Pig liver transplant breakthrough, and weird early galaxies
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: the first transplant of a gene-modified pig liver into a human; also, the James Webb Space Telescope sees one of the first galaxies ever to exist, and it's ver...
28 Maalis 202535min
AMR unleashed: the silent pandemic
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, Antimicrobial Resistance, or AMR, is going under our microscope. What is it, how does it happen, what's the scale of the threat, and how can we fight back? Lik...
25 Maalis 202532min
Stranded astronauts return, and the whale pee funnel
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Stranded Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams come down to Earth with a splash and some awesome drone footage; also, Cambridge scientists are mappin...
21 Maalis 202533min
The mounting misgivings over microplastics
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, what threat do microplastics pose to our health, and the health of the planet? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
18 Maalis 202530min
North Sea ship crash, and super spuds
On this edition of the Naked Scientists Podcast, what are the potential environmental impacts of the ship crash in the North Sea? Also, we find out what's being done to reduce the risk from engineered...
14 Maalis 202540min
CRISPR, and the ethics of gene editing
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we take a closer look at CRISPR gene editing. What is it? And what are the ethics involved in rewriting the human genome? Like this podcast? Please help us by ...
11 Maalis 202530min
New part of the immune system, and greedier labradors
In the news pod, scientists in Israel discover a new part of the immune system. We'll find out why it matters. Also, the Blue Ghost mission that just landed on the Moon and could change the way we con...
7 Maalis 202534min
Incoming: what happens when the next asteroid hits Earth?
This week, we're examining NEOs - near-Earth objects - asking whether any of them might be on a collision course with our biggest cities... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Sc...
4 Maalis 202531min
