Can you grow a building?
This week on The Naked Scientists, we've teamed up with Cambridge University Press and specifically the team behind Research Directions, their suite of new, open access journals that are all about pub...
4 Helmi 202533min
Asteroid Bennu's brine, and DeepSeek shocks Silicon Valley
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Samples back from space reveal tantalising insights into where the life-linked chemicals that kick-started biology on Earth could have come from. Also, the imp...
31 Tammi 202535min
Titans of Science: Charlie Swanton
It's our final Titans of Science offering of this series, with world-leading cancer expert Charlie Swanton. We'll hear how the latest developments in our understanding of cancer's mechanisms are shapi...
28 Tammi 202531min
Malaria infection trial, and weeing chimpanzees
On the Naked Scientists News show: a new UK trial seeks to infect healthy people with malaria in a bid to get to grips with the dormant stage of the infection. Then, we hear how T cells could be the k...
24 Tammi 202534min
Science of Scotch: How whisky is made
In this special episode of The Naked Scientists, join Chris Smith on a journey from farm to whisky tumbler, as he witnesses the intricate processes behind producing high quality Scotch. Richard Broadb...
21 Tammi 202532min
5 years of COVID, and the hunt for Planet X
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: It's 5 years since COVID began and the WHO hosted their first press conference. But how much have we learned and are we prepared for the next pandemic? Also, a...
17 Tammi 202531min
Titans of Science: Antje Boetius
Titans of Science continues with the microbiologist who discovered how an extraordinary relationship between two methane-eating seafloor species has shaped the world we know today. To explain that and...
14 Tammi 202530min
Bird flu threat, and what the Romans really did for us
In the news podcast this week, the first human death from bird flu in the US has made virologists vigilant about its potential threat. Also, we learn about the potentially billions of tonnes of seques...
10 Tammi 202533min
