Catalysts for Cleaner Environments and Future Energy
Chemistry and lightning quick reactions are under discussion this week as Emma Schofield explains what a catalyst is, how catalytic converters work and how catalysts can help to clean up the atmospher...
23 Sep 200657min
Peruvian Mummies, Ancient Environments and the Sahara
Explaining how science can help us dig up the past is Lawrence Owens, who uses teeth and bones to uncover the life and sometimes gruesome death of mummies in Peru and Bolivia, and Harriet Allen descri...
16 Sep 200655min
Hot Nectar, Warming Weather and Birds Missing the Spring
In the hot seat this week is Beverley Glover, who will describe how flowers warm their nectar to entice passing pollinators, real life weatherman John Law discusses weather predictions and how to calc...
9 Sep 200659min
Naked Science Question and Answer
The Naked Scientists are back to answer all your burning science questions. Dr Chris, Dave and Helen tackle hot flushes, why spiders love living in our houses, how many stars are in the Milky Way, and...
2 Sep 200654min
Naked Science Question and Answer
In our last show before the summer, Dr Chris, Dave and Derek answer all your questions on science, technology and medicine including why paintings fade in sunlight, why body hair grows at different ra...
5 Aug 200657min
Crowd Control, Football Hooligans and Singing Mosquitoes
I predict a riot... or not. This week we're joined by crowd control experts Dr Clifford Stott, from Liverpool University, and Dr John Drury, from Sussex University, wholl be discussing why violence ki...
29 Jul 200656min
Exploding Jellyfish, Marine Conservation and Sharks-3D
Marine biology and conservation specialist Dan Laffoley, from English Nature, and Chris Lynam, from the University of St Andrews join us to dissect the state of the worlds oceans and marine protected ...
22 Jul 200658min
The Science of the Sun, Sun Tanning, Nuclear Fusion and Fission Power
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory astrophysicist Chris Davis joins us to shed light on the structure and workings of the sun and the newly-launched STEREO mission, Cambridge University engineer Jeffery L...
15 Jul 200655min
