The Naked Scientists - Stripping Down Science
Interactive science, medicine and technology weekly live radio show with Cambridge University's Dr Chris Smith. We strip down science and lay the facts bare answering your science questions, interviewing top scientists and catching up with the latest top science news stories.
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Total wipe out: Mass Extinction - Naked Scientists 14.12.16
Mass Extinction! 250 million years ago nearly all life on ...
Mass Extinction! 250 million years ago nearly all life on Earth ended. Back from the brink, history then repeated itself with the disappearance of the dinosaurs 60 million years ago. So are we next? Plus news of how a comet smash could have kick-star...
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Good Vibrations - Naked Scientists 14.12.09
From the honking of cars to music blaring out of ...
From the honking of cars to music blaring out of someone's bedroom window, the world around us is saturated with sound. But what exactly is sound, and how do we hear it? From mimicking an owl's wing for quieter aircraft to creating more effective coc...
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The Internet: the good, the bad and the ugly - Naked Scientists 14.12.02
This week we delve into the Dark Web, a hidden ...
This week we delve into the Dark Web, a hidden arm of the Internet where Google doesn't dare to search and where drugs, guns and hitmen are offered up for sale. We explore how the World Wide Web works, and ask whether it can remain unregulated, free ...
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Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? - Naked Scientists 14.11.23
Travel by air has increased by over 60% in the ...
Travel by air has increased by over 60% in the last decade and annual global air traffic is expected to reach 3.6 billion passenger journeys by 2016 meaning that there are at least 1 million people airborne aboard planes at any moment in time. But, a...
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Inside the Ebola Epidemic - Naked Scientists 14.11.18
Ebola has rocked the world in 2014, but why has ...
Ebola has rocked the world in 2014, but why has this outbreak been so devastating? This week we get inside Ebola to find out about the virus itself, and how it causes disease and spreads. We talk to healthcare and charity workers on the ground in Wes...
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Combating Cancer - Naked Scientists 14.11.11
This week, the latest breakthroughs in cancer including blood tests ...
This week, the latest breakthroughs in cancer including blood tests to pick up the disease much earlier, new genetic treatments to trigger tumours to kill themselves, and a laser technique to zap cancers in hard-to-reach places. Plus, in the news, wh...
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Supernatural Science - Naked Scientists 14.11.04
Do you believe in ghosts? For Halloween the Naked Scientists ...
Do you believe in ghosts? For Halloween the Naked Scientists take a look at the spooky science of the supernatural. Is there evidence that paranormal beings exist and why do so many people believe in them? How do out-of-body experiences happen? What ...
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Transport of Tomorrow - Naked Scientists 14.10.28
Over the next 50 years, getting to work on time ...
Over the next 50 years, getting to work on time or heading out to the hinterlands for your family holiday will become much, much easier - and perhaps, even pleasurable. We're journeying into the not so distant future, to a world where cars drive them...
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The Cities of Tomorrow - Naked Scientists 14.10.21
Continuing the theme of the future of humanity, this week ...
Continuing the theme of the future of humanity, this week we take a look at what we can expect from our towns and cities in the years to come. Will we be living in wooden skyscrapers, amongst crime fighting lampposts or have our own personalised poll...
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Will Climate Change Cost the Earth? - Naked Scientists 14.10.14
What does climate change have in store for the future? ...
What does climate change have in store for the future? What will it mean for the man, or woman, in the street? How will it hit the global economy, and what can businesses do to fight back? This week, we hear the perspectives of a climate specialist, ...
