An Olympic Effort - Keeping Crowds Safe

An Olympic Effort - Keeping Crowds Safe

Later this month, the 2012 Olympics kicks off in London. With hundreds of thousands of people expected from overseas, is this the perfect trigger for a pandemic? This week we're looking at the public health implications of events like London 2012. We discover why an understanding of crowd psychology can avert disasters, and how mathematical models can predict and prevent jams in human traffic. Plus, a new technique to communicate with "locked in" patients, the evidence for warm blooded dinosaurs, and does ice really help to treat an injury? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Diving into Naked Oceans!

Diving into Naked Oceans!

To celebrate the launch of the brand new Naked Oceans podcast, we venture beneath the waves to investigate the impacts of oil spills on the marine environment. We hunt down the hidden world of microb...

21 Aug 201058min

Digging in the Dirt and Looking at the Stars

Digging in the Dirt and Looking at the Stars

This week, we've got a roundup of recent news and interviews from the Naked Astronomy and Naked Archaeology Podcasts. Digging into Archaeology, Diana O'Carroll will be looking into Bronze Age burial ...

14 Aug 201059min

The Tour de France

The Tour de France

The Tour de France is the subject of this week's summer special as we look into the science and engineering of professional road bikes, training the human physique to endure thousands of kilometres on...

7 Aug 201059min

The Science of Glastonbury

The Science of Glastonbury

In this Special edition of the Naked Scientists, we explore the science of the Glastonbury Festival. We find out what it takes to turn a farm into a city and back every year, and how to keep clean wa...

31 Jul 201059min

How do Ants Count?

How do Ants Count?

How do we know that ants count their footsteps? We'll find out in this Naked Scientists Question and Answer show, as well as ask if rubber soles really protect you from electric shocks, if hair will ...

24 Jul 201055min

Going Nuclear

Going Nuclear

We go nuclear this week to investigate the future of atomic energy, the issues surrounding nuclear waste management and how a proposed new breed of hybrid fission-fusion reactors might help to boost n...

17 Jul 201056min

Lasers in Medicine

Lasers in Medicine

The role of lasers in biomedicine goes under the spotlight this week as we explore the workings of photodynamic cancer therapy, find out how laser tweezers can be used to force-feed bugs to white bloo...

10 Jul 201058min

How do you Weigh a Volcano?

How do you Weigh a Volcano?

We explore the explosive science of volcanoes this week! We find out what you can learn from drilling into a restless volcano, how gravity is used to "weigh" volcanoes and watch them fill with magma, ...

3 Jul 201057min

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