Phosphorus: Essential to All Life But Are We Running Out?

Phosphorus: Essential to All Life But Are We Running Out?

If you've followed environmental stories over the years, you'll know this tune. Scientists have long been singing off the same songbook when it comes to fossil fuels, deforestation and pollution. But drum not often banged is the dwindling supply of phosphorus. It's is an essential element for all life. It makes up our DNA and all organisms need it for energy. It cannot be replaced, there is no synthetic substitute. In other words, without phosphorus, there is no life. This week on the Naked Scientists, we investigate whether we're running out of phosphorus for fertiliser and what we can do... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Fighting Floods: Who Gets Hit?

Fighting Floods: Who Gets Hit?

Extreme weather events are becoming more common, and sea levels are set to rise. So could we be about to find ourselves in very deep water? This week we're exploring how to spot where and when floods ...

1 Joulu 201556min

Sugar Tax: Answer to Obesity?

Sugar Tax: Answer to Obesity?

This week, is sugar the enemy? Difficult as it is to digest, one person in every four in the UK is obese, and treating the condition as well as its knock-on effects, costs the health service 5.1 billi...

24 Marras 201554min

Big Data, Big Deal?

Big Data, Big Deal?

More pieces of data have been produced in the last five years than in all of human history put together before then. But what's driving this big data revelation? We'll discover what opportunities it o...

17 Marras 201554min

Do squirrels ever forget where they hid their nuts?

Do squirrels ever forget where they hid their nuts?

The Naked Scientists and some special guests team up to tackle your science questions head-on. Do squirrels ever lose their nuts? Is cracking your knuckles bad for you? And could your gut bugs turn yo...

10 Marras 201549min

Electric Cars: Pollution Solution?

Electric Cars: Pollution Solution?

London and many other European cities face the prospect of a 300 million penalty every year over bad air. Engineers say part of the solution lies with electric transport, so this week the Naked Scient...

3 Marras 201554min

Should I Stay, or Should I go... to Mars?

Should I Stay, or Should I go... to Mars?

The Naked Scientists have been on a trip to Mars but we forgot to ask one BIG question, should we even be going at all? We complete the series with a debate featuring a space politician, a geologist, ...

27 Loka 201553min

Could We Ever Colonise Mars?

Could We Ever Colonise Mars?

In episode three of our series Destination Mars, we finally arrive at the Red Planet - but what is waiting for us when we get there? We examine possible solutions to the challenges of building a home ...

19 Loka 201554min

Mars: Are we nearly there yet?

Mars: Are we nearly there yet?

To rocket engineers, the idea of transporting humans to Mars is a one colossal headache. Compared to inert satellites and probes, humans are highly unpredictable, needy and fragile. Radiation is our b...

12 Loka 201551min

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