The Naked Scientists Podcast
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US blocks Starlink in Ukraine, and a Parkinson's blood test
Oct 16, 2026
32m 38s
What is menopause, and how can you manage it?
Oct 13, 2026
31m 26s
Plague death in Russia, and the 2026 Nobel Prizes
Oct 9, 2026
36m 52s
Why AI is changing everything
Oct 6, 2026
36m 13s
Cancer drug gene screen, and world's most powerful rocket
Oct 2, 2026
33m 09s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/16/26 |  US blocks Starlink in Ukraine, and a Parkinson's blood test | Coming up, the US places restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine, and MI5 chief Sir Ken McCallum warns that AI is accelerating cyber threats from Russia. Plus, an electronic sensor that can help detect Parkinson's disease, the health of a generation raised on sugar rations, and why dogs can understand our words and intonation. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 32m 38s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 |  What is menopause, and how can you manage it? | Today, Rachael Ralph explores menopause and perimenopause. This episode features renowned gynecologist Heather Currie on what we know about this stage of life and who it affects; GP and broadcaster Nighat Arif on menopause-related problems and possible treatments; Uri Alon at the Weizmann Institute of Science on whether menopause involves a 'cliff-like' decline; and Lachlan MacBean at the University of Exeter on his team's research. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 31m 26s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 |  Plague death in Russia, and the 2026 Nobel Prizes | A 28-year-old Russian researcher has reportedly died after contracting pneumonic plague. What do we know about this medieval-era disease? Plus, we unpack the 2026 Nobel Prizes, the world's first self-setting nuclear clock begins ticking in Vienna, and why scientists are simulating microgravity on cells in a dish. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 36m 52s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 |  Why AI is changing everything | In this special episode, in partnership with Frontiers Science House, we launch our new Why? series by asking one of the biggest questions of our time: Why AI? Why has artificial intelligence advanced so rapidly, why does it work the way it does, and why could it fundamentally change how we think, work, and live? To explore the answers, we hear from four remarkable voices at the heart of the AI conversation: Geoffrey Hinton, Mike Wooldridge, Cristina Criddle, and Wendy Hall. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 36m 13s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 |  Cancer drug gene screen, and world's most powerful rocket | New CRISPR technology tool uncovers genes that have become resistant to chemotherapy drugs. We speak with the scientist behind the cancer discovery. Plus, how butterflies use their wing patterns to confuse and evade predators; why Fiji has declared HIV a national emergency; and how SpaceX's Starship rocket launch is fuelling the race back to the Moon. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 33m 09s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 |  What is heart disease, and how can it be tackled? | Today, in partnership with British Heart Foundation (BHF), we take on the world's biggest killer: heart disease. This episode features BHF's Ruth Goss on why this disease kills so many people; Will Watson at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge on what arterial disease looks like under a microscope; Cathy Shanahan at King's College London on attempts to stop blood vessels from becoming hard and stiff; and BHF's Sonya Babu-Narayan on risk management and heart disease treatment. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 32m 21s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 |  Kent's meningitis outbreak, and heat-loving amoeba | Coming up, scientists discover why the UK's recent men B outbreak was so severe. How did they do it? Also ahead: an international study suggests that bats originated in Europe 65 million years ago; how a tiny single-celled organism can survive at high temperatures; and the search for the resting place of Egypt's heretic queen, Nefertiti. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 31m 38s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 |  The magic of mushrooms and the science of fungi | Coming up, we forage for mushrooms to unearth fascinating alternative uses for fungi, from cleaning up pollution and making building materials to treating mental health. This episode, produced by Laura Verdina at Queens' College, Cambridge, features Laura and Nathan Smith at Grantchester Meadows; Joni Wildman from the University of Bath on mycelium-based materials; Magnus Ivarsson at MycoMine; and David Nutt on psilocybin, a compound being studied to treat depression. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 37m 00s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 |  AI poses biosecurity risk, and the ice that doesn't shatter | Coming up: lawmakers scramble to stop AI from being used to develop bioweapons. What has spooked the experts? Plus, we look at how childhood chemotherapy can leave genetic scars on organs, raising disease risk; why ultra-strong ice could soon be used as a construction material; and how researchers are tracking weather patterns on distant planets. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 31m 53s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  A super El Nino is on the way. What should we expect? | El Niño 2026 is predicted to be the strongest on record, and today we consider how the climate pattern can affect the weather, the economy, and our health. This episode features forecasting supremos Aidan McGivern and Peter Gibbs; leading economist Vicky Pryce on the impact on our wallets; and Rachel Tolhurst at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Teresa Zakaria at the WHO on public health. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 38m 00s | ||||||
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| 9/11/26 |  World-first baby skull surgery, and could AI kill us? | Coming up, we hear from the scientists behind a world-first treatment to reshape the skull of a one-year-old boy. How did they do it? Also ahead, an Anthropic researcher warns that AI is advancing so quickly that it may, with a slight chance, "kill all humans" within the next decade; how narwhals are helping scientists collect data in Greenland's fjords; and a German startup launches the first commercial rocket to reach orbit from continental Europe. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 37m 34s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | driverless vehiclesautonomous vehicles+4 | Nick BaileyDaniel Clarke+4 | Royal Institute of NavigationGreater Cambridge Partnership+3 | — | driverless vehiclesautonomous vehicles+3 | — | 37m 39s | ||
| 9/4/26 | El Niñobladder cancer test+3 | — | HarvardNancy Grace Roman Telescope | — | El Niñobladder cancer+3 | — | 31m 25s | ||
| 9/1/26 | chemistryhealthcare+4 | Jeremy NicholsonGemma Sharp+2 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyImperial College | University of Cambridge | chemistryhealthcare+5 | — | 33m 55s | ||
| 8/28/26 | shingles vaccineheart disease+4 | — | shingles vaccinefrozen 'poo pills'+3 | — | shingles vaccineheart attacks+4 | — | 31m 48s | ||
| 8/25/26 | insectsevolution+3 | — | The Naked Scientists | world's deepest lakes | insectsevolution+5 | — | 37m 41s | ||
| 8/21/26 | Salmonella outbreakastronomy+4 | — | health agenciesUnited States+1 | EuropeMilky Way+1 | Salmonellaoutbreak+5 | — | 32m 00s | ||
| 8/18/26 | chronic woundshealthcare challenges+4 | Mat HardmanKetan Dhatariya+1 | UK Research and InnovationWound Innovation Institute+2 | — | chronic woundshealthcare+5 | — | 33m 12s | ||
| 8/14/26 | malaria preventionhepatitis C+4 | — | Australian researchersUK | — | malariahepatitis C+5 | — | 33m 41s | ||
| 8/11/26 | solar eclipseastronomy+4 | Becky SmethurstStephen Price+2 | Bristol Astronomical Society | — | solar eclipsetotality+8 | — | 31m 59s | ||
| 8/7/26 | womb surgerySpaceX+3 | — | SpaceX | — | womb surgerySpaceX+3 | — | 32m 48s | ||
| 8/4/26 |  The food of the future | This week, we explore how the food industry uses science to develop new foods that are better for the environment, healthier, and still taste good. The show is produced by Petra Merzan, a student of the Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership, which is funded by UKRI-BBSRC. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 41m 03s | ||||||
| 7/31/26 |  Chasing fire clouds, and nanoparticles blitz brain cancers | In this week's show, wildfires have now spread to Italy, Canada, and the wine-producing region of France, Bordeaux. These fires produce a peculiar cloud phenomenon called pyrocumulonimbus and scientists plan to fly a jet over these clouds to determine how they operate. Also, we hear how drug-packed nanoparticles can aid brain cancer treatment, the genetic evidence of smallpox in Incan mummies, and how the smell of dad affects infant brain activity... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 28m 57s | ||||||
| 7/28/26 |  Titans of Science: Sara Wickstrom | This week, our Titan of Science is cell biologist Sara Wickstrom. Her work focuses on how cells communicate with one another to coordinate growth, development, and movement. These insights have just won Sara the Koerber European Science Prize, and, in this episode, she tells us how she will spend her million Euro winnings, and how her discoveries will inform future treatments for diseases like cancer. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 29m 41s | ||||||
| 7/24/26 |  Wildfires worldwide, and algae microbots for drug delivery | In this week's show, wildfires continue to race across the world in Canada, Ireland, Scotland and Italy. Why are they happening, and what can we do to prevent them? Plus, scientists track neighbourhood food consumption from DNA in sewage, the first evidence of an "exomoon" orbiting a planet outside our solar system, and how tiny "algebots" can deliver cancer chemotherapy in the bladder. What makes these critters remote-controlled? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | 31m 13s | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | neuropsychologybrain function+4 | Adrian Owen | The Naked Scientists | — | neuropsychologistbrain scanner+4 | — | 31m 22s | ||
| 7/17/26 | Alzheimer's diseaseclinical trials+3 | — | TrontinemabUniversity of Oxford | — | Alzheimer'sTrontinemab+4 | — | 33m 23s | ||
| 7/14/26 | plant biologygene interaction+3 | Enrico Coen | John Innes Centre | — | Enrico Coenplant biology+5 | — | 31m 31s | ||
| 7/10/26 | weight lossobesity+4 | Megan Argo | Wegovy | UK | weight loss pillsobesity+4 | — | 30m 40s | ||
| 7/7/26 | neurobiologyAlzheimer's disease+3 | Tara Spires-Jones | University of Edinburgh | — | neurobiologyAlzheimer's+3 | — | 33m 38s | ||
| 7/3/26 | children's mental healthbilingual brain+3 | — | England's mental health services | — | children's mental healthnorovirus+3 | — | 33m 37s | ||
| 6/30/26 | science of soundmusic+3 | Hugh HuntIan Cross+2 | Trinity College | Cambridge | soundmusic+5 | — | 33m 35s | ||
| 6/26/26 | heat domeextreme weather+4 | Martin ReesSonia Shah | HPVThe Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years | Europe | heat domeEurope+6 | — | 34m 39s | ||
| 6/23/26 | ancient ancestorsevolution+4 | Lee BergerGeorge Nash+2 | Naked ScientistsHomo Naledi | — | Homo Naledicave paintings+4 | — | 37m 48s | ||
| 6/19/26 | social mediaage restrictions+3 | — | — | UKAustralia+1 | social media banunder-16+4 | — | 32m 19s | ||
| 6/12/26 | healthsports+3 | — | International Space Station | Denmark | Christian Eriksenimplantable cardioverter defibrillator+6 | — | 30m 37s | ||
| 6/9/26 | Football World CupPhysics of football+3 | Rachael RalphHugh Hunt+4 | FIFA | United StatesCanada+1 | FIFA World Cupfootball physics+3 | — | 32m 22s | ||
| 6/5/26 | ovarian cancerblack holes+3 | — | mirvetuximabBlue Origin | Florida | ovarian cancermirvetuximab+5 | — | 28m 49s | ||
| 6/2/26 | Ebolaoutbreak+3 | — | drugsvaccines | Democratic Republic of CongoUganda | Ebolaoutbreak+6 | — | 30m 10s | ||
| 5/29/26 | melanomaepigenetics+3 | — | artificial bird eggThe Naked Scientists | UKDodo | melanomaskin cancer+4 | — | 28m 17s | ||
| 5/26/26 | artificial intelligencescience+3 | Zoe KleinmanMike Wooldridge+2 | BBCOxford University+1 | — | AIartificial intelligence+7 | — | 33m 42s | ||
| 5/22/26 | Ebola outbreakNASA Artemis III+3 | — | NASA | Democratic Republic of CongoUganda | EbolaDemocratic Republic of Congo+5 | — | 28m 37s | ||
| 5/19/26 | depressionmental health+3 | Trevor RobbinsMunro Stewart+2 | British Association for Counselling and PsychotherapyImperial College London | — | depressionneuroscience+5 | — | 33m 14s | ||
| 5/15/26 | hantavirusvirology+4 | — | MV HondiusFIFA World Cup+1 | — | hantavirusMV Hondius+4 | — | 29m 40s | ||
| 5/12/26 | hantavirusoutbreak+3 | Colin CrumpBoghuma Titanji+2 | Emory UniversityJohns Hopkins University Center for Health Security+1 | MV Hondius | hantavirusoutbreak+5 | — | 35m 17s | ||
| 5/8/26 | hantavirussalmon+4 | — | potatoescocaine | MV HondiusAndean+1 | hantavirussalmon+5 | — | 33m 19s | ||
| 5/5/26 | meningitishealth+3 | Robin MayKat Sharrocks+1 | UK Health Security AgencyAddenbrooke's Hospital+1 | — | meningitissymptoms+5 | — | 27m 46s | ||
| 5/1/26 | Chernobylnuclear risk+4 | — | Naked Scientists | — | Chernobylnuclear risk+5 | — | 27m 55s | ||
| 4/28/26 | astronomyspace telescopes+3 | — | Vera Rubin ObservatoryNancy Grace Roman Space Telescope+1 | — | space telescopesVera Rubin Observatory+3 | — | 31m 26s | ||
| 4/24/26 | microbiomeParkinson's Disease+4 | — | microfluidicThe Naked Scientists | daycare | microbiomeParkinson's+4 | — | 32m 22s | ||
| 4/21/26 | floodingcoastal change+5 | — | UK Research and Innovation | — | floodingcoastal change+5 | — | 28m 55s | ||
| 4/17/26 | Alzheimer's drugsHIV research+4 | — | UK Alzheimer's drugsHIV | OsloUK | Alzheimer'sHIV+5 | — | 30m 30s | ||
| 4/14/26 | oil industrygas industry+3 | — | UK | — | oil formationpetrochemist+3 | — | 33m 00s | ||
| 4/10/26 | space travelchronic pain+3 | — | Artemis II | — | space travelArtemis II+4 | — | 34m 16s | ||
| 4/7/26 | timehuman construct+3 | — | The Naked ScientistsWhat is time? | — | timeperception+3 | — | 33m 37s | ||
| 4/3/26 | space explorationhealth+3 | — | lab-grown oesophagusscientists in London | London | Artemis IIlab-grown oesophagus+3 | — | 34m 06s | ||
| 3/31/26 | natural archivesbiological footprints+3 | — | bacteriaviruses+1 | Earthice | natural archiveswoolly mammoths+4 | — | 29m 13s | ||
| 3/27/26 | social media addictionnuclear materials+2 | — | social mediaNaked Scientists | Moon | social mediaaddiction+5 | — | 31m 11s | ||
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Chart history for The Naked Scientists Podcast
Peaked at #1 in United Kingdom, top 10 in 23 of 50 tracked markets, currently #1 in United Kingdom.
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Chart Positions
50 placements across 43 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 43 markets.