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The Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists flagship science show brings you a lighthearted look at the latest scientific breakthroughs, interviews with the world"s top scientists, answers to your science questions and science experiments to try at home.

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00:30:18

How AI will actually change the world

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/07/25

It's been quite the ride in the realm of artifical intelligence over the past year or so. As impressive as advancements in machine learning have been, however, few experts are worried about bots taking our jobs and threatening our safety as a species. The truth is, tools like ChatGPT are not the way AI is going to prove most helpful in the short term. We scratch below the surface to explain how, with more carefully trained programmes, the real potential of chatbots can and is being unlocked... Like

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00:27:49

Alzheimer's drug, and algae vegan vitamins

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/07/21

A new drug in the fight against Alzheimer's disease: how does it work? Plus, we'll also have the latest on measles cases in London, look at the calls to reset the lunar clock, and could algae help people who are seeking to increase vitamin B12 in their diet? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:29:47

Antidepressants: the ongoing debate

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/07/18

We'll be exploring depression, what causes it, and whether antidepressants or other treatments hold the key to solving it. Amongst our guests is psychologist Gordon Harold, speaking on how depression manifests in patients, and we'll also hear from psychiatrists on both sides of the antidepressant debate: Hamish McAllister Williams and Joanna Moncrieff. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:27:30

Feeling the heat and hearing the silence

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/07/14

The mercury rises as record temperatures are recorded across the world. But what's driving them? Also ahead: the sound of silence. We'll be finding out why scientists think it's not just the absence of noise, we can actually perceive it. Plus, the Cambridge students who are hoping to boldly go where no other amateur European rocket group has been before... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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01:00:59

Q&A: Love drugs and phaging superbugs

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/07/11

It's a Question and Answer special this week. You supply the questions and we pose them to a panel of expert guests. Joining us this time, biologist and author Tom Ireland, marine scientist Liberty Denman, chemistry writer Philip Broadwith, and comedien Rosie Wilby. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:31

The fight to save the oceans

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/07/04

This week, we're diving into the fight to save the planet's oceans. We're looking at how humans are responsible for the effects on our planet's oceans, but also perhaps lesser known strategies that are currently being employed to protect the sea and its inhabitants. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:31:50

AI cancer scans, and heatproof drone plans

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/06/30

How an artificial-intelligence technology from Cambridge is helping cut cancer treatment waiting times, how the James Webb Space Telescope is shedding new light on the chemical building blocks of life, the universe and everything, and why Finland's become a hot spot for the world's computer scientists. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:31:21

Light pollution: time to flick the switch

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/06/27

Many people don't recognise light pollution at night for what it is: pollution. Largely, we fail to see this harmful introduction into the environment because we have been conditioned to associated light with good and darkness with badness. It's time to change that. In this episode, we explore the various implications of artifical light at night and speak to the activists trying to put a stop to it. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:28:14

Polio vaccine and policy probe

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/06/23

In this week's show, we speak to a former navy commander about the Titan sub, do our decision-makers ignore evidence when making scientific policy? And the new telescope that is hoping to explore the dark side of the cosmos... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:28:22

40 years of HIV

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/06/20

40 years since the identification of HIV, we look at where it came from, and how far are we from an effective vaccine... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:28:11

Space solar power and fish running fevers

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/06/16

The plan to beam-in solar power from space, ways to incentivise sharing trustworthy material on social media, and do ill fish run a fever like we do? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:28:25

The science of UFOs

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/06/13

This time, we'll be taking a deep dive into the extra terrestrial...and exploring UFOs. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:29:47

UK Covid inquiry, AI, and cat contraception

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/06/09

As the UK's Covid inquiry kicks off, will it help to transform how we tackle future pandemics? How an AI is writing its own computer code, speeding up the Internet; and using gene therapy for cat contraception. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:28:31

Fossil fever: scientists dig in

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/06/06

Researchers around the world are naming a new kind of dinosaur every week on average at the moment - what's behind this golden age of palaeontology? We talk to scientists, museum staff and amateur fossil hunters to find out about some of the most recent breakthroughs in the field, including new techniques looking for fossilised DNA still present in the samples stored away in curators' collections... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:44

Treaties, treatments and time travel

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/06/02

Also in the news, boys vocalise more in their first year, NASA' holds a public meeting on the study of 'unitdentified aeriel phenomena', and what damage might a time traveller cause? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:26:22

Allergies and how they happen

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/05/30

This week, we're taking a closer look at allergies. What causes them, and what makes them so hard to cure? Along the way we find out what it's like to live with severe allergy, why the body has evolved such a self-destructive system in the first place, whether, as some claim, caesarian delivery is linked to allergy risk, and how scientists are working on ways to blind the immune system to the things we react to to prevent allergy symptoms in future... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting

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00:28:47

Toxic vapes and Russian treason

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/05/27

Are public health officials preparing to clampdown on the sale of dangerous vapes, the Russian scientists under arrest for treason, how researchers are homing in on why some of us are magnets for mosquitoes, and a very welcome floral addition to King's College, Cambridge... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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01:02:48

Q&A: Dodgy Devices and Maths Mayhem

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/05/23

Your questions are going under our microscope and we?ll be asking our guests to give their expert insight on a number of topics. Including, Why does asparagus make your wee smell? Could plastic eating worms help prevent pollution? And what?s going to happen to the International Space Station? Plus, there?ll be our customary quiz at half time. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:27:17

How to remember everything

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/05/16

How do we remember things, why some people stuggle to remember their way around, and what does it take to be a memory world champion? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:26

Cancer vaccines and Commercial Space Stations

The Naked Scientists Podcast ·

2023/05/14

Scientists successfully test a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, why Japan is finally casting off its remaining Covid-19 restrictions, and we'll explore how a scientist is turning Yellowstone's geology into stunning music... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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