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5 Live Science Podcast

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5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.

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Episodes

Dance, parasites and flues

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the power of interpretative dance, parasites that could make you take risks and why gas cookers don't have flues.

Nov 10, 2011•49 min

What's the good of multi-vitamins?

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Alastair Reynolds, a sci fi author and former European Space Agency scientist. Topics under the spotlight are: the science of toenails, how being in space affects astronauts and what's the good of multi-vitamins?

Oct 27, 2011•47 min

Upside down rainbows

Dr Karl answers listeners' weird and wonderful questions about the world of science, which include - why woodsmoke can cause asthma? What causes upside down rainbows? And more on the mysteries of black holes.

Oct 20, 2011•48 min

Naked Scientist: The Oscars of the Sciences

This week's edition of the Naked Scientist - how Earth came by its water - scientists think they've found the place in outer space where it all came from. Why people always tend to look on the bright side, often in spite of the odds - and scientists line up for the research equivalent of an Oscar

Oct 10, 2011•25 min

Science phone in

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer all your science related questions.

Oct 06, 2011•50 min

The Naked Scientists: Plastic fantastic

Find out more about the amazing powers of plastics, china's increasing space programme and how bacteria could be used for the latest type of encryption. Dr Chris Smith and his team have the answers.

Oct 03, 2011•28 min

The Naked Scientist

The slipperiest substance ever made, and the workings of DEET – the world’s best insect repellent

Sep 26, 2011•24 min

Why birds are modern day dinosaurs?

Can viruses be used as medical cures? Why birds are modern day dinosaurs?And how good is a fish's memory? just some of the weird and wonderful questions asks in the latest edition of the Dr Karl Phone-in

Sep 22, 2011•43 min

The Naked Scientist: X-ray vision

This week, scientists with superhero x-ray vision... well almost, the CT scanning system capable of handling some very large specimens and why playing computer games has led to a breakthrough in understanding HIV.

Sep 19, 2011•25 min

And the case of the gravitational diet

Are copper bands copper bottomed? Do you weigh less in the day than you do at night? Plus our old favourite String theory. Just some of the conundrums for Dr Karl this week. Dotun is ringmaster as Rhod is away.

Sep 15, 2011•51 min

MIssing Links

In this special edition Dr Chris visits Lee Berger, at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg to see the fossils which could revolutionise our understanding of the evolution of our species.

Sep 12, 2011•26 min

Supernovas and an atom bomb detonates

The benefits of biting your nails, supernovas and what happens when an atom bomb detonantes are all put under the scientific spotlight of Dr Karl and Dr Rhod.

Sep 08, 2011•48 min

Why rocket thrusters work on the moon

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod tackle why rocket thrusters work on the moon, what makes night fall, why rain doesn't hurt us and what causes tinnitus.

Sep 01, 2011•38 min

The sun always shines in Scotland

This week Dr Chrs and the naked scientists go to the University of Aberdeen to meet a scientist who's exploring the depths of the ocean and a look at Thalidomide 50 years on.

Aug 29, 2011•27 min

Stars and Supernovas

Dr Karl joins Rhod and as always tackles all your science questions.

Aug 25, 2011•50 min

how many bubbles in your bath?

which is warmer, a bath with bubbles in it or one without? Just one of the stranger science stories tackled this week by Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists!

Aug 15, 2011•22 min

11 Aug 11

The effects of adrenalin, the length of time tannins stay in the body and how long does the air last if someone's stuck in a one-metre-cubed airtight box?

Aug 11, 2011•50 min

Vampire bats

How vampire bats home in on the jugular, why some depressions look like expressions and the world's scientific healdines of the week.

Aug 11, 2011•23 min

Rainbows and Spiders' Webs

Dr Karl explains "Mackerel Skies", discusses a UFO sighting by a 5 live sportreader and discusses how spiders can link their webs to objects several feet in the air and several feet apart.

Aug 04, 2011•43 min

How do you tow an iceberg?

The fate of matter that gets sucked into a black hole, the genetic implications of organ transplants, and the use of desalination techniques to help combat drought are all explored with Dr. Karl. And he answers the question: how do you tow an iceberg?

Jul 28, 2011•40 min

Moonshine and waves

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to explain why the moon glows, how waves wave and how sound is heard in the ear.

Jul 21, 2011•47 min

noise quenching curtains

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions. This week includes a look into curtains that 'quench' noise and an explanation as to why researchers spend so much time proving the obvious.

Jul 14, 2011•50 min