What's Inside Your Nappy?

What's Inside Your Nappy?

Do stars form outside galaxies? What causes ringing in the ears? How fast does force propagate? Why do spectacles still work when worn backwards? Is the expanding universe tearing galaxies apart? And is any new water being created on Earth? Plus, news of the new satellite surveying the moon, the scientific way to sound out a Stradivarius and how a vaccine based on chimp viruses can protect against Hepatitis C. Plus, in kitchen science, Dave unpacks the contents of a nappy... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Why don't spiders get stuck on their webs?

Why don't spiders get stuck on their webs?

We take on your science questions: Can animals feel guilty? Could drones detect landmines? What's the furthest a paper plane could fly, and why don't spiders get stuck on their webs? Plus, a look at t...

28 Syys 201549min

How to Save a Life

How to Save a Life

This week we find out what it takes to save a life, from doctors performing open chest surgery in the street to helping people recover in the longer term from severe brain injuries. Plus, news of a re...

21 Syys 201554min

Climate Change: Making Waves?

Climate Change: Making Waves?

Climate change - and concerns about rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere - are often in the headlines. However, looking back in the history of the earth, it's clear that this isn't the fi...

14 Syys 201557min

Hands-on, Minds Open: The Changing Face of Science

Hands-on, Minds Open: The Changing Face of Science

This week we're asking whether scientists and technologists are in short supply, and how the way that we teach science in schools is changing: some classrooms are pumping out published papers! Plus, i...

7 Syys 201553min

Pluto, at Long Last...

Pluto, at Long Last...

This week is a very special, edition of the Naked Scientists as we dedicate a whole hour to the world's favourite dwarf planet - Pluto. But how did it get there in the first place? What has the New Ho...

31 Elo 201558min

Truth and Beauty: The Hidden World of Symmetry

Truth and Beauty: The Hidden World of Symmetry

On the face of it, symmetry may seem simple, but diving beneath the surface reveals a whole new world. Over the last 100 years, the mathematical idea of symmetry has proved to be a guiding light for t...

22 Elo 201556min

The Yuck Factor: Why We Find Things So Disgusting

The Yuck Factor: Why We Find Things So Disgusting

We delve into the disgusting to discover the emotion of disgust and how it affects our lives. From cockroaches dipped in juice to the importance of sanitation, no topic is off limits as we find out ab...

17 Elo 201558min

Graphene

Graphene

Hundreds of times stronger than steel, transparent, an excellent electrical conductor, and weighing next to nothing, graphene is hailed as a wonder material. But what is it doing for us now? And where...

10 Elo 201558min

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