Curing mosquitoes' malaria, and the history of our units

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Life Sciences, Technology, Health & Fitness, Naked Scientists

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In this edition of The Naked Scientists: The new drug that cures mosquitoes of malaria. Intrigued? You'll see why scientists have done this, in just a minute. Also, the Microsoft AI system set to revolutionise weather forecasting, so you can plan that barbecue with impunity in future! And, 150 years of the metre, kilo and second: how science finally agreed on a definition for some of our most important units... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:50.0	Hello, welcome to this week's Naked Scientist podcast, the program that strives to bring you the biggest
0:54.5	breakthroughs and talk to the major movers and shakers from the worlds of science, technology, and
0:59.5	medicine. I'm Chris Smith. And coming up, the new drug that cures mosquitoes of malaria. Intrigued,
1:07.1	you'll see why scientists have done this in just a minute. Also, the Microsoft AI system set to revolutionise weather forecasting
1:14.4	so you can plan that barbecue with impunity in future,
1:17.9	and 150 years of the metre, kilo and second,
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