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Special feature podcasts produced by the Naked Scientists team.
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3D-printing body parts - 15.09.26
Scientists have announced a revolution in 3D printing. Rather than ...
Scientists have announced a revolution in 3D printing. Rather than building things up layer by layer, which is the traditional approach, University of Florida scientist Tommy Angelini prints things inside a gel material using a hollow needle. The g...
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A new insight into parasites - 15.09.25
You may never have heard of the disease lymphatic filariasis, ...
You may never have heard of the disease lymphatic filariasis, but it affects 120 million people in 70 countries around the world, causing dramatic swelling of the limbs and other parts of the body, known as elephantiasis. It's caused by tiny paras...
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Paralysed man walks again - 15.09.25
Scientists in America have helped a paralysed man to take ...
Scientists in America have helped a paralysed man to take his first steps in over 5 years. They've done it by developing a system that eavesdrops on the patient's brainwaves and can detect when he wants to walk. The computer then activates a stim...
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Good beetle parents die younger - 15.09.24
Does being a good parent shorten your lifespan? It turns ...
Does being a good parent shorten your lifespan? It turns out the answer is yes, at least if you're a burying beetle. Results from researchers at The University of Cambridge published this week show that beetles can sacrifice their own fitness for the...
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Does stress affect elephant fertility? - 15.09.23
It has been found that endangered Asian elephants age faster ...
It has been found that endangered Asian elephants age faster and have fewer offspring if their mothers are stressed when they are born. Researchers at the University of Sheffield measured a hormone associated with stress to determine the time of year...
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Lovey-dovey finches - 15.09.18
People can spend their lives looking for love. We go ...
People can spend their lives looking for love. We go on awkward dates and let our friends set us up with complete strangers. All in the hope of finding 'the one'. But what's the point of it all? Why do we bother? If all we're supposed to do is conti...
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Age related diseases associated with 'biological age' - 15.09.15
Early intervention is likely to be critical for preventing many ...
Early intervention is likely to be critical for preventing many age-related diseases; but detecting these diseases at a sufficiently early stage to make a difference is often problematic. Now this may be about to change, because scientists in the U...
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Homo naledi - 15.09.10
Where we came from is, arguably, one of the most ...
Where we came from is, arguably, one of the most important questions facing mankind. This week the story has become even more intriguing: the well-preserved remains of 15 individuals from a new species of human ancestor, called Homo naledi, have bee...
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Green Highways - 15.08.27
This month, Cambridge based company Innovia Technology have taken charge ...
This month, Cambridge based company Innovia Technology have taken charge of the "Mission Zero Corridor Project". This project aims to make a 12 mile stretch of highway in West Georgia completely sustainable, with no carbon footprint! This will be th...
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Keeping clocks accurate - 15.08.26
Getting accurate clocks is really important for all kinds of ...
Getting accurate clocks is really important for all kinds of technologies, especially when monitoring the distant heavens. But even if the clock itself is accurate, how do you know that the right time is being transmitted across to other devices, so ...
