Clock This! - The Science of the Circadian Rhythm

Clock This! - The Science of the Circadian Rhythm

The body clock goes under the Naked Scientists' spotlight this week. We unpick the mechanisms that enable human cells, plants and even bacteria to track the time of day and alter their activities accordingly, and we hear the evidence that night work makes you put on weight and boosts your diabetes risk. In the news, how cells grafted into the eye restore sight to blind mice, the three genes that can convert scar tissue back into beating cardiac muscle following a heart attack, and electrical stimulation that returns movement to limbs paralysed by spinal injury. And on the subject of the body... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Why Bother Going to the Moon?

Why Bother Going to the Moon?

The Naked Scientists are joined by biologist Kate Feller, physicist Jess Wade, biochemist Andy Holding and Space Boffin Richard Hollingham, to field your science questions. This week, find out what ha...

22 Mai 201753min

Would Aliens Understand Maths?

Would Aliens Understand Maths?

Love it or loathe it maths is everywhere... from counting bees to interstellar trade with aliens, we explore how maths earned the title of the language of the universe. Plus, getting to know our new a...

15 Mai 201755min

How language affects the brain

How language affects the brain

This week, The Naked Scientists go global as we explore language - can speaking more than one exercise our brain?; and is our ability to save money purely down to the way we talk? Plus, the rodents th...

8 Mai 201755min

Zooming in on Cancer

Zooming in on Cancer

Cancer is a devastating disease, and one of the largest killers in the Western world. This week, in a special show, Kat Arney investigates how scientists are fighting back, from building tumours in th...

1 Mai 201755min

Gut Bugs: Friend or Foe?

Gut Bugs: Friend or Foe?

The Naked Scientists go on a tour of the intestine, from top to bottom, in search of the good and bad germs that lurk there and what they mean for our health. Plus, why touchscreens may be harming tod...

24 Apr 201755min

Should I Sequence My Genes?

Should I Sequence My Genes?

What surprises might you find lurking in your DNA, and can that information be used against you? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

17 Apr 201756min

How to Grow a Human

How to Grow a Human

We speak to scientists turning embryonic cells into nerve cells to treat Parkinson's disease and growing an entire system of organs in the lab. Plus, how antibiotics taken during pregnancy may affect ...

10 Apr 201758min

Do Those Pollution Masks Really Work?

Do Those Pollution Masks Really Work?

The Naked Scientists are joined by cosmologist Andrew Pontzen, biologist Sarah Shailes, neuroscientist Philipe Bujold and biochemist Sarah Madden to pit their wits against your science questions. This...

3 Apr 201755min

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