Dr Karl
Dr Karl and friends answer your questions including whether there are there any stars outside galaxies on their own? What are pathogens? And can you cook fish in the dishwasher?
Mar 08, 2018•48 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
5 live Science
Is measuring your blood pressure at home better than getting a doctor to do it? Also, is there life on Mars?
Mar 04, 2018•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl talks diabetes, wind farm blades and the consequences of holding your breath.
Mar 01, 2018•48 min
Dr Karl
Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl to answer your science questions. This week, they discuss Parkinson's disease, mosquito bites and more.
Feb 22, 2018•49 min
5 live Science
The Naked Scientists answer your science questions.
Feb 18, 2018•49 min
Dr Karl
This week Dr Karl answers your science questions and explains how lightning killed 68 dairy cows in Dorrigo in 2005.
Feb 15, 2018•49 min
5 live Science
Put on some safety goggles as Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney ignite your Bunsen burners with the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs. This week: rockets, cockroaches, vaping and the problem with plastic.
Feb 11, 2018•50 min
5 live Science
A potential new way to treat strokes and a killer whale using its blowhole to talk human.
Feb 04, 2018•49 min
5 live Science
Two monkeys were successfully cloned this week. Are humans next? Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists explain everything you need to know.
Jan 28, 2018•50 min
Dr. Karl
Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl to answer your science questions. They discuss the origins of litmus paper and ponders if it is possible to create a magnetic field on a planet?
Jan 25, 2018•49 min
5 live Science
In this edition, the Naked Scientists ask; Can we pick up cancer from a blood test? How does flu work? They also take a look at crabs that drum to attract a mate, plus a look at how the perfect poison is made.
Jan 21, 2018•49 min
Dr. Karl
Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl to answer your questions on topics like using out of service escalators; how light travels; the properties of titanium, and more.
Jan 18, 2018•41 min
5 live Science
Can mantis shrimp really kick through glass? What happens inside a black hole? And can your genes lead you to your perfect match? The Naked Scientist settle the debates.
Jan 14, 2018•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers your science questions.
Jan 11, 2018•47 min
5 live Science
The Naked Scientists look back at the best science of 2017
Jan 07, 2018•49 min
5 live Science
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Georgia Mills bring you a festive edition of 5 live Science.
Dec 24, 2017•49 min
Dr. Karl
Rhod and Dr Karl answer all your science questions, from how ABS braking systems work, to whether or not the Thylacine - the Tasmanian Tiger - really existed.
Dec 21, 2017•48 min
5 live Science
Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists review the latest science news and breakthroughs. Under the microscope this week: A breakthrough in the treatment of Huntington's disease, a fossilised tick from a dinosaur, strange radio signals from far away in space and the science of Star Wars.
Dec 17, 2017•50 min
Dr Karl
Rhod and Dr.Karl discuss the night's much-anticipated meteor shower.
Dec 14, 2017•42 min
5 live Science
Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists review the latest science news and breakthroughs. Under the microscope this week: new evidence linking London's air and stunted growth in the city's developing babies and how falcons are teaching us to fight badly behaved drones. Plus we all know the problems of fake news, but what can be done to stamp out fake science?
Dec 10, 2017•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science including: Stonehenge's purpose, is the cricket "snicko" flawed and what was the nativity star
Dec 07, 2017•47 min
5 Live Science
Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists answer your questions about pointy mountains and herds of dinosaurs.
Dec 03, 2017•49 min
Dr Karl
In Dr Karl's absence, Rhod is joined by Jessica Bloom and Bianca Nogrady.
Nov 30, 2017•48 min
5 Live Science
The Naked Scientists are looking at the latest ageing research
Nov 26, 2017•50 min
5 Live Science
Chris Smith investigates the rise of antibiotic resistance.
Nov 19, 2017•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including does a white cricket ball behave differently when thrown? Should we be cautious about fad gluten-free diets? As well as more on the opening of freezer doors.
Nov 16, 2017•44 min
5 live Science
Chris Smith asks why do food allergies clear up after a course of antibiotics and can protein meals stave off the munchies?
Nov 12, 2017•48 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your science questions. This week they discuss core body temperature, reverse swing in cricket and space elevators.
Nov 09, 2017•47 min
5 live Science
Naked Scientists, Chris Smith and Georgia Mills reveal why bacteria in your gut might control whether you recover from cancer. Plus we model the aftermath of the meteor that finished off the dinosaurs and get under the skin of electronic tattoos.
Nov 05, 2017•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your science questions. This week they explore how a Moonbow is made and why fridge doors sometimes refuse to open.
Nov 02, 2017•48 min