Episodes

  • Chickenpox jab UK rollout, and how the US grabbed Maduro

    Chickenpox jab UK rollout, and how the US grabbed Maduro
    Jan 9 2026
    This week, the UK begins the rollout of the chickenpox vaccine to younger children. But why is it only being offered now? Plus, the high-level technological plan to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, what the latest research says about the health of vegan and vegetarian diets in the young, and the risks posed by "space junk" that falls back to Earth... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    29 mins
  • Chickenpox jab UK rollout, and how the US grabbed Maduro

    Chickenpox jab UK rollout, and how the US grabbed Maduro
    Jan 9 2026
    This week, the UK begins the rollout of the chickenpox vaccine to younger children. But why is it only being offered now? Plus, the high-level technological plan to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, what the latest research says about the health of vegan and vegetarian diets in the young, and the risks posed by "space junk" that falls back to Earth... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    29 mins
  • Titans of Science: Ed Wild & Sarah Tabrizi

    Titans of Science: Ed Wild & Sarah Tabrizi
    Jan 6 2026
    In this episode, we hear from not one, but two Titans of Science, together. And that's because Ed Wild and Sarah Tabrizi are neuroscientists, neurologists and long-time collaborators both based at University College London. They've devoted much of their careers to understanding Huntington's Disease. Chris Smith went to visit them in London... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    39 mins
  • Best Science Stories of 2025

    Best Science Stories of 2025
    Dec 22 2025
    In this episode, we're revisiting some of the most magical moments and scientific milestones of 2025 - including the incredible legacy of Dame Jane Goodall, the brain-wave reading bionic-knee, why labradors are so greedy, and the beer that doesn't give you a hangover... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    52 mins
  • MI6 pushes cyber security, and WHO warns of fat jab shortage

    MI6 pushes cyber security, and WHO warns of fat jab shortage
    Dec 19 2025
    This week, defence analyst, Michael Clarke, explains the significance of the MI6 agency's scientific shift. Will it help counter Russia's technological threat? Plus, the University of Glasgow's Naveed Sattar tells us why weight loss medicine could be a silver bullet for global obesity, Ellie Diamant at Bard College on beaky birds during COVID, and the Institute of Astronomy's Matt Bothwell on NASA's new space telescope... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    31 mins
  • What's a white Christmas, and will we get one this year?

    What's a white Christmas, and will we get one this year?
    Dec 16 2025
    Today, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation, we are asking whether it will snow on the 25th of December. It's frequently called a white Christmas and - at this time of year - weather forecasters and the bookies are busy weighing up the odds. So we've set out to explore how weather predictions are made, what constitutes snow, the role of technology in making forecasts, and whether parts of the UK will witness a white Christmas for 2025... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    30 mins
  • New monkeypox virus strain, and Chernobyl's dome damaged

    New monkeypox virus strain, and Chernobyl's dome damaged
    Dec 12 2025
    On this week's news podcast, Emory University's Boghuma Titanji on the discovery of a new strain of monkeypox in the UK, and efforts to curb the virus with a breakthrough vaccine. Plus, the drone damage to the shield preventing radiation leaking from the Chernobyl nuclear site, evidence from southern England that Neanderthals deliberately made fire 400,000 years ago, and we ask how we can overcome the so-called winter blues... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    31 mins
  • Titans of Science: Paul Davies

    Titans of Science: Paul Davies
    Dec 9 2025
    Titans of Science is all about showcasing science superstars making huge breakthroughs and giant leaps foward in their scientific realms. In this episode, we turn the telescope around around to consider the extremely strange effects that kick in when physics shrinks down to the atomic scale. We are, of course, taking a tour through the world of quantum mechanics, and our guide is the physicist, writer and broadcaster Paul Davies. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    31 mins