How do we reduce harms to children from smartphones?
Initially, the upside to children having access to a supercomputer in their pockets seemed obvious: immediate access to the reams of educational information on the internet, seamless communications wi...
5 Nov 202431min
Monkeypox in the UK, and the lost Mayan city
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: The UK detects its first case of the new Mpox variant, but some are saying what took us so long; also the discovery of a lost city beneath the jungle canopy in...
1 Nov 202436min
Could technology swing the race for the White House?
The US election between Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump is going down to the wire. Indeed, this has been described by many as the closest presidential election eve...
29 Okt 202431min
Chris Hoy's cancer diagnosis, and AI finds us common ground
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Sir Chris Hoy goes public with his terminal prostate cancer diagnosis; the World Health Organization has declared Egypt malaria-free; also, it's time to change...
25 Okt 202433min
Searching for signs of life on Europa
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, as NASA's Europa Clipper mission successfully blasts off towards Jupiter's moon, we look at how it leads the search for life in our solar system... Like this p...
22 Okt 202431min
Modifying insulin, and the melting Sphinx
In this edition of The Naked Scientists: The new form of insulin that switches itself off before blood sugar falls too low; also, scientists suss out the origins of most of the meteors that fall to Ea...
18 Okt 202428min
Is a vegan diet a healthy one?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, what science has to say about whether a vegan diet is a healthy diet... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
15 Okt 202433min
Electrical stitches show potential, and Nobel prizes
In the news pod, how electrically conductive stitches can speed up wound healing. Scientists find the DNA of human victims embedded in the teeth of two African lions shot in the 1800's. And the Nobel ...
11 Okt 202432min
