- The Naked Scientists Breaking Science

- The Naked Scientists Breaking Science

- The Naked Scientists Breaking Science

Each week Dr Chris Smith and his fellow Naked Scientists round up the latest science news and talk to the people making the latest ...

Bad taste, arsenic and blue skies ... - 09.03.05 Breaking Science

We explore the discovery that super hot, burning chillies can be used for pain relief; how holes in the asteroid belt show scientists how ...
03/16/09

Rainforests, earthquakes and liquid glass... - 09.03.12 Breaking Science

We explore archaeologists' revelation that people have been riding on, eating and drinking the milk of horses for over 5,000 years; why the ...
03/16/09

Dinosaurs fights and suicidal lemmings... - 09.02.05 Breaking Science

We discuss why the sequence of how four-legged animals move their legs is commonly misrepresented; Wi-Fi, the gaping hole in our internet ...
02/20/09

Queen Ant impersonators and tall stories... - 09.02.12 Breaking Science

We explore the chemical link between asthma and eczema that has been uncovered; how a synaesthesia gene has been found; why rising levels ...
02/20/09

Science of envy, sugar and kids ... - 09.02.19 Breaking Science

We explore the hottest breakthroughs from the world of research. Plus in 'Stuff and Non-Science', does sugar make kids hyperactive?
02/20/09

Brown clouds, injured neurons, acupuncture... - 09.01.29 Breaking Science

We explore the discovery of a gene that triggers nerve repair; research showing that 'fake' acupuncture has the same pain relief effect as ...
02/02/09

Stress, fish, financial success... - 09.01.22 Breaking Science

How fish lock carbon in their poo, why stress is bad for your attention span, why shiny plants could put a new sheen on global warming, how ...
01/26/09

Pink iguanas and mosquito love songs... - 09.01.15 Breaking Science

How eco-friendly clothing could soon be made from chicken feathers and wheat; how mosquitoes use the harmonics of their wing beats to ...
01/16/09

Coffee, chimps and meteorites... - 08.12.23 Breaking Science

How computers can now interpret what someone is seeing just from their brain activity - could we see dreams in the future? Oil extracted ...
01/06/09

Fire ants, jealous dogs, coral clocks... - 08.12.18 Breaking Science

How coral suggests a major earthquake is due in the next decade; the impact humans have on fire ant invasions; why extinct bird species are ...
01/06/09
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