Episodes

  • Medicinal microbes for kidney stones, and musky mice

    Medicinal microbes for kidney stones, and musky mice
    Aug 8 2025
    In the news, why a dose of bacteria might be the solution to combating kidney stones. What tooth enamel tells us about the lives and diets of dinosaurs. And what the world's most abundant insects can teach robots... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    31 mins
  • A 21st century guide to hunting dinosaur fossils

    A 21st century guide to hunting dinosaur fossils
    Aug 5 2025
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we are on the hunt for dinosaurs as we explore how cutting edge tech, chisels, and canoes go hand in hand when changing the way we view our prehistoric past... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    33 mins
  • Old drug new tricks, and a sensational bionic leg

    Old drug new tricks, and a sensational bionic leg
    Aug 1 2025
    In the news, an old drug heralds a new treatment for the gut parasite Cryptosporidium; the bionic-knee that anticipates where amputees want to go to make movements much more natural; and why we're spotting more Near-Earth Objects, and whether one may hit us. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    32 mins
  • The science of modern warfare

    The science of modern warfare
    Jul 29 2025
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, how is science helping to shape the future of warfare? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    30 mins
  • Malaria bites back, and the lunar base race

    Malaria bites back, and the lunar base race
    Jul 25 2025
    In the news podcast, what's causing the uptick in malaria cases in Africa? Also, scientists show statistically that the sex of a baby at birth is not random, and South Korea joins the throng in the race for settling on the Moon. Then, we hear how computer scientists are programming ethical AI to explain its decision making, and, sticking with AI, what are some of the environmentally friendly projects seeking to offset machine learning's vast energy consumption? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    38 mins
  • Vivaldi: The data revolution coming to care homes

    Vivaldi: The data revolution coming to care homes
    Jul 22 2025
    There are more than sixteen thousand care homes across the UK, housing around half a million people. Staggering numbers. They are meant to be places of safety, support, and quiet, relaxed companionship for the people who live and work in them. But when COVID-19 arrived, they became one of the pandemic's deadliest frontlines. In a bid to see what might be possible, the Vivaldi Study - a nationwide effort to gather data from inside care homes - was launched. Can better data improve the lives of people in care homes? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    30 mins
  • Ancient Antarctic ice cores & is a sense of humour genetic?

    Ancient Antarctic ice cores & is a sense of humour genetic?
    Jul 18 2025
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Scientists get their hands on the oldest ice on Earth, and we've been to see it, but what's it going to reveal? Also, measles is on the up, again; we find out why. And, is humour genetic? We talk to the scientist who has studied hundreds of pairs of twins to find out! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    40 mins
  • 25 years of the Human Genome Project

    25 years of the Human Genome Project
    Jul 15 2025
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we look at 25 years of the Human Genome Project. What is it? And what has it achieved? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    31 mins