Episódios

  • Will It Sequence? Synthetic DNA

    Will It Sequence? Synthetic DNA
    Oct 9 2024
    In this episode of Naked Genetics: How much of your personality is down to your DNA; we also look at synthetic DNA, and why we'd want to make it; plus, the spiders that turn one species of insect against its own kind... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    25 minutos
  • Will It Sequence? 700-year-old DNA

    Will It Sequence? 700-year-old DNA
    Aug 23 2024
    In this episode of Naked Genetics: A mammoth discovery in ancient DNA structure; on the subject of ancient DNA, what can we sequence for a centuries old body? And, in quirks of evolution, the animal that drinks its own offspring's blood... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    21 minutos
  • Will It Sequence: How effective is handwashing?

    Will It Sequence: How effective is handwashing?
    Jul 16 2024
    In this episode of Naked Genetics: The risk factors between schizophrenia and substance use disorder have had a fresh genetic examination; I put Illumina to the test and ask, 'what difference does washing our hands really make?' And, the the extraordinary way in which dung beetles use the night sky to orientate themselves... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    19 minutos
  • Will It Sequence? What grows on your food?

    Will It Sequence? What grows on your food?
    Jun 7 2024
    In this episode of Naked Genetics: What the latest genetics research has to say about restless leg syndrome; I put Illumina to the test and ask, 'what really grows on our food?'; And, what makes a tardigrade so tough? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    25 minutos
  • Will It Sequence? Hunting drug resistant bugs

    Will It Sequence? Hunting drug resistant bugs
    May 3 2024
    In this month's edition of Naked Genetics: Why a genetic bottleneck created decades ago means some whales are in deep water; how wastewater is helping genetic sequencer track down deadly diseases; And, surf's up! how one beach dwelling creature is shredding the gnar in order to find food... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    23 minutos
  • ADHD advantages, and mining microbiomes

    ADHD advantages, and mining microbiomes
    Apr 5 2024
    This episode of Naked Genetics: has the evolutionary advantage to ADHD been uncovered? Also, We look at the microbiome of mining. And, the only vertebrate in the world that would thank you for saying that it looked like crap... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    23 minutos
  • The roamin' Roman Empire, and Charles Darwin's love life

    The roamin' Roman Empire, and Charles Darwin's love life
    Feb 28 2024
    In this edition of Naked Genetics: The surprising findings of a roman empire diversity study; Are hybrid animals the way out of the biodiversity crisis? And, was charles darwin as romantic as he was scientifically brilliant? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    29 minutos
  • The origin of Europe's MS disease, and South Pole sequencing

    The origin of Europe's MS disease, and South Pole sequencing
    Jan 22 2024
    This episode of Naked Genetics, the origins of multiple sclerosis markers in northern Europe is revealed, and why it might have helped more people than it hindered; we also look at organisms surviving in Earth's most extreme conditions; and ask just why might a bunch of organisms be turning into crabs? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    28 minutos