Black holes: the inside story...

Black holes: the inside story...

What's dark and so massive that not even light can escape its clutches? The answer is one of the most enigmatic phenomena known to physics: the black hole. And this week we explore the workings of these mysterious entities from how they distort time and what what would happen if you fell into one, to why black holes power the brightest lights in the Universe and how scientists are trying to image their interior. Plus, news of a dissolving brain implant, how ultrasound might be making some people sick, and why a real-life spider-man would have to be really, really small... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Episoder(1249)

Migrating Genes, Surnames and Y Chromosomes

Migrating Genes, Surnames and Y Chromosomes

This week we're exploring how populations come by their genes including the surprise finding of African DNA in a remote village in Yorkshire. Oxford University's Bruce Winney explains how studying rur...

28 Apr 200753min

Oceans and Marine Conservation

Oceans and Marine Conservation

This week on the Naked Scientists an invitation to come and dive beneath the surface of the sea, to find out what is happening in the world's oceans. Your guides will be Marine Biologist Dr Annelise H...

21 Apr 200753min

New Ideas in Cancer

New Ideas in Cancer

This week we look at new developments in the science of cancer with Fiona Watt and Andy Futreal, we will see how new gene technologies could be key to understanding cancer, and knowing the role of ste...

14 Apr 200752min

Heart Disease and Repairing the Damaged Heart

Heart Disease and Repairing the Damaged Heart

This week we explore the science of Heart Disease. Dr Niall Campbell joins us to explain what heart attacks are and how theyre treated, Dr Anthony Mathur discusses how stem cells might hold the key to...

31 Mar 200755min

The Science of Flight

The Science of Flight

This week we explore the science of flight. Dr Graham Taylor from Oxford University talks about the aerodynamics of insect flight and how video camera back-packs allow him to see how eagles fly, and J...

25 Mar 200755min

National Science and Engineering Week

National Science and Engineering Week

Every year the Cambridge Science Festival celebrates some of the best and most exciting science and engineering going on in the UK - and the Naked Scientists were there! Find out about the cool scienc...

18 Mar 200755min

Naked Science Question and Answer

Naked Science Question and Answer

Contaminated petrol, astronauts in danger of lung diseases, a new way to put the brakes on car accident rates, gas sensors made from silicon replicas of marine algae and how pollution is causing droug...

11 Mar 200755min

Peruvian Mummies and Animal Domestication

Peruvian Mummies and Animal Domestication

This week we unwrap the secrets of ancient mummies from Peru with the help of London Universitys Lawrence Owens, find out where domestic animals and pets came from with Keith Dobney from the Universit...

4 Mar 200756min

Populært innen Vitenskap

fastlegen
tingenes-tilstand
jss
forskningno
liberal-halvtime
rekommandert
sinnsyn
rss-paradigmepodden
villmarksliv
rss-nysgjerrige-norge
fjellsportpodden
tidlose-historier
diagnose
kvinnehelsepodden
rss-inn-til-kjernen-med-sunniva-rose
nevropodden
nordnorsk-historie
tomprat-med-gunnar-tjomlid
rss-overskuddsliv
rss-hoyt-lavt-med-ida-tonseth