The Noro Show

The Noro Show

Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, affects 1 million people each year in the UK. But what is it, and how can you best protect yourself? Plus, in the news, how stress hormones depress the stock market, brain training that can improve vision on the baseball field, a new biological marker to diagnose those at risk of depression and artificial growth factors to speed up wound healing... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Sex Chromosomes, Genetics and Food Webs

Sex Chromosomes, Genetics and Food Webs

Breaking things down to the building blocks of life this week is Mark Ross, who discusses the evolution of sex chromosomes, genetics and genomes, Michael Traugott describes a novel way of using geneti...

1 Jul 200657min

Naked Question and Answer and The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Naked Question and Answer and The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Answering all your questions on science, technology and medicine this week are Drs Chris, Dave and Kat, who will be revealing why spicy foods make you sweat, the highest possible temperature, the caus...

24 Jun 200657min

Social Insects and Locust-Inspired Car Safety

Social Insects and Locust-Inspired Car Safety

Scratching the itch of curiosity this week is William Foster, who will be talking about the evolution of social insects and his quest for social beetles in Thailand, Claire Rind flies in the face of c...

17 Jun 20061h

Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi

Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi

This week we focus on the science of the very small - the microbial world of bacteria, viruses and fungi with Nottingham Universitys Liz Sockett and Cambridge Universitys Stacey Efstathiou and Ali Ash...

10 Jun 200655min

Oil, Fuel Cells and Alternative Energy

Oil, Fuel Cells and Alternative Energy

Powering the generators for the show this week is Nicky White who describes how oil is formed, how we find and extract oil and how long oil supplies will last, Lynne Macaskie discusses how fuel cells ...

3 Jun 200656min

Naked Science Question and Answer and the Science of Happiness - Naked Scientists 06.05.28

Naked Science Question and Answer and the Science of Happiness - Naked Scientists 06.05.28

Answering all your science questions this week are Chris, Kat and Dave, including why some people are so prone to static electric shocks, whether humans will exceed the speed of light, how pain killer...

27 Mai 200655min

Music Technology and the Science of Sound

Music Technology and the Science of Sound

Bringing music to our ears this week is Hugh Hunt who discusses the science of sound, how harmonics work and how to play music in a tea cup, Jez Wells describes the frontiers of music technology inclu...

20 Mai 200657min

BSE, Cervical Cancer and Toxoplasmosis

BSE, Cervical Cancer and Toxoplasmosis

As the ten-year ban on British beef is lifted, Tony Minson joins us to discuss what causes BSE, how it is spread and why it is such a problem, and with another example of how animal diseases pass to h...

13 Mai 200656min

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