Naked Scientists Special Editions Podcast

In this episode Mark Looney uses rock guitar to explain the mysteries of the universe, festival-goers extract their own DNA, and find out what you get when you cross a sheep with a jet engine... We also peer inside the wacky world of the Ig Nobel Prizes, where research into woodpecker headache avoidance and a novel cure for hiccups makes people laugh, and then think. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This episode stars Nicola Buckley the festival coordiator, Dr Tom Hynes talking about silent aircraft, Dr Claire Rocks showing teenagers the nuts and bolts of robots. Also, Tom Hynes airs his views about silent aircraft of the future, and our own Sabina Michnowicz braves the dark to explore the heavens at the Institute of Astronomy. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The fourth of five special editions of the Naked Scientists recorded live on location at the BA Festival of Science, Norwich. In this programme we get the inside information on pet hates and jealousy with Paul Morris, and insights into the science of the deep sea with Crispin Little. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The third of five special editions of the Naked Scientists recorded live on location at the BA Festival of Science, Norwich. In this programme we get the inside information on volcanoes and eruptions with Madeleine Humphreys, and wind the clock back to the beginning of the universe with Peter Coles. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The second of five special editions of the Naked Scientists recorded live on location at the BA Festival of Science, Norwich. In this programme we look at the effect of diet, exercise and lifestyle on health and disease with Cambridge University's Dr Nick Wareham, and the science of superbugs and antibiotics with Professor Tony Maxwell Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The first of five special editions of the Naked Scientists recorded live on location at the BA Festival of Science, Norwich. In this programme we look at the science of superstition with Bruce Hood, and the science of sport with Claire Davis. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists