8 billion: an overpopulation crisis?

8 billion: an overpopulation crisis?

Last month, we were told, the 8 billionth person was added to Earth's human population. But despite many acknowledging that some of the biggest threats facing us and the planet, like climate change - stem from our impact on world, and the more of us there are, the worse those threats will be, the topic of population is mysteriously absent from the dialogue at major international fora, like the recent COP27 meeting in Egypt. Surely "living sustainably" must include, as David Attenborough puts it, not over-running the planet and destroying it in the process?So how many people can, or should the... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Avsnitt(1228)

Bonus episode: Highlighting Naked Reflections

Bonus episode: Highlighting Naked Reflections

Merry Christmas! Here's something for your stocking: another bonus episode showcase for you this week. It's our weekly Naked Reflections strand. In this series, world-leading thinkers debate some of t...

21 Dec 202029min

Scroll Over Beethoven: Machines Making Music

Scroll Over Beethoven: Machines Making Music

It's Beethoven's 250th birthday! What today's tech tells us about his music? And have computers have become powerful enough to take the same creative steps as he once did? Plus, in the news: the pract...

15 Dec 202057min

HIV Under the Microscope

HIV Under the Microscope

This week, for World AIDS Day, we put HIV under the microscope, and talk to someone who's actually been cured, and the doctor who cured him. Plus, in the news, the UK becomes the first western country...

8 Dec 202056min

Bonus episode: Showcasing Naked Gaming

Bonus episode: Showcasing Naked Gaming

From time to time, we showcase here on the Naked Scientists feed some of the other programmes we make across our Naked Network. So, this week, we're bringing you the latest episode of the Naked Gaming...

7 Dec 202045min

Movement Science: Devotion to Motion

Movement Science: Devotion to Motion

Through November we've been musing over the science of movement, from enormous planetary scales to tiny cellular ones. And so this week, to celebrate our devotion to motion, we bring you our Move n A!...

1 Dec 20201h

Cells On The Move

Cells On The Move

From strange-looking sperm to cancers that spread, we're looking at the light, and dark, sides of cell movement. Plus, a second Covid vaccine approaches the finishing line, but who are the also-rans? ...

24 Nov 202058min

People On The Move

People On The Move

From ancient past to global present, us humans are a migratory bunch. But with climate change redrawing maps of the world, what does the future hold? Plus, the science behind Pfizer's coronavirus vacc...

17 Nov 202055min

Earth On The Move

Earth On The Move

This week, will mass COVID testing in Liverpool get us out of lockdown? Antibodies to defend the brain; and why we've evolved to laugh! Plus we look at the Earth on the move: from our journey through ...

10 Nov 202054min

Populärt inom Vetenskap

p3-dystopia
svd-nyhetsartiklar
pojkmottagningen
dumma-manniskor
allt-du-velat-veta
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
det-morka-psyket
rss-vetenskapsradion
rss-experimentet
rss-ufo-bortom-rimligt-tvivel
medicinvetarna
paranormalt-med-caroline-giertz
bildningspodden
rss-vetenskapsradion-2
halsorevolutionen
dumforklarat
vetenskapsradion
hacka-livet
rss-spraket
rss-broccolipodden-en-podcast-som-inte-handlar-om-broccoli