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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Ancient Egyptian Mysteries

Ancient Egyptian Mysteries

This week, solving the mysteries of ancient Egypt: we delve into the discovery of secret chambers hidden inside pyramids, and if glowing bones reveal antibiotic use was going on thousands of years ago...

16 Mar 202159min

Flu Seasons to Solar Storms: Science Round Up

Flu Seasons to Solar Storms: Science Round Up

This week, we're looking at the science behind the headlines. From the latest with COVID-19, to weather in space, we'll be taking a closer look behind some of the biggest stories of the moment. Like t...

9 Mar 202156min

The Future of Fertility

The Future of Fertility

This week, the good news on vaccines for Covid-19, the helicopter taking to the sky on Mars, and the birds that make alarm sounds to scare females into mating with them. Plus, is the world facing a fe...

2 Mar 202155min

Learning In The Time Of COVID

Learning In The Time Of COVID

What has happened to learning in the era of COVID-19? In this episode: the people living through the psychological consequences of future mass unemployment and what the government and higher education...

23 Feb 202155min

COVID Vaccines Explained

COVID Vaccines Explained

As the UK surpasses its goal of vaccinating 15 million people by the 15th of February, we're taking an in-depth look at COVID vaccines: how they work, what efficacy really means, and will they protect...

16 Feb 202158min

Stories of Self-Experimentation

Stories of Self-Experimentation

What happens when the scientist... becomes the subject? We're examining the strange world of self-experimentation, from the history of martyr medics and kooky romantics, to the modern biologists dosin...

9 Feb 202156min

Do we Need Nuclear Power?

Do we Need Nuclear Power?

This week, we're looking at nuclear power and asking, in today's world, whether we really need nuclear power? Are the alternatives really practical alternatives, or are we just kidding ourselves? Plus...

2 Feb 202157min

X-ray to MRI: Unpacking Medical Imaging

X-ray to MRI: Unpacking Medical Imaging

This week, we're unpacking ultrasound, imagining MRI and pondering PET scans, as we ask - how does medical imaging actually work? And what future innovations are waiting in the wings? Plus, we hear fr...

26 Jan 202157min

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