Augmenting Reality

Augmenting Reality

The high-tech scanners that can home in on chemicals produced by cancers, how bats and dolphins share genes for echolocation and why barefoot runners have a smoother track record. Also this week, augment your reality: find out how new technologies can add extra information to the way you see the world by making a mobile phone into a virtual tour guide or even a pocket mechanic! Plus, how virtual reality worlds are helping to rehabilitate stroke victims, and, in a theatrical twist, for Kitchen Science Dave discovers the workings of a baffling stage illusion... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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You can teach an old mine new tricks

You can teach an old mine new tricks

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, teaching an old mine new tricks: how old mines are being repurposed in the name of science... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scienti...

3 Syys 202431min

The UK's smoking and vaping plans, and stranded astronauts

The UK's smoking and vaping plans, and stranded astronauts

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: How the UK looks set to take the world's toughest line on smoking; the new study showing that last year's Canadian wildfires pumped more CO2 into the atmospher...

30 Elo 202431min

What is Monkeypox?

What is Monkeypox?

In this episode of The Naked Scientists, we are looking at the outbreak of monkeypox - mPox - in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and fears that it could spread internationally... Like this podcas...

27 Elo 202430min

Alzheimer's treatment shelved, and UK's new spy satellite

Alzheimer's treatment shelved, and UK's new spy satellite

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: the regulator says the Alzheimer's drug lecanemab is safe, but NICE say we can't afford it; also, the UK MOD launches its first Earth-imaging satellite. We tal...

23 Elo 202430min

Cosmetics linked to cancer

Cosmetics linked to cancer

Human pursuit of body perfection and ideal aesthetics means that we're increasingly resorting to cosmetic interventions to achieve the look we're after. But evidence is mounting that some of these cos...

20 Elo 202434min

Mpox crisis deepens, and liquid water on Mars

Mpox crisis deepens, and liquid water on Mars

In the news, we speak to the WHO about the rise in cases of the new variant of Mpox. Also, the final piece of Stonehenge is traced back to its origin, and Nasa's InSight lander finds evidence of liqui...

16 Elo 202432min

Titans of Science: Russell Foster

Titans of Science: Russell Foster

This episode of Titans of Science features body clock guru Russell Foster, who talks all about our body's circadian rhythm, and how paying attention to it is crucial for a healthier and happier life.....

13 Elo 202431min

Ketamine's antidepressant effect, and bee brains find a way

Ketamine's antidepressant effect, and bee brains find a way

In the news podcast, could Chinese scientists have found the mechanism that gives ketamine its antidepressant effect? Also, how a Cambridge researcher has laid the foundations for eliminating a form o...

9 Elo 202429min

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