Best Spud Fit Podcasts (2025)

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Keeping humans healthy in orbit 6:47

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With only a few walls between an astronaut and a rapid death, what do we know about the various dangers to the human body during space travel? Chris Smith spoke with Mark Shelhamer, a professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at John Hopkins Medical School - about which space hazards are deemed most pressing for our up-and-coming astronau…

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Ants doing gene therapy, and tadpole microbiomes 43:15

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This month, as the eLife Podcast hits its century, we hear how getting frog dads to cross-foster tadpoles has revealed the way in which some frogs come by their microbiomes, the ants that do gene therapy, signs that disease causes a breakdown in nutrient exchange between the elements of the microbiome, how fungi reprogram immune cells to cause over…

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Synthetic sustainable spuds 5:59

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As the global population heads toward 10 billion, the pressure on agriculture is mounting. With that in mind, the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has announced millions of pounds worth of funding for crops enhanced through synthetic biology by designing entirely new chromosomes and chloroplasts, starting with the potato, as Angie…

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Scientists say they've bent spacetime 4:39

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"Warp speed, Mr Sulu." It's the kind of command we've only heard in science fiction - until now. Did a team of scientists just bend spacetime using nothing but sparks in a lab? That's right - not black holes, not neutron stars - electrical sparks. A new experiment claims to have created tiny ripples in the very fabric of space and time, right here …

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Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth 38:48

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In the eLife podcast, a university compost heap has turned up Finland's first documented "giant virus". Also, why monkeys de-sand their supper, and how learning more languages actually makes brain tissue thinner. Then, the link between sugar and neonatal sepsis, and how a cancer controls its hydra host by bestowing it with extra tentacles... Like t…

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Naked Scientists SOS 3:30

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Cambridge University have informed us that, for cost cutting reasons, they intend to make Dr Chris Smith redundant. Naturally, this jeopardises the Naked Scientists programme, which is produced under his role. He will also lose his medical job. We regard this as a terrible decision and we intend to protest. Please listen to this short podcast to he…

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Insect extinctions, and AI shot in the arm for drug design 37:11

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In episode 10 of the Cambridge Prisms Podcast, the shocking finding that as many as 2 invertebrate species are going extinct each week in Australia: what can be done? Also, the shot in the arm that AI is administering to the drug discovery industry, how do you measure the microplastic problem, and why climate tipping points are a serious problem fo…

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Storing data with "molecular firecrackers" 5:08

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Your personal data could soon be stored not on a phone or server but locked inside a molecule so tiny it's invisible to the naked eye. Researchers have cracked the code on storing digital information in synthetic molecules called polymers - long chains of anything from plastic to protein made from building blocks known as monomers. Each monomer sen…

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Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky 4:54

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What if a parasite could rewire your brain - not to harm you, but to make you... more romantic? This week on The Naked Scientists, we're exploring the bizarre world of Wolbachia - a bacterium that turns female fruit flies into mating machines. Marushka Soobben with the story... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientis…

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Speedy, soft robot powered by air alone 6:15

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Using only soft tubes and a continuous stream of air, a team of researchers at AMOLF in Amsterdam have created one of the fastest and simplest soft robots to date. Marushka Soobben with the story... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked ScientistsBy The Naked Scientists

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Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain 35:28

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What is the impact of an extra year at school on the brain? Also, how poison dart frogs come by their toxins, using movies to track the developing infant nervous system, the insect-spread bacterial plant parasite that is a mastermind of matchmaking, and a new cancer tool to link disease with the best drugs. Chris Smith takes a look at some of the m…

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What climate change does to kelp forests 32:01

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In this episode, how climate change impacts kelp forests, selecting for less animal-friendly variants, refining AI models for better water infrastructure design, classifying extinct marine megafauna and when best to swim with them, the coast consequences of climate change, and why a better understanding of the planet's drylands is critical... Like …

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Hollywood helps brain scientists probe thoughts 40:51

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This month, how films are helping neuroscientists link brain activity patterns to specific thought processes, a breakthrough in managing opiate overdose, a technique to study animal teamwork, extracting more information from brain scan data, and how childhood adversity blunts later fear responses... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting t…

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Keeping humans healthy in orbit 6:47

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Ants doing gene therapy, and tadpole microbiomes 43:15

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Synthetic sustainable spuds 5:59

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Scientists say they've bent spacetime 4:39

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Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth 38:48

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Naked Scientists SOS 3:30

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Insect extinctions, and AI shot in the arm for drug design 37:11

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Storing data with "molecular firecrackers" 5:08

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Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky 4:54

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Speedy, soft robot powered by air alone 6:15

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Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain 35:28

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What climate change does to kelp forests 32:01

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Hollywood helps brain scientists probe thoughts 40:51