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Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

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 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.The Naked Scientists Biological Sciences Hygiene & Healthy Living Nature & Ecology Physical Illness & Disease Science
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  • Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky

    Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky
    May 19 2025
    What if a parasite could rewire your brain - not to harm you, but to make you... more romantic? This week on The Naked Scientists, we're exploring the bizarre world of Wolbachia - a bacterium that turns female fruit flies into mating machines. Marushka Soobben with the story... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    5 mins
  • Speedy, soft robot powered by air alone

    Speedy, soft robot powered by air alone
    May 12 2025
    Using only soft tubes and a continuous stream of air, a team of researchers at AMOLF in Amsterdam have created one of the fastest and simplest soft robots to date. Marushka Soobben with the story... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    6 mins
  • Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain

    Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain
    Apr 24 2025
    What is the impact of an extra year at school on the brain? Also, how poison dart frogs come by their toxins, using movies to track the developing infant nervous system, the insect-spread bacterial plant parasite that is a mastermind of matchmaking, and a new cancer tool to link disease with the best drugs. Chris Smith takes a look at some of the most powerful papers out this month in eLife... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    35 mins

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