A Burns Night Celebration of Science
This week we're donning our kilts and raising our whisky bottles to celebrate Burns Night! The two-century-old Scottish holiday honours the memory of the great poet Robbie Burns, and in this episode w...
28 Tammi 202058min
Food Waste: Slimmer Waste-line
This week: food waste. Worldwide, a third of the food we buy ends up in the bin. Why? And what can science do to help? Plus - will 2020 be another climate record-breaker, and what are the climate-chan...
21 Tammi 20201h
Know When to Fold 'Em: Origami Science
This week we're unraveling the science behind the ancient art of origami - paper folding - and how scientists are even doing it now with DNA. The new virus that's appeared in China, news of the Austra...
14 Tammi 202054min
Lottery Numbers and Banana Skins
It's Q&A time! We've picked a selection of the best science questions from listeners, like: are lottery numbers really random? Is there still a hole in the ozone layer? And crucially - why do some ban...
7 Tammi 202058min
A Year of Naked Science!
In this week's special episode, Katie Haylor, Adam Murphy and Phil Sansom take a trip down memory lane, month by month, reflecting on some of our favourite moments from a whole year's worth of sensati...
31 Joulu 20191h 1min
Get Gaming: Naked Scientists Christmas 2019
Merry Christmas! In this special edition of the show, discover how many presents are really coming your way on the 12th day, hear which medical specialists are most likely to get caught speeding, and ...
23 Joulu 201959min
Fly Me to the Moon
NASA have stated that they are heading back to the Moon in 2024. This week we're finding out why, and what's in store for us as we head up there. Plus, in the news, cave paintings dated to 40,000 year...
17 Joulu 201958min
How to survive an avalanche
This week we're exploring a terrifying force of nature: avalanches. Why do they happen? How do you avoid them? And if you encounter one, how could you survive it? We speak to Lawrence Jones, who 20 ye...
10 Joulu 201959min
