Making rain and miraculous LEDs
Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer your science questions. Counting calories, making rain and LEDs making more light than they should are just some of the mysteries delved into.
Mar 15, 2012•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
Naked Scientist: Antimatter
On the latest editon of the Naked Scientist - Antimatter, the rules of physics say there should be at least as much antimatter in the Universe as there is matter, the material that we are made from. But scientists can't find it, suggesting either that we've got something wrong, or something else very exciting and important must be happening. Also, why the hand you type with can affect how you feel. As well as a look at some of this week's other leading science breakthroughs
Mar 12, 2012•30 min
Solar flares
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod join forces to examine solar flares as one heads towards the earth. Microwaves and electromagnetic pulses are also under the spotlight.
Mar 08, 2012•49 min
Naked Science: Gentlemen, hippos and silence.
Why the working classes are more gentlemanly than the upper classes, how hippos can select the sex of their offspring, and the discovery of a device which stops people talking.
Mar 05, 2012•27 min
Dr Karl
Is the moon moving away from us and what could that mean...how much salt is too much...and why are water molecules like boomerangs?
Mar 01, 2012•49 min
Naked Scientist: Frozen flowers, feeding foetuses
Dr Chris Smith and colleagues talk us through the week's science news including the recreation of 30 thousand year old flowers and the importance of what mothers eat before conception.
Feb 27, 2012•23 min
Spherical planets
Why juicing greens might not be the best idea, exactly what sound is and why planets are spherical are all under the microscope as Dr Giles joins Dr Karl.
Feb 23, 2012•48 min
Naked Scientist: Computers; from the biggest to one of the smallest and self med
Dr Chris Smith and colleagues explore one of the biggest computers that's getting bigger and one of the smallest computers that'll be with us soon. Also, what do some fruit flies use alcohol for?
Feb 20, 2012•24 min
Migraines
Dr Dotun joins Dr Karl this week. They discuss exactly what causes a migraine, how plants work and give a definitive answer to the question "if a tree falls in a forest and there's no one to hear it, does it make a noise"?
Feb 16, 2012•49 min
Naked Scientist
Dr Chris discusses vaccines for cancer thanks to a gene from the gut bug Salmonella, and Sir Steve Redgrave pops in to launch a new science and sport initiative ahead of London 2012.
Feb 13, 2012•26 min
google earth and fishing?
Dr Chris Smith from the Naked Scientists joins Rhod to find out what google and fishing have in common and what makes planets spin. Plenty of other questions answered too!
Feb 12, 2012•45 min
DrChris: The Cold; Norovirus and Aeroplanes
Dr Chris joins Rhod for the science phone-in this week. The cold weather is on our minds so; how do aeroplanes behave in the cold and why does the norovirus do so well?
Feb 02, 2012•49 min
Naked Science
Dr Chris & The Naked Scientists with the latest science news
Jan 30, 2012•27 min
Northern Lights
Dr Chris sits in for Dr Karl and discusses the Northern Lights, global warming and microwaves among other things
Jan 26, 2012•43 min
Nature's Best Painkillers
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including; why there are groupings of metals in space. What are nature's best painkillers. And is it really alright to eat food you've dropped on the floor, if you pick it up within seconds.
Jan 19, 2012•48 min
Naked Scientist: Undersea vents, saying no to nicotine patches and bird flu
Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with the latest science stories. This week; the deepest undersea vents ever discovered, why nicotine replacement therapies don't work and the controversy over making H5N1 jump species in the lab.
Jan 16, 2012•23 min
Does electrcity flow?
Does electricity flow and why do we get referred pain? Dr Chris Smith from the Naked Scientists sits in for Dr Karl who is on his holidays.
Jan 12, 2012•44 min
Naked Science: Silk Worms & Deafness
In this weeks Naked Scientists Dr Chris Smith looks at silk worms that spin spider silk, and a gene linked to human deafness.
Jan 09, 2012•26 min
DrChris: Looking at Moon, the longevity of birds and the truth about vitamins.
Dr Chris of the Naked Scientists joins Rhod to answer our callers science questions. Will NASA's new mission to the Moon silence Apollo 11 doubters? Why do rats have such short lives and parrots such long ones and what's the point of vitamin tablets?
Jan 05, 2012•49 min
DrChris: Cataracts, wheels spinning backwards and how many colds can you have at
Dr Chris from the Naked Scientists is in the chair this week answering our caller's science questions. Chief amoung the queries; how do you treat cataracts, why do wheels seem to spin backward and how many colds can you have at once?
Dec 29, 2011•49 min
Pain, pleasure, viruses & the North star
Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl talking to Dotun about self-destructive viruses, the North star, pain & pleasure receptors & the sense of smell.
Dec 22, 2011•50 min
Naked Scientist: Brussels sprouts, a mystery explained
Dr Chris and colleagues explore what happens when stars collide, the tricks mosquitos use and the reasons why serving Brussels sprouts can be a risky business...
Dec 19, 2011•25 min
Is it Dr Karl? No, it's Dr Chris!
Of course we have some Higgs Boson questions and a host of other queries including are bubbles good for the washing up? Dr Chris Smith deputises for Dr Karl who is still on his hols.
Dec 15, 2011•48 min
NakedScientist: Bed bugs return and taxi drivers brains
Dr Chris and colleagues explain why bed bugs are making a come back; and how taxi-driving boosts the size of certain bits of your brain. Also the world’s oldest bed has been found.
Dec 12, 2011•24 min
How do pies burn?
Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl, and among the questions he fields is.... why do pies in the oven burn from the outside in?
Dec 08, 2011•47 min
Naked Scientist: Headers and doctored pics.
The naked scientists ask if taking headers can cause brain damage, how to spot digitally doctored pictures, and they go voyaging into outer space.
Dec 05, 2011•26 min
Jim Lovell's Calculations
A look at Jim Lovell's life-saving calculations on board Apollo 13 a few hours after they got auctioned off.
Dec 01, 2011•48 min
On the road with Dr Karl
This week Dr Karl is in the back of a car speeding north to a book signing. Undaunted, and slightly truncated, the good doctor offers his thoughts on Cherenkov radiation, cold fusion and neutrinos travelling faster than light.
Nov 24, 2011•35 min
The brain and the diet
Scientists have discovered a network of nerve cells that signal what's in what we've eaten and news of neutrinos that still appear to be travelling faster than light.
Nov 21, 2011•25 min
Naked Scientist: Flu Jabs and primordial gas
Details of a UK study called the Flu Survey aiming to work out how effective the flu jab is. Dr Chris and the team also look at a step forward in examining the primordial gas hypothesised by the Big Bang theory.
Nov 14, 2011•25 min