8 billion: an overpopulation crisis?

8 billion: an overpopulation crisis?

Last month, we were told, the 8 billionth person was added to Earth's human population. But despite many acknowledging that some of the biggest threats facing us and the planet, like climate change - stem from our impact on world, and the more of us there are, the worse those threats will be, the topic of population is mysteriously absent from the dialogue at major international fora, like the recent COP27 meeting in Egypt. Surely "living sustainably" must include, as David Attenborough puts it, not over-running the planet and destroying it in the process?So how many people can, or should the... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Titans of Science: Susan Solomon

Titans of Science: Susan Solomon

Today's Titans interview is with the key figure in one of science's modern triumphs. Susan Solomon and her team were the first to theorise and prove what was causing the hole in the ozone layer above ...

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Covid insights, Hurricane Beryl, and AI creativity cost

Covid insights, Hurricane Beryl, and AI creativity cost

On the Naked Scientists news pod: data released from the UK's Covid tracing app provides intriguing insights on how the virus spread. Then, we hear whether extreme weather is the new normal, and we pr...

12 Heinä 202434min

Titans of Science: Dan Fallows

Titans of Science: Dan Fallows

In this edition of Titans of Science, we hear from some of the biggest names in the business. Today, it's the turn of the British Formula One engineer Dan Fallows. He's currently technical director at...

9 Heinä 202431min

Mosquito bloodlust hormones & inflammation drives long Covid

Mosquito bloodlust hormones & inflammation drives long Covid

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, Body scans give us new insights into long COVID; scientists discover the switch that triggers a mosquito's blood lust; and we'll take you on a whistle-stop tou...

5 Heinä 202432min

Titans of Science: Nicky Clayton

Titans of Science: Nicky Clayton

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: How clever are birds really? Titans of Science continues, as we sit down with Cambridge University psychologist, and expert in animal comparative cognition, Ni...

2 Heinä 202431min

Remembering Voyager's mastermind, and lizard clean-up crews

Remembering Voyager's mastermind, and lizard clean-up crews

In this episode of The Naked Scientists: Edward Stone, the man who led the Voyager probe missions, which are still working half a century on, has died at the age of 88. We reflect on his legacy. Also,...

28 Kesä 202430min

Titans of Science: Geoff Hinton

Titans of Science: Geoff Hinton

This episode of The Naked Scientists marks the return of a brand news series of Titans of Science, where some of the movers and shakers of the scientific and technological world help us to unpick a bi...

25 Kesä 202433min

E. coli outbreaks, and sniffing the air for DNA

E. coli outbreaks, and sniffing the air for DNA

This episode of The Naked Scientists: How scientists are getting to grips with the UK's E. coli outbreak. Lettuce leaves look like the source, but how? Also, how atomic bomb tests have helped us build...

21 Kesä 202430min

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