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Ocean Dead Zones, Fossil HIV and Beetle Antibiotics - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 06.10.08 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.340309
Using your own red blood cells as a Trojan horse to sneak-in chemicals which boost the power of body scans, the spread of ocean dead zones, what a fossil form of HIV can tell us about the origin of...
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Tsunamis, Speakers and Sabre-Tooth Tigers - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 03.11.08 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.324466
This week, we discover how the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami is the latest in a history of tsunamis in that area, why elephants who avoid roads to avoid poachers could be causing problems for the species...
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Shell-Tough Ceramics and Sharing Vaccines - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 08.12.08 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.309221
In this week's NewsFlash, how we hear how seashells have inspired tough new ceramics, uncover a signal that links food to body fat, discover how Sea Turtles thrive on untouched beaches and hear how...
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Small Letters, Sorghum and Secrets in Caves - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 02.02.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.286814
On this week's NewsFlash we find out how fingerprints help you feel fine detail, discover the smallest letters ever written and uncover the genetic secrets of Sorghum's success. Plus, how a new way...
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First Footprints and Fossil Fish Sex - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 02.03.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.271837
This week's NewsFlash sees celestial bulldozers, fossilised footprints and the first fish to ever have sex. Plus, we find out why unmanned planes could get more blood samples tested in rural Africa...
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Mosquito Inspired Inventions and Lead-Lined Clouds - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 27.04.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.247770
In this NewsFlash, we find out why dolphins spit for their dinner, how every cloud may have a lead lining and how the pesky mosquito's inspired a portable artificial pancreas. Plus, we get the low-...
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Dancing Birds and Painless Injections - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 04.05.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.243271
On this week's NewsFlash, we explore a way to make injections painless, find out why lithium in the water supply could help mood stability and discover which animals have got natural rhythm. Plus, ...
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Arctic Oil, Ancient Leprosy and AIDS - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 01.06.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.230827
On this week's NewsFlash we hear how the Arctic Circle could contain far more oil and natural gas than originally suspected, how the ratio of different fats in your diet alters your immune system, ...
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Chuckling Chimps and Shining Squid - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 08.06.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.226195
In this week's NewsFlash, we find out why giggling gorillas can tell us how laughter evolved, how shining squid use their entire bodies to see light and how birds learn from their neighbours, but o...
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Shrimp Diesel and the Regularity of Raindrops - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 03.08.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.203066
This week, we hear how shrimp shells could catalyse biodiesel production, the physics behind regular raindrops and how blue food colouring could reduce the damage following spinal injury. Plus, sci...
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Steel Velcro and the Farming Founding Fathers - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 07.09.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.191453
On this week's NewsFlash, we hear how antibodies from long term HIV patients could provide clues for new vaccine development. Plus, how farmers became our founding fathers, using Google pagerank fo...
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Aspirin and a Healthy Recession - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 05.10.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.178528
In this NewsFlash, we discuss the role of aspirin in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, how recession could be healthy and what tuning in to the Earth's vibrations can tell us about the interior of the...
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Sprinters'Toes and Tutankhamun's Tomb - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 02.11.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.166042
In this NewsFlash, how researchers have found the genes to turn stem cells into sperm and eggs, the world's fastest camera, why sprinters have short heels but long toes and disapointing news for di...
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Camo Plants and Osmotic Power - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 30.11.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.157524
in this NewsFlash, we'll be hearing about the camouflaged plant that doesn't need the Sun, a power plant that relies on osmosis and how the feeling of breath on your skin helps you to work out what...
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Aggressive Flies and Carbon-Hungry MOFs - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 07.12.09 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.153338
In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how to capture carbon in Metal Organic Frameworks, or MOFs, discuss progress in treating Cystic Fibrosis, explore aggressive fruitfies and a potential new trea...
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Take off your Shoes for a Smoother Ride - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 01.02.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.139031
We'll hear how a scanning technique can home in on the biochemical signature of prostate cancer in this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, along with how bats and dolphins share genes for echolocation and...
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Turning Sperm On and Communication through Tennis - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 08.02.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.134795
We discover how sperm get turned on, how researchers can recreate colourful dinosaurs and how painstaking genetic studies help us to understand how mosquitoes smell the world. Plus, sound sleep fo...
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Grounding Dengue and the Secret Fish-Eye UV View - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 01.03.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.093456
We explore the secret messages that fish send in ultra-violet and a genetic trick to stop Dengue getting off the ground in this Naked Scientists NewsFlash. Plus, the giant shark munching through s...
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Tuberculosis and Methane Time Bombs - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 08.03.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.090012
On this week's NewsFlash, the gene combination that's perfect for tuberculosis, the methane time-bomb ticking off the Siberian coast, the first human writing and how doctors are knocking migraines ...
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A Genetic"Hop"Forward - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 03.05.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.079942
This week, we hear how the first amphibian genome helps to fill the vertebrate family tree, meet the colourful fish that shine a light on evolution and find out how a technique developed to study e...
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Wash Your Hands, Think Again... - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 10.05.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.077406
We hear how Herschel witnessed the birth of stars in this NewsFlash, as well as exploring the Neanderthal genome and finding out why washing your hands can alter the way you think. Plus, decipheri...
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Clean Teeth, Healthy Heart - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 07.06.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.070515
How often do you clean your teeth? In this week's NewsFlash, we find out why clean teeth might mean a healthy heart. Plus, how evidence for our meat earliest meat eating ancestors coincides with ...
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Sabre-tooth Teeth and Centenarian Genes - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 05.07.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.063473
In this NewsFlash, we hear about the melanoma stem cells that fuel the growth of tumours, the genes that could mean you'll live to be 100 and the fossils that show the earliest multi-cellular organ...
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The First Habitable Exoplanet - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 04.10.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.050146
It's a bumper crop of"firsts"in this NewsFlash, as we discover the first habitable exoplanet and the first flapless aeroplane! We'll also find out how mental competition helps to chose which hand ...
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Super-Waterproof Coats and Thoughts of Marylin Monroe - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 01.11.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.043323
In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how a new technique can make waterproof coatings that survive the wash, why pancreatic cancer is hard to spot and how one in five Sun-like stars may have Earth...
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Why the Immune System Ignores Cancer - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 08.11.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.040554
In this NewsFlash, we find out how tumours suppress the immune system, to allow their growth to go un-checked. Plus, how brain zapping could improve mathematical ability, a trick to block the dama...
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Rethinking the Chemistry of Life - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 06.12.10 from 2023-12-12T16:59:26.032860
In this NewsFlash, we find out why pandemic'flu seems to kill the least vulnerable, how parasitic worms treat bowel disease and why summer babies have more regular body clocks. Plus, we find out h...
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Put your thinking cap on... - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 07.02.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.993067
In this NewsFlash, we meet the new species of malaria-carrying mosquito, explore new artificial arteries and find out why the amazon rainforest may be a source of carbon emissions in dry years. Pl...
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Graphene Lithography - Etching with Atomic Precision - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 07.03.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.985925
This week, a new discovery suggesting that the chemistry of life could have come to Earth in a meteorite, how foetal immunity protects the expectant mother, and why we need to be careful with stem ...
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Why Biased Worms Turn Voters - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 04.04.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.978415
In this NewsFlash, why the Pioneer anomaly is not so anomalous, how a dose of cortisol can cut fear of heights, and how a common dye used to colour cells in the lab may increase lifespan. Plus, in...
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Crop Yields Falling in the Heat - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 09.05.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.972822
In this NewsFlash, how box jellyfish navigate by seeing the shape of the objects above them, why researchers have trapped anti-hydrogen for an extended stay and how a changing climate has reduced g...
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Homeless Fish and Warming up Sunspots - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 06.06.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.965697
This week, how increasing CO2 levels could stop fish from finding a home and new insight into how sunspots keep warm. We also discuss the recent E.Coli outbreak in Europe as well as discover the wo...
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How do Vampires Go for the Jugular? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 08.08.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.958558
We'll find out how vampire bats home in on hot blood in this week's NewsFlash! Also, we explore the idea that Earth once had two moons, find out how researchers are making functioning brain cells...
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Model Hearts and Mood Altering Microbes - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 05.09.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.953037
This week, a computer model of the heart that could test new cardiac drugs, ancient evidence of antibiotic resistance and the tiny gold rods that may give us control over light. We find out how fr...
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Tweeting the Mood of the World - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 03.10.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.943903
This week, how analysing tweets can gauge the mood of people around the world, a new way to predict someone's risk of a heart attack, the new field of'designer plastics'and how Mercury is providi...
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Optimism in the Face of Reality - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 10.10.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.939328
We explore the neurological basis of boundless optimism in this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, so fill your glasses to the top! We'll also hear how Earth got its water, how a bacteria-busting chemic...
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Repairing Nerves and Roaring Lions - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 07.11.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.921348
In this NewsFlash, we get the latest from the National Cancer Research Institute's conference in Liverpool, find out why removing genes can help repair neurons, and why clearing out old cells can h...
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Hydrogen, HIV and Photographic Trickery - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 05.12.11 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.912193
In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear how the Voyager missions can now detect radiation given out by the birth of stars, discover a new vaccine for HIV that can completely block infection in ...
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Sounds like a Stradivarius? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 09.01.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.900305
In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear about the new spacecraft in orbit around the moon, an implant that can generate electricity inside the body of a cockroach and the scientific way to soun...
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Untangling the Spread of Alzheimer's - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 06.02.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.887313
In this NewsFlash - we find out how regions of the brain may"catch"Alzheimer's from each other, discover a new microscopy technique that can open a window on the brain in action and talk to the Aus...
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Can we Trust the Upper Classes? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 05.03.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.875534
Astronomers have discovered evidence for life in the universe - but only down here on Earth. In this NewsFlash, we'll find out how light from Earth bounced off the Moon could pave the way to look...
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A Thinking Cap for Problem Solving - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 02.04.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.865090
This week, we find out how our brains can be stimulated to think outside the box when solving problems, how ancient raindrops can provide insight into our early atmosphere and how spacecraft could ...
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Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs and Locked-In Communication - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 02.07.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.818670
How can you communicate when you can't move a muscle? In this NewsFlash, we discover a new way to communicate with patients suffering"locked in"syndrome, ask if one heart attack begets another, an...
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Busting Blood Clots with Nanotechnology - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 09.07.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.813346
In this NewsFlash, we hear how a breath of bicarbonate might cut infections related to Cystic Fibrosis, discover a nano-technological solution to dangerous blood clots, and examine the astronomical...
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Black Holes and Purring Elephants - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 06.08.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.801357
In this NewsFlash, we uncover the violent history of hot Jupiters and shed light on Black Holes. Plus, we ask if Elephants can purr, find out why females live longer, and discover the robot with a...
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Wheelchair Basketball, Earliest Arctic Settlements, the'Other'BSA - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 10.09.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.790382
In this NewsFlash, we look at improving wheelchair design for paralympic wheelchair basketball players, the link between movement and the perception of time, and uncovering the earliest Arctic sett...
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Chatty Elephants and Cancer News - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 05.11.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.755941
Can Koshik the elephant speak Korean? How have fireflies inspired better LEDs? How can medical tape be made less dangerous? Find out in this Naked Scientists'NewsFlash! Plus, a new technique to w...
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Icy Life and Slimy Fibres - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 03.12.12 from 2023-12-12T16:59:25.733889
In this NewsFlash, we find out how the Grand Canyon may be older than we thought, why hagfish can provide future fibres and we discover the icy ecosystem in an Antarctic lake...
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Engineering a Biological Pacemaker - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.12.12 from 2012-12-17T00:00
In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we find out how gene therapy can engineer a biological pacemaker, and discover the surprisingly simple solution to Box Jellyfish stings. Plus, remnants of 7000 ...
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Heath Benefits of Bearing Babies - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 10.12.12 from 2012-12-10T00:00
In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear how parenthood can extend your lifespan and discover the genetic recipe for a red blood cell. Plus, repairing damaged hearts with micro RNA, and a new w...
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3D Printing Replacement Cartilage - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 26.11.12 from 2012-11-26T00:00
In this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash we find out why general health checks are generally unhelpful, how nanotech can make steam from sunlight and the discovery of"white noise"for your nose. ...
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A DNA Detective Story - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 19.11.12 from 2012-11-19T00:00
In this NewsFlash, how DNA sequencing identified an unsuspecting carrier of MRSA, why light at night makes mice depressed and a lonely rogue planet. Plus, a potential gene therapy cure for epileps...
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What is Ash Dieback? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.11.12 from 2012-11-12T00:00
In this NewsFlash - Ancient Arrowheads in Africa, a working lung-on-a-chip disease model and the disease attacking european Ash trees...
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Bacterial Cocktail Sees Off C. Diff - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 29.10.12 from 2012-10-29T00:00
In this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash, how 3-parent IVF can correct mitochondrial faults, why dung beetles stand on their balls and a bacterial cocktail to see off C. diff.
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Flashy Fish and A Vaccine for Herpes - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 22.10.12 from 2012-10-21T23:00
In this NewsFlash, how fish defy the laws of physics, a new vaccine strategy against herpes, and how the brain responds to hunger. Plus, the affect of pesticides on bees, a roundup of science head...
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Long Lived Eunuchs and DNA in Mum's Brain - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 01.10.12 from 2012-09-30T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we hear why Eunuchs live longer lives and how a laundry detergent additive could convert clothes into pollution busting air filters. Plus, finding foetal DNA in a mother's brain...
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Contamination from Curiosity and Beating Bad Memories - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 24.09.12 from 2012-09-23T23:00
In this NewsFlash, how to take the fear out of a bad memory, why Curiosity may contaminate Mars and an IgNobel Prize for the physics of ponytails, or Hairodynamics...
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The Brightest Object in Nature and Facebook at the Polls - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.09.12 from 2012-09-16T23:00
What is the brightest object in nature? In this NewsFlash, we discover how an African fruit outshines the competition. Plus, stem cells restore hearing to deaf gerbils, how facebook alters voting...
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Early Lumberjacks, Local Dark Matter&Heart Repair - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.08.12 from 2012-08-12T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we explore evidence for the earliest lumberjacks, discover the dark matter lurking in our location, and find out how a nano-scaffold can help repair a broken heart. Plus, an ele...
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Lying Eyes and Silky Chemical Cocoons - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.07.12 from 2012-07-15T23:00
Do your eyes give you away when you lie? In this NewsFlash, we'll explore the evidence for the idea that gaze direction can be used to spot a falsehood, as well as discover the dark, starless gala...
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Raindrop Traps and Microbes for Immunity - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 25.06.12 from 2012-06-25T17:53:33
This week, how microbes make for a healthy immune system, how pitcher plants use raindrops to trap their prey and a new way to block degenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease. Plus, we go ...
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New Veins and Voyager's New Frontiers - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 18.06.12 from 2012-06-17T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we wave goodbye to Voyager as it leaves the solar system, and say hello to the first replacement vein engineered from a patient's own stem cells. Plus, evidence that the western...
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Mapping Seasonal Malaria - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 11.06.12 from 2012-06-11T18:44:06
This week, how a fetal genome can be sequenced before birth, how pregnant women protect their babies from immune attack and how rainfall can be used to map seasonal Malaria and improve drug treatme...
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The Tastiest Tomato - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 28.05.12 from 2012-05-28T17:01:44
What makes a perfect tomato? In this NewsFlash, we discover the compounds that comprise the tastiest tomato, and why modern agriculture is getting it wrong. We'll also hear why working shifts can...
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Ancient Microbes, Brain Interfaces and Satellite Rescue - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.05.12 from 2012-05-20T23:00
In this NewsFlash, the deep-sea dwelling bacteria that are still eating a meal that dates from the times of the dinosaurs, a new system for saving satellites and how a brain interface device can al...
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Plant-Insect Tagteams and Boosting Fat for Weight Control - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 14.05.12 from 2012-05-14T15:40:25
This week we hear how ants and plants are combining forces to help each other survive, how monkeys are cheekily planning for their future and how boosting brown fat in the body can help control our...
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Farming, Flying and Inflamed Hearts - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 30.04.12 from 2012-04-29T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we hear how farming migrated across Europe, how distant supernovae affect diversity of life on Earth, and the role of DNA and inflammation in heart failure. Plus, we home in on ...
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Hearts, Minds and RFID Tags - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 23.04.12 from 2012-04-22T23:00
Cells grafted into the eye restore sight to blind mice, three genes can convert scar tissue back into beating cardiac muscle following a heart attack and electrical stimulation that returns movemen...
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Conversations over Cocktails and the Pidgeon's Magnetic Myth - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.04.12 from 2012-04-15T23:00
How can we hear a conversation in a noisy room? In this NewsFlash, we find out how a robot can tell us how moving your head alters the way the brain interprets sound, and we discover the epigeneti...
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Blood Tests to Predict Heart Attacks - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 26.03.12 from 2012-03-26T14:26:58
In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how blood tests could predict an imminent heart attack, investigate what the Mercury Messenger probe has revealed about the planets environment one year on fro...
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Why Sight Suffers in Space - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 19.03.12 from 2012-03-19T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we find out why some astronauts'sight suffers in space, explore the pressure for better prostate cancer screening and discover that nanoparticles may turn bacteria into superbugs...
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The 5-a-Day Yellow Glow! - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.03.12 from 2012-03-12T00:00
Can a healthy diet change your skin colour? In this week's NewsFlash, we hear how getting your 5 portions of fruit and veg each day can make you noticeably more yellow! Plus, how gut bugs make yo...
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Resurrected Plants&Nutrition in the Womb - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 27.02.12 from 2012-02-27T00:00
In this newsflash, we discover the micro MRI machine that can probe individual atoms, find out why brain training computer games may help sufferers of schizophrenia, and how Russian researchers hav...
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Massive and Minute Computers - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 20.02.12 from 2012-02-20T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we boot up computers at the smallest and the largest scales. We'll find out how the newly upgraded HECToR (High End Computing Terascale Resource) helps science&research, and why...
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Disguising Cancer as Salmonella - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.02.12 from 2012-02-13T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we'll hear how disguising cancer cells as salmonella could hold the key to producing anti-cancer vaccines, explore a link between the Y-chromosome and heart disease, and discover...
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Stem Cells&Self Distilling Vodka - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 30.01.12 from 2012-01-30T00:00
In this NewsFlash, how induced stem cells help us to understand Alzheimer's disease, while embryonic stem cells can help restore patients'sight. Plus, why a graphene oxide filter can make self dis...
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Biofuels from Beneath the Waves - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 23.01.12 from 2012-01-23T00:00
In this NewsFlash we hear how modified e.coli could make seaweed a source for biofuels, find out why losing sleep can help to reduce bad memories, and how an important step in the evolution of life...
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The Problem with Potentially Pandemic H5N1 - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.01.12 from 2012-01-16T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we discuss the scientific research that can't be published - a"recipe"for an H5N1 flu virus with pandemic potential that has scientists and governments concerned about biosecurit...
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The Trillion Frame Per Second Camera - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 19.12.11 from 2011-12-19T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we hear how the reality of Finding Nemo might be Not Finding Nemo, as a new survey looks at just how endangered the species in Disney's film are, and we discover the trillion fra...
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Cots for Cavemen and Cabbie's Crania - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.12.11 from 2011-12-12T00:00
In this NewsFlash, how cancer cells spread to new areas, the discovery that ancient man built anti-insect beds, and ways to reduce your cancer risk. Plus, how a taxi driver's brain change as the...
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Nerve Transplants and the Safety of Statins - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 28.11.11 from 2011-11-29T12:01:48
This week, we learn how nerve cells can be transplanted to correct metabolic disorder, investigate the long terms safety of statins in the fight against heart disease and find the coldest point wa...
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Neutrinos and Nutrition - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.11.11 from 2011-11-21T00:00
Neutrinos, Neuroscientists and Nutrition fill up this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash! We'll hear how repeated experiments bear out the idea that neutrinos may travel faster than light, find out...
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Chemical Liposuction and Tracking the Flu - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 14.11.11 from 2011-11-14T00:00
In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, a new fat-busting injectible that selectively destroys adipose, evidence that only single strains of HIV are transmitted between partners and the discovery of ...
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News from the BSGT/ESGCT Conference - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 31.10.11 from 2011-10-31T14:04:55
This NewsFlash comes from the British Society for Gene Therapy and European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy Conference in Brighton. We hear how cancers, retinal degeneration, spinal cord injury ...
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Sea Sick Corals and Chronic Fatigue - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 24.10.11 from 2011-10-24T14:01:05
This week we hear how seaweed is making coral sea-sick, how anti-virals could be used to treat Alzheimers disease, get new insight into the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and discover the possib...
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Protein, Plague and Playing Nicely With Others - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.10.11 from 2011-10-16T23:00
In this NewsFlash, why a high protein diet stops you from snacking, the protein"restraining order"for gut bugs, and how Plague hasn't changed in 600 years. Plus, we discover the DNA scalpel techni...
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Hunting the Hunter and Looking into our minds - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 26.09.11 from 2011-09-26T14:58:31
This week, the hunter becomes the hunted in a new discovery with beetle larvae and we find out how computer simulation can be used to image what someone is seeing. Plus, how T cells can be taught...
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Solving Scientific Problems with Computer Games - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 19.09.11 from 2011-09-18T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we hear how computer gamers can help to solve scientific puzzles, why you not be as good as you think you are, and how the brain takes control of the immune system. Plus, how a ...
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The Bling from Outer Space - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.09.11 from 2011-09-11T23:00
This week, how computer design helps surgeons reconstruct breasts, why mammalian cells modified to contain a single set of chromosomes can help us understand the roll of individual genes, and the...
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Finding Diamonds in Flames - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 22.08.11 from 2011-08-21T23:00
We discover diamonds in candle flames in this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash, but sadly, only a few atoms across! In other news we hear about a new technique for discovering which old drugs w...
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Nature's Stock Exchange - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 15.08.11 from 2011-08-15T11:49:48
In this NewsFlash, we meet the deep-sea microbes that feed on the hydrogen from hydrothermal vents, and discover a cheap new catalyst that can generate hydrogen ten times faster than methods found ...
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Cluster-Flock Fatigues Pigeons - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 27.06.11 from 2011-06-26T23:00
In this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash, a new TB vaccination that stands out on it's own, how babies make sense of broken toys, and why flying in a flock may be exhausting for pigeons. Plus, ho...
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Dinosaur Inspired Aircraft - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 20.06.11 from 2011-06-19T23:00
In this NewsFlash, scientists spot a black hole tearing a star apart, the confusion caused by Comet Hartley 2, and how ancient flying lizards could inspire new aircraft. Plus, we hear about the Sq...
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Heart Cells and Hearing Aids - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.06.11 from 2011-06-13T16:56:51
This week a new source of cells to repair damaged hearts as well as a way to tailor make hearing aids according to an individual's needs. Plus, new insight into how nicotine causes weight loss and ...
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Finding ourselves with echolocation - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 31.05.11 from 2011-05-31T12:59:40
This week, how humans locate themselves using echolocation, an attractive new prospect for magnetic materials and a new method of unclogging arteries. Plus new insight into the shape of an electron...
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Geometry and Gossip - How we see the World - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 23.05.11 from 2011-05-22T23:00
In this NewsFlash - how we learn geometry without ever entering a classroom, how gossip changes the way we look at the world and a sweet solution to water purification. Plus, regulating the immune...
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Computer Designed Proteins May Fight'Flu - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.05.11 from 2011-05-16T11:06:45
In this NewsFlash, tailor made proteins that bind to'flu viruses, the largest gathering of whale sharks in the world, and how induced stem cells may be rejected, even by genetically identical anima...
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The Ums and Ahs of Learning - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 18.04.11 from 2011-04-18T11:52:53
In NewsFlash this week, how ums and ahs can boost a baby's learning power, how mankind talked his way out of Africa, and how life on land evolved earlier than we thought. Plus, how scientists are v...
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Growing a New Retina in a Dish - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 11.04.11 from 2011-04-10T23:00
In this NewsFlash, how gut bugs alter your risk of heart disease, increasing efficiency by adding flaps to wind turbines, and how clutter causes prejudice. Plus, how a population of stem cells ...
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Successfully Synthesising Sperm - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 28.03.11 from 2011-03-27T23:00
In this NewsFlash, how wind speeds over the oceans are changing, successful synthesis of sperm cells and getting under the skin of melanoma. Plus, the science of the blooming lily and how reprogra...
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How Progesterone Stimulates Sperm - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.03.11 from 2011-03-21T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we discover the role quartz plays in making mountain ranges, celebrate MESSENGER going successfully into orbit around Mercury, and explore the reasons why birds fly into obvious ...
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Diamonds Deal Death to Tumours - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 14.03.11 from 2011-03-14T00:00
This week, how nano-diamonds can help fight cancers, co-operating elephants and tiny digital cameras. We bring you up to speed on the recent earthquake in Japan, and explore the genetic changes th...
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Self Healing Tumours and Self-Healing Hearts - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 28.02.11 from 2011-02-28T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we find out what a rare, self-healing skin tumour can tell us about more common cancers, explore the capacity for self repair in the mammalian heart, and discover the new laser b...
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Pioneering Prosthetics - Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Surgery Hands Back Control - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.02.11 from 2011-02-21T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we'll find out how an isolated population of people in Ecuador may hold the genetic key to a disease free life, and how hibernating bears slow their metabolic rate far more than ...
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Keeping Your Eyes Healthy with Fish - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 14.02.11 from 2011-02-14T00:00
In this NewsFlash, the fossil evidence that the famous human ancestor Lucy - Australopithecus afarensis - had arched feet, a new method for seeing inside the body and how smartphones are being used...
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Better Biofuel? Ask a cow... - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 31.01.11 from 2011-01-31T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we find out why our model of the circadian clock might be wrong, how the bacteria that live inside a cow's gut could help make better biofuels, and why groups of animals make bet...
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Where Does the Time Go? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 24.01.11 from 2011-01-24T00:00
In this NewsFlash from the Naked Scientists, news of a novel way to neutralise HIV, researchers uncover how brains gauge the passage of time, and agriculture on the microscale: scientists have foun...
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Feeding the World in 2050 - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.01.11 from 2011-01-17T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we discover a faster and cheaper way to make bespoke computer chips, find out how stem cells can help understand Long QT Syndrome and explore the problem of feeding a growing glo...
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Going Topless Harms your Hearing - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 11.01.11 from 2011-01-11T00:00
In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how an IVF study could lead to a test to predict the treatment's outcome, how a woman's tears can manipulate men's moods, the perfect melody to send shivers up...
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Can you get Drunk through your Feet? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 20.12.10 from 2010-12-20T00:00
In this week's NewsFlash we find out about ice volcanoes on Titan, get a new insight into the Sun's cycle and reveal why burgers with oregano sprinkled on top could be the safer option for your Chr...
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Sending Cheese into Space - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.12.10 from 2010-12-13T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we find out how graphene has been used to build a new high density ultracapacitor which could allow electric cars to charge in minutes. We also discover how bees'see the world, ...
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Jetlag, HIV and a Moon with an Oxygen Atmosphere - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 29.11.10 from 2010-11-29T00:00
In this NewsFlash we explore the link between jetlag and forgetfulness, discover a moon with an oxygen atmosphere, and a new technique to tell someones age from their blood. Plus, in time for Wor...
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Clearing Cataracts with Lasers - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 22.11.10 from 2010-11-22T00:00
In this NewsFlash, we find out how lasers can cut complications in cataract surgery, why some people are allergic to wine and discover how scientists have solved a long-standing mystery relating th...
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How Fast do Lap Cats Lap? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 15.11.10 from 2010-11-15T15:38:59
In this NewsFlash, we discover that happiness is in the here and now, as thinking about something other than the task at hand seems to lead to low mood. We find out why children tire so quickly wh...
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The Most Distant Object Yet Confirmed - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 26.10.10 from 2010-10-25T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we find out how bitter taste receptors in the lungs could lead to new asthma treatments, how our ancestors enjoyed some veg with their meat and how gene therapy could offer a way...
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The Comet that Never Was - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 18.10.10 from 2010-10-17T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we discover the new potential vaccine against TB, hear the story of the comet that never was and a way to replace the gold in electrical contacts. Plus, we celebrate with the wi...
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Not all fat cells are created equal - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 11.10.10 from 2010-10-10T23:00
In this week's NewsFlash, we'll hear how the Census of Marine Life found that the oceans are much more diverse than we thought and how fat cells behave differently in different parts of the body. P...
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Nerves in Cancer, MS and Pain - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 27.09.10 from 2010-09-27T15:23
In this NewsFlash, we'll hear how the process of nerve repair could help some cancers to spread, how Multiple Sclerosis does more damage to nerve cells than we thought, and what mechanism might be ...
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Bringing Quantum Computing Closer - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 20.09.10 from 2010-09-19T23:00
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Self-cleaning solar panels and suicidal cancer cells - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.09.10 from 2010-09-12T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we hear how scientists have created self cleaning solar panels using Mars Lander technology, how modified yeast could be used to make bioethanol more efficient, and how a new mod...
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Spores on Smoke Rings and Pain Free Vaccines - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 26.07.10 from 2010-07-26T17:05:10
In this NewsFlash, we hear how Sphagnum moss spores travel on smoke rings, explore a new way to capture carbon, discover pain free vaccine patches and better solid batteries. Plus, the microbicida...
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Malaria-free Mosquitoes - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 20.07.10 from 2010-07-20T12:42:11
In this NewsFlash, we hear how scientists have created Malaria-free mosquitoes, how hostile bacteria in the Arctic can be tamed to create vaccines and how Gobies can fight their way through slime i...
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The Proton is Shrinking! - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.07.10 from 2010-07-11T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we hear how the proton appears to be smaller than we thought, prompting a reevaluation of some trusted laws of physics, how antidepressants in seawater can make shrimps swim towa...
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New Lungs, Please! - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 28.06.10 from 2010-06-27T23:00
We find out why size matters in bird beaks, how plant roots cope with competition, and what astronomers can learn about neutrinos in this NewsFlash. Plus, building lungs in the lab!
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New Flu and Bomb Proof Curtains - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.06.10 from 2010-06-20T23:00
We hear how researchers have caught swine flu in the act of mutating in this NewsFlash, as well as discovering how migrating humans carried parasites out of Africa, a new gene therapy for HIV and w...
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Sharks, Sleep and Soccer - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 14.06.10 from 2010-06-13T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we discover how sharks sniff out a snack, the genes that stop you from waking up to eat and the honey trap for surveying viruses carried by mosquitoes. Plus, we explore the tech...
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Straightening Out Gut Bacteria - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 31.05.10 from 2010-05-30T23:00
We explore the oily threat to Tuna and a newly discovered way that blood vessels in the brain clear a blockage in this Naked Scientists NewsFlash. Plus, how channels on Mars reveal secrets about t...
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Biofuels from the Burning Bush - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 24.05.10 from 2010-05-24T14:25:53
In this NewsFlash, we explore the biofuel hope from the Burning Bush, the battle between Staphylococcus species and the chemical trick to reactivate dormant egg cells. Plus, the introduction of Sy...
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Breathe Easier with Tibetan Genes - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.05.10 from 2010-05-16T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we find out how to detect the brain activity when you see a familiar face and why genetically modified crops may boost bug populations. Also, we discover the chemicals that make...
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The Power of Dreams and the Neanderthal in your Genes - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 26.04.10 from 2010-04-25T23:00
In this NewsFlash, we find out how we may soon be able to predict the Asian monsoon - one of the most important weather events in the world. We explore why dreaming helps you to remember things an...
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Early Humans and Volcanoes on Venus - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.04.10 from 2010-04-13T13:09:52
In this Newsflash, we find out about a new species of early human, active volcanoes on Venus, sushi-digesting genes found in the human intestine and a new form of nanowire. Plus, we hear about a ne...
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How the Heart Got its Arteries - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 29.03.10 from 2010-03-30T14:00:05
In this Newsflash, we find out why the Asian monsoon season sends pollutants into the stratosphere, a new electrical technique for desalination and why swine flu spared the older generation. Plus,...
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Bacterial Fingerprints and Flying Vaccines - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 22.03.10 from 2010-03-23T16:49:36
In this week's NewsFlash, a new way to finger criminals using the trail of bacteria they leave behind, combating cancer with synthetic lethality, and how scientists have turned mosquitoes into flyi...
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Mind Reading and Moody Octopodes - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 15.03.10 from 2010-03-16T11:35:48
This week; we hear about octopodes having temper tantrums when exposed to HDTV, explore why some people are genetically wired to feel more pain and how eyeless scorpions are not stuck down an evol...
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Storing Vaccines in Sugar Glass - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 22.02.10 from 2010-02-23T14:25:12
In this NewsFlash, how a simple intervention could cut child deaths in the developing world by more than 30 percent, a new technique for tracking the genetic signature of a tumour and how crafty sc...
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Ever Seen an Elephant Run? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 15.02.10 from 2010-02-15T15:39
In this NewsFlash, we explore how laser sensitive nanoparticles can help to identify tumours, what the genome of a 4000 year old man reveals about human migrations and the physics of a jogging elep...
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The Memory Grid - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 25.01.10 from 2010-01-26T17:21:31
In this NewsFlash, we find out how infected cells increase the rate of infection, how plants choose their pollenators and why human memories are stored in a grid. Plus, solving one of the mysterie...
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Stem Cells and Sexy Smells - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 18.01.10 from 2010-01-19T12:35:27
This week, we hear about a new way to grow stem cells from umbilical cord blood, find out why rare things are hard to discover how the scent of a fertile woman affacts male testosterone levels. Pl...
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Seeing the Light on Migraines - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 11.01.10 from 2010-01-11T16:40:22
In this NewsFlash, we find out why light makes migraines more painful, how cleaner fish keep each other in check and why special socks can help with bloodflow...
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Soggy Super-Earths and Deep Sea Volcanoes - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.12.09 from 2009-12-22T13:46:22
In this NewsFlash we hear about a breakthrough in cancer genetics, how Jason the submersible caught a deep sea volcano exploding and the discovery of a very watery super-earth. Plus, the evolution...
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Mistaken Fish and Literary Fingerprints - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 14.12.09 from 2009-12-16T15:59:43
In this Newsflash, we discover why soy cuts cancer recurrence rates and how a case of mistaken identity spells trouble for endangered fish. Plus, a computer model for unclogging coronary arteries ...
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Reading Old Books with your Nose - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.11.09 from 2009-11-17T19:44:57
On this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash, how the smell of old books can help to preserve them, deleting old memories to make room for new ones and the frightening rate of Greenland ice loss. Plu...
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Born with a French Accent - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 09.11.09 from 2009-11-10T12:36:09
In this NewsFlash, we discover a new extra-fast and super-cheap way to sequence the human genome, the science of eating slowly, and fish dining out at the Shark Cafe. Also, we find out how newborns...
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Extraordinary Eyes, Painful Sounds and Spinning Webs - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 27.10.09 from 2009-10-27T12:01:46
On this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear about the nerve cells in the ear that make loud sounds painful, look at the extraordinary eyes of the Mantis Shrimp and tangle with the world's l...
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Sneaky Sounds, Stem Cells and Slipping Insects - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 19.10.09 from 2009-10-20T14:39:06
On this week's NewsFlash, we discover how the rate of mutation changes in lab-bench evolution, how looming sounds make our vision more sensitive, why poking a stem cell can change it's fate and the...
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Windscreen Biodiversity and Nuclear Batteries - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.10.09 from 2009-10-13T18:18:53
In this NewsFlash we hear how the genes of squished insects on your windscreen could help monitor biodiversity, take a step towards paper thin cameras and find the link between viral infection and ...
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The Eels Massive Migration - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 28.09.09 from 2009-09-30T13:01:36
This week, we find out how alcohol effects perception of risk vs reward in the adolescent brain and discover how scientists are studying the enormous migration of eels. Plus, Chris fills us in on h...
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Green Tea and Robot Surgeons - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.09.09 from 2009-09-21T16:49:33
In the news this week; how green tea builds strong bones, the genes of prostate cancer, biofuels increasing ocean dead zones, and broadband robotic surgeons. Plus, Sarah Castor-Perry looks back to ...
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Prostate Cancer and Plant Pathogens - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 14.09.09 from 2009-09-15T13:28:28
In the NewsFlash this week - the relationship between infections and prostate cancer, genetic secrets of plant pathogens, finding lost memories and how drugs re-wire the brain.
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Proteins, Rice, Megacities and Malaria - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 24.08.09 from 2009-08-18T14:42:14
In this weeks NewsFlash we hear how protein mimics can be used to fight HIV, that just one gene is the key to fighting off fungus, why megacities are alive and that malaria may have met its match. ...
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Fire, Nanobees, Expression and Imitation - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.08.09 from 2009-08-14T10:12:39
On this week's newsflash, we hear how tiny spherical'nanobees'can be used to treat cancer, how humans were using fire to make tools long before we realised, and how the language of facial expressio...
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Malaria, Orchids, Hornets and Coral - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 10.08.09 from 2009-08-11T13:47:47
On this week's newsflash, we hear how the malaria parasite fools the foetal immune system, how orchids mimic bees to take advantage of hornets, and how a chemical from corals could treat neuropathi...
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Pandas in Peril - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 27.07.09 from 2009-07-27T13:31
On this week's NewsFlash, we find out why an earthquake has put Giant Pandas in peril and how our lungs, and not just our tongues, can taste. Plus, the link between diabetes and the immune system, ...
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Faster Jockeys and the Future of Journals - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 20.07.09 from 2009-07-20T15:38:10
On this NewsFlash, we hear how learning about a reward is a reward in itself and how a jockey's stance can shave seconds from a race. Also, how cats manipulate their owners through purring and the ...
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How the Turtle Got its Shell - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.07.09 from 2009-07-16T12:10:15
On this weeks Newsflash we hear how the development of salt-tolerant GM crops could help to feed the world and how branching blood vessels could stop you getting the best from statins. Also how the...
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Flea Fighting Fungi&Stress with Balloons - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 06.07.09 from 2009-07-16T11:09:03
In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we find out how to fight Fido's fleas with a fungus and why stressed men take more risks but stressed women take fewer. Plus, the dangers of quiet cars and how t...
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Margaret Thatcher and the Evolution of Face Recognition - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 29.06.09 from 2009-07-15T15:26:15
On this week's News Flash, we find out what Margaret Thatcher's face can tell us how monkeys recognize each other, what sharks have in common with serial killers and why dolphins are a bit like jet...
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Sneaky Snakes and Scholarly Sticklebacks - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 22.06.09 from 2009-06-25T15:14:33
On this NewsFlash, we find out how sneaky Tentacled snakes catch fish through cunning, how pieces of RNA could switch off cancer, and how schools of sticklebacks learn from other fish. Plus, how a ...
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Slow Earthquakes and Supernovae - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 15.06.09 from 2009-06-16T17:20:42
In this week's NewsFlash, we discover how storms create slow earthquakes and how a local star, Betelgeuse, could explode very soon. We also hear of an accurate way to date pottery and explore the p...
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Billion Year Storage and General Relativity - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 25.05.09 from 2009-05-26T16:42:50
On this week's NewsFlash, the nano-scale media storage that will last a billion years, the toxic bite of the komodo dragon and the biological link between cancer and depression. Plus, we look back...
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Bee Velcro and Dense Deuterium - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 18.05.09 from 2009-05-19T15:27:17
On this week's NewsFlash, we discover a viral cause of hypertension, find out how bees stick to petals like velcro, and discuss a new, super-dense deuterium - 130,000 times denser than water! Dr J...
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Mosquito Microbes and the Launch of Planck - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 11.05.09 from 2009-05-11T17:19:33
In this NewsFlash, we find out how a diet of glycerol makes yeast live longer, how microbes in mosquitoes can block malaria, and how planting trees could reduce your electricity bills. We hear abo...
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Black Fly Spit and Suspicious Jackdaws - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.04.09 from 2009-04-30T15:54:07
We find out how a cocktail of chemicals in Black Fly saliva could offer a cure for River Blindness, discover that Jackdaws know when they're being watched, and that Chimps exchange meat for sex! Pl...
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An Odyssey to the Red Planet - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 06.04.09 from 2009-04-30T14:48:34
As the Naked Scientists were all tied up in SciFest Africa this week, there's no roundup of this week's science news. However, this was an exceptionally important week in science history, and Sarah...
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Artificial DNA and Treating TB - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 30.03.09 from 2009-04-30T13:28:43
This week, we find out how artificial DNA could tell us about the origins of life, discover a way to identify those most at risk of bowel cancer and explore a new treatment for TB. Plus, we find ou...
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Space Waste, Herbal Wine and LSD - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 20.04.09 from 2009-04-21T17:07:39
In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how a giant parachute could help avoid satellite collisions, why the schizophrenic brain can't see a popular optical illusion and we discover that all octopode...
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Fish Oil and Frankincense - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 23.03.09 from 2009-03-23T12:33
On this week's NewsFlash we discover a promising treatment for Parkinson's disease, find out why eating fish oil has a'catch', and that Frankincense may be a sweet smelling treatment for bladder ca...
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Dyslexia, Dust and the Death of Doppler - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.03.09 from 2009-03-17T16:52:53
On this week's NewsFlash, an insight into the neurological basis of dyslexia, clouds of killer copper dust and surface scratches that self-seal in the Sun. We look back to 1853 and the life of Chri...
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The Amazon, Avalanches and Near Earth Objects - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 09.03.09 from 2009-03-10T18:31:54
In this week's NewsFlash we find out why the Amazon rainforest could become a carbon criminal, a new way to predict avalanches, and we celebrate the passing of DD45 - a Near Earth Object so close i...
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Fat Dinosaurs and the Descent of Man - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 23.02.09 from 2009-02-25T14:40:56
In this NewsFlash we find out how to build a tolerance to peanuts and beat allergies, discover how fat the dinosaurs were and how meningitis bacteria wear a disguise to evade our immune system. Plu...
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Advances Against Alzheimer's and Surprisingly Swift Songbirds - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.02.09 from 2009-02-17T16:51:03
For this week's NewsFlash, we hear about a new drug that helps heart failure patients to be more active, explore the latest advances against Alzheimer's disease and discover how songbirds are surpr...
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Crafty Caterpillars and Lost Fish - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 09.02.09 from 2009-02-11T17:01:50
On this weeks NewsFlash, we discover the caterpillar that tricks it's ant hosts into treating it like royalty, find out why fish get lost in acidic seas and why the gravitational pull of tonnes of ...
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RNA Housekeeping and Caging Carbon - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 26.01.09 from 2009-01-28T11:03:22
This week, how gut bugs tell the story of our ancestors'migration into Australia and beyond, how RNA housekeeping allows humans to function with fewer genes than a banana, and how molecular metal c...
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High Testosterone Traders and Methane on Mars - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 18.01.09 from 2009-01-28T10:45:23
This week, we find out why you should measure your broker's fingers before handing over any cash, discover a whole new family of proteins to help in the war against superbugs, and the methane on Ma...
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Mosquito Duets and Martian Rock&Roll - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.01.09 from 2009-01-14T17:41:51
This week's NewsFlash brings us stories of Mosquito love song duets, chemicals that control the spread of cancer and how rocks roll on Mars. Plus, we find out why flashes of certain frequencies can...
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Mind Reading and Memory Metal Bridges - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 22.12.08 from 2008-12-22T19:22:45
On this festive NewsFlash we bring you the latest hot Science news, as well as some of the top news stories from 2008. We find out how scientists can recreate a picture as you're looking at it, jus...
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Jealous Dogs and Lost in Space - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 15.12.08 from 2008-12-15T16:59
On this week's NewsFlash, we find out why some people are genetically pre-disposed to AIDS, how the giardia bug changes coats to trick the immune system and why captive elephants live shorter lives...
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Looking with Lasers and Poor Ponds - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 24.11.08 from 2008-11-25T18:01:34
In this week's News Flash we hear how lasers might replace X-rays as a way to see inside the body, why poor quality ponds are threatening wildlife and how a failed experiment yielded a super-slippe...
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Soothing Music and the Bordeaux Bacterial Bouquet - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.11.08 from 2008-11-16T22:49:05
In this week's NewsFlash, we discover a new'cure'for hayfever and why happy music could make your heart grow stronger. Plus, the bacterial secret to the bouquet of wine - why some flavours may be d...
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Carbon Capture and Forest Fungi - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 10.11.08 from 2008-11-11T15:49:37
In this week's Naked Scientists'News Flash - How a rock commonly found in the Earth's crust can capture carbon, forest fungi surprise scientists by releasing less carbon dioxide when the environmen...
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Brain-Washing and X-Ray Tape - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 27.10.08 from 2008-10-29T18:45:27
This week, how researchers are making brain-washing a reality, stripping x-rays from sticky tape, and sniffing rotten eggs to lower their blood pressure! We also find out why an anonymous E-Card e...
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Aliens to Fight Aliens - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 20.10.08 from 2008-10-21T19:29:58
Pitting one alien against another may be the way to fight an invasion, especially if the alien is Japanese Knot Weed - we'll find out more in this week's Naked Scientists News Flash! Also, we find ...
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Sponge Swallowing and Gecko Glue - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.10.08 from 2008-10-14T18:33:58
A safer way to test for Down's Syndrome and how sponge-swallowing could reveal oesophageal cancer feature in this week's Naked Scientists, along with a discovery that could delay diabetes in obese ...
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Blindness, Bees and Breast Milk - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 29.09.08 from 2008-09-30T19:26:38
Gene therapy for blindness, more efficient engines, extinct tortoises and the numeracy of bees all make an appearance in this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash. Plus, we hear about how gold nanopar...
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Fat, Fungus, Fuel and Fooling Bacteria - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 22.09.08 from 2008-09-23T17:40:27
In the NewsFlash this week, we discover the stem cells that allow muscle to grow and recover and progenitor cells which become body fat. Also, why Fungi fruiting bodies fire spores at super speed, ...
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Spy Planes, Spam Filters and Space Bugs - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 15.09.08 from 2008-09-18T12:50:25
In the very first Naked Scientists News Flash, we find out how unmanned spy-planes can speed up medical diagnoses in rural countries, how Internet anti-spam technology is helping to interpret ancie...
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