Episodes

  • Titans of Science: Trevor Robbins

    Titans of Science: Trevor Robbins
    Jan 7 2025
    Titans of Science continues, where we talk to some of the major movers and shakers leading the way in their respective fields. This time we're hearing from Cambridge neuroscientist, and expert on obsessive compulsive disorder - OCD - Trevor Robbins... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    30 mins
  • What science will thrive in 2025?

    What science will thrive in 2025?
    Jan 3 2025
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, a look ahead to 2025. We ask experts in the field of health, AI, astronomy, marine science, and archaeology what we should look forward to over the next 12 months... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    29 mins
  • Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams

    Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams
    Dec 31 2024
    In this edition of Titans of Science, Chris Smith chats with co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research, and the master of ceremonies for the Ig Nobel prize, Marc Abrahams... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    29 mins
  • The science that defined 2024

    The science that defined 2024
    Dec 27 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we ask leading experts in the fields of health, AI, space, marine biology, and archaeology about the moments that defined 2024... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    28 mins
  • The best of 2024!

    The best of 2024!
    Dec 20 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we look back at another brilliant year of science and select some of our favourite stories to come out of it... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    54 mins
  • Titans of Science: David Baker

    Titans of Science: David Baker
    Dec 17 2024
    Our Titans of Science season continues with the man who used AI to create an unprecedented number of custom proteins: Nobel Prize winning biochemist David Baker... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    28 mins
  • Food science, ancient human genes, and dark comets

    Food science, ancient human genes, and dark comets
    Dec 13 2024
    In the news pod, Chris van Tulleken tells us what he's got planned for this years Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Then we hear about the innovation to harness energy from radioactive carbon-14 atoms, and learn more about when humans and Neanderthals got to know each other. Then, we look skyward, where astronomers have described a series of mysterious near-Earth objects similar to the famous Oumuamua... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    34 mins
  • Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

    Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
    Dec 10 2024
    Titans of Science returns with Jocelyn Bell Burnell who discovered radio pulsars as a postgraduate student at Cambridge. Her work not only revolutionised the field of astrophysics, but inspired one of the most famous pieces of music artwork too... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    30 mins