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Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

Probing the weird, wacky and spectacular, the Naked Scientists Special Editions are special one-off scientific reports, investigations and interviews on cutting-edge topics by the Naked Scientists team.

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Monitoring your Mobile Phone Sep 04, 2012

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With 40% of adults in the UK now using smartphones, and similar figures worldwide, we discover how easy it is to track and profile peoples' movements using information given away in public by their mobile phones. We learn how hackers can use your phone's wifi connections to track where you go, who you contact and even get images of where you live! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

BSF 2012 - Caring Technology and Colourful Fossils Sep 04, 2012

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In this, the first of a series of special podcasts from the British Science Festival, we discover the Wang Particle, find out how technology can help people stay more able until later in life, and how fossils are revealing their true colours... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Early tetrapods, upland rivers, North Anatolian Fault Sep 04, 2012

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This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: what the first creatures to walk on land looked like; the connection between the biodiversity of upland rivers and the ecosystem services they provide; and in an audio diary from Turkey, a University of Leeds researcher on the North Anatolian Fault. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Saving Satellites Sep 01, 2012

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Satellites are essential, and not just for the latest television. Nation states rely on satellites for reconnaissance, navigation and secure communications. But satellites are under threat, from natural phenomenon like Space Weather events through to nefarious attacks from cyber criminals. We visit the UK's Defence Science Technology Laboratory to find out how we keep our satellites safe... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Bees and sex, acid rain's legacy, cold water corals Aug 14, 2012

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This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: sex and the survival of honey bee colonies; why rivers are still recovering from the legacy of acid rain; and collecting coral from the Atlantic seabed. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Mars Curiosity Extra Aug 06, 2012

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NASA's David Blake from the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover team and the Open University's Cassini-Huygens space probe pioneer John Zarnecki answer your questions about planetary exploration. This special podcast is an addendum to the August 5th 2012 episode of the Naked Scientists Podcast and contains extra material not included in the published programme. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Early African dairy farming, seabird migrations Jul 31, 2012

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This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: how dairy farming in Africa 7000 years ago led to the speedy evolution of the gene that lets us digest milk; and how climate change could be having a detrimental effect on seabirds and fish in the Southern Ocean. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Brown water, bats and streetlights, plant methane Jul 18, 2012

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This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: how browner drinking water presents problems for the water companies; the effect of street lighting on bats and their commuter routes; and how ultraviolet light makes plants emit methane. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Exciting new technologies that are revolutionising neuroscience Jul 17, 2012

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Find out about the exciting new technologies that are revolutionising neuroscience, providing scientists with the tools to unlock the mysteries of the mind and nervous system and paving the way for better treatments for patients. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists unravel the connections in your brain Jul 16, 2012

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We find out what happens when your immune system attacks the brain, how a protein providing the architecture of brain connectivity may help to treat people with autism, explore how scientists are using the power of light to cause, and then treat, addiction in mice and get to grips with the potential of neural stem cells in Alzheimer's disease treatment. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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