The Naked Scientists Podcast

BBC

The Naked Scientists flagship science show brings you a lighthearted look at the latest scientific breakthroughs, interviews with the world's top scientists, answers to your science questions and science experiments to try at home.

Episodes

Ebola still surging in Africa, and Mars dust danger

A sweet truth: the history and science of sugar

Mars moon mission to Phobos, and a DNA typewriter

Nature's clocks: why some lives fly by

US blocks Starlink in Ukraine, and a Parkinson's blood test

What is menopause, and how can you manage it?

Plague death in Russia, and the 2026 Nobel Prizes

Why AI is changing everything

Cancer drug gene screen, and world's most powerful rocket

What is heart disease, and how can it be tackled?

Kent's meningitis outbreak, and heat-loving amoeba

The magic of mushrooms and the science of fungi

The magic of mushrooms and the science of fungi

AI poses biosecurity risk, and the ice that doesn't shatter

A super El Nino is on the way. What should we expect?

World-first baby skull surgery, and could AI kill us?

What you need to know about driverless vehicles

Supersized El Nino strikes, and navigation app for the blind

How chemistry can make us healthier

Shingles vaccine and heart disease, and allergy transpoosion