Flu season starts early, and staving off hungry seagulls

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In the news show, flu season starts early in the Northern hemisphere due to pesky new strains, so will vaccines be effective? Also, the baby 'swim cap' which promises less invasive brain monitoring, and the European Space Agency's GPS powered satellites which are surveying the water cycle. Then, we find out the best way to shout at seagulls to stop them stealing our snacks... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:04.5	Absolutely genius.
0:05.4	Welcome.
0:06.3	Welcome.
0:07.2	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is advances.
0:11.6	Research.
0:12.8	Technology.
0:13.7	Unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado.
0:15.6	This is the Naked Scientists.
0:17.9	Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientist podcast, the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs
0:22.4	and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine.
0:27.3	With me, Chris Smith.
0:28.8	And coming up, flu arrives early in the northern hemisphere, but why and what's in store for us?
0:34.9	Also, two new satellites are destined for space
0:37.6	where they'll use recycled GPS signals to map out Earth's water
0:41.4	and signs that these scavengers,
0:46.9	after your fish and chips,
0:48.9	can decode the disquiet in human voices.
1:00.0	Music quiet in human voices. First this week, global health experts are warning that the current circulating strain of
1:04.8	influenza is causing an earlier-the-normal wave of outbreaks across the Northern
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