What is mirror life?

In the news, counting the calories: The UK government want shops to help us put 100 fewer calories in our baskets to beat obesity. So will it work? Also, archaeologists uncover the world's oldest fat factory - it turns out that Neanderthals were processing bones for their grease ... Show More

This episode was produced and presented by Dr Marushka Soobben, a scientist from South Africa who's been taking part in an internship here at the Naked Scientists. And this week, a journey into the world of proteins. What are they? why do they matter? And why did predicting their ... Show More

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, weight loss jabs being prescribed by GPs in England, but do we know enough about the side effects? Also, a new simple test to replace endoscopies for patients with Barrett's oesophagus. And we hear from one of the engineers at the Vera Rub ... Show More

You’re probably familiar with the concept of handedness—a glove made for your left hand looks basically like the one for your right hand, but won’t fit—it’s a mirror image. Many of life’s important molecules, including proteins and DNA, are chiral, meaning they can exist in eithe ... Show More

Parmi les nouvelles menaces qui planent sur l’avenir de l’humanité, un concept jusque-là réservé aux laboratoires commence à inquiéter : la vie miroir. Ce terme désigne une forme de vie artificielle, créée à partir de molécules dites miroirs. Pour comprendre, il faut revenir à la ... Show More

9 year old listener Koby sends Hannah and Dara on a mission to find the shiniest thing in the world. And so they enter a world of mirrors… The journey takes them into the subatomic goings on of shiny metal surfaces, where electrons waggle and dance and send light waves back at *j ... Show More

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the greatest of them all? YOU!! No seriously, it's you. In this week's episode of The Second of Strength Podcast, Tanner dives into the reflection we see in the mirror and how use the reflection to boost our confidence, strengthen out ... Show More

In this episode of Naked Genetics: How much of your personality is down to your DNA; we also look at synthetic DNA, and why we'd want to make it; plus, the spiders that turn one species of insect against its own kind... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Sc ... Show More

In this episode of Naked Genetics: A mammoth discovery in ancient DNA structure; on the subject of ancient DNA, what can we sequence for a centuries old body? And, in quirks of evolution, the animal that drinks its own offspring's blood... Like this podcast? Please help us by sup ... Show More

Pour vérifier nos cheveux, notre maquillage, ou pour simplement s’assurer qu’on a pas un morceau de salade coincé entre les dents, généralement, on va devant le miroir : c’est même l’un des premiers réflexes, le matin, avant de sortir de chez soi. Mais pourquoi est-ce que l’on pe ... Show More

In this episode of Naked Genetics: What new DNA techniques are revealing about human sacrifices in Mayan culture; we debunk the 'junk', in junk DNA; and, the upside down sea snail that makes rafts of its own snot... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scient ... Show More

How many times have you looked in the mirror and thought “ugh” or fixated on something no one else even notices? Yeah, we have too. In this episode, Elijah, Kyla, and Danny dive deep into body dysmorphia and how it messes with our minds in ways that hit differently for men and wo ... Show More

In this CarCast I discuss looking in the rearview mirror in both your car and your life - and how this will hold you back. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/changeinadvance /support