Getting Under Your Skin

Getting Under Your Skin

Science gets under your skin on this week's Naked Scientists, where we find out how human skin colour evolved to make the best of our sunlight. We explain why albino people have no skin pigment at all and how to heal wounds without leaving scars. Also, the nano-scale media storage that will last a billion years, the toxic bite of the komodo dragon and the biological link between cancer and depression. Plus, we shine a light on jaundice phototherapy, with the help of a urinating glass baby! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Animal Communication, Sexual Signalling and Emotions

Animal Communication, Sexual Signalling and Emotions

This week we learn about animal communication straight from the horses mouth. Dr Gillian Forrester, from the University of Sussex, describes how gorillas use tactile signals to communicate, Dr Katie S...

11 Joulu 200558min

Forensics, DNA Fingerprinting and Human Origins

Forensics, DNA Fingerprinting and Human Origins

This week we take a foray into forensics, as DI Alan Cook talks about how DNA is used to solve crime, Alec Jeffreys helps us brush up on how DNA fingerprinting works, Tamsin OConnell describes how DNA...

4 Joulu 200557min

Stars, Cosmology and the Beginning of the Universe

Stars, Cosmology and the Beginning of the Universe

This week we dive into deep time as cosmologist Mike Hobson explains how we measure the universe, the distance of the nearest galaxy, how scientists calculate the life span of the sun, and the definit...

27 Marras 200559min

Naked Scientists - 05.11.20 - Genetics, DNA Extraction and the Human Genome Project

Naked Scientists - 05.11.20 - Genetics, DNA Extraction and the Human Genome Project

This week we unravel the secrets of DNA as Darren Grafham discusses the importance of sequencing genomes and how the Human Genome Project has improved medicine, Mike Majerus reveals why we look differ...

20 Marras 200555min

Parasites, Hookworms and Allergies

Parasites, Hookworms and Allergies

This week Prof. David Pritchard gets to the bottom of why parasites may help to get rid of allergies, Elizabeth Bernays describes how caterpillars acquire a taste for plants containing toxic chemicals...

13 Marras 200558min

Fireworks, Explosions and Chemistry

Fireworks, Explosions and Chemistry

In this explosions extravaganza, John Emsley and Jacqueline Akhavan describe the chemistry behind the bangs on bonfire night, George Pendle talks about Jack Parsons and the history of rocketry, Mark S...

6 Marras 20051h

UFOs, Mars and Space Science

UFOs, Mars and Space Science

This week we delve into the unexplained as Nick Pope discusses Britains biggest UFO case, the Rendlesham Forest Incident, Anna Lacey visits Rendlesham Forest to talk to Vince Thurkettle and Brenda But...

29 Loka 200557min

Social Insects, Biting Bugs and a Potted History of Honey

Social Insects, Biting Bugs and a Potted History of Honey

This week we get bitten by the bug as Ian Burgess talks about the nasties that nibble us in the night, William Foster discusses social insects and how individuals in colonies communicate, Bee Wilson d...

22 Loka 200557min

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