientists Podcast — 570 episodes
World-first baby skull surgery, and could AI kill us?
What you need to know about driverless vehicles
Supersized El Nino strikes, and navigation app for the blind
How chemistry can make us healthier
Shingles vaccine and heart disease, and allergy transpoosion
Incredible insects and their special skills
Salmonella outbreak, and Roman shipwreck discovery
How can chronic wounds cost more than cancer?
Malaria drug breakthrough, and space radiation vests
Solar eclipse special
Breakthrough womb surgery, and the SpaceX Moon crash
The food of the future
Chasing fire clouds, and nanoparticles blitz brain cancers
Titans of Science: Sara Wickstrom
Wildfires worldwide, and algae microbots for drug delivery
Titans of Science: Adrian Owen
Alzheimer's drug breakthrough, and sugar in space
Titans of Science: Enrico Coen
Weight loss pills on sale, and Dolly the sheep's legacy
Titans of Science: Tara Spires-Jones
Children's mental health, and mapping bilingual brains
The science of sound and music
Europe swelters in 'heat dome', and Martin Rees on aliens
Lessons from our ancient ancestors
UK's under-16 social media ban, and the first trillionaire
Stonehenge and the summer solstice
Christian Eriksen's heart device, and air leaks on the ISS
Fever pitch: the science of the Football World Cup
Ovarian cancer wonder drug, and the birth of black holes
Should we be concerned about Ebola?
Rising melanoma rates, and artificial bird's eggs
The future of AI
Ebola outbreak in the DRC, and Artemis III preparation
Dealing with depression
Virologists on hantavirus, and extreme heat at the World Cup
Hantavirus outbreak: cruising for a biological bruising
Hantavirus outbreak, and salmon on cocaine
Meningitis under the microscope
Chernobyl 40 years on, and countering ash dieback disease
Giant leaps in astronomy: the telescopes taking us further
Microbiome links to Parkinson's, and a massive laser boost
What is flooding? And how do we tackle it?
Alzheimer's drugs & tackling HIV
Oil, gas & what comes next
Space travel alters the body, and chronic pain on the mind
What is time?
Artemis II launch, and tackling physical inactivity
Nature frozen in time
Social media addiction, and the famous honeybee dance
Return to the Moon
Meningitis in Kent, and sonic hedgehogs
Understanding endometriosis
War and the environment, and Neanderthal-human interbreeding
Eradicating polio
Immune reprogramming for cancer, and squeaky shoe science
Titans of Science: Mike Wooldridge
Brain fats cleared during sleep, and bird poo powered Peru
Titans of Science: Jane Carlton
Navalny's dart frog poisoning, and cat cancer genomics
Heart failure: can you mend a broken heart?
A nasal spray for flu, and is this how life began on Earth?
The mosquito: the world's deadliest animal
Shingles vaccine delays dementia, and chatting AI bots
Motor neurone disease: what does the science say?
Cracking cancer's code, and the cow that scratches its back
Titans of Science: John Zarnecki
Alzheimer's fingerprick test, and space debris sonic booms
Generation New Era: The UK's new birth cohort study
China's new London embassy, and screen-time retards speech
Science leads the way at Davos
Chickenpox jab UK rollout, and how the US grabbed Maduro
Titans of Science: Ed Wild & Sarah Tabrizi
Best Science Stories of 2025
MI6 pushes cyber security, and WHO warns of fat jab shortage
What's a white Christmas, and will we get one this year?
New monkeypox virus strain, and Chernobyl's dome damaged
Titans of Science: Paul Davies
Facial recognition tech, and Russia destroys launchpad
Titans of Science: Georgina Long
Prostate cancer screening, and DNA building blocks in Bennu
New ways to combat the Antibiotic Apocalypse
Small modular reactors for Wales, and moss survives in space
A climate COP out?
Flu season starts early, and staving off hungry seagulls
80 years of nuclear weapons
Vaping rates surge, and space race to deliver economic boon
The National Physical Laboratory at 125
Hurricane Melissa's wake, and alcohol-free beer with a buzz
Proteomics promises a revolution in preventative medicine
Eye implant restores vision, and corvids follow human calls
Frozen Flora: 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank
Talc linked to cancer, and improving yoghurt with ants
Hearing loss, and what we can do about it
Top athlete reveals MND diagnosis, and 2025's Nobel Prizes
Has COVID-19 weakened our immunity?
Embryos made from skin cells, and remembering Jane Goodall
Painting: where art meets science
Huntington's treatment, and the High Seas Treaty
Lung cancer: looking at the latest developments
US-UK nuclear deal, and forensics for plastic pollution
A decade of detecting gravitational waves
Ancient Mars bacteria, and 'fugitive' methane leaks
Made in orbit: How to sustain life in space
Energy drinks curb, and biting back against beetles
Is AI changing the way we think?
First pig lung transplant, and the origins of dark energy
What can we do about hair loss?
Apple wins privacy row, and microbes dictate chocolate taste
What Niger's AMR outbreak means for the world
Decoding our inner voice, and hunting for life on Mars
'Three-parent babies' prevent inherited genetic condition
Medicinal microbes for kidney stones, and musky mice
A 21st century guide to hunting dinosaur fossils
Old drug new tricks, and a sensational bionic leg
The science of modern warfare
Malaria bites back, and the lunar base race
Vivaldi: The data revolution coming to care homes
Ancient Antarctic ice cores & is a sense of humour genetic?
25 years of the Human Genome Project
Fitter fat cells, and Earth spins slightly faster
Can genetics grow a better garden?
The "Nanny Plate" debate, and the Neanderthal fat factory
Why proteins matter
Weight loss jab concerns, and crafty bribing caterpillars
On thin ice: The race to save Antarctica
HPV vaccine uptake wanes, and boozeless beer health concerns
Titans of Science: Sharon Peacock
UK commits to new nuclear plant, and robot surgery
How can we improve young people's mental health?
Africa's cholera surge, and colliding galaxies
Prostate cancer: When should we intervene?
UK invests in 'cyber army', and turning lead into gold
Titans of Science: Simon Baron-Cohen
Curing mosquitoes' malaria, and the history of our units
The rising tide of fungal diseases
DNA frees man after 38 years, and breast cancer breakthrough
Titans of Science: Sarah Parcak
Tough climate future ahead, and self-inflicted snake bites
How fungi shape our world
Indus River in Kashmir crossfire, and gene-stealing cancers
Titans of Science: Andrew Pollard
Malaria fight in jeopardy, and bone collecting caterpillars
Titans of Science: Sara Russell
Martian carbon cycles, and magnetic flip fried Neanderthals
Titans of Science: Richard Thompson
Womb transplant baby, and ancient seafarers
Why are measles cases surging?
Antibiotics affect babies' vaccinations, and space miso
How bad is the air we breathe?
Pig liver transplant breakthrough, and weird early galaxies
AMR unleashed: the silent pandemic
Stranded astronauts return, and the whale pee funnel
The mounting misgivings over microplastics
North Sea ship crash, and super spuds
CRISPR, and the ethics of gene editing
New part of the immune system, and greedier labradors
Incoming: what happens when the next asteroid hits Earth?
Glucose monitor misinformation, and AI dairy farms
What is mirror life?
Game-changing prostate cancer test, and magnetic turtles
Halting the progress of multiple sclerosis
Record-breaking neutrinos, and quantum train travel
From Russia with Love: The Science of Hybrid Warfare
Mantis shrimp's punch, and low-methane rice
Can you grow a building?
Asteroid Bennu's brine, and DeepSeek shocks Silicon Valley
Titans of Science: Charlie Swanton
Malaria infection trial, and weeing chimpanzees
Science of Scotch: How whisky is made
5 years of COVID, and the hunt for Planet X
Titans of Science: Antje Boetius
Bird flu threat, and what the Romans really did for us
Titans of Science: Trevor Robbins
What science will thrive in 2025?
Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams
The science that defined 2024
The best of 2024!
Titans of Science: David Baker
Food science, ancient human genes, and dark comets
Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
AI takes weather forecasting by storm, and crabs use aspirin
OCD and balance in the brain
Jab to alleviate asthma attacks, and amber in Antarctica
Can nuclear innovation help meet our energy needs?
Amazing animals: bats on treadmills, and showering elephants
Are we on track to end new infections of HIV?
The stakes at COP29, and the rogue Skynet satellite
Can weight loss jabs tackle the obesity pandemic?
Pompeii DNA, and a black hole feeding faster than it should
How do we reduce harms to children from smartphones?
Monkeypox in the UK, and the lost Mayan city
Could technology swing the race for the White House?
Chris Hoy's cancer diagnosis, and AI finds us common ground
Searching for signs of life on Europa
Modifying insulin, and the melting Sphinx
Is a vegan diet a healthy one?
Electrical stitches show potential, and Nobel prizes
Rules of engagement: Nullifying neurotrauma
Diabetes cured with stem cells, and US bans Chinese tech
Lockdown legacies: how Covid continues to shape the world
Fruity vapes paralyse lungs, and world's oldest cheese
Cancer vaccines: Empowering the immune system
Pager attacks in Lebanon, and resurrecting ancient seeds
Engineers vs climate change
Lockdown aged young brains, and dealing with nuclear waste
What's the point of the appendix?
Reinforced skin for amputees, and could E.T. be an AI?
You can teach an old mine new tricks
The UK's smoking and vaping plans, and stranded astronauts
What is Monkeypox?
Alzheimer's treatment shelved, and UK's new spy satellite
Cosmetics linked to cancer
Mpox crisis deepens, and liquid water on Mars
Titans of Science: Russell Foster
Ketamine's antidepressant effect, and bee brains find a way
Titans of Science: Brian Schmidt
Synchronised brains, and bird flu spreading in cow's milk
Titans of Science: Gerry Gilmore
Muscles in microgravity, and probing the placebo effect
Sporting extremes: The science of Olympic success
Cervical screening self swabs, and jelly-based batteries
Titans of Science: Susan Solomon
Covid insights, Hurricane Beryl, and AI creativity cost
Titans of Science: Dan Fallows
Mosquito bloodlust hormones & inflammation drives long Covid
Titans of Science: Nicky Clayton
Remembering Voyager's mastermind, and lizard clean-up crews
Titans of Science: Geoff Hinton
E. coli outbreaks, and sniffing the air for DNA
The trials and tribulations of trees
Lab-grown Crohn's mini-guts, and is the Universe a doughnut?
Gambling addiction: Hidden harms
Motor neurone disease, and a gut microbe-brewery
Dark matter and dark energy: mapping the dark universe
GM mosquitoes fight malaria, and robot digit gets thumbs up
The UK infected blood scandal
Breakthrough in low carbon cement, and static sensitive bugs
What does the future hold for AI?
Caesarean stops measles jab response, and quantum navigation
From sounds to syntax: The science of language
Vaccines, squirrels with leprosy, and exoplanet atmospheres
AI and immunotherapy: The cutting edge of cancer research
AstraZeneca Covid vaccine clots, and self eating plastic
How to survive in space
Regrowing brains, and China's sinking cities
ADHD explained
Britain's smoking ban, and bumper sea beasts
Hunting Higgs bosons: A tribute to Peter Higgs by Lyn Evans
Artificial platelets, and angry primates
Global warming vs global farming
Stem cells for spinal injury, and breast cancer breakthrough
Nitazenes move the needle for drug death distress
Climate change slowing Earth's rotation, and hotels in space
Alzheimer's: the fight back
Whooping cough cases surge, and looking for life on Europa
Tackling the uptick in ticks
COVID retrospective, space security, and car brake particles
Should we stop calling it Long COVID?
Greedy labradors, a dead galaxy, and telepathic fish
Cyber crimes in cyber times
The UK rejoins Horizon programme, and how we lost our tails
How pothole misery is driving a digital roads revolution
Blood clot breakthrough, and a fossil forgery
Microplastics and forever chemicals: here to stay?
Dengue, decaying dead bodies, and a stone age deer trap
Healing war wounds
King Charles' cancer, and a new particle supercollider
Is it time to change the law on assisted dying?
Neuralink implant, and a brief history of spine
Decarbonising shipping, and the Ship of the Future
Retinas reveal future health, and the first cells on Earth
Titans of Science: Julie Williams
Plague in the population, and preventing potholes
Titans of Science: Martin Rees
Depression drugs, deepfakes, and fingerprint discoveries
Titans of Science: Deborah Prentice
Measles outbreaks, and terrorist chatbots
What science has in store for 2024
The best of 2023!
A Naked Gaming Christmas!
Naked Christmas: Presents, plonk and a pliosaur
Titans of Science: Mark Slack
The pregnancy sickness protein, and COP controversy
Titans of Science: Chris Hadfield
Fentanyl, fenlands, and Boris Johnson's COVID defence
Invigorating the inactive with just one step
COP28, Swine flu in the UK, and Bennu samples arrive
Jet engines, hearts, and planets: the world of digital twins
COVID inquiry revelations, and red wine headaches
Spinal stimuli and good vibrations: All about Parkinson's
Chickenpox and weather bots
Selective breeding: designing dogs, and conserving tigers
Breast cancer drug breakthrough, and hibernating hedgehogs
Faeces and phages: Moulding the microbiome
Flu vaccinations, and calls for AI regulation
Halloween, and why you should love creepy creatures
Long COVID, and strengthening hurricanes
Time to ditch daylight saving?
Head knocks and food system shocks
The James Webb Space Telescope
Bedbugs, pig organ transplants, and 1918 flu deaths
When not if: Preparing for the next pandemic
Malaria vaccine, Fukushima wastewater & Nobel prizes
Titans of Science: Sally Davies
COVID variant vaccines, and sinking antimatter
Titans of Science: Robert Winston
Spinal injury repair, and embryo editing ethics
Titans of Science: Anthony Fauci
Ban on cheap vapes, and farewell to Dolly's 'father'
Titans of Science: Helen Sharman - part 2
Concrete concerns, and pharaoh de toilette
Titans of science: Helen Sharman - part 1
London ULEZ emissions tax, and uterus transplants
Return to the Moon: Why now?
Serial killers, and sails on supertankers
The perfect plate of food: seasonal and well seasoned
Elections in an AI age & smokers start with less grey matter
The past, present and future of nukes
Prepping for pandemics, and pursuing Perseids
Q&A: Knuth, curry and kettles
Hydrogen: fuel or folly?
Global boiling, and crashed crafts on Mars
How AI will actually change the world
Alzheimer's drug, and algae vegan vitamins
Antidepressants: the ongoing debate
Feeling the heat and hearing the silence
Q&A: Love drugs and phaging superbugs
The fight to save the oceans
AI cancer scans, and heatproof drone plans
Light pollution: time to flick the switch
Polio vaccine and policy probe
40 years of HIV
Space solar power and fish running fevers
The science of UFOs
UK Covid inquiry, AI, and cat contraception
Fossil fever: scientists dig in
Treaties, treatments and time travel
Allergies and how they happen
Toxic vapes and Russian treason
Q&A: Dodgy Devices and Maths Mayhem
How to remember everything
Cancer vaccines and Commercial Space Stations
Building a better battery
China's satellites and Wales' trilobites
Did rugby give me dementia at 40?
Ultra-processed cuisine and catch-up vaccines
Dealing with Diabesity
Starship explodes & soundscapes for sleep
Taking a trip into a black hole
Solar power milestones and bird microbiomes
Eco-anxiety: getting hot under the collar about climate change
Bonus Episode: Mantra Meditation
China hides Covid data, the problem with pain
Recharging in nature
T-Rex lips and dating tips
The Right to Repair: Get your fix
Nerve interfaces and infrared fossil finding
Trick or treaty: the high seas agreement
HIV case cured by umbilical cord stem cells
Q&A: How will astronauts shower on the moon?
Roman dildos and hackers targeting pets
What can plate tectonics teach us?
Sleepy sperm and shiny shrimp
Fusion power by 2040?
Gene therapy saves baby from fatal condition
A Bird Flu Pandemic Hovering on the Horizon
Turkey's earthquake and China's balloon
Cheaper food from fewer fertilisers
Transplanting brain cells & the Big Birdwatch
Satellites: forging metal and finding cholera
Plastic-eating bugs & paying you to power off
ChatGPT: The chatbot changing how we work
Lasers lure lightning and carbon computing
Dry January: is giving up booze beneficial?
Shouting dolphins and failed rocket launches
Q&A: How to avoid being squashed by a whale
The best of 2022!
A deep dive into oceanography
Nuclear fusion, and magnetic air pollution
Tumours and tectonics: magnets making a mark
AI passes Turing Test, and new drug for Covid
8 billion: an overpopulation crisis?
New Alzheimer's treatment, and mussel memory
Personality testing: no wrong answers?
Disease breath tests, and Perseverance papers
Q&A: How did we outpace the big bang?
Reproducibility: science's consistency issue
Growing blood in the lab, and talking to ET
Tuberculosis: tackling the troubling uptick
Gene therapy for epilepsy, and beastly botany
Clocks, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll
Charged up bees and deep, dark seas
SEEMONSTER and the circular economy
Neanderthals, lost nets, and net zero
The Latest on Long Covid
These boots are made for walking
Can fracking calm the energy crisis?
Nobel Prize Roundup
The Trieste Next science festival
Sweeteners, seagrass, and sterilised plastic
Q&A: Deadly Lasers and Delicious Brains
You can't teach an old dogma new tricks
First known amputation uncovered in Borneo
The Microbiome: Trust Your Gut?
COVID Vaccines and Coffee Cups in Hot Water
All About Drought
Bite-sized vaccines and familiar faces
Spacewalk: the Scale of our Solar System
Bivalent Covid Boosters and Unbalanced Bees
Child's play: curtailing a health crisis
Hitting back against heatwaves
Reintroduction: Bringing Species Back
Shorter Days and Binning Best Before Dates
Vaping Health Impacts: No Smoke Without Fire?
A trip down the River Cam
The wine we drink and machines that can think
Gene-Editing: Food of the Future?
Ghost pond resurrection
Emerging Viruses: Monkeypox on the up
Venus, Volcanoes & Virtual Clothing
Storing Energy: Watt does the Future Hold?
Winding up Wind Power
Turning the Tide on Hydro Power
Is Solar the Solution?
Forensics
Primates, Pi and (unconscious) Ponderings
Madvertising
The Coffee Conundrum
Frankenfoods, Formula 1 & Fake news
Contagious Cancers
Science of the Silver Screen
Human Milk
Bonus Podcast: Naked Reflections Showcase
Energy in crisis: nuclear goes up the agenda
Behaviour
Cyberwarfare
Q&A: Defining AI, Dark Energy & Dr NO
Under the Microscope
Xenotransplantation
Q&A: Planets, Procrastination & Plastic Squid
Tracing the origins of COVID19
Tasteless
A Robotic Reality
MRSA, The Metaverse & Medical Milestones
Hidden clues and wombat poos: best of 2021
Christmas with The Naked Scientists
Nanotechnology: sci-fi or sci-fact?
Q&A: Reefs, Robots & Rubies 'Rap'-Up
Plastics: climate friend or foe?
Would wood be good?
Q&A: Mars, malaria and monstrous ducks
COPing With Climate Change: The COP26 lowdown
Spooky spiders: silk, sex and squirting venom
Q&A: Mars, Mental-Health and Managing Bitcoin
Risky research: making diseases more deadly
Particle Problems and How to Solve Them
Surprising Shortages and Shaky Supplies
Q&A: Moon Landings and Making Medicine
Making sense of the menopause
Sepsis: From Infection To AI
COVID Immunity: The Road Ahead
Capturing Carbon: Beyond Woodland
Q&A: Foxes, Physics, and Fluffy Insects
Long COVID: What we now know
Environmental DNA: Seeing the Unseen
Electric vehicles: are we nearly there yet?
Going for Gold: Our Olympic Science Q&A
The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
Psychedelics In Medicine
Lyme Disease: Ticks, Trends, and Treatment
Q&A: Diets, Duct Tape & Dark Matter
Secret Lives of Sharks
Vaccine Hesitancy
The Sun and Us
Oxygen Shortages, UFOs & Nuclear Waste
The Science of Songbirds
Unpacking ADHD
Fermented food: tasty myth or healthy option?
Malaria Vaccine, Net Zero & Project Hail Mary
Green Spring Clean: Greener Homes
How Does My Radio Work?
The Secret Life of Seeds
Bitcoin Decrypted: Cash, Code, Crime & Power
The Hospital of the Future
Earthquakes: Science on Shaky Ground
Ancient Egyptian Mysteries
Flu Seasons to Solar Storms: Science Round Up
The Future of Fertility
Learning In The Time Of COVID
COVID Vaccines Explained
Stories of Self-Experimentation
Do we Need Nuclear Power?
X-ray to MRI: Unpacking Medical Imaging
Fabulous Fabrics and Nifty Knitting
Vaccines & Space Voyages: 2021 In Science
Animals, astronauts, and an ancient ice bird
Showcasing Naked Astronomy: Dark Matter
Cake, Cows, Climate Change: Best Of 2020
Video Games on the Brain
Bonus episode: Highlighting Naked Reflections
Scroll Over Beethoven: Machines Making Music
HIV Under the Microscope
Bonus episode: Showcasing Naked Gaming
Movement Science: Devotion to Motion
Cells On The Move
People On The Move
Earth On The Move
Animals on the Move
Controlling Covid-19: lockdown, or let rip?
Talking Trees: Science in the Forest
Trump's Treatments & Nobel Prizes
Menstrual Science: periods, pills, poverty
Should You go Vegetarian?
Big Data, Big Problems?
Covid to Climate: Dissecting Science News
Telescopes Through Time
Where Did COVID Come From?
Gardens, Plants and Climate Change
Can You Understand Me?
Sick of COVID: The Long Haulers
Sizzling BBQ Science!
Science Pub Quiz: From Cosmos To G&Ts
Rosalind Franklin: the hidden story of DNA
Meet the Neighbours: Venus and Mars
Covid Science: Test, Track, Trace
Bail Out The Planet
Let's Get Quizzical: Summer Science Pub Quiz
Under Our Feet: What's Inside Earth?
The Fifth State of Matter
COVID-19: How to Vaccinate a Planet
Life in the New Normal
Publishing & Politics: How Science Gets Made
The Science of World War Two
Science Pub Quiz!
COVID-19: Beyond the Virus
Eyes on the Skies
Bubbles, Balloons and Blooms: April Q&A
The Rise of Radioactivity
Boom! Naked Scientists LIVE!
Audience Questions: Naked Scientists LIVE!
Coronavirus Explained: How COVID-19 Works
Secrets of sustainable cities
Q&A: COVID-19, Solar Storms & Ancient Teeth
Electric Cars: Worth the Charge?
Artificial intelligence in medicine
Time: It's all relative
Prostate Cancer: Detection and Diagnosis
Eat, Sleep, Repeat: Body Clock Science
Q&A: Soy, Slingshots and Cyanide
A Burns Night Celebration of Science
Food Waste: Slimmer Waste-line
Know When to Fold 'Em: Origami Science
Lottery Numbers and Banana Skins
A Year of Naked Science!
Get Gaming: Naked Scientists Christmas 2019
Fly Me to the Moon
How to survive an avalanche
Why Do I Stress Eat?
Print me a new liver!
Custard unflustered
Phenomics: A Medical Revolution
Computer Models: Welcome to the catwalk
Eggs, eyes and quantum - November QnA
Does recycling work?
Blood Under a Microscope
Inclusive Computing
Regeneration: How the Body Heals
Will Machines Take Over the World?
Questions and Answers
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