The Future of our Food

The Future of our Food

This week we dig into into the science of farming and food production. We find out how transgenic plants can help us dispense with the need for chemical pesticides and how giant greenhouses at the shoreline can be home to super-efficient farms of their own. We explore the problems faced by our sweet honey bee and in Kitchen Science we do some plant modification of our own - no transgenics knowledge needed, just food colouring... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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The science that defined 2024

The science that defined 2024

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we ask leading experts in the fields of health, AI, space, marine biology, and archaeology about the moments that defined 2024... Like this podcast? Please hel...

27 Des 202428min

The best of 2024!

The best of 2024!

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we look back at another brilliant year of science and select some of our favourite stories to come out of it... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting...

20 Des 202453min

Titans of Science: David Baker

Titans of Science: David Baker

Our Titans of Science season continues with the man who used AI to create an unprecedented number of custom proteins: Nobel Prize winning biochemist David Baker... Like this podcast? Please help us by...

17 Des 202428min

Food science, ancient human genes, and dark comets

Food science, ancient human genes, and dark comets

In the news pod, Chris van Tulleken tells us what he's got planned for this years Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Then we hear about the innovation to harness energy from radioactive carbon-14 a...

13 Des 202433min

Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Titans of Science returns with Jocelyn Bell Burnell who discovered radio pulsars as a postgraduate student at Cambridge. Her work not only revolutionised the field of astrophysics, but inspired one of...

10 Des 202430min

AI takes weather forecasting by storm, and crabs use aspirin

AI takes weather forecasting by storm, and crabs use aspirin

In the News pod, Google DeepMind's weather forecasting AI model outperforms traditional tools. Also, new data from volcanoes on Venus dampen theories it was once a watery world, and is this double act...

6 Des 202433min

OCD and balance in the brain

OCD and balance in the brain

Obsessive compulsive disorder - OCD - is a mental health condition where intrusive, unwanted thoughts can become all consuming. Some people report anxieties over something terrible happening to them o...

3 Des 202431min

Jab to alleviate asthma attacks, and amber in Antarctica

Jab to alleviate asthma attacks, and amber in Antarctica

In the news, a potentially game-changing new injection to ease the suffering caused by asthma attacks shows success. Also, who should fix the gas leak on the International Space Station? Then, fossili...

29 Nov 202432min

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