Clock This! - The Science of the Circadian Rhythm

Clock This! - The Science of the Circadian Rhythm

The body clock goes under the Naked Scientists' spotlight this week. We unpick the mechanisms that enable human cells, plants and even bacteria to track the time of day and alter their activities accordingly, and we hear the evidence that night work makes you put on weight and boosts your diabetes risk. In the news, how cells grafted into the eye restore sight to blind mice, the three genes that can convert scar tissue back into beating cardiac muscle following a heart attack, and electrical stimulation that returns movement to limbs paralysed by spinal injury. And on the subject of the body... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Vivaldi: The data revolution coming to care homes

Vivaldi: The data revolution coming to care homes

There are more than sixteen thousand care homes across the UK, housing around half a million people. Staggering numbers. They are meant to be places of safety, support, and quiet, relaxed companionshi...

22 Heinä 202530min

Ancient Antarctic ice cores & is a sense of humour genetic?

Ancient Antarctic ice cores & is a sense of humour genetic?

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Scientists get their hands on the oldest ice on Earth, and we've been to see it, but what's it going to reveal? Also, measles is on the up, again; we find out ...

18 Heinä 202540min

25 years of the Human Genome Project

25 years of the Human Genome Project

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we look at 25 years of the Human Genome Project. What is it? And what has it achieved? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

15 Heinä 202531min

Fitter fat cells, and Earth spins slightly faster

Fitter fat cells, and Earth spins slightly faster

This week, the cells that vanish when we slim down: are these the link between obesity and health problems like diabetes? Also, the bacteria that might be able to shield us from the "forever chemicals...

11 Heinä 202541min

Can genetics grow a better garden?

Can genetics grow a better garden?

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we pay a visit to Cambridge University Botanic Garden to ask 'can genetics help grow a better garden?' Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Nake...

8 Heinä 202529min

The "Nanny Plate" debate, and the Neanderthal fat factory

The "Nanny Plate" debate, and the Neanderthal fat factory

In the news, counting the calories: The UK government want shops to help us put 100 fewer calories in our baskets to beat obesity. So will it work? Also, archaeologists uncover the world's oldest fat ...

4 Heinä 202533min

Why proteins matter

Why proteins matter

This episode was produced and presented by Dr Marushka Soobben, a scientist from South Africa who's been taking part in an internship here at the Naked Scientists. And this week, a journey into the wo...

1 Heinä 202529min

Weight loss jab concerns, and crafty bribing caterpillars

Weight loss jab concerns, and crafty bribing caterpillars

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, weight loss jabs being prescribed by GPs in England, but do we know enough about the side effects? Also, a new simple test to replace endoscopies for patients ...

27 Kesä 202535min

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