Conflict in Conservation

Conflict in Conservation

Would you care about conserving an animal if it threatened your job, your food supply or even your life? This week, we unpick the hidden conflicts and controversies inside conservation, including the tragic fight to save the mountain gorillas, how to tackle poaching smartly and the lions who live in harmony with people. Plus, news of how engineers solved a medical dilemma and a look back at one of the world's greatest mathematical geniuses. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Superconductivity and Cooling Devices

Superconductivity and Cooling Devices

This week we take a look at some super cool science, as Tim Jackson describes how superconductors work, what they are, and how superconductors are helping astronomers get a clearer view of the univers...

29 Okt 200655min

How We Hear, Echolocation and Giant Whoopee Cushions

How We Hear, Echolocation and Giant Whoopee Cushions

Helping us tune into the science of sound this week is Bob Carlyon, who explains how we hear, how we can concentrate on one voice in a noisy room, and what it sounds like to have a cochlea implant. Fr...

21 Okt 20061h

Science of Sight, Eye Diseases and Animal Vision

Science of Sight, Eye Diseases and Animal Vision

Taking a look at the science of sight is consultant ophthalmologist Nick Sarkies, who will discuss eye diseases and how we can treat them, and Ron Douglas provides insight into colour vision and how t...

14 Okt 200655min

How Cancers Form, Cancer Biology and Future Therapies

How Cancers Form, Cancer Biology and Future Therapies

Cancer biology goes under the microscope this week, as Gerard Evan talks about the causes of cancer and how cancer spreads around the body. Also on the show, and joining us live from the National Canc...

7 Okt 200654min

Naked Science Question and Answer and New Horizons

Naked Science Question and Answer and New Horizons

Answering all your cosmic conundrums this week are Drs Chris, Dave and Phil who discuss why blood is red, the size of the ozone hole, how to make magnets, the best way to get rid of excess mucus, and...

30 Sep 200656min

Catalysts for Cleaner Environments and Future Energy

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

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

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

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