The Naked Scientists
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Based @QueensCam, we explain science on @BBC & @RadioNational. Listen: @Spotify, @ApplePodcasts and https://t.co/yE36sUxUSS. Support: https://t.co/f5IPI245pX
Cambridge UK
Joined February 2009
The former UK prime minister, @David_Cameron, has revealed he has been treated for #prostate #cancer. In light of his diagnosis, we are reposting this programme we recently made on the disease. https://t.co/ApTQH2sTou
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Opinion is split on how to manage the disease in a significant proportion of men living with it...
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News podcast: @SilvermanJon (@uniofbeds) on facial recognition tech; Richard Hollingham (@Spaceboffins) on Russia's damaged launchpad; Ulf Buentgen (@Cambridge_Uni) on volcanoes and the Black Death; and Shiva Khoshtinat (@polimi) on Mars bacteria bricks. https://t.co/P51lqQk95U
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Plus, whether volcanoes prompted the spread of the Black Death...
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Titans of Science returns with @ProfGLongMIA - 2024 @ausoftheyear and medical director @MelanomaAus. Georgina tells us about her career, her love of science, how she slashed #melanoma deaths in #Australia, and possible future treatments for the disease. https://t.co/E4gq35h9tf
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Taking the fight to melanoma...
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News podcast: @VincentGnanapr3 @CUH_NHS on @David_Cameron and #prostate #cancer screening; Sara Russell @NHM_London on #Bennu; Stephen Hicks @ucl on Santorini's #earthquakes; and @JLosos @WashU on the origins of domestic #cats. https://t.co/c0RuKOHd4Q
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Plus, when, and where did domestic cats come from?
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Tackling antimicrobial resistance. Featuring Colin Brown (@UKHSA) on #AMR, and why it matters; Lona Alkhalaf (@uniofwarwick) on 'hidden' #antibiotics; Graham Hatfull (@PittTweet) on #bacteriophages; and @TheBrysonLab (@MIT) on a new #TB #vaccine. https://t.co/3qnRngpqOz
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With antimicrobial resistance rates rising, what scientists are doing to re-arm doctors for the fight…
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This weekend. Tablet's Hanukkah Bazaar is back and better than ever. Come shop and schmooze with us on December 6th and 7th on the Lower East Side. Get your tickets today.
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News podcast: Malcolm Grimston @imperialcollege on a trailblazing #SMR #nuclear plant in Wales; David Pride @UCSanDiego on #phages and #AMR; @PeterGWeather on #cloud #seeding in Iran; and Jen Bromley @ChurchillCol on #moss surviving in space. https://t.co/gSjbpze5EK
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Plus, will cloud seeding alleviate Iran's water shortage...
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This week, we examine @Cop30noBrasil. Featuring @MartinStewITV (@itvnews) on the summit; Pierre Friedlingstein (@UniofExeter) on global emissions; @MLMaclennan (@BAS_News) on data from Antarctica; and Steve Smith (@UniofExeter) on our climate future. https://t.co/JKzZr4iDlU
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What key absences from the annual climate conference say about the state of sustainability...
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News podcast: Ed Hutchinson (@CVRHutchinson and @UofGlasgow) on H3N2 influenza; Topun Austin (@CUH_NHS) on new baby neuroimaging; Martin Unwin (@SurreySat) on HydroGNSS satellites; and Neeltje Boogert (@UniofExeter) on warding off hungry seagulls. https://t.co/QjuMHONkF0
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Plus, the European satellites set to make a splash...
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80 years of nuclear weapons. Featuring @wellerstein (@FollowStevens and @sciencespo) on the history; Ben Allanach (@FacultyMaths) on the physics; Michael Clarke (@SkyNews) on the nuclear nations; and @ProfPRogers (@UniofBradford) on diplomatic efforts. https://t.co/yZcOkmf4fk
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A blast from the past, present, and future...
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News podcast: @lindabauld @EdinburghUni on #vaping and #smoking rates; @CarlosFrenk @DurhamUni on #universe expansion; Cathy Ashton @UKHouseofLords on #space and the #economy; and David Braun @GWtweets on early human DIY. https://t.co/LLLOuWAJKx
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Plus, early human ancestors were great at DIY...
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This week, we celebrate @NPL's 125th birthday. This episode features JT Janssen on @NPL's founding in 1900, and its role in #innovation; Rachel Godun on #timekeeping; Chris Cox on #quantum #technology; and Sundeep Bhandari on #AI and #data #science. https://t.co/DI6HMIzvGo
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Getting the measure of the illustrious institution...
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News podcast: Meredith Garofalo and @Bloemendaal_N @KNMI on #HurricaneMelissa; @ProfJohnWilding @LivUni on weight jabs; @ProfDavidNutt @imperialcollege on #GABYR; Richard Hollingham @Spaceboffins on Moon simulation; and Raj Amarnani on exercise. https://t.co/cgYC7KhVl9
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Plus, Europe's test run of a Lunar lander...
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In association with @ProteomicsI, the medicine predicting your risk of disease. Featuring @AndrewFrankel1 (@ImperialNHS) on kidney disease, Richard Lipscombe and Kirsten Peters (@ProteomicsI) on prediction and risk, and @SmeetaSinha (@NHSEngland).
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Catching early signs of disease up to a decade in advance...
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News podcast: @eyeMacLaren (@UniofOxford) on retina implants; Hamish Mohammed (@UKHSA) on #HIV and injectable PrEP; @Astronomy_Matt (@cambridge_astro); @nickyclayton22 (@CambPsych) on wild rooks; and @AndyBeetroot (@UniofExeter) on muscle fatigue. https://t.co/iH4tukFhGP
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Plus, the pristine red giant which offers insights into early stars...
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25 years of the #MillenniumSeedBank. @JamesTytko speaks with Charlotte Lusty on the origins of #KewGardens' Wakehurst vaults; @MccabeSian on Arctic field work; Vicky Philpott gives a guided tour; Markus Wagner from #UKCEH on restoring grasslands: https://t.co/pfSZVTMYoR
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Preserving and restoring rare and important plant species...
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News podcast: Sophia Lowes @CR_UK on talc; Dean R. Lomax @OfficialUoM on the “Sword Dragon of Dorset”; Veronica Sinotte and Leonie Jahn @UCPH_news on ant yoghurt; Sara Russell @NHM_London on comets; and Antony Young @KingsCollegeLon on UV filters. https://t.co/iRYvpebtTw
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Plus, the ichthyosaur fossil shedding light on life and death in ancient seas...
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What can we do about hearing loss? This episode features Franki Oliver @RNID on the global picture; @KevinJMunro @OfficialUoM on perceiving sound; Adam Carlton @sheffielduni on losing our hearing; and Konstantina Stankovic @StanfordMed on restoring it. https://t.co/9UMQJ1UrZW
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From bypassing bones to borrowing from birds...
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News podcast: Mike Rogers @mndassoc on @LewisMoody7 and #MND; Oliver Shorttle @cambridge_astro on exoplanets; @NobelPrize roundup; Dustin Reichard @OhioWesleyan on birds and an eclipse; and Bob Critoph @uniofwarwick on urban heat islands. https://t.co/Ut50ua1Rlh
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Plus, how the US' 2024 eclipse short-circuited their birds...
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Has #COVID19 weakened our immunity? This episode features Colin Brown @UKHSA on the latest trends; @dr_michaelmarks @LSHTM explains "immunity debt", Nathalie MacDermott @NHSuk on long COVID; and @ClareBryant13 @QueensCam on the bigger picture. https://t.co/O4tlV3tZIC
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Or are we paying back an immunity debt...
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News podcast: Richard Anderson (@EdinburghUni) on embryos; Boghuma Titanji (@EmoryUniversity) on Ebola; Cat Hobaiter (@StAndrewsUni) on #JaneGoodall; @RichardZare (@Stanford) on will-o'-the-wisps; and David Galvão Wall (@CranfieldUni) on missiles. https://t.co/TFClgRfEP0
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Plus, the mystery of the will-o'-the-wisp may finally have been solved...
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