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How being a silver surfer can help you keep your marbles, how proteins can be used in burglar alarms and the results of...

Pitting one alien against another may be the way to fight an invasion, especially if the alien is Japanese Knot Weed -...

Why cutting down a precious tree species brought the Nasca people to their knees, how Pompeii is receiving a makeover,...

Do we really use just 10 per cent of our brains, how to listen to a volcano and reveal the latest way to test unborn...

A safer way to test for Down's Syndrome and how sponge-swallowing could reveal oesophageal cancer feature in this...

The latest research on the origin of the HIV virus, how superstitions are formed and why we think everything...

Using your own red blood cells as a Trojan horse to sneak-in chemicals which boost the power of body scans, the spread...

Why we pay too much in auctions and how moving continents can cause climate change. In this episode it is also...

Gene therapy for blindness, more efficient engines, extinct tortoises and the numeracy of bees all make an appearance...

This week we look into the science of volcanoes. We'll be finding out if the gases given off can help us predict...

The latest developments in global warming, stem cell research and the effect of dopamine on the brain. They also answer...

In the NewsFlash this week, we discover the stem cells that allow muscle to grow and recover and progenitor cells which...

The microbial world goes under the microscope this week as we hear how bacteria cause bad breath, whether probiotics...

In the very first Naked Scientists News Flash, we find out how unmanned spy-planes can speed up medical diagnoses in...

This week we find out about the largest experiment in the world- the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva. We find...

In this first episode of the Naked Scientists in Africa we find out why mosquitoes are the most dangerous insect in the...