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• Spherical planets 23 FEB 12

  Thu, 23 Feb 12

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Why juicing greens might not be the best idea, exactly what sound is and why planets are spherical are all under the microscope as Dr Giles joins Dr Karl.

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• Naked Scientist 20 Feb 12: Computers; from the biggest to one of the smallest and self medicating fruit flies.

  Mon, 20 Feb 12

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Dr Chris Smith and colleagues explore one of the biggest computers that's getting bigger and one of the smallest computers that'll be with us soon. Also, what do some fruit flies use alcohol for?

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• Migraines 16 Feb 12

  Thu, 16 Feb 12

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Dotun joins Dr Karl this week. They discuss exactly what causes a migraine, how plants work and give a definitive answer to the question "if a tree falls in a forest and there's no one to hear it, does it make a noise"?

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• Naked Scientist 13 Feb 12

  Mon, 13 Feb 12

  Duration:
  26 mins

  Dr Chris discusses vaccines for cancer thanks to a gene from the gut bug Salmonella, and Sir Steve Redgrave pops in to launch a new science and sport initiative ahead of London 2012.

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• google earth and fishing? 09 FEB 12

  Sun, 12 Feb 12

  Duration:
  45 mins

  Dr Chris Smith from the Naked Scientists joins Rhod to find out what google and fishing have in common and what makes planets spin. Plenty of other questions answered too!

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• DrChris 02 Feb 12: The Cold; Norovirus and Aeroplanes

  Thu, 2 Feb 12

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Chris joins Rhod for the science phone-in this week. The cold weather is on our minds so; how do aeroplanes behave in the cold and why does the norovirus do so well?

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• Naked Science: 30 Jan 12

  Mon, 30 Jan 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Dr Chris & The Naked Scientists with the latest science news

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• DrChris: 26 Jan 12

  Thu, 26 Jan 12

  Duration:
  44 mins

  Dr Chris sits in for Dr Karl and discusses the Northern Lights, global warming and microwaves among other things

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• 19 Jan12: Nature's Best Painkillers

  Thu, 19 Jan 12

  Duration:
  48 mins

  Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including; why there are groupings of metals in space. What are nature's best painkillers. And is it really alright to eat food you've dropped on the floor, if you pick it up within seconds.

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• Naked Scientist 16 Jan 12: Undersea vents, saying no to nicotine patches and bird flu

  Mon, 16 Jan 12

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with the latest science stories. This week; the deepest undersea vents ever discovered, why nicotine replacement therapies don't work and the controversy over making H5N1 jump species in the lab.

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• Does electrcity flow? 12 JAN 2011

  Thu, 12 Jan 12

  Duration:
  44 mins

  Does electricity flow and why do we get referred pain? Dr Chris Smith from the Naked Scientists sits in for Dr Karl who is on his holidays.

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• Naked Science: 09 Jan 12: Silk Worms & Deafness

  Mon, 9 Jan 12

  Duration:
  27 mins

  In this weeks Naked Scientists Dr Chris Smith looks at silk worms that spin spider silk, and a gene linked to human deafness.

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• DrChris 05 Jan 12: Looking at Moon, the longevity of birds and the truth about vitamins.

  Thu, 5 Jan 12

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Chris of the Naked Scientists joins Rhod to answer our callers science questions. Will NASA's new mission to the Moon silence Apollo 11 doubters? Why do rats have such short lives and parrots such long ones and what's the point of vitamin tablets?

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• DrChris 29 Dec 11: Cataracts, wheels spinning backwards and how many colds can you have at once?

  Thu, 29 Dec 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Chris from the Naked Scientists is in the chair this week answering our caller's science questions. Chief amoung the queries; how do you treat cataracts, why do wheels seem to spin backward and how many colds can you have at once?

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• Pain, pleasure, viruses & the North star, 22 Dec 11

  Thu, 22 Dec 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl talking to Dotun about self-destructive viruses, the North star, pain & pleasure receptors & the sense of smell.

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• Naked Scientist 19 Dec 11: Brussels sprouts, a mystery explained

  Mon, 19 Dec 11

  Duration:
  26 mins

  Dr Chris and colleagues explore what happens when stars collide, the tricks mosquitos use and the reasons why serving Brussels sprouts can be a risky business...

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• Is it Dr Karl? No, it's Dr Chris! 15 DEC 11

  Thu, 15 Dec 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Of course we have some Higgs Boson questions and a host of other queries including are bubbles good for the washing up? Dr Chris Smith deputises for Dr Karl who is still on his hols.

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• NakedScientist 12 Dec 11: Bed bugs return and taxi drivers brains

  Mon, 12 Dec 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Dr Chris and colleagues explain why bed bugs are making a come back; and how taxi-driving boosts the size of certain bits of your brain. Also the world’s oldest bed has been found.

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• DrChris: 08 Dec 11: How do pies burn?

  Thu, 8 Dec 11

  Duration:
  47 mins

  Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl, and among the questions he fields is.... why do pies in the oven burn from the outside in?

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• Naked Scientist: Headers and doctored pics. 5 Dec 12

  Mon, 5 Dec 11

  Duration:
  27 mins

  The naked scientists ask if taking headers can cause brain damage, how to spot digitally doctored pictures, and they go voyaging into outer space.

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• 01 Dec 12 : Jim Lovell's Calculations

  Thu, 1 Dec 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  A look at Jim Lovell's life-saving calculations on board Apollo 13 a few hours after they got auctioned off.

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• DrKarl 24 Nov 11: On the road with Dr Karl

  Thu, 24 Nov 11

  Duration:
  36 mins

  This week Dr Karl is in the back of a car speeding north to a book signing. Undaunted, and slightly truncated, the good doctor offers his thoughts on Cherenkov radiation, cold fusion and neutrinos travelling faster than light.

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• Nakedscientist: The brain and the diet 21 NOV 11

  Mon, 21 Nov 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Scientists have discovered a network of nerve cells that signal what's in what we've eaten and news of neutrinos that still appear to be travelling faster than light.

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• Naked Scientist:14 Nov 11 : Flu Jabs and primordial gas

  Mon, 14 Nov 11

  Duration:
  26 mins

  Details of a UK study called the Flu Survey aiming to work out how effective the flu jab is. Dr Chris and the team also look at a step forward in examining the primordial gas hypothesised by the Big Bang theory.

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• DrKarl 10 Nov 11: Dance, parasites and flues

  Thu, 10 Nov 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the power of interpretative dance, parasites that could make you take risks and why gas cookers don't have flues.

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• DrKarl 03 Nov 11: Umami, napping and perfect vacuums

  Wed, 9 Nov 11

  Duration:
  54 mins

  Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the fifth flavour, the ideal nap duration and the impossibility of perfect vacuums.

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• What's the good of multi-vitamins? 27 OCT 11

  Thu, 27 Oct 11

  Duration:
  48 mins

  Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Alastair Reynolds, a sci fi author and former European Space Agency scientist. Topics under the spotlight are: the science of toenails, how being in space affects astronauts and what's the good of multi-vitamins?

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• The Naked Scientist 24 Oct 11: Carving and Microgravity

  Tue, 25 Oct 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  The new Christmas must have gadget – a kitchen that teaches you to cook and carve correctly... and in French. And a question answered about microgravity.

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• 20 Oct 11: Upside down rainbows

  Thu, 20 Oct 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Karl answers listeners' weird and wonderful questions about the world of science, which include - why woodsmoke can cause asthma? What causes upside down rainbows? And more on the mysteries of black holes.

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• 13 Oct 11 Medium wave radio signals and more

  Thu, 13 Oct 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Karl and 'Dr' Rhod once again answer all your science questions

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• Naked Scientist: 10.10.11 The Oscars of the Sciences

  Mon, 10 Oct 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  This week's edition of the Naked Scientist - how Earth came by its water - scientists think they've found the place in outer space where it all came from. Why people always tend to look on the bright side, often in spite of the odds - and scientists line up for the research equivalent of an Oscar

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• DrKarl:Science phone in 06 OCT 11

  Thu, 6 Oct 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer all your science related questions.

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• The Naked Scientists: Plastic fantastic 03 OCT 11

  Mon, 3 Oct 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Find out more about the amazing powers of plastics, china's increasing space programme and how bacteria could be used for the latest type of encryption. Dr Chris Smith and his team have the answers.

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• 29 Sept 11 Particles and the speed of light

  Thu, 29 Sep 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all this weeks science questions.

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• The Naked Scientist 26 Sep 11

  Mon, 26 Sep 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  The slipperiest substance ever made, and the workings of DEET – the world’s best insect repellent

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• 22Sept11: Why birds are modern day dinosaurs?

  Thu, 22 Sep 11

  Duration:
  43 mins

  Can viruses be used as medical cures? Why birds are modern day dinosaurs?And how good is a fish's memory? just some of the weird and wonderful questions asks in the latest edition of the Dr Karl Phone-in

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• The Naked Scientist: X-ray vision 19 SEP 11

  Mon, 19 Sep 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  This week, scientists with superhero x-ray vision... well almost, the CT scanning system capable of handling some very large specimens and why playing computer games has led to a breakthrough in understanding HIV.

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• And the case of the gravitational diet 15 SEP 11

  Thu, 15 Sep 11

  Duration:
  52 mins

  Are copper bands copper bottomed? Do you weigh less in the day than you do at night? Plus our old favourite String theory. Just some of the conundrums for Dr Karl this week. Dotun is ringmaster as Rhod is away.

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• DrKarl 12 Sep 11: MIssing Links

  Mon, 12 Sep 11

  Duration:
  27 mins

  In this special edition Dr Chris visits Lee Berger, at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg to see the fossils which could revolutionise our understanding of the evolution of our species.

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• The Naked Scientists: Pro or anti biotic? 05-SEP-11

  Fri, 9 Sep 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Dr Chris and his team discuss the virtues of yoghurt on the brain. Flat lenses and ice cold bacteria are also on the agenda.

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• Supernovas and an atom bomb detonates 08 SEPT 11

  Thu, 8 Sep 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  The benefits of biting your nails, supernovas and what happens when an atom bomb detonantes are all put under the scientific spotlight of Dr Karl and Dr Rhod.

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• Why rocket thrusters work on the moon 01 SEPT 11

  Thu, 1 Sep 11

  Duration:
  39 mins

  Dr Karl and Dr Rhod tackle why rocket thrusters work on the moon, what makes night fall, why rain doesn't hurt us and what causes tinnitus.

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• The sun always shines in Scotland 29 AUG 11

  Mon, 29 Aug 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  This week Dr Chrs and the naked scientists go to the University of Aberdeen to meet a scientist who's exploring the depths of the ocean and a look at Thalidomide 50 years on.

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• Stars and Supernovas 25 AUG 11

  Thu, 25 Aug 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl joins Rhod and as always tackles all your science questions.

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• The Naked Scientist: 22 Aug 11 Muscular Dystrophy

  Mon, 22 Aug 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Chris takes a look at work being done in Italy that may create a new treatment for muscular dystrophy

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• Peppermints, Chillies & Receptors

  Thu, 18 Aug 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Karl answers all your science related questions.

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• how many bubbles in your bath? 15 AUG 11

  Mon, 15 Aug 11

  Duration:
  23 mins

  which is warmer, a bath with bubbles in it or one without? Just one of the stranger science stories tackled this week by Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists!

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• 11 Aug 11

  Thu, 11 Aug 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  The effects of adrenalin, the length of time tannins stay in the body and how long does the air last if someone's stuck in a one-metre-cubed airtight box?

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• TheNakedScientist: 8 AUG 11 Vampire bats

  Thu, 11 Aug 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  How vampire bats home in on the jugular, why some depressions look like expressions and the world's scientific healdines of the week.

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• 04 Aug 11 Rainbows and Spiders' Webs

  Thu, 4 Aug 11

  Duration:
  43 mins

  Dr Karl explains "Mackerel Skies", discusses a UFO sighting by a 5 live sportreader and discusses how spiders can link their webs to objects several feet in the air and several feet apart.

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• How do you tow an iceberg?

  Thu, 28 Jul 11

  Duration:
  40 mins

  The fate of matter that gets sucked into a black hole, the genetic implications of organ transplants, and the use of desalination techniques to help combat drought are all explored with Dr. Karl. And he answers the question: how do you tow an iceberg?

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• DrKarl 21 Jul 11: Moonshine and waves

  Thu, 21 Jul 11

  Duration:
  47 mins

  Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to explain why the moon glows, how waves wave and how sound is heard in the ear.

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• noise quenching curtains, 14 Jul 11

  Thu, 14 Jul 11

  Duration:
  51 mins

  Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions. This week includes a look into curtains that 'quench' noise and an explanation as to why researchers spend so much time proving the obvious.

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• The Naked Scientist: 11 JUL 11 Dr Chris discovers the identity of Stem Cells!

  Mon, 11 Jul 11

  Duration:
  20 mins

  In this week's fascinating look at all things science, Dr. Chris explains why some scientists subjected volunteers to sunburns, the prospect of a universal flu vaccine and how the identity of blood cells has been discovered in Canada.

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• 8 Jul 11 The Strange Sound of the MRI Scanner

  Thu, 7 Jul 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all your science questions

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• 30 Jun 10: hard water and a cuppa

  Thu, 30 Jun 11

  Duration:
  41 mins

  This week Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr Karl to answer listeners'weird and wonderful questions about the world of science, which includes what gives atoms mass? Can asteroids skip through the atmosphere? And how hard water ruins a nice cuppa.

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• Why do birds suddenly appear? 27 JUNE 11

  Mon, 27 Jun 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Birds of a feather flock together, but why? Hear how GPS and a pigeon have found the answer. Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists take a look at that and the rest of the week's science news.

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• Australia's 10th most trusted man 23 JUN 11

  Thu, 23 Jun 11

  Duration:
  51 mins

  Dr Karl who has been voted Australia's 10th most trusted man joins Rhod to answer your science questions, which this week include; can a blind eye ever be made to see again?

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• The Naked Scientist:20June11: Dinasour Inspired Planes

  Mon, 20 Jun 11

  Duration:
  23 mins

  Dr Chris with all the latest science news.

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• The multiverse and beyond 16 JUN 11

  Thu, 16 Jun 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  This week Dr Karl takes you into the mysterious world of the multiverse and beyond! Plus how old before bald? The genius that is Dr Karl has all the answers to your science conundrums.

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• The Naked Scientist: 13 June 11 The Next Generation Of Hearing Aids

  Mon, 13 Jun 11

  Duration:
  23 mins

  Dr Chris with this weeks science news.

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• 9June2011. Keeping those cards safe

  Thu, 9 Jun 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl joins 'Dr'Rhod to answer all your science related questions

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• 6 Jun 11: hard of hearing fish

  Mon, 6 Jun 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  This week's edition of the Naked Scientist looks at how rising carbon dioxide levels are deafening fish to the sounds of predators, and a new way to design better phone handsets by logging how people actually use the phone - sounds obvious but, believe it or not, this sort of data is really hard to come by; thankfully scientists at Cambridge University have come to the rescue.

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• Fracking 02 JUN 11

  Thu, 2 Jun 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Looking into a transparent world, the truth about fracking and the REAL difference between cats and dogs. Those are the subjects under the spotlight as Dr Karl joins Dr Giles.

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• The shape of things to come 30 MAY 11

  Mon, 30 May 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  On the Naked Scientists this week find out how to measure the shape of something very very very very small, and we go all magnetic with a new substance!! Dr Chris and his team reveal all to Dotun.

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• The Naked Scientist: 23 May 11: Organ Transplants

  Mon, 23 May 11

  Duration:
  23 mins

  A look at a possible breakthrough in organ transplantation ...plus what is the optimum amount of petrol to have in your car?

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• Climate Change Special 19 MAY 11

  Thu, 19 May 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Climate change is on the agenda this week. Dr Karl and Rhod are joined by speical guest Professor Naomi Oreskes. Also this week we get to the bottom of how likely it is to produce identical twins.

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• The Naked Scientist 16 May 11: A Highland postcard

  Mon, 16 May 11

  Duration:
  13 mins

  Dr Chris has been taking the Highland air and speaking at the University of Aberdeen's Word festival this week. But that hasn't stopped him from visiting the University's biomedical campus and chatting to researchers there.

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• Former smokers and the smell of cigarettes: 12 May 11

  Thu, 12 May 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Why do former smokers still want to smoke but hate the smell of cigarettes? Are black sheep more likely to be struck by lightning than white sheep and the best thing for car fuel economy. That's all in this week's edition with Dr Karl.

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• The Naked Scientist 09 May 11: One puff gets you hooked.

  Mon, 9 May 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Dr Chris and colleagues with the latest science news, question of the week and the results of work done at the University of Chicago into the power of nicotine.

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• Electrocution can be good for you. 05 May 2011

  Thu, 5 May 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl explains how passing electricity through your brain can make you more creative, examines prehistoric giant ants and discusses how radio waves are affected by weather.

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• The Naked Scientist 02 May 11: American Special

  Mon, 2 May 11

  Duration:
  26 mins

  Dr Chris with snapshots from his recent trip to America. He's been speaking to the amputee who controls his prosthetic arm by thinking about the fingers he lost and the scientist heading up the international fusion reactor programme amongst others.

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• Why does the moon always face us? 28 APR 11

  Thu, 28 Apr 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all your science related questions

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• Walking through bands of warm air how? 21 APR 11

  Thu, 21 Apr 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl and Rhod answer all your science related questions

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• The Naked Scientist: The power of conversation: 18 APR 11

  Mon, 18 Apr 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  How conversation carried early man out of Africa, what keeps a bike balanced and how to study schizophrenia in a petri dish.

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• Compression socks good idea? 14 APR 11

  Thu, 14 Apr 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer an array of science questions.

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• The eyes have it! 11 APR 11

  Mon, 11 Apr 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  We head to Japan this week to find out how retinas are being grown in dishes which could hold the key to restoring some people's vision. Also find out why Dolly Parton never gets bags under her eyes. Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists have the answers.

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• under the sea and beyond the stars 07 APR 11

  Thu, 7 Apr 11

  Duration:
  37 mins

  How deep under the sea can you dive, and what shape should your submarine be? When you boil water for a second time, why does it seem to be hotter? Just two of the questions answered by Dr Karl this week. Plus do you know about the healing power of dog saliva? It's chic to be geek on the science phone in!

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• The Naked Scientist: 04 Apr 11: Slowing space probes

  Mon, 4 Apr 11

  Duration:
  23 mins

  Are the “worm” graphs displayed during live televised political debates biasing voters? Is there a chemical cure for a fear of heights and why is the Pioneer Probe going slower than it should?

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• A special look at radiation 31 Mar 11

  Thu, 31 Mar 11

  Duration:
  46 mins

  How serious to health are the leaks from the Fukishima nuclear plant? Dotun and Dr Karl are joined by Professor Dr Dale Bailey who's an expert in medical radiation science at the University of Sydney.

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• The Naked Scientist 28 MAR 11

  Mon, 28 Mar 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  This week we hear about a breakthrough in the skin cancer melanoma, how scientists have managed for the first time to produce sperm in a culture dish and a possible future treatment for macular degeneration.

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• Have you heard about the bird? 24 MAR 11

  Thu, 24 Mar 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  How do birds hear if they have a hole through their heads? Where does matter come from? Just some of the questions put to Dr Karl this week for the Up All Night science phone in.

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• A turn for sperm, 21 Mar 11

  Mon, 21 Mar 11

  Duration:
  20 mins

  Dr Karl discusses a breakthrough in how sperm get turned on: scientists have discovered how the female hormone progesterone activates sperm so they can fertilise an egg. The findings could also lead to new treatments for infertility and help to develop the next generation of contraceptives.

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• 17 MAR 11 Nuclear questions, nuclear answers.

  Thu, 17 Mar 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility seems to be on everyone's mind tonight. Dr Karl endeavours to answer those atomic questions.

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• 14 Mar 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami

  Mon, 14 Mar 11

  Duration:
  26 mins

  The Naked Scientist this week analyses how big the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have been, asks how diamonds can help treat cancer and slices through to the truth about the humble potato peeler.

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• Stale Cake Hard, Stale Biscuits Soft, Why?

  Thu, 10 Mar 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all the latest science questions.

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• The Naked Scientist: Key to the next generation of computer chip, 07 Mar 11

  Mon, 7 Mar 11

  Duration:
  26 mins

  On the latest edition of The Naked Scientist - a new technique that could hold the key to the next generation of computer chips based on a brand new material. What is the popular painkiller that's just celebrated its 112th birthday? As well as all the latest news from the world of science.

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• Jamie Oliver's Yorkshire puds, 03 Mar 11

  Thu, 3 Mar 11

  Duration:
  39 mins

  Jamie Oliver asks our very own Naked Scientist, Dr Chris why his yorkshire puddings are better than those made by his wife. Other matters up for discussion include diamonds, the four minute mile and mushroom clouds.

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• The back bone's connected to the....28 FEB 11

  Mon, 28 Feb 11

  Duration:
  19 mins

  How ancient bones are about to help us to treat modern bad backs and breakthroughs in heart disease and melanoma detection. Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists have the answers.

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• Exoplanets and the universe 24 FEB 11

  Thu, 24 Feb 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Chris sits in for Dr Karl and the universe is the main topic of conversation. The origins of the first exoplanets, the creation of the moon and why a vacuum didn't cause the Big Bang. Plus, why living in colder climates makes you colder.

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• Science news in Washington with Dr Chris

  Mon, 21 Feb 11

  Duration:
  22 mins

  Dr Chris Smith with news from the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Washington.

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• Solar flares and upside down rivers 17 FEB 11

  Thu, 17 Feb 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  How could solar flares disrupt global communications? Have you ever heard of upside down rivers? Dr Karl and for a special bonus week, Dr Chris have the answers to another weeks of science conundrums.

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• The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith

  Mon, 14 Feb 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Evidence that eating oily fish can reduce the risk of developing some common forms of blindness and a clever new way to see inside the body.

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• The number of stars in the sky, 10 Feb 11

  Thu, 10 Feb 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Dr Dotun sits in with Dr Karl as they discuss the shadows of the sun, why snow keeps you warm and the different uses for urine.

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• This weeks science news with Dr Chris Smith

  Mon, 7 Feb 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Dr Chris Smith and the team are here with all the latest science news.

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• Science phone in 03-02-2011

  Thu, 3 Feb 11

  Duration:
  50 mins

  Once again Dr Karl attempts to answer all your science related questions.

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• 310110

  Mon, 31 Jan 11

  Duration:
  26 mins

  On this week's edition of Dr Chris Smith looks at Leprosy Day, which is intended to raise awareness of the 250,000 new cases of leprosy that are still occurring around the globe every year. Also Ben Valsler and Diana O'Carroll have been taking a look at some of this week's top science stories including some science that's straight from the horse's mouth or rather the cow's rumen - researchers have been reaching into a cow's stomach to discover the secret of making better biofuels!

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• The Great Dividing Ridge, 27 Jan 11

  Thu, 27 Jan 11

  Duration:
  45 mins

  Dr Karl journeys across the spine of the Great Dividing Ridge in Australia plus other adventures in science.

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• The mouse and the immune system. 24 JAN 10

  Mon, 24 Jan 11

  Duration:
  21 mins

  The Naked Scientists take a look at how a mouse with a human immune system is helping treat HIV sufferers. Cancer that affects dogs and this weeks big question - why the journey home appears to be faster than the journey out?

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• Science phone in

  Thu, 20 Jan 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Chris, The Naked Scientist joins Rhod to answer all your science questions.

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• THE NAKED SCIENTIST The science of drumming - 17 JAN 11

  Mon, 17 Jan 11

  Duration:
  23 mins

  A new technique that makes the production of computer chips a piece of cake, the science of drumming and all of the week's other science news with Dr Chris.

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• The affect of music 13 JAN 11

  Thu, 13 Jan 11

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Dr Chris keeps Dr Karl's chair warm and looks at why music affects us so much, why when you dunk biscuits in your tea the crumbs always stick to edge of the mug and why it gets windy whenever the sun goes behind the clouds.

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• The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith

  Mon, 10 Jan 11

  Duration:
  27 mins

  Amongst this weeks topics why going topless can harm your hearing and more about a new IVF study

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• Dr Chris and 1,000 dead birds falling from the sky

  Thu, 6 Jan 11

  Duration:
  46 mins

  Dr Chris explains the flu vaccine, tackles the phenomenon of dead birds falling from the Arkansas sky and gives us the answer on how information is saved on a memory stick.

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• Naked Scientist; In Oz, part 2. 3 Jan 11

  Mon, 3 Jan 11

  Duration:
  25 mins

  Tracking sharks, gladiatorial bees and giant radio telescopes in a second special Australian edition of the Naked Scientist.

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• How much a whale can eat. 30 December 10

  Thu, 30 Dec 10

  Duration:
  47 mins

  How much a whale eats, the real reason behind England's Ashes victory, how the human body reacts to the extreme cold and why Jupiter the planet was never destined to be a star are all under Dr Karl's science spotlight this week.

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• 23/12/10

  Thu, 23 Dec 10

  Duration:
  50 mins

  In this edition Dr Karl answers your weird and wonderful questions from listeners about the world of science.

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• Science phone in 16 Dec

  Thu, 16 Dec 10

  Duration:
  42 mins

  Dr Chris sitting in for Dr Karl with Giles answers all your science related questions.

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• The Naked Scientist - 13 Dec 2010

  Mon, 13 Dec 10

  Duration:
  26 mins

  This week we're taking a look at a breakthrough in understanding Alzheimer's Disease. We also find out why someone sent a cheese into space this week!

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• Science phone in

  Thu, 9 Dec 10

  Duration:
  45 mins

  Dr Karl answers all your science questions.

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• The Naked Scientist: 6th Dec 2010

  Mon, 6 Dec 10

  Duration:
  22 mins

  Under the microscope this week we've got the bacteria that made headlines by using arsenic instead of phosphorus; so is this a tantilising sign that life evolved on Earth more than once? We also hear how a patient with an inflammatory bowel disease treated himself with a dose of worms.

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• The mole rats are coming!!!. 02 DEC 10

  Thu, 2 Dec 10

  Duration:
  49 mins

  Run for your lives the mole rats are coming! Well maybe not, but they don't drink water and do eat their own faeces. Nice! The perfect dinner guests. Dr Karl also tells us how a trick of the brain could cause obesity and how the desalination of sea water is pretty tricky. Plus has anyone ever found a magnetic monopole? Err...no.

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• Naked Scientist: Aids, Forgetful Flyers and Saturnian Moons

  Mon, 29 Nov 10

  Duration:
  23 mins

  This week Doctor Chris and colleagues look at the latest Aids research ahead of the 30th anniversary of the identification of HIV, the blood test that predicts a person’s age and the moon of Saturn with an oxygen-rich atmosphere.

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• The formula for gripe water

  Thu, 25 Nov 10

  Duration:
  42 mins

  Why the earth is pear-shaped, Newton's first law and the formula for gripe water occupy Dr Karl and Dr Rhod this week. They're joined by Brian Dunning who takes a look at what makes a quadrillion.

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