Parasites, Hookworms and Allergies

Parasites, Hookworms and Allergies

This week Prof. David Pritchard gets to the bottom of why parasites may help to get rid of allergies, Elizabeth Bernays describes how caterpillars acquire a taste for plants containing toxic chemicals when they have parasites, Chris Smith visits Westbourne High School in Ipswich to carry out fitness experiments for Healthcare Science Week, and Dave and Derek go bang with an explosive electrolysis experiment in the Naked Scientists Laboratory. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Energy drinks curb, and biting back against beetles

Energy drinks curb, and biting back against beetles

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: A new test to detect Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms first appear. Also, the study showing Earth can sequester only a tenth of the carbon we thought i...

5 Sep 202535min

Is AI changing the way we think?

Is AI changing the way we think?

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, from bogus scientific papers and misleading made-up "facts", to potentially curtailing our critical thinking, we look at the effect that mass adoption of AI mi...

2 Sep 202534min

First pig lung transplant, and the origins of dark energy

First pig lung transplant, and the origins of dark energy

Today on the Naked Scientists: a pig lung is transplanted into a man in China, but what was the outcome? Also, scientists have a theory for the origins of Dark Energy - and it makes sense that a black...

29 Aug 202533min

What can we do about hair loss?

What can we do about hair loss?

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we look at the science of hair, why we suffer hair loss, treatments that can slow hair loss, whether wigs are any good, and what happens during a hair transpla...

26 Aug 202536min

Apple wins privacy row, and microbes dictate chocolate taste

Apple wins privacy row, and microbes dictate chocolate taste

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, Apple locked horns with the UK government who were demanding a security back door through the company's encryption. What was the outcome? Also, scientists disc...

22 Aug 202534min

What Niger's AMR outbreak means for the world

What Niger's AMR outbreak means for the world

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, why we need to pay closer attention to antimicrobial resistance in some of the world's poorest nations... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the N...

19 Aug 202531min

Decoding our inner voice, and hunting for life on Mars

Decoding our inner voice, and hunting for life on Mars

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: the scientists who think they can decode the thoughts we hear in our heads. Also ahead: do ultra-processed foods make it much harder to lose weight? Plus, we h...

15 Aug 202536min

'Three-parent babies' prevent inherited genetic condition

'Three-parent babies' prevent inherited genetic condition

James Tytko explores the science behind 'three-parent' embryos: the incredible medical procedure that prevents children from inheriting incurable mitochondrial diseases. Like this podcast? Please help...

12 Aug 202526min

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