ARMAGEDDON - Super Volcanoes, Meteorites and Earthquakes

ARMAGEDDON - Super Volcanoes, Meteorites and Earthquakes

This week a rabies-based Trojan Horse that smuggles drugs across the blood-brain barrier, why first-borns are brighter, progress with Parkinson's and a lunar telescope more powerful than Hubble. Plus in this week's ARMAGEDDON-focused show we look at supervolcanes, earthquakes and arsenic, find out why curtains are absolutely lethal and why a meteorite impact probably didn't dispense with the dinosaurs after all. Also, in Kitchen Science, we test the claim that tapping the top of a fizzy drink before you open it stops it spraying all over you... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Young at Heart - Healthy Ageing

Young at Heart - Healthy Ageing

This week, how to live longer and look younger with the science of ageing! We discover how repairing damage to DNA could prevent the diseases associated with old age, and find out how to keep your sk...

27 Sep 200857min

Superbugs - MRSA and C. diff

Superbugs - MRSA and C. diff

Superbugs and hospital acquired infections go under the microscope on this weeks Naked Scientists. We find out why Clostridium difficile has become such a problem, how to keep bacteria away from surf...

20 Sep 200856min

Why do we Stop Noticing Smells?

Why do we Stop Noticing Smells?

There's a bulging mailbag of science questions for the Naked Scientists this week, as we find out why we stop smelling smells, whether we can use viruses to kill cancer and why crisp and sweet packets...

13 Sep 200857min

The Large Hadron Collider

The Large Hadron Collider

The biggest science experiment in the world - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, will start on September 10th. So this week we peer inside a proton and discover how the LHC works to help scientists ...

6 Sep 200856min

The Science of the Sea

The Science of the Sea

Before Chris and Co get back for the start of the new series, Ben and Diana dive deep into the science of the sea. We find out why cold water corals can act as a climate calendar, how fish feminised ...

30 Aug 200858min

The Sounds of Science

The Sounds of Science

The hunt for Bigfoot, how a beer or two can boost attractiveness and the brain basis of imagination go under the lens this week when Ben and Diana also meet the chemist-turned-rapper behind the contra...

16 Aug 200858min

The Final Frontier

The Final Frontier

Diana and Ben take the bridge this week for a journey around the world and out into space, with a selection of the best science from the Naked Scientists worldwide travels. We find out how planets fo...

9 Aug 200857min

A Punt down the Cam

A Punt down the Cam

Science on the River - A Punt Down the Cam. The river Cam runs through Cambridge, past the colleges that have been home to influential scientists for hundreds of years. This week, we drift down the ...

2 Aug 200859min

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