5 live Science: Investigating Crime
Dr Chris Smith and Ginny Smith recreate a crime scene to reveal how science is used to solve crimes.
Mar 28, 2015•49 min
5 Live Science Podcast
5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.
Episodes
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the world of science - including how to travel safely when moving at the speed of light.
Mar 26, 2015•48 min
5 live Science: Memory & 3D Printing
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney find out why remembering one thing can make you forget another, a new faster type of 3D printing plus the genetic history of the British Isles.
Mar 21, 2015•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss why the moon can precisely eclipse the sun, whether you can survive being "defrosted" if you're cryogenically frozen, and whether you can stop yourself going bald.
Mar 19, 2015•48 min
5 live Science: Using ultrasound to combat Alzheimers
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories. This week. How using ultrasound can defeat alzheimers, how do chameleons change colour? And a closer look at the world of parasites.
Mar 14, 2015•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the world of science - including night-time rainbows and why gravity doesn't pull the moon closer to Earth.
Mar 12, 2015•47 min
5 live Science: Cannabis
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists take an in depth look at Cannabis.
Mar 07, 2015•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the world of science -- including the magic of the Magellanic clouds, and whether we should worry about rust on our disc brakes.
Mar 05, 2015•52 min
5 live Science
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Ginny Smith take a scientific journey through time, looking at some of the key experiments and breakthroughs that have led to our present day knowledge.
Feb 28, 2015•50 min
Dr Karl: Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the world of science -- including the evolution of butterflies, the mechanics of learning languages, and what would happen if the moon vanished.
Feb 26, 2015•47 min
5 live Science: Drones and Genetics
Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists discuss teenage fathers have offspring with genetic defects and drones scanning your mobile phone.
Feb 21, 2015•50 min
5 live Science: The Science of Sex and Love
Hacking online dating, what makes couples compatible, giveaway fertility sounds in the female voice, maths and marital bliss, and why worms are destined for space travel.
Feb 14, 2015•50 min
5Live Science
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science -- including what the Earth's core is made out of and why Humans swing their arms whilst walking.
Feb 12, 2015•48 min
5 live Science: Do chimps have accents?
Naked Scientists CHRIS SMITH and KAT ARNEY pose the following questions. Does late night texting affect your sleep? Do chimps have accents? They also look at what french kissing does to your mouth germs.
Feb 07, 2015•49 min
5 Live Science
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney present the another edition of science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs.
Jan 31, 2015•50 min
5 live Science
What happens to sound inside the sun? And why do fizzy drinks go flat in the freezer? Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.
Jan 29, 2015•45 min
5 live Science: The science of sleep
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney take an under-the-covers look at the land of nod as we explore the science of sleep including the new study to let teenagers lie-in, ways to controls your dreams, why the brain needs a kip and the impacts of sleep deprivation.
Jan 24, 2015•49 min
5 Live Science
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science -- including the complexities of falling asleep and the frailties of the human knee.
Jan 22, 2015•48 min
5 live Science: Weight Loss, Women in Science & Car Accidents
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney present the another edition of science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs.
Jan 17, 2015•49 min
5 Live Science
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science -- including how it is possible to sleepwalk & whether clouds travel at different speeds.
Jan 15, 2015•48 min
Naked Science: Colds, Fossil Fuels & Robots
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney present the first edition of science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs for 2015.
Jan 10, 2015•50 min
5live Science
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science -- including how sunbeams break through clouds and can enbalming fluid poison graveyeards.
Jan 08, 2015•48 min
5 Live Science
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science -- including the unlikely role of nicotine in medicine.
Jan 01, 2015•48 min
Naked Scientists: Christmas crackers & the science of singing
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney present a special Christmas edition of science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs.
Dec 25, 2014•50 min
Naked Scientist: Life On Mars
Signs of life on Mars, young thinkers live longer, deadly cartoons and mass extinctions.
Dec 20, 2014•50 min
5 live Science
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science -- including the physics of baking cakes!
Dec 18, 2014•49 min
Naked Scientist: Fat pills. E-cigarettes & the Internet
This week the naked scientists investigate fat pills that are available during this festive season. 25 years after its invention they ask just what exactly is "the internet"
Dec 13, 2014•50 min
5 Live Science
Dr Karl answers listeners’ questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.
Dec 04, 2014•48 min
5live Science: 5live Science
Dr Chris Smith and Kat Arney discuss what doctors found lurking in one mans brain, the genetics of the Malaria mosquito and how our dogs understand us among other topics in this weeks 5live Science.
Nov 29, 2014•50 min
5 Live Science
Dr Karl answers listeners’ questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.
Nov 28, 2014•48 min