Naked Scientists Special Editions
Special feature podcasts produced by the Naked Scientists team.
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Hidden memories explained - 15.08.25
It's long been known that traumatic memories forged in stressful ...
It's long been known that traumatic memories forged in stressful situations can lie buried in the subconscious, yet they can bubble to the surface unexpectedly, triggering strong reactions, flashbacks and more serious psychological problems such as p...
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Dogs evolved with climate change not prey - 15.08.24
In the UK we are a nation of dog lovers ...
In the UK we are a nation of dog lovers but how did man's best friend become the speedy, bouncy animal we know today? Well for a long time it has been thought that dogs got faster as their prey did, in a sort of arms race, but new research from Profe...
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Premature birth affects personality - 15.08.10
New research has shown that babies born severely prematurely or ...
New research has shown that babies born severely prematurely or underweight are likely to suffer in adulthood with a socially withdrawn personality. Amy Goodfellow met with Professor Dieter Wolke from the University of Warwick to find out more......
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GCSE success: it's in your genes - 15.08.05
Scientists at King's College London have discovered that genetics makes ...
Scientists at King's College London have discovered that genetics makes an unexpectedly large contribution to children's GCSE grades across a wide range of subjects. Kat Arney met with Professor Robert Plomin to find out more. ...
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A pill on a string! - 15.08.04
About 8000 people in the UK develop a cancer in ...
About 8000 people in the UK develop a cancer in their oesophagus - the tube that connects the back of the throat to the stomach - every year. The majority of these people have detectable changes in the cells lining the oesophagus for many years befor...
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Can de-worming really improve school attendance? - 15.08.03
A decade ago a landmark study was published showing that ...
A decade ago a landmark study was published showing that treating Kenyan children for worm infections could increase their attendance at school, as well as bringing health benefits. Since then, many development agencies across Africa have taken the i...
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Music tastes linked with brain type - 15.08.01
How does the way you think influence the music you ...
How does the way you think influence the music you choose to listen to? Scientists at Cambridge University have developed a test that marries up a person's personality traits including how empathic they are, and how systematically they think, with th...
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Rocket-powered Punting - 15.07.31
Punting is one of the most typically 'Cambridge' of activities, ...
Punting is one of the most typically 'Cambridge' of activities, with hundreds of tourists being punted lazily along the river Cam at any one point during summer. Now, though, the Cambridge Science Centre has decided to liven things up a little with a...
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Sugary drinks increase diabetes risk by 20% - 15.07.31
Fizzy drinks are often very high in sugar, and doctors ...
Fizzy drinks are often very high in sugar, and doctors suspect that they're likely to be linked to the growing rates of obesity in many countries. Now, by bringing together data from all of the previously published studies in the world, public health...
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eLife episode 22: Magnetic Nerve Cells - 15.07.27
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about ...
In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about cancer, dengue fever, sperm DNA and neurons that are sensitive to magnetic fields....
