Shedding Light on the Brain

Shedding Light on the Brain

We expose how electricity powers the nervous system. Chris Smith and Hannah Critchlow speak to a panel of experts about why chillis taste hot and mint feels cool, how ion channels could tackle diabetes and the new technique that uses algae could shed light on the brain. In the news, re-programming stem cells in situ, the TV programme that's changing accents 400 miles away, the insects that use natural gears to propel themselves and how you can tell whether a panda is pregnant. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Spooky spiders: silk, sex and squirting venom

Spooky spiders: silk, sex and squirting venom

We're wandering into the weird world of spiders! We'll be looking at spiders that can fly using little silk parachutes and the grisly and gruesome mating habits of black widow spiders. Plus in the new...

2 Marras 202156min

Q&A: Mars, Mental-Health and Managing Bitcoin

Q&A: Mars, Mental-Health and Managing Bitcoin

It's that time again for another Q&A show, a chance for you to have your say! This week we delve behind the headlines as well, trying to figure out what social media platforms are doing to protect the...

26 Loka 202159min

Risky research: making diseases more deadly

Risky research: making diseases more deadly

As some continue to speculate that COVID came from a lab, we're looking at the scientific research being done on dangerous diseases, whether this work is safe and how it's regulated. Plus in the news:...

19 Loka 202156min

Particle Problems and How to Solve Them

Particle Problems and How to Solve Them

This week, we're journeying into the world of the smallest objects known to humanity: the tiny particles that make up us and the entire universe around us. Plus, in the news, getting the world vaccina...

12 Loka 202156min

Surprising Shortages and Shaky Supplies

Surprising Shortages and Shaky Supplies

As the UK struggles with a lack of fuel in petrol stations and fresh food shortages in the supermarket, we ask: what else are we at risk of running out of? Plus, in the news, why we might be destined ...

5 Loka 202157min

Q&A: Moon Landings and Making Medicine

Q&A: Moon Landings and Making Medicine

In this week's programme, it's Q&A time! Coming up, we'll find out: what can we learn from invisible measurements in space, how scientists discover potential new medicines made by plants and why green...

28 Syys 202159min

Making sense of the menopause

Making sense of the menopause

This week we're looking into a topic that almost never gets mentioned at school but affects almost all of us, one way or another. It's the menopause. And we'll hear why it happens and when it happens,...

21 Syys 202157min

Sepsis: From Infection To AI

Sepsis: From Infection To AI

In recognition of World Sepsis Day on the 13th, we're unpicking the science of this dangerous syndrome - from the infections that cause it, to the genes that make us more susceptible, and how artifici...

14 Syys 202156min

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