Naked Science Scrapbook Podcast
1) Where Does the Solar System End? - Science Scrapbook 13.11.12
Launched in 1977 to study the Solar system's gas giant planets, Voyager 1 is still operating. But now it's so far away that the Solar wind has weakened and a deluge of cosmic particles from intergalac...Show More
2) What is the Higgs boson? - Science Scrapbook 13.10.07
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have found evidence of a new fundamental particle, that could be the much sought-after Higgs boson. In this Naked Science Scrapbook we find out what a Higgs bos...Show More
3) How do Nerves Carry Information? - Science Scrapbook 13.10.04
What do nerve cells look like, how do they carry information, and how does one nerve connect and communicate with another nerve? Find out in this spine-tingling Naked Science Scrapbook episode...
4) How do we use Microbes to make Biohydrogen? - Science Scrapbook 12.08.16
Hydrogen could be a key clean fuel of the future, powering cars, planes and technology. The challenge facing us before we can switch to this energy-dense fuel has been to produce it cleanly and effici...Show More
5) How does the Internet work? - Science Scrapbook 12.07.30
Whether you're watching a YouTube video, downloading an email, buying a birthday present or linking up with friends online, you're sending data across the Internet. But how does "the web" actually wo...Show More
6) What is a fungus? - Science Scrapbook 12.05.25
Fungi are a biologically important, and often overlooked Kingdom of organisms. In this Naked Science Scrapbook we find out what a fungus actually is, how they live and how they cause and fight disease...Show More
7) What is an Alloy? - Science Scrapbook 12.05.18
A lot of the metals we use every day, from car wheels to cutlery, are made from alloys. In this Naked Science Scrapbook we find out how alloys are made and how we change their properties to suit our n...Show More
8) What is Jetlag? - Science Scrapbook 12.04.24
Why do we feel tired or awake at the wrong times when we go on holiday to a different timezone? In this Naked Science Scrapbook we find out how your body clock works, how it is disrupted by long dista...Show More
9) What does a data centre do? - Science Scrapbook 12.03.08
When companies can't back up their data themselves, they often turn to data centres. But what do they do? In this Naked Science Scrapbook, supported by 4D Data Centres, we find out how a data centre i...Show More
10) How do lasers work? - Science Scrapbook 12.02.17
From DVD players and supermarket scanners to laser pointers and Bond movies, lasers are part of our lives. But just how do they work? In this Naked Science Scrapbook we find out how excitable atoms pr...Show More