• 3 minutes 2 seconds
    Naked Body: Heart of the matter
    Our hearts are one of the hardest working organs we've got, but how do they work? Cardiologist Rohin Francis tells us how... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    16 July 2021, 3:18 am
  • 3 minutes 24 seconds
    Naked Body: The uterus and placenta
    Both the uterus and placenta are remarkable organs, but how do they work? Kirsty McIntyre and Emma Lofthouse fill us in...The placenta is the crucial link between the mother and developing foetus. It's an organ that performs all the functions that the unborn baby cannot do for itself, like getting oxygen, and nutrients. There's nothing for the unborn baby to eat or breathe, after all.The placenta begins to develop when the fertilised egg attaches to the wall of the mother's womb, or uterus, and will ultimately connect to the foetus through the umbilical cord.In the uterus, the growing foetus... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    9 July 2021, 3:00 am
  • 2 minutes 41 seconds
    Naked Body: Sparking synapses
    Synapses sit between nerves, to send the message across. We couldn't function without them, but how do they work? Mark Dallas provided this answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    2 July 2021, 5:05 am
  • 2 minutes 33 seconds
    Naked Body: Shivers down the spine
    The spinal cord is the highway running down your back that sends messages up and down, but how does it work? David Parker sent us in this... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    25 June 2021, 1:10 am
  • 2 minutes 27 seconds
    Naked Body: The physiology of pregnancy
    What happens to the body when getting ready to bring a whole new person into the world? Lara Morley wrote us this answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    18 June 2021, 5:07 am
  • 3 minutes 10 seconds
    Naked Body: A balanced argument
    Why is your sense of balance centered in your ears? How come get dizzy always comes with nausea? Will Ashley-Fenn gives us a level argument... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    11 June 2021, 10:53 am
  • 2 minutes 42 seconds
    Naked Body: The microbiome's meaning
    How does the microbiome work? We need all those little good bugs in our gut but what are they doing? Ruairí Robertson wrote us this answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    4 June 2021, 6:07 am
  • 4 minutes 11 seconds
    Naked Body: The eyes have it
    How does an object in front of you turn into an image in your brain? Adam Murphy brings us the details... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    28 May 2021, 10:51 am
  • 3 minutes 14 seconds
    Naked Body: Getting on our nerves
    Our brains run on electricity, but how does that electricity work to send messages around the body? Isabelle Cochrane gives us a tour of the body's information highways... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    21 May 2021, 4:01 am
  • 3 minutes 52 seconds
    Naked Body: Working up a sweat
    How do we sweat, how do our exocrine glands work? Christof Schwiening is here to give us the details... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    14 May 2021, 5:17 am
  • 2 minutes 56 seconds
    Naked Body: Beating the heat
    Running a marathon, or just staying in a sauna? Rebecca Rendell tells us what that might be doing to you... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
    7 May 2021, 3:00 am
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