On this week's newsflash, we hear how tiny spherical 'nanobees' can be used to treat cancer, how humans were using fire to make tools long before we realised, and how the language of facial expression varies between cultures. Plus, we find out how to make friends with a monkey...

On this week's newsflash, we hear how the malaria parasite fools the foetal immune system, how orchids mimic bees to take advantage of hornets, and how a chemical from corals could treat neuropathic pain. Plus, we look back to this week in science history, and the first synthesis of Aspirin.

This week, we hear how shrimp shells could catalyse biodiesel production, the physics behind regular raindrops and how blue food colouring could reduce the damage following spinal injury. Plus, science minister Lord Drayson explains why science is important at the opening of the Babraham Institute's new Bioscience Support Unit.

On this week's NewsFlash, we find out why an earthquake has put Giant Pandas in peril and how our lungs, and not just our tongues, can taste. Plus, the link between diabetes and the immune system, and Sarah Castor Perry takes us back to this week in Science History, and the death of nuclear chemist Otto Hahn.

On this NewsFlash, we hear how learning about a reward is a reward in itself and how a jockey's stance can shave seconds from a race. Also, how cats manipulate their owners through purring and the future of reading science online!

On this weeks Newsflash we hear how the development of salt-tolerant GM crops could help to feed the world and how branching blood vessels could stop you getting the best from statins. Also how the turtle got it's shell and Darwin meets hip hop in the rap guide to evolution. Plus we look back to 1867 and the first explosive demonstration of dynamite...

In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we find out how to fight Fido's fleas with a fungus and why stressed men take more risks but stressed women take fewer. Plus, the dangers of quiet cars and how to predict if hepatitis B will lead to liver cancer.

On this week's News Flash, we find out what Margaret Thatcher's face can tell us how monkeys recognize each other, what sharks have in common with serial killers and why dolphins are a bit like jet fighters. Plus, we look back to this Week in Science History...

On this NewsFlash, we find out how sneaky Tentacled snakes catch fish through cunning, how pieces of RNA could switch off cancer, and how schools of sticklebacks learn from other fish. Plus, how a taxi disguised as a bee can help to highlight the plight of our buzzy friends.

In this week's NewsFlash, we discover how storms create slow earthquakes and how a local star, Betelgeuse, could explode very soon. We also hear of an accurate way to date pottery and explore the physics of helicopter seeds. Plus, this week in Science History saw the death of John Logie Baird, pioneer of television.