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  • Engineers vs climate change

    Engineers vs climate change
    Sep 17 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, how engineers are using novel concepts and ideas to attempt to tackle the climate crisis... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    38 minutos
  • Lockdown aged young brains, and dealing with nuclear waste

    Lockdown aged young brains, and dealing with nuclear waste
    Sep 13 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: How COVID-19 lockdowns affected the brain development of teenagers; how best to dispose of dangerous nuclear waste; and why the UK's puffin population is thriving despite a rise in avian flu. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    33 minutos
  • What's the point of the appendix?

    What's the point of the appendix?
    Sep 10 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we take a fresh look at the appendix. Despite its historical reputation of being a useless part of the body, have new studies shone a light on the pivotal functions that the appendix may have? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    29 minutos
  • Reinforced skin for amputees, and could E.T. be an AI?

    Reinforced skin for amputees, and could E.T. be an AI?
    Sep 6 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Scientists uncover a way to help amputees toughen up their skin to make prostheses more comfortable; Covid mRNA jab pharmaceutical company Moderna turn their attention to vaccines for mpox; and the Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees, on whether ET is really out there... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    34 minutos
  • You can teach an old mine new tricks

    You can teach an old mine new tricks
    Sep 3 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, teaching an old mine new tricks: how old mines are being repurposed in the name of science... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    32 minutos
  • The UK's smoking and vaping plans, and stranded astronauts

    The UK's smoking and vaping plans, and stranded astronauts
    Aug 30 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: How the UK looks set to take the world's toughest line on smoking; the new study showing that last year's Canadian wildfires pumped more CO2 into the atmosphere than most countries worldwide; and why are those astronauts still stranded on the International Space Station? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    31 minutos
  • What is Monkeypox?

    What is Monkeypox?
    Aug 27 2024
    In this episode of The Naked Scientists, we are looking at the outbreak of monkeypox - mPox - in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and fears that it could spread internationally... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    30 minutos
  • Alzheimer's treatment shelved, and UK's new spy satellite

    Alzheimer's treatment shelved, and UK's new spy satellite
    Aug 23 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: the regulator says the Alzheimer's drug lecanemab is safe, but NICE say we can't afford it; also, the UK MOD launches its first Earth-imaging satellite. We talk to the makers; and the BBC's Frank Gardner on why the UK's butterflies need our help... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    30 minutos