Inspired by Science

Inspired by Science

This week we're seeking the science of laughter and music. We're speaking to comedian Robin Ince about how geneticists and astronomers can inspire stand up comedy, listening to the music of the world's first online science music festival, and genetically profiling comedienne Kathryn Ryan. We also get the giggles to find out what happens in your brain to make laughter so addictive. Plus, we'll follow the footprints of human evolution, find out how Jupiter and Saturn acted as celestial bulldozers, and discover how a cheeky octopus left an aquarium knee deep in water! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Vaccines, squirrels with leprosy, and exoplanet atmospheres

Vaccines, squirrels with leprosy, and exoplanet atmospheres

In the news pod, the nanotechnology enabling the production of a new vaccine to immunise against future coronaviruses. Then, how we can use psychedelic treatments without giving patients an unwanted t...

10 Maj 202433min

AI and immunotherapy: The cutting edge of cancer research

AI and immunotherapy: The cutting edge of cancer research

Today, we turn our attention to cancer. With several high profile cases in recent weeks, we look at the broader picture across the UK as of late. Then, the mechanisms by which cancer takes hold of its...

7 Maj 202432min

AstraZeneca Covid vaccine clots, and self eating plastic

AstraZeneca Covid vaccine clots, and self eating plastic

This episode of The Naked Scientists: AstraZeneca acknowledges its Covid vaccine is linked to a rare blood clotting side effect; also, whether scientists are getting closer to cracking nuclear fusion;...

3 Maj 202428min

How to survive in space

How to survive in space

This episode of The Naked Scientists: as mankind seeks to colonise the Moon, Mars and beyond, we'll examine the impact of cosmic voyages on body and mind, and what we can do to keep spacefarers health...

30 Apr 202432min

Regrowing brains, and China's sinking cities

Regrowing brains, and China's sinking cities

This episode of The Naked Scientists: Scientists give mice a rat's sense of smell; we find out why some of China's biggest cities are sinking; and, 14 years after disaster struck in the Gulf of Mexico...

26 Apr 202432min

ADHD explained

ADHD explained

This week on The Naked Scientists, we're going to take a closer look at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - which is usually referred to by its acronym: ADHD. Globally, it's estimated that arou...

23 Apr 202435min

Britain's smoking ban, and bumper sea beasts

Britain's smoking ban, and bumper sea beasts

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: MPs vote in favour of stricter smoking and vaping controls; but do we actually need this and will it work? Also, the remains of what's thought to be the larges...

19 Apr 202429min

Hunting Higgs bosons: A tribute to Peter Higgs by Lyn Evans

Hunting Higgs bosons: A tribute to Peter Higgs by Lyn Evans

This week, a special tribute to the revered British scientist, Peter Higgs, who died on the 8th of April, aged 94. His friend, Lyn Evans, tells us about the 40-year search for the eponymous Higgs boso...

16 Apr 202427min

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