Kat's Best Bits
This week, Kat Arney has been through the archives and picked out her personal Naked highlights, including making experimental jelly, sneezing at computer screens, stabbing potatoes and Ben dancing (b...
8 Aug 200959min
Peeing on an Electric Fence
What happens if you urinate on an electric fence? We find out the answer to this and some of your other science questions on this week's Naked Scientists, including why chilli peppers are red, how do...
1 Aug 200958min
Rubbish!
We dig deep into the science of rubbish, refuse, waste and recycling... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
25 Jul 200959min
Making Babies - Pregnancy and Fertility
The latest in the science of fertility, IVF and pregnancy... We find out how pre-implantation tests could improve the success of IVF and how stress during pregnancy affects foetal development. Plus, ...
18 Jul 200959min
The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop
Award winning Canadian hip hop artist Baba Brinkman brings us his Rap Guide to Evolution, an hour of clever, witty and scientifically accurate rhymes that will have you seeing Darwin from a whole new ...
15 Jul 200959min
Here's Looking at You - the Science of Vision
We seek the Science of Sight on this week's Naked Scientists, discovering how deep sea fish use clever bioluminescence and biological mirrors to cope with the darkness of the deep. We hear how our br...
11 Jul 200957min
Why Does Toothpaste Make Food Taste Funny?
This week, we're taking on your science brainteasers! We find out why toothpaste ruins other flavours, whether humans have a mating season and why food goes in multicoloured, but comes out brown... Pl...
4 Jul 200958min
Driving into the Future
This week, we look into new ways of putting a tiger in your tank! We find out how pond life could help make eco-friendly biodiesel and how new types of batteries can power electric cars for further t...
27 Jun 200954min
