MI6 pushes cyber security, and WHO warns of fat jab shortage

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

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week, defence analyst, Michael Clarke, explains the significance of the MI6 agency's scientific shift. Will it help counter Russia's technological threat? Plus, the University of Glasgow's Naveed Sattar tells us why weight loss medicine could be a silver bullet for global obesity, Ellie Diamant at Bard College on beaky birds during COVID, and the Institute of Astronomy's Matt Bothwell on NASA's new space telescope... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:03.4	Absolutely genius.
0:04.3	Welcome.
0:05.1	Welcome.
0:06.0	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:07.9	What that essentially means is...
0:09.4	Discovery is advanced.
0:10.5	Research.
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0:12.6	Unbelievable.
0:13.5	Without further ado.
0:14.5	This is the Naked Scientists.
0:16.6	Merry Christmas and welcome to the Naked Scientist.
0:20.0	This is the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine.
0:28.2	With me, Chris Smith.
0:29.6	And in this, our final news roundup of 2025, according to the new head of MI6, our world is more dangerous and contested now than it has been for decades.
0:40.2	We'll hear why she's signalling a ramp up in cyber tech.
0:44.0	Also, how COVID changed the beaks of birds in LA, and NASA's new space telescope that's earmarked for launch next year in 2026,
0:53.4	is 100 Hubble Space Telescopes all rolled into one.
0:57.2	We'll hear what it can do.
1:06.2	The UK's new MI6 Intelligence Chief has used her first public speech to warn of the digital and technological challenges confronting the UK and its allies in the years ahead, saying,
1:17.6	Our world is more dangerous and contested now than it has been for decades.
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