"I'm pleased to host the Cambridge Prisms Podcast for Cambridge University Press. In each episode, I sit down with the brilliant minds behind groundbreaking research to explore how they're tackling some of the most pressing scientific, technological, and medical issues of our time.

From the latest developments in precision medicine to cutting-edge breakthroughs in plastic and water research, the Cambridge Prisms Podcast is your go-to source for the latest and greatest in the world of science. So tune in and discover how these incredible researchers are changing the world, one discovery at a time."

Dr Chris Smith

Host of the Cambridge Prisms Podcast and The Naked Scientists

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Episodes

Making waves about coastline conservation, and plastic waste

This month the connections that human inhabitants have to the coast, why we're still in the middle of a worsening extinction crisis despite international laws and treaties designed to protect nature, the promise of pharmacogenomics and personalised medicine, the plastic pollution problem and how to tackle it, and why water management in the face of a changing climate needs more than just a single solution.

Newborn Genomics and Mass Extinctions

This is the launch episode of the Cambridge Prisms Podcast series, showcasing cutting-edge science from Cambridge University Press. In this edition, Chris Smith asks if we should be sequencing the genetic code of every human newborn, if we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, how to conserve a species we know nearly nothing about. Plus we talk about blue justice: how marginalised coastal communities can fight back...

Recycled plastics pollute food, and the value of water

Better awareness of the precious resource that is water, getting a grip on coastal ecosystems and the impact of pollution, why recycled plastics are a threat for food packaging and kitchen utensils, how we can help humans to step up in extreme environments, and the opportunity offered by "lived experience" when it comes to mental health all go under the microscope in this episode of the Cambridge Prisms Podcast.

Wildlife Trade Extinctions and 21st Century Psychology

This time we hear how many species are being driven to extinction by human trade, why clinical psychology needs an update for the 21st Century, how non-specialists can help to plug the gap in mental health services, what art can do for science and conservation of coastal habitats, and the role of epigenetics in medicine...

Plant mass extinctions, and getting mental health help

In this episode, delivering mental health help in the community, what seabirds can reveal about ocean plastic pollution, how plants are affected by mass extinction events, involving indigenous people in plastic governance and why fieldwork can be a problem for some coastal scientists.