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2024-11-17

  Weight loss jabs, COP29, and Brainy birds

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news. Including a look at what is at stake at this year's UN Climate Summit, and the 80 million year old fossil revealing how birds developed their big brains.Plus, an in-depth look...
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2024-11-10

  Smartphones, Black holes, and Pompeii

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the latest science news. Including an enormous black hole defying our existing laws of physics, and what DNA analysis is revealing about the inhabitants of Pompeii.Plus, an in-depth look at whether sm...
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2024-11-03

  Election interference, Mpox, and A lost city

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the latest science news. Including the news that the UK has detected its first case of a new Mpox variant, and the discovery of a lost city in Mexico.Plus, an in-depth look at how technology could swi...
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2024-10-27

  Cancer, Clock changes, Life on Jupiter?

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the latest science news. Including the news that Chris Hoy has revealed his diagnosis with terminal prostate cancer, the WHO has declared that Egypt is malaria-free, and the impact clock changes have ...
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2024-10-20

  Vegan diets, New forms of insulin, and Meteor origins

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news. Including a new form of insulin that can switch itself off before blood sugar levels fall too low, and how scientists have discovered the origins of the meteors that most comm...
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2024-10-13

  Brain injuries, Man-eating lions, and the Nobel Prize

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news. Including how scientists found the DNA of human victims in the teeth of a lion, how electrically conductive stitches can be used to speed up healing, and this year's Nobel Pri...
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2024-10-06

  Lockdown legacy, Brian Cox, Electric car espionage?

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news. Including whether electric cars may pose a potential security threat, how stem cells are being used to develop new treatments for diabetes, and an interview with Professor Bri...
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2024-09-29

  Fruity vapes, Ancient cheese, and Cancer vaccines

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.This week we look into signs that fruity vapes paralyze the immune system in the lungs, why the world's oldest cheese was smeared over an ancient Ch...
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2024-09-22

  Engineering new solutions to climate change

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.This week: What do we know about the pagers and walkie-talkies that have been used to attack Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon? Plus the landmark study ...
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2024-09-15

  COVID-19 lockdowns, nuclear waste and puffins

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.In this week's episode….how COVID -19 lockdowns affected the brain development of teenagers. Also, how best to dispose of dangerous nuclear waste an...
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