Episódios

  • Talc linked to cancer, and improving yoghurt with ants

    Talc linked to cancer, and improving yoghurt with ants
    Oct 17 2025
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Whether talc-based products - like baby powder - can cause ovarian cancer. Also ahead, the "Sword Dragon of Dorset" found on England's Jurassic Coast. Plus, we'll be finding out about the 'double comet' visible in the night sky... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    34 minutos
  • Hearing loss, and what we can do about it

    Hearing loss, and what we can do about it
    Oct 14 2025
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, why we lose our hearing and what we can do about it... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    32 minutos
  • Top athlete reveals MND diagnosis, and 2025's Nobel Prizes

    Top athlete reveals MND diagnosis, and 2025's Nobel Prizes
    Oct 10 2025
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Is elite level sport linked with Motor Neurone Disease? We examine the evidence as another top player announces his diagnosis. Also, cages that can sieve out molecules, the immune system peacekeepers; and the quantum realm: we look at this year's Nobel Prizes for science. And, how did birds react to the Great American Eclipse last year? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    41 minutos
  • Has COVID-19 weakened our immunity?

    Has COVID-19 weakened our immunity?
    Oct 7 2025
    You've probably heard of Omicron, but what about Nimbus and Stratus? These are the latest COVID strains spreading around the world, and for most people they'll amount to a heavy cold at worst, lasting just a few days. Or will they? Are these coronaviruses doing more to our immune systems than meets the eye? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    31 minutos
  • Embryos made from skin cells, and remembering Jane Goodall

    Embryos made from skin cells, and remembering Jane Goodall
    Oct 3 2025
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: US scientists have turned skin cells into human embryos for the very first time. We unpack the significance. Also ahead, the legacy of the primatologist and conservationist, Jane Goodall, who has died at the age of 91. Plus, we hear from a chemist who believes he has cracked the mystery of ghostly lights we call will-o'-the-wisps... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    34 minutos
  • Painting: where art meets science

    Painting: where art meets science
    Sep 30 2025
    Today, we're picking up a brush, and probing the science of paint. Where does chemistry stop, and the art take over? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    31 minutos
  • Huntington's treatment, and the High Seas Treaty

    Huntington's treatment, and the High Seas Treaty
    Sep 26 2025
    On today's show:, scientists successfully treat Huntington's disease for the first time, slowing the disease by at least 75%: we hear how they've done it. Also, the High Seas Treaty takes a step closer to protecting the world's oceans. And the Earth-sized planet not that far away that might have conditions suitable for life. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    38 minutos
  • Lung cancer: looking at the latest developments

    Lung cancer: looking at the latest developments
    Sep 23 2025
    Lung cancer is one of the world's biggest killers. Today, we explore why, and how medical research into this disease is seeing the development of better diagnostic tools, cancer treatments and even a vaccine to prevent tumours from taking hold in the first place... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    33 minutos