Episodes

  • How do we reduce harms to children from smartphones?

    How do we reduce harms to children from smartphones?
    Nov 5 2024
    Initially, the upside to children having access to a supercomputer in their pockets seemed obvious: immediate access to the reams of educational information on the internet, seamless communications with their friends, a source of constant entertainment. But as mental ill health amongst our youngsters continues to rise, many are pointing to smartphones, and particularly the social media platforms on them, as mainly to blame.Today, we'll hear what the screen age is doing to our stone age brains, how adolescents and adults differ in their social media activity, and discuss what the evidence says... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    31 mins
  • Monkeypox in the UK, and the lost Mayan city

    Monkeypox in the UK, and the lost Mayan city
    Nov 1 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: The UK detects its first case of the new Mpox variant, but some are saying what took us so long; also the discovery of a lost city beneath the jungle canopy in Mexico; and the robots helping Cambridge scientists understand the evolution of fish... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    37 mins
  • Could technology swing the race for the White House?

    Could technology swing the race for the White House?
    Oct 29 2024
    The US election between Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump is going down to the wire. Indeed, this has been described by many as the closest presidential election ever seen. Inevitably, with tensions so high on either side, the cry of electoral interference is a common one. But just how is today's technology being used to sway voter opinion, and by how much? That's what we seek to uncover on this week's programme... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    32 mins
  • Chris Hoy's cancer diagnosis, and AI finds us common ground

    Chris Hoy's cancer diagnosis, and AI finds us common ground
    Oct 25 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Sir Chris Hoy goes public with his terminal prostate cancer diagnosis; the World Health Organization has declared Egypt malaria-free; also, it's time to change the clocks in some countries. But what impact does it have on our perception of time? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    33 mins
  • Searching for signs of life on Europa

    Searching for signs of life on Europa
    Oct 22 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, as NASA's Europa Clipper mission successfully blasts off towards Jupiter's moon, we look at how it leads the search for life in our solar system... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    32 mins
  • Modifying insulin, and the melting Sphinx

    Modifying insulin, and the melting Sphinx
    Oct 18 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists: The new form of insulin that switches itself off before blood sugar falls too low; also, scientists suss out the origins of most of the meteors that fall to Earth; and why the longest lived patch of snow in the Scottish Highlands finally looks set to melt away... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    29 mins
  • Is a vegan diet a healthy one?

    Is a vegan diet a healthy one?
    Oct 15 2024
    In this edition of The Naked Scientists, what science has to say about whether a vegan diet is a healthy diet... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    33 mins
  • Electrical stitches show potential, and Nobel prizes

    Electrical stitches show potential, and Nobel prizes
    Oct 11 2024
    In the news pod, how electrically conductive stitches can speed up wound healing. Scientists find the DNA of human victims embedded in the teeth of two African lions shot in the 1800's. And the Nobel Prizes explained: who's won what, and what for? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    32 mins