The SKA and Radio Astronomy

The SKA and Radio Astronomy

We take a tour of the two Australian precursors to the Square Kilometre Array - the Murchison Wide Field Array and the Australian SKA Pathfinder - to discover how big radio astronomy projects will see the universe in a new light. Plus, how understanding the physics of radio detectors helps us make better telescopes... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Engineering the Impossible

Engineering the Impossible

From levitating trains and humans to giant, climate-altering balloons, super-steels and earthquake-proof buildings, this month's live show panel reveal the latest advances in extreme engineering. Plus...

30 Jun 201459min

Ready for Kick Off...

Ready for Kick Off...

England might be out of the World Cup this week, but thousands of fans are still cheering their teams on across Brazil. But how does chanting change the behaviour of a football crowd? Why do free kick...

23 Jun 201454min

Untangling Alzheimer's Disease

Untangling Alzheimer's Disease

Alois Alzheimer, who described the first case of the disease now named after him, would have been 150 years old this week. But what have we discovered about the disease since he presented the first Al...

16 Jun 20141h 2min

Freeze Dried Blood!

Freeze Dried Blood!

Freeze Dried Blood! Every day the likes of probiotic "good" bacteria in yoghurts, and even the enzymes in washing powder, give us a helping hand. This week we investigate how scientists are designing ...

9 Jun 201455min

Learning to Learn

Learning to Learn

Making brainwaves: from how babies' brains develop, to how children learn language and even unravelling the adolescent mind, this month's live show panel of guests walk us through how we learn to lear...

2 Jun 201459min

The Cost of a Life

The Cost of a Life

We often hear about amazing new medical developments which could improve disease treatment. But what about the ethical considerations involved in deciding how to use these advances? Hannah Critchlow a...

26 Mai 201453min

Natural born cleaners

Natural born cleaners

This week we investigate green clean ups. Can nature's recyclers, bacteria and fungi, help us clean up man-made environmental problems from oil spills to mining slag heaps? Plus in the news, how the G...

19 Mai 201453min

Powering up the National Grid

Powering up the National Grid

This week we look at how our power grids are going to be transformed. From technology which hopes to reduce our energy prices to new ways to include wind and solar power in the grid. Plus, in the news...

12 Mai 201453min

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