Naked Scientists Special Editions
Special feature podcasts produced by the Naked Scientists team.
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eLife Episode 7: Sedatives, Maths and Evolution - 14.01.06
In this episode of the eLife Podcast, the growing problem ...
In this episode of the eLife Podcast, the growing problem of drug resistance, severe brain damage, sugar versus sweetener, public dilemmas, and the evolution of translation......
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Naked Scientists Guide to Genetics - 13.12.13
In The Naked Scientists Guide to Genetics, Simon Bishop explores ...
In The Naked Scientists Guide to Genetics, Simon Bishop explores some common genetics terms, meets a creature from the depths of the sea floor, and befriends a family of fancy rats! The terms DNA, genes, chromosomes and inheritance are explored PLUS ...
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eLife Episode 6: Bacteria and Rheumatoid Arthritis - 13.11.29
In this episode of the eLife podcast we discuss doing ...
In this episode of the eLife podcast we discuss doing protein crystallography with electrons, the discovery of a receptor for carbon dioxide, new insights into arthritis, how the brain responds to a missing hand, and the best shape for whiskers....
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#genes2shape: Asymmetry... in snails - 13.11.28
Recorded at the 2013 Genetics Society Autumn Meeting 'From Genes ...
Recorded at the 2013 Genetics Society Autumn Meeting 'From Genes to Shape', Simon Bishop meets Harriet Johnson, who works on the genes behind left-right asymmetry... in snails. ...
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#genes2shape: Tubby - from obesity to drought tolerance - 13.11.28
Recorded at the 2013 Genetics Society Autumn Meeting 'From Genes ...
Recorded at the 2013 Genetics Society Autumn Meeting 'From Genes to Shape', Simon Bishop meets Marco Reitz, who works on the conserved gene 'Tubby'. So-called because mutant Tubby creates obese mice, the gene has a very different role in plants - sal...
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Afghanistan on the brain - 13.11.27
The mental scars left after trauma and how ecstasy can ...
The mental scars left after trauma and how ecstasy can help treat post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)....
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A weather forecast, for the dinosaurs - 13.11.21
Could plankton hold the key to understanding ancient climate conditions? ...
Could plankton hold the key to understanding ancient climate conditions? New research suggests ocean temperatures from 200 million years ago could be encoded in sea shell chemistry. Simon Bishop spoke to Professor Simon Redfern from the University of...
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Bodyguard drugs and TB - 13.11.01
Tuberculosis is a major world problem, but extremely difficult to ...
Tuberculosis is a major world problem, but extremely difficult to treat - vaccines are toxic to humans, and the disease-causing bacteria have a habit of hiding in the very cells tasked with destroying them. Immune system bodyguard drugs that fend off...
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eLife Episode 5: Human Sperm, Gut Bugs and Decomposition - 13.10.30
In this issue of the eLife podcast we discuss how ...
In this issue of the eLife podcast we discuss how chimpanzees use conceptual metaphors, the hyperactivation of spermatozoa, the use of bacteria to estimate the time of death, stem cells and smoking, and a new type of bacteria....
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Packing plants with eco energy - 13.10.24
Super energy-rich biofuels could soon be possible because of new ...
Super energy-rich biofuels could soon be possible because of new research, dramatically reducing the environmental impact of intensive farming....
