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Video Podcasts
Video podcast strands produced by the Naked Scientists.
20 February 2011
One of the many options in the fight against climate change is to send particles up into our stratosphere to reflect...
18 February 2011
What's actually going on in a lightbulb when you switch it on? And why are energy saving bulbs more efficient than...
06 February 2011
Dr. Robert Mullins explains how we go from a computer chip to a fully working computer...
04 February 2011
We all know chameleons can change their colour at will, but how do they do it? And is it really because of camouflage?
30 January 2011
This week we join Hugh Hunt to explore how retroflectors work to help us see at night...
23 January 2011
We explore what a PET Scan is, how a PET scanner works and discover a way to make them clearer and more efficient by...
21 January 2011
Why is a storm cloud flattened on top? In this episode of the Naked Science Scrapbook, we'll find out what causes...
09 January 2011
Meera and Dave look into how engineers at Blatchford are mimicking human locomotion to design comfortable prosthetics...
07 January 2011
What makes a cake rise? In this episode of the Naked Science Scrapbook, we'll find out what ingredients cause a...
25 December 2010
When you breathe in helium, why does your voice sound all funny? Find out in the latest Naked Science Scrapbook!
18 December 2010
Why do you start crying after you've chopped into an onion?
12 December 2010
How to make the only recently discovered and high-tech material Graphene using sticky tape.
11 December 2010
Why don't birds get electrocuted when they sit on high voltage power cables? Find out in the latest Naked Science...
05 December 2010
Green Tide Turbines is attempting to harness the power of moving water both from tides and rivers.
21 November 2010
We explore bistable structures and how they can be manipulated for engineering potential periscopes and protecting...
14 November 2010
We look at modeling the strength of ships when they have been damaged.
07 November 2010
We talk to Graham Treece about how he is improving ultrasound machines to make them better at diagnosing cancer.
26 February 2009
We present the final outing of this twelveweek featuring the inscrutable Dr Otherford as he succeeds in his efforts...
19 February 2009
The dexterous doctor fashions a circumstance of invisibility within a large Pyrex® basin by the witty employment of...
13 February 2009
A phenomenon commonly described as attraction are mischievously exhibited by the redoubtable Dr Ernest Otherford. He...
05 February 2009
In anticipation of explorative feats typically confined to the world of Jules Verne, Dr Otherford devises a dirigible...
29 January 2009
A sporting Dr Otherford inspects the qualified merits of a vigorous games technique known as "backspin" in...
22 January 2009
Upon resumption of his ambulatory grounds inspections, Dr Otherford convenes a vessel of carbonated vegetable extract...
15 January 2009
A most bellicose form of artillery is ingeniously mobilised by Dr Otherford subsequent to his precipitous detection...