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Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

Special scientific reports and investigations by the Naked Scientists team

  1. Personalised medicine, droughts, and dryland research

    24/12/2024

    Personalised medicine, droughts, and dryland research

    Personalised medicine and gene screens for disease, why dinosaurs disappeared, planning for droughts, and new vistas in the drylands arena... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    31 min
  2. Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum

    20/12/2024

    Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum

    Predicting how influenza viruses will evolve, how deserts decompose matter despite the dry, what worms are revealing about a gene linked to autism, and what makes mice fearful of cat smells. Dr Chris Smith talks to the authors of the latest leading research in eLife... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

    31 min
  3. Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain

    01/11/2024

    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
  4. Future cancer care, and the cost of large animal extinction

    25/10/2024

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

    10/09/2024

    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
  6. Microbiomes control blood pressure, and the cost of water

    31/07/2024

    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
  7. Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia

    19/04/2024

    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
  8. The proteins responsible for feeling cold revealed...

    02/04/2024

    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
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