Naked Scientists Special Editions

National Astronomy Meeting: Tuesday - 13.07.02

I find out how the British Geological Survey is investigating ...

I find out how the British Geological Survey is investigating the threat that solar storms pose to the world's electricity grids. David Southwood, President of the RAS, tells me that astronomy is about much more than just understanding the Universe:...

National Astronomy Meeting: Monday - 13.07.01

David Southwood, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, tells me ...

David Southwood, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, tells me why NAM is so important to him. I hear about plans to double the size of the Liverpool Telescope, the sparkles in the Sun which have only recently come to light, and how gravitati...

Technology and Tennis - 13.06.30

Technological advances in racquets and balls are changing the way ...

Technological advances in racquets and balls are changing the way tennis is played, including allowing us to reach incredible 163mph serves. To find out how, Ginny Smith visited a tennis court in Fulbourn to speak to Dr Alison Cook from the sports...

How do we make the right decisions? - 13.06.26

Clinical Neuropsychologist Barbara Sahakian explains why some people find it ...

Clinical Neuropsychologist Barbara Sahakian explains why some people find it difficult to make decisions that are beneficial to them, and how drugs could help....

Catalysts - 13.06.17

Catalysts...

Elife Episode 1: Multicellular life, potato blight and Hepatitis B - 13.06.16

How multicellular life began, museum specimens surrender the identity of ...

How multicellular life began, museum specimens surrender the identity of the bug behind the Irish potato famine, the Hepatitis B and D virus receptor discovered, why fog clouds driver judgement and where nucleosomes came from....

Naked in Cheltenham - 13.06.14

Ginny Smith talked to scientists performing at Chetenham Science Festival, ...

Ginny Smith talked to scientists performing at Chetenham Science Festival, as well as trying out some hands- on activities....

What is Random? - 13.05.17

We were discussing on the radio today how random numbers ...

We were discussing on the radio today how random numbers are generated, and how could it be proved - to the satisfaction of a mathematician - that the number really is random? Evan Stanbury explains......

Science Toys, for Boys? - 13.05.13

A campaign has been launched to stop science toys being ...

A campaign has been launched to stop science toys being sold by some stores as "toys for boys". But what does science say on the matter? Introduced here by BBC 5 Live's Dotun Adebayo, Ginny Smith has been investigating......

Touching Up On Art Restoration - 13.05.03

Continuing from our podcast Restoring the Masters, Sally Woodcock, a ...

Continuing from our podcast Restoring the Masters, Sally Woodcock, a PhD student from the Hamilton Kerr Institute talks about how we restore old oil paintings to their former glory....