Sick of COVID: The Long Haulers

Sick of COVID: The Long Haulers

Meet the COVID-19 patients who are still suffering the after-effects of the disease, months after catching the virus. They weren't ill enough to be hospitalised, and thought they'd recover after a fortnight. Now, though, they're on a rollercoaster of bizarre symptoms. They're calling it 'long COVID' - but what is it? Plus, in the news: children seem to harbour more coronavirus than adults; a new space mission to Mars gets under way, and the science of cows licking each other... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Cells On The Move

Cells On The Move

From strange-looking sperm to cancers that spread, we're looking at the light, and dark, sides of cell movement. Plus, a second Covid vaccine approaches the finishing line, but who are the also-rans? ...

24 Marras 202058min

People On The Move

People On The Move

From ancient past to global present, us humans are a migratory bunch. But with climate change redrawing maps of the world, what does the future hold? Plus, the science behind Pfizer's coronavirus vacc...

17 Marras 202055min

Earth On The Move

Earth On The Move

This week, will mass COVID testing in Liverpool get us out of lockdown? Antibodies to defend the brain; and why we've evolved to laugh! Plus we look at the Earth on the move: from our journey through ...

10 Marras 202054min

Animals on the Move

Animals on the Move

This month (November 2020), we're theming our shows around movement. From cells moving at one extreme, to planetary movements at the other! And this week we're kick-starting the series by talking anim...

3 Marras 202055min

Controlling Covid-19: lockdown, or let rip?

Controlling Covid-19: lockdown, or let rip?

This week, news of the people catching coronavirus on purpose; those waiting-out the pandemic in an old nuclear bunker, and the good news that lullabies send babies to sleep regardless of what languag...

27 Loka 202059min

Talking Trees: Science in the Forest

Talking Trees: Science in the Forest

This week, we're talking trees! From how they grow, to the oldest ones on Earth, to how they die, and what trees can do for our cities. Plus in the news, can you catch COVID twice? How microwaving an ...

20 Loka 202053min

Trump's Treatments & Nobel Prizes

Trump's Treatments & Nobel Prizes

This week Chris is joined by top palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger and BMJ executive editor Theo Bloom to dissect the science behind the headlines. As Donald Trump recovers from his coronavirus infectio...

13 Loka 202054min

Menstrual Science: periods, pills, poverty

Menstrual Science: periods, pills, poverty

This week - we're pondering periods. With about 800 million people menstruating each day around the globe, we're re-visiting the biology, musing over menstruation and mental wellbeing, and asking why,...

6 Loka 202055min

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