Mind Meets Machine

Mind Meets Machine

Where do you stand on becoming part person, part machine? This week we hook up with three pioneers in the field of cybernetics including walking cyborg Kevin Warwick, who volunteered his own nervous system to test out a new way to connect up with the machine world, Markus Groppe, who is trialling an implantable chip to restore vision to the blind, and Andrew Schwartz who's developing neural interfaces to couple the brain's motor circuits to a robot. Plus, news of an H5N1 'flu furore as scientists create the most dangerous virus imaginable, and a voyage to the deepest subsea vents ever... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Toxic vapes and Russian treason

Toxic vapes and Russian treason

Are public health officials preparing to clampdown on the sale of dangerous vapes, the Russian scientists under arrest for treason, how researchers are homing in on why some of us are magnets for mosq...

27 Maj 202328min

Q&A: Dodgy Devices and Maths Mayhem

Q&A: Dodgy Devices and Maths Mayhem

Your questions are going under our microscope and we?ll be asking our guests to give their expert insight on a number of topics. Including, Why does asparagus make your wee smell? Could plastic eating...

23 Maj 20231h 2min

How to remember everything

How to remember everything

How do we remember things, why some people stuggle to remember their way around, and what does it take to be a memory world champion? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientis...

16 Maj 202327min

Cancer vaccines and Commercial Space Stations

Cancer vaccines and Commercial Space Stations

Scientists successfully test a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, why Japan is finally casting off its remaining Covid-19 restrictions, and we'll explore how a scientist is turning Yellowstone's...

14 Maj 202330min

Building a better battery

Building a better battery

With the global power supply shifting towards renewables, the battery is fast becoming one of the most vital forms of power storage. So how did we get here, how do batteries still need to improve, and...

9 Maj 202328min

China's satellites and Wales' trilobites

China's satellites and Wales' trilobites

What should we make of claims that China is building super weapons to hack and hijack US satellites? Also, the new app to help midwives detect health conditions in newborns, and we hear from the coupl...

5 Maj 202333min

Did rugby give me dementia at 40?

Did rugby give me dementia at 40?

How repeated bumps to the head in sport can add up to dementia later in life... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

2 Maj 202329min

Ultra-processed cuisine and catch-up vaccines

Ultra-processed cuisine and catch-up vaccines

The doctor and broadcaster, Chris van Tulleken, on why ultra-processed food is making us fat and ill, the team that think they're close to cracking the male contraceptive pill, and the WHO's drive to ...

28 Apr 202331min

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