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The Naked Scientists have been "saved". Last month we reported that their weekly slot on Radio Cambridgeshire was being axed from the New Year; £40 a week was their fee for an-easy-to-understand-commonsense-approach to topical science questions.

Now clearly some compromise has been reached, and the unclothed ones are to continue in the same Sunday slot - as well as on Five Live, which forms the basis for a weekly podcast. And you'll be able to catch up with them on the iPlayer.

Part of the deal involves Australia, where the forward-thinking programmers of ABC's Radio National are giving the Scientists a regular slot from next summer.