Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

By: The Naked Scientists
  • Summary

  • Probing the weird, wacky and spectacular, the Naked Scientists Special Editions are special one-off scientific reports, investigations and interviews on cutting-edge topics by the Naked Scientists team.
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Episodes
  • Hollywood helps brain scientists probe thoughts
    Feb 26 2025
    This month, how films are helping neuroscientists link brain activity patterns to specific thought processes, a breakthrough in managing opiate overdose, a technique to study animal teamwork, extracting more information from brain scan data, and how childhood adversity blunts later fear responses... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    41 mins
  • Personalised medicine, droughts, and dryland research
    Dec 24 2024
    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
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    31 mins
  • Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum
    Dec 20 2024
    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
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    31 mins

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