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| Naked Body: Heart of the matter | 16 Jul 2021 | 00:03:02 | |
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 | |||
| Naked Body: The uterus and placenta | 09 Jul 2021 | 00:03:24 | |
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 | |||
| Naked Body: Beating the heat | 07 May 2021 | 00:02:56 | |
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 | |||
| Naked Body: Our sense of touch | 02 Apr 2021 | 00:03:40 | |
What's going on when you reach out to pet a cat? How do you learn it's fuzzy? Lea Wegner fills us in... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: Out of breath | 05 Mar 2021 | 00:03:41 | |
What happens in your lungs to get oxygen into the body and carbon dioxide out? Stefan Marciniak's helpful answer means we don't have to hold our breath... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: A taste of physiology | 26 Feb 2021 | 00:03:29 | |
What happens the moment some food hits your tongue? How do you taste it, and how do you know what you've tasted? Hugh Matthews tells us... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: Your body in space | 19 Feb 2021 | 00:03:16 | |
Going to space sounds like it would be really cool, but what would happen to your body when you're there? John Noone studies exactly this sort of thing... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: Dealing with blood loss | 12 Feb 2021 | 00:03:55 | |
What happens throughout the body when you're losing blood, or haemorrhaging? James Fraser let's us know... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: Our sense of smell | 05 Feb 2021 | 00:03:33 | |
Our sense of smell can conjure vivid images from the past, but how does it work? Elisa Galliano is here with the answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: Fighting infection | 29 Jan 2021 | 00:03:42 | |
Being sick is no fun, but what's your body doing while you feel awful? Viki Male has the answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: How high can you go? | 22 Jan 2021 | 00:03:13 | |
Ever climb a mountain and feel out of breath? What's going on there? Andrew Murray studies how the body deals with altitude... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: What is Physiology? | 15 Jan 2021 | 00:03:11 | |
What is physiology, and how is it different to similar sciences like medicine or anatomy? Physiologist Matt Mason gives us the details... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: Sparking synapses | 02 Jul 2021 | 00:02:41 | |
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 | |||
| Naked Body: Shivers down the spine | 25 Jun 2021 | 00:02:33 | |
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 | |||
| Naked Body: The physiology of pregnancy | 18 Jun 2021 | 00:02:27 | |
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 | |||
| Naked Body: A balanced argument | 11 Jun 2021 | 00:03:10 | |
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 | |||
| Naked Body: The microbiome's meaning | 04 Jun 2021 | 00:02:42 | |
How does the microbiome work? We need all those little good bugs in our gut but what are they doing? Ruairà Robertson wrote us this answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | |||
| Naked Body: The eyes have it | 28 May 2021 | 00:04:11 | |
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 | |||
| Naked Body: Getting on our nerves | 21 May 2021 | 00:03:14 | |
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 | |||
| Naked Body: Working up a sweat | 14 May 2021 | 00:03:52 | |
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 | |||
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