The Science of Songbirds

The Science of Songbirds

This week we're tuning in to the science of birdsong, including parents who talk to their eggs to warn them of high temperatures, and how traffic noise means young birds are taking longer to learn their songs. Plus, in the news, scientists grow beating hearts in a laboratory culture dish; why the plastic you recycle isn't going where you think it is; and why a long working week might be the death of you. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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UK Covid inquiry, AI, and cat contraception

UK Covid inquiry, AI, and cat contraception

As the UK's Covid inquiry kicks off, will it help to transform how we tackle future pandemics? How an AI is writing its own computer code, speeding up the Internet; and using gene therapy for cat cont...

9 Kesä 202329min

Fossil fever: scientists dig in

Fossil fever: scientists dig in

Researchers around the world are naming a new kind of dinosaur every week on average at the moment - what's behind this golden age of palaeontology? We talk to scientists, museum staff and amateur fos...

6 Kesä 202328min

Treaties, treatments and time travel

Treaties, treatments and time travel

Also in the news, boys vocalise more in their first year, NASA' holds a public meeting on the study of 'unitdentified aeriel phenomena', and what damage might a time traveller cause? Like this podcast...

2 Kesä 202330min

Allergies and how they happen

Allergies and how they happen

This week, we're taking a closer look at allergies. What causes them, and what makes them so hard to cure? Along the way we find out what it's like to live with severe allergy, why the body has evolve...

30 Touko 202326min

Toxic vapes and Russian treason

Toxic vapes and Russian treason

Are public health officials preparing to clampdown on the sale of dangerous vapes, the Russian scientists under arrest for treason, how researchers are homing in on why some of us are magnets for mosq...

27 Touko 202328min

Q&A: Dodgy Devices and Maths Mayhem

Q&A: Dodgy Devices and Maths Mayhem

Your questions are going under our microscope and we?ll be asking our guests to give their expert insight on a number of topics. Including, Why does asparagus make your wee smell? Could plastic eating...

23 Touko 20231h 2min

How to remember everything

How to remember everything

How do we remember things, why some people stuggle to remember their way around, and what does it take to be a memory world champion? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientis...

16 Touko 202327min

Cancer vaccines and Commercial Space Stations

Cancer vaccines and Commercial Space Stations

Scientists successfully test a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, why Japan is finally casting off its remaining Covid-19 restrictions, and we'll explore how a scientist is turning Yellowstone's...

14 Touko 202330min

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