Where does Phlegm come from?

Where does Phlegm come from?

It's National Pathology Week 2010 and to celebrate the launch we're joined by pathologist Dr Suzy Lishman to take on your science questions! We'll find out where phlegm comes from, how petroleum jelly helps healing and the weight of red blood cells synthesised in a human lifetime. Also, can you concentrate lasers with lenses, why does an open carport stop frost, and if carnivorous plants photosynthesise, why do they need to eat insects? Plus, how researchers in Scotland are sniffing out pollution with such sensitivity, they can detect forest fires all the way from Canada! In Kitchen Science,... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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The Science of Flight

The Science of Flight

This week we explore the science of flight. Dr Graham Taylor from Oxford University talks about the aerodynamics of insect flight and how video camera back-packs allow him to see how eagles fly, and J...

25 Mar 200755min

National Science and Engineering Week

National Science and Engineering Week

Every year the Cambridge Science Festival celebrates some of the best and most exciting science and engineering going on in the UK - and the Naked Scientists were there! Find out about the cool scienc...

18 Mar 200755min

Naked Science Question and Answer

Naked Science Question and Answer

Contaminated petrol, astronauts in danger of lung diseases, a new way to put the brakes on car accident rates, gas sensors made from silicon replicas of marine algae and how pollution is causing droug...

11 Mar 200755min

Peruvian Mummies and Animal Domestication

Peruvian Mummies and Animal Domestication

This week we unwrap the secrets of ancient mummies from Peru with the help of London Universitys Lawrence Owens, find out where domestic animals and pets came from with Keith Dobney from the Universit...

4 Mar 200756min

Parasites and Clean Water Supplies

Parasites and Clean Water Supplies

Clean water is something that many of us take for granted, but Mark Booth describes how in many parts of the world dirty water can lead to life-threatening disease and parasitic infections. To talk ab...

25 Feb 200757min

Naked Question and Answer and Venomous Vipers

Naked Question and Answer and Venomous Vipers

Dr Chris and Dr Helen answer all your burning science questions, including why frost can form even when the air temperature is above zero, why hair looks darker when it is wet, why sunlight looks red ...

18 Feb 200757min

Nuclear Power and Radiation in Medicine

Nuclear Power and Radiation in Medicine

Nuclear energy is always in the news, but how much do you know about nuclear fission and what happens to nuclear waste? To find out how it works, Anna Lacey and Dave Ansell visit Sizewell B power stat...

11 Feb 200753min

Science of Pain and Phantom Limbs

Science of Pain and Phantom Limbs

The science of pain is our hot topic this week. David Julius reveals the molecular mechanisms of pain and what a chilli pepper has in common with a tarantula, Geoff Woods describes the genetic mutatio...

4 Feb 200755min

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