Naked Scientists Special Editions
Special feature podcasts produced by the Naked Scientists team.
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Strategic decision making revealed - 14.09.25
Are you a strategic decision maker? Is your brain anterior ...
Are you a strategic decision maker? Is your brain anterior cingulate cortex switched off or on? Are random decisions being made or are you basing them entirely on past experience? Alla Karpova discusses decision-making......
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Worrying world population - 14.09.19
World leaders had been planning for a world population of ...
World leaders had been planning for a world population of about 9 billion by 2050. But now a new analysis, based on fresh data and more advanced statistical methods, suggests that this estimate might be wildly inaccurate and that the real figure migh...
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Ant-sized radios - 14.09.17
Wireless connections are everywhere now. Perhaps you're listening to us ...
Wireless connections are everywhere now. Perhaps you're listening to us through your smartphone or laptop, or maybe you have one of those new-fangled smart fridges connected to the internet.Technologists now talk about the internet of things&qu...
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Modifying mice memories - 14.09.15
Scientists have been able to alter the emotional associations of ...
Scientists have been able to alter the emotional associations of memories mice by using a technique called optogenetics, which involves shining lights inside the brain. Roger Redondo explained to Georgia Mills how they reversed emotions at the brain ...
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Sex and back pain - 14.09.14
The karma-sutra for back pain may soon be arriving. Within ...
The karma-sutra for back pain may soon be arriving. Within the UK and abroad, there are striking percentages of men and women that report experiencing back pain, especially in later life, and this may be causing the bedroom to take a backseat for the...
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Mental health support online - 14.09.11
Something bothering you? Don't want to visit a doctor to ...
Something bothering you? Don't want to visit a doctor to talk about your problems? An online tool called 'myGRiST' due to be released early next year to the public, aims to assess your risks and help to identify areas where you could improve your ove...
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EPSRC's Rising Stars - 14.09.10
From 'plastic' solar panels to flexible electronics, and quantum mechanics ...
From 'plastic' solar panels to flexible electronics, and quantum mechanics to regenerative medicine, we found out about the exciting research of the nominated rising star scientists at the British Science Festival......
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Sudden death in athletes - 14.09.09
You may have heard reports of seemingly healthy young athletes ...
You may have heard reports of seemingly healthy young athletes suddenly dropping down dead in the middle of a game. Professor Paulus Kirchhoff from the University of Birmingham studies the genetic defects that lead to this condition- a rare form of h...
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Unlocking Stonehenge's secrets - 14.09.09
Previously undiscovered monuments surrounding the stone circle have been found, ...
Previously undiscovered monuments surrounding the stone circle have been found, using highly advanced geophysical tools and laser scanners in order to search the landscape and identify what lies beneath Stonehenge......
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Parkinson's 'pocket-doctor' - 14.09.09
A 'pocket-doctor' smartphone app may now help to diagnose Parkinson's, ...
A 'pocket-doctor' smartphone app may now help to diagnose Parkinson's, a degenerative motor disease, that was previously very difficult to assess. With symptoms such as voice tremors and walking abnormalities, how does the phone application work? ...
