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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 38 days 13 hours 10 minutes
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episode 37: Allergies, the Immune System and Parasites
In honour of the annual hoards if bleary-eyed hayfever sufferers, we are joined by Carrock Sewell who describes how the immune system works, what causes allergic reactions and how we might be able to cure them, and Mark Booth discusses...
episode 36: Sex Chromosomes, Genetics and Food Webs
Breaking things down to the building blocks of life this week is Mark Ross, who discusses the evolution of sex chromosomes, genetics and genomes, Michael Traugott describes a novel way of using genetics to find out who is eating whom in...
episode 35: Naked Question and Answer and The Life of Benjamin Franklin
Answering all your questions on science, technology and medicine this week are Drs Chris, Dave and Kat, who will be revealing why spicy foods make you sweat, the highest possible temperature, the cause of labyrinthitis and why tissues...
episode 34: Social Insects and Locust-Inspired Car Safety
Scratching the itch of curiosity this week is William Foster, who will be talking about the evolution of social insects and his quest for social beetles in Thailand, Claire Rind flies in the face of current car safety technologies by...
episode 33: Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi
This week we focus on the science of the very small - the microbial world of bacteria, viruses and fungi with Nottingham Universitys Liz Sockett and Cambridge Universitys Stacey Efstathiou and Ali Ashby. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Derek...
episode 32: Oil, Fuel Cells and Alternative Energy
Powering the generators for the show this week is Nicky White who describes how oil is formed, how we find and extract oil and how long oil supplies will last, Lynne Macaskie discusses how fuel cells can be run on hydrogen gas created by...
episode 31: Naked Science Question and Answer and the Science of Happiness - Naked Scientists 06.05.28
Answering all your science questions this week are Chris, Kat and Dave, including why some people are so prone to static electric shocks, whether humans will exceed the speed of light, how pain killers know where the pain is, and why cows...
episode 30: Music Technology and the Science of Sound
Bringing music to our ears this week is Hugh Hunt who discusses the science of sound, how harmonics work and how to play music in a tea cup, Jez Wells describes the frontiers of music technology including recreating the sounds of a long...
episode 29: BSE, Cervical Cancer and Toxoplasmosis
As the ten-year ban on British beef is lifted, Tony Minson joins us to discuss what causes BSE, how it is spread and why it is such a problem, and with another example of how animal diseases pass to humans is Joanne Webster, who describes...
episode 28: Dinosaurs and Fossils - Jurassic Science set in Stone
We return to the lost world of the dinosaurs. Palaeontologists Leslie Noe and Matt Wilkinson discuss the origins, land demise of the dinosaurs including how they mastered flight. Mary Schweitzer describes the discovery of original dinosaur...