Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

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Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

Special scientific reports and investigations by the Naked Scientists team

  1. Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain

    1 NOV

    Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain

    This month, signs that cancers communicate with the brain to alter mood, why antibodies are unreliable in research, evidence that social training can cut stress and boost brain volume, and agents derived from birth products that suppress inflammation and kill pain... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    33 min
  2. Future cancer care, and the cost of large animal extinction

    25 OCT

    Future cancer care, and the cost of large animal extinction

    In this episode, why approaches to cancer care need a pro-active approach in future, the opportunities arising for the cancer vaccine space, competency-based medical training, the environmental costs of losing large animals, and why water resilience needs careful planning now... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    36 min
  3. Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight

    10 SEPT

    Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight

    This month, Chris Smith hears how blood-thirsty bacteria sniff out wounds to trigger infections, how ants navigate at night, how male and female brains respond differently to starvation, and inflammation linked to premature labour... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    31 min
  4. Microbiomes control blood pressure, and the cost of water

    31 JUL

    Microbiomes control blood pressure, and the cost of water

    This month, evidence that the microbiome is controlling blood pressure - so will we treat hypertension with probiotics in future? Also, plastic is everywhere and an urgent environmental threat, but is the public aware, or do they care? We also consider the economics of animal extinction and species conservation, the price we pay for water, and the role of the "blue carbon" in keeping CO2 in check... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    37 min
  5. Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia

    19 APR

    Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia

    This month, how animals hibernate and evidence that muscle myosin makes its own heat in the cold, brain scans to reveal how ketamine relieves resistant depression, the way the brain changes when animals build a bond, the evolution of flu outbreaks, and how aphantasia affects autobiographical memory. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    38 min
  6. The proteins responsible for feeling cold revealed...

    2 APR

    The proteins responsible for feeling cold revealed...

    A problem that's been puzzling scientists for decades is the way our bodies recognise cold stimuli, and researchers at the University of Michigan have finally got to the bottom of it. They've identified the protein GluK2 acts as a sensor in our bodies for cold temperatures, and Sannia Farrukh has been finding out more... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    4 min
  7. Apes reveal language origins, and being dyslexic in science

    8 MAR

    Apes reveal language origins, and being dyslexic in science

    This month we hear what orangutans can tell us about the origins of human speech, we ask if science making life even harder for dyslexics, where do the scientists we train end up and do they stay in science, and new insights into the songs whales sing underwater... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    36 min
  8. Making waves about coastline conservation, and plastic waste

    14 FEB

    Making waves about coastline conservation, and plastic waste

    This month the connections that human inhabitants have to the coast, why we're still in the middle of a worsening extinction crisis despite international laws and treaties designed to protect nature, the promise of pharmacogenomics and personalised medicine, the plastic pollution problem and how to tackle it, and why water management in the face of a changing climate needs more than just a single solution. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    36 min
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