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
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
Can nuclear innovation help meet our energy needs?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, how much of a part do innovations in nuclear energy production, like SMRs and microreactors, have to play in our nuclear future? Like this podcast? Please help...
26 Nov 202430min
Amazing animals: bats on treadmills, and showering elephants
In this animal-themed edition of the news: What prompted scientists to put vampire bats on a treadmill? Also ahead: why medicinal leeches are returning to the UK's waterways. Plus, the spiders that kn...
22 Nov 202432min
Are we on track to end new infections of HIV?
On today's programme, we are going to examine attempts to end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by the end of the decade.The AIDS pandemic is unarguably the worst health threat to confront the popula...
19 Nov 202435min
The stakes at COP29, and the rogue Skynet satellite
This episode of The Naked Scientists: what's at stake at this year's UN climate summit in Azerbaijan? Also, the 80 million-year-old fossil revealing how birds came by their big brains; and why the UK'...
15 Nov 202431min
Can weight loss jabs tackle the obesity pandemic?
In this edition of The Naked Scientists, could weight loss jabs help shrink the size of the global obesity crisis... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
12 Nov 202431min
Pompeii DNA, and a black hole feeding faster than it should
New NICE guidance urges HRT as a first-line treatment for menopause symptoms, the enormous black hole that doesn't obey our existing laws of physics, and what DNA analysis is revealing about the peopl...
8 Nov 202431min
