The fight to save the oceans
This week, we're diving into the fight to save the planet's oceans. We're looking at how humans are responsible for the effects on our planet's oceans, but also perhaps lesser known strategies that are currently being employed to protect the sea and its inhabitants. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
4 Jul 202330min
AI cancer scans, and heatproof drone plans
How an artificial-intelligence technology from Cambridge is helping cut cancer treatment waiting times, how the James Webb Space Telescope is shedding new light on the chemical building blocks of life, the universe and everything, and why Finland's become a hot spot for the world's computer scientists. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
30 Jun 202331min
Light pollution: time to flick the switch
Many people don't recognise light pollution at night for what it is: pollution. Largely, we fail to see this harmful introduction into the environment because we have been conditioned to associated light with good and darkness with badness. It's time to change that. In this episode, we explore the various implications of artifical light at night and speak to the activists trying to put a stop to it. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
27 Jun 202331min
Polio vaccine and policy probe
In this week's show, we speak to a former navy commander about the Titan sub, do our decision-makers ignore evidence when making scientific policy? And the new telescope that is hoping to explore the dark side of the cosmos... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
23 Jun 202328min
40 years of HIV
40 years since the identification of HIV, we look at where it came from, and how far are we from an effective vaccine... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
20 Jun 202328min
Space solar power and fish running fevers
The plan to beam-in solar power from space, ways to incentivise sharing trustworthy material on social media, and do ill fish run a fever like we do? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
16 Jun 202328min
The science of UFOs
This time, we'll be taking a deep dive into the extra terrestrial...and exploring UFOs. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
13 Jun 202328min
UK Covid inquiry, AI, and cat contraception
As the UK's Covid inquiry kicks off, will it help to transform how we tackle future pandemics? How an AI is writing its own computer code, speeding up the Internet; and using gene therapy for cat contraception. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
9 Jun 202329min
