- The Naked Scientists Naked Science Radio Show PODCAST - Stripping Down ScienceThe Naked Scientists - interactive science, medicine and technology weekly live radio show with Cambridge University's Dr Chris Smith. We strip down science and lay the facts bare answering your science questions, interviewing top scientists and catching up with the latest top science news stories.Naked Scientists 07.06.24 - ARMAGEDDON - Super Volcanoes, Meteorites and Earthquakes- June 26, 2007 This week a rabies-based Trojan Horse that smuggles drugs across the blood-brain barrier, why first-borns are brighter, progress with Parkinson's and a lunar telescope more powerful than Hubble. Plus in this week's ARMAGEDDON-focused show we look at supervolcanes, earthquakes and arsenic, find out why curtains are absolutely lethal and why a meteorite impact probably didn't dispense with the dinosaurs after all. Also, in Kitchen Science, we test the claim that tapping the top of a fizzy drink...http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/2007.07.01/ Naked Scientists 07.06.17 - Forensic Science Show- June 19, 2007 Under the microscope this week, the science of forensics. We find out how scientists have exploded the myth about old aged whales thanks to a piece of shrapnel, about a new rice-based vaccine for cholera, and 'whey' to go, how scientists have made edible food wrappers from milk. We investigate what your diet does to your hair, how science can finger forgers and flush out bodies from bogs, and why the key to identifying a torso that washed up in the Thames was rooted in plant science. Plus, in...http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/2007.06.17/ Naked Scientists 07.06.10 - Question and Answer Show- June 12, 2007 This week, why some people have green blood, how radiation-hungry fungi will feed astronauts of the future, and how a cider a day keeps the doctor at bay. We discuss corrupt chemists, what happens when galaxies collide, how Beaujolais benefits your breath and if a person can feel the cold in space. Plus, in Kitchen Science we iron out the crumbs in your cornflakes!http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/2007.06.10-1/ Naked Scientists 07.06.03 - Animal Behaviour - Feathered Einsteins, Mischievious Meerkats and Monkey Vision- June 5, 2007 This week, will a hot mint still taste cold Also how skimmed milk could come straight from the cow in future, and why we walk upright without dragging our knuckles. Nicky Clayton discusses clever birds that use cigarettes to fumigate their feathers, Tim Clutton-Brock describes the family affairs of meerkats, and we find out from Andrew Smith why monkeys see what we see, but cats and cows can't. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we get jiggly with a jam jar full of rice.http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/2007.06.10/ |