Archaeogenetics - The Past in Our Genes

Archaeogenetics - The Past in Our Genes

We explore the marriage of archaeology and genetics in this week's Naked Scientists, finding out how modern genetic techniques are helping to reveal more about our past. We ask what archaeogenetics can tell us about human origins and migration as well as the diseases that evolved alongside us. We explore the genome of a 4000 year old man, which tells us he had dry earwax! Also, new data that could help to predict the Asian monsoon, why dreams help you to remember and how it feels to be a pill - after you've been swallowed. Plus, why many of us might have a little bit of Neanderthal in our... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Hunting Higgs bosons: A tribute to Peter Higgs by Lyn Evans

Hunting Higgs bosons: A tribute to Peter Higgs by Lyn Evans

This week, a special tribute to the revered British scientist, Peter Higgs, who died on the 8th of April, aged 94. His friend, Lyn Evans, tells us about the 40-year search for the eponymous Higgs boso...

16 Apr 202427min

Artificial platelets, and angry primates

Artificial platelets, and angry primates

This week on The Naked Scientists: Scientists invent artificial platelets to help clot blood; why it might be time to reappraise the peace-loving nature of bonobos; and why the Moon may have turned it...

12 Apr 202429min

Global warming vs global farming

Global warming vs global farming

This week, fresh off the back of the World Meteorological Organizations scathing report of the state of global climate 2023, we're taking a look at how the increasing trend of torrid weather extremes ...

9 Apr 202431min

Stem cells for spinal injury, and breast cancer breakthrough

Stem cells for spinal injury, and breast cancer breakthrough

In the Naked Scientists News this week, stem cell treatment using cells from the bellies of those with spinal cord injuries restores movement and sensation in phase 1 clinical trials. Also, Cambridge ...

5 Apr 202433min

Nitazenes move the needle for drug death distress

Nitazenes move the needle for drug death distress

Today we're investigating dangerous new drugs which have found their way onto the streets of the UK. Nitazenes are lab made opioids with similar effects for the user as heroin. Their relative strength...

2 Apr 202429min

Climate change slowing Earth's rotation, and hotels in space

Climate change slowing Earth's rotation, and hotels in space

This week on The Naked Scientists: Check your watches: how climate change is making the Earth turn more slowly; we'll also hear from the Cambridge scientists investigating whether vaccines can combat ...

29 Mar 202429min

Alzheimer's: the fight back

Alzheimer's: the fight back

Thanks to Sannia Farrukh and the ICGEB for their support in making this show!It's thought that by the end of the decade, 78 million people around the world will have Alzheimer's disease. It's debilita...

26 Mar 202433min

Whooping cough cases surge, and looking for life on Europa

Whooping cough cases surge, and looking for life on Europa

This week on The Naked Scientists: The spike in whooping cough cases occurring across Europe; what's behind it? Also, how scientists are set to look for life on an icy moon of Jupiter. And, the new ar...

22 Mar 202429min

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