Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode...After a rise in Covid cases across the country, we try to find out when exactly are people infectious? The potential ban on single use vapes and farewell to Dolly's father, we look at the legacy of Ian Wilmut, who cloned the world's most famous sheep. Plus in our new Titans of Science series, we continue with part 2 of our interview with Helen Sharman, the first Britain in space, we find out what day to day life was like on the Mir Space Station. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

James Tytko, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week’s episode….Can civil engineers help rescue UK’s Schools and hospitals? We’ll be hearing about a new initiative that is hoping to improve the treatment of Sepsis, and how the scent of ancient Egypt has been replicated in a Danish museum. And in our new series Titans of Science, Chris Smith chats to Helen Sharman, the first Britain in space, about her life from her childhood in Sheffield to becoming a the first Western-European to visit space. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

James Tytko, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. London’s latest ULEZ expansion - will it make much difference to air quality? The concerning impacts of poaching, and not just to endangered species. And Dr Chris Smith takes on a summer cooking challenge in the name of eating well without compromising on taste. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: a leading authority on serial killers examines Lucy Letby’s motives and how we prevent a repeat. And DJ Chris Evans reveals he has melanoma, but what exactly is it? Plus: India becomes only the fourth country in history to land a spacecraft on the Moon. We find out how much we really know about the brightest object in our night sky.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis. Including how Artificial Intelligence might influence elections in the future and how brain structure affects the likelihood that teens take up smoking Plus following the release of the Hollywood blockbuster Oppenheimer, an inside look at the reality of the atom bomb.