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How can IVF help in the nature-nurture debate?Georgii Dolgykh | Dreamstime.com

By The Naked Scientists (Guest)

10 March 2011

Do our genes dictate all that we must become, or does environment play a part? Researchers are using IVF to find an answer.  Read more : How can IVF help in the nature-nurture debate?

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Can coral rings predict tsunamis?Creative Commons Image dachalan under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By The Naked Scientists (Guest)

28 February 2011

Can coral give us warning of tsunamis?  Read more : Can coral rings predict tsunamis?

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How did teeth evolve?Creative Commons Image lincolnblues under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By The Naked Scientists (Guest)

24 February 2011

My dear, what big teeth you have... but how did you (or, indeed, fish) come to have them?  Read more : How did teeth evolve?

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Improving hearing with lasersAbidal | Dreamstime.com

By The Naked Scientists (Guest)

24 February 2011

How can light from lasers help people hear more acutely?  Read more : Improving hearing with lasers

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OU on the BBC: The Naked ScientistsProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

02 July 2010

We're linking up with The Naked Scientists again, for more science in the raw.  Read more : OU on the BBC: The Naked Scientists

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What is the brown cloud?Copyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

25 March 2010

Where did the brown cloud covering East Asia come from and what’s it made of?  Read more : What is the brown cloud?

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Mad fish diseaseCreative Commons Image Ewan used under CC-BY-NC licence

By The Naked Scientists (Guest)

17 December 2009

Can fish provide an insight into brain diseases in people?  Read more : Mad fish disease

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Sniffing new: Research into smellCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

02 October 2009

Will new research reveal more about the science of smell?  Read more : Sniffing new: Research into smell

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A bad taste in the mouth is more than a phraseCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

02 October 2009

The Breaking Science team explored research suggesting that 'bad taste in my mouth' is more than a metaphor  Read more : A bad taste in the mouth is more than a phrase

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The coloursound experiment: What is synaesthesia?Jupiterimages

By The Naked Scientists (Guest)

29 September 2009

The Breaking Science team discussed the latest thinking about an unusual condition  Read more : The coloursound experiment: What is synaesthesia?

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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