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  • Would a compass work on the Moon?

    Would a compass work on the Moon?
    2025/06/06
    Dr Chris with more answers to listener science questions: why was the discovery of the Higgs boson worthy of a Nobel Prize? Are birth rates falling around the world? How do we prevent HPV? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    19 分
  • Can a person be cloned?

    Can a person be cloned?
    2025/05/30
    Dr Chris answers listener questions including, how effective is the flu shot? Is there anything doctors don't want their patients to know? Do our eyes stay the same size through our lives? Could working in a dusty cement environment lead to health problems? When someone has dementia, how long will they live? Will doctors prescribe remedies purely to induce a placebo effect? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    20 分
  • When did life start evolving sex?

    When did life start evolving sex?
    2025/05/23
    Dr Chris answers questions on CapeTalk, including: how often should we wash our clothes? Is there a relationship between the Earth's gravity and magnetic field? Are the magnetic poles moving? Is there a distinction between North and South? Why don't adult teeth grow back like children's teeth? Can we reconcile science and spirituality? Why does my sister's car attract insects? What is the quickest way to lose weight in a short period of time? Is it true that our eyeballs stay the same size throughout our life? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    21 分
  • What determines the speed of your internet?

    What determines the speed of your internet?
    2025/05/16
    Why is February only 28 days long? Is there a link between red meat, testosterone, and male violence? Is there a 'best' LLM? Can macular degeneration cause you to go blind? What do we know about the big bang? What determines the speed of your internet? Does an autoimmune system attack random parts of the body? Dr Chris Smith and Clarence Ford have all the answers... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    23 分
  • Should dogs sleep inside the house?

    Should dogs sleep inside the house?
    2025/05/09
    Ask! The Naked Scientist covers questions including, are we humans the universe's consciousness? Is the presence of dimethyl sulphide on an exoplanet a sure sign of life? Have scientists been able to establish where the Garden of Eden is? If I decide not to breastfeed, what happens to the milk I produce? Can I benefit from the nutrients? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    19 分
  • Are gravity and magnetism related?

    Are gravity and magnetism related?
    2025/05/02
    In this week's Ask!, Dr Chris explains what we know about deja vu (have we had this one before?) Also, what might have been behind the major power outages in Spain, and what exactly was the Carrington Event? What causes the differences between summer and winter here on Earth? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    23 分
  • Does the shingles vaccine reduce risk of dementia?

    Does the shingles vaccine reduce risk of dementia?
    2025/04/25
    Are there signs of life on another planet? Could a shingles vaccine prevent dementia? Do artificial sweeteners increase our appetite? How is obesity measured? Could there ever be a dementia vaccine? Dr Chris Smith and Clarence Ford have all the answers... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    23 分
  • Are girls better at maths than boys?

    Are girls better at maths than boys?
    2025/04/18
    In Ask! the Naked Scientist, Dr Chris answers medical enquiries such as: why a pacemaker may cause some discomfort. Why might you get a migraine if you oversleep? And, is pain in the abdomen a sign of kidney failure? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    17 分