Artificial platelets, and angry primates
This week on The Naked Scientists: Scientists invent artificial platelets to help clot blood; why it might be time to reappraise the peace-loving nature of bonobos; and why the Moon may have turned it...
12 Huhti 202429min
Global warming vs global farming
This week, fresh off the back of the World Meteorological Organizations scathing report of the state of global climate 2023, we're taking a look at how the increasing trend of torrid weather extremes ...
9 Huhti 202431min
Stem cells for spinal injury, and breast cancer breakthrough
In the Naked Scientists News this week, stem cell treatment using cells from the bellies of those with spinal cord injuries restores movement and sensation in phase 1 clinical trials. Also, Cambridge ...
5 Huhti 202433min
Nitazenes move the needle for drug death distress
Today we're investigating dangerous new drugs which have found their way onto the streets of the UK. Nitazenes are lab made opioids with similar effects for the user as heroin. Their relative strength...
2 Huhti 202429min
Climate change slowing Earth's rotation, and hotels in space
This week on The Naked Scientists: Check your watches: how climate change is making the Earth turn more slowly; we'll also hear from the Cambridge scientists investigating whether vaccines can combat ...
29 Maalis 202429min
Alzheimer's: the fight back
Thanks to Sannia Farrukh and the ICGEB for their support in making this show!It's thought that by the end of the decade, 78 million people around the world will have Alzheimer's disease. It's debilita...
26 Maalis 202433min
Whooping cough cases surge, and looking for life on Europa
This week on The Naked Scientists: The spike in whooping cough cases occurring across Europe; what's behind it? Also, how scientists are set to look for life on an icy moon of Jupiter. And, the new ar...
22 Maalis 202429min
Tackling the uptick in ticks
This week on The Naked Scientists, we're getting ticked off about the uptick in ticks, as we look at what they are, the problems they cause, and what we can do to tick them off our worry list. Like th...
19 Maalis 202429min
