Naked Sci 05 Aug 13: Geysers on Enceladus and hidden gorillas
Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists with the latest since news including nanoscale thermometers and the salt water plumes of Saturn's moon, Enceladus, explained.
Aug 05, 2013•20 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
Dark matter and seedless grapes
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod look at dark matter, some quantum physics and discuss whether seedless grapes are GM foods.
Aug 01, 2013•46 min
Naked Scientist: 29 JUL 13: Dolphin Names
The Naked Scientists discuss how dolphins call each other by their names, why some people get allergies, and how an embryo is formed.
Jul 29, 2013•23 min
Cricket balls, nitrogen and Apollo
In this edition Dr Karl and Dr Rhod consider boiling nitrogen in a bottle, looking for the traces of Apollo on the Moon and why a change in the weather can alter the spin on a cricket ball.
Jul 25, 2013•49 min
The Naked Scientist
Dr Chris Smith and Dotun discuss the new surgical scalpel - dubbed the intelligent knife or iKnife, how to turn skin cells into stem cells and why medicines you're taking can stop the bugs in your gut working properly.
Jul 22, 2013•24 min
The senses
It's all about the inner workings of the mind with Dr Karl this week. His special guest Charles Spence discusses how the senses work and why tableware affects the taste of food.
Jul 18, 2013•49 min
Naked Scientists: 15 JUL 13: solar powered car racing
Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to talk about solar powered cars that can go as fast as 80kph, what makes the Earth move (and wobble), and a piece about the spice turmeric and tumours
Jul 15, 2013•23 min
Light speed, racing galaxies and dark matter
Dr Andy is joined by Dr Karl and Physics Nobel Laureate, Professor Brian Schmidt to discuss the expanding, speeding universe, dark matter and black holes
Jul 11, 2013•49 min
The Naked Scientist
Today's episode - how cancers become resistant to chemotherapies, the threat posed by a new strain of flu in China, and a look inside the intestine at its bacterial inhabitants.
Jul 08, 2013•26 min
Postcards From Space
This week, how the Voyager space craft is still sending us Postcards from the Edge, after 36 years of space travel, is melting ice shifting the Spin Axis of the Earth, and why you can't exceed the speed of light.
Jul 04, 2013•49 min
Naked Scientist
This week, news that plants can do molecular long division; scientists have discovered that plants calculate precisely how quickly to burn off their energy stores overnight so that they run out literally as the Sun rises so they can start photosynthesising again. Also, how a tear-powered contact lens for diabetics can measure their blood sugar.
Jul 01, 2013•26 min
Space Travel and Red Moons
Dr Karl discusses the speed of space travel, and why sometimes the moon is red.
Jun 27, 2013•49 min
Naked Sci 24 June 13: Keeping eyes clear and cancer fighting aspirin
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with the latest news and a focus on how eyes keep blood vessels in their right places.
Jun 24, 2013•26 min
20 Jun 13
What jabs would you have to have to travel back to the 17th century, does your body get bigger at night and do you get total darkness in the UK summer?
Jun 20, 2013•48 min
Naked Sci 17 Jun 13: Crumbling concrete, the Tunguska Fireball and teens and tobacco
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at what might have caused the "Tunguska Fireball" in 1908, the use of bacteria to repair crumbling concrete and the effect of tobacco advertising on teens.
Jun 17, 2013•26 min
13 Jun 13
Tom Green and our listeners ask Dr Karl why the earth's getting lighter if tens of thousands of meteor dust is landing every year, plus why do different materials feel as though they're at different temperatures while in the same room.
Jun 13, 2013•48 min
Naked Sci: 10 June 2013 Comfort Eating and Comets
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss comfort eating, what happened when a comet collided with the Sun, and why boys' names and girls' names tend to sound different in a very particular way.
Jun 10, 2013•25 min
Peering thru pinholes, weighing planets and how does alcohol work?
Dr Phil joins dr Karl to discuss how alcohol makes us drunk, why looking through a pinhole sharpens poor vision and weighing planets.
Jun 06, 2013•49 min
Naked Sci: 03 Jun 13 Flu ancient plants & Mars radiation
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss a new way to block flu infection, treating schizophrenia with an avatar, bringing 400 year-old plants back to life, and how much radiation a person on a mission to Mars would be exposed to.
Jun 03, 2013•25 min
Dr Karl: Hungry shopping, itching, and acupuncture May 30
Dr Karl joins Dominic to discuss why not to shop hungry, why we itch and whether acupuncture is no better than the placebo effect.
May 30, 2013•49 min
Naked Sci: 27 May 13 Potatoes, Penguins and Itching
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists explore how specimens of potato leaves kept in museums for over 150 years have enabled scientists to discover the identity of the bug that caused the Irish Potato Famine. We'll also hear why penguins can't fly and how researchers have discovered the nerve cells that make us itch!
May 27, 2013•26 min
Naked Science
Using X rays to read the unreadable; solar-powered butterflies – and why selfishness gave farming a boost 10,000 years ago.
May 20, 2013•25 min
Solar Flares & Tinnitus
Dr Karl joins Rhod to discuss solar flares, methods for dealing with tinnitus, and the extremes of pleasure that music can stimulate
May 16, 2013•49 min
Naked Sci 13 May 13: Electric allergies and no toys for boys
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists explore an electrical vaccine for allergies, "boys toys" and "girls toys" and novel coronavirus.
May 13, 2013•25 min
Meteors & Reactors
Dr Karl joins Rhod to discuss a meteor seen blazing over the UK, 3D printing and why coffee makes you more likely to say "Yes"
May 09, 2013•49 min
Naked Sci 06 May 13: A new HELMET to fight antibiotic resistance
Science news with Dr Chris Smith which includes a new weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistance and more on the banning of neonicotinoid pesticides.
May 06, 2013•22 min
Surviving a bushfire and the mechanics of bubbles
Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to discuss flaming tornadoes, the dao of bubbles and the what of watts.
May 02, 2013•49 min
25 Apr 13
On the latest edition of Dr Karl: techniques to discover bi-polar disorder, the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes and new research on baldness.
Apr 25, 2013•49 min
Naked Science: Temporary Hearing Loss
Dr Chris explores why you suffer temporary deafness after being at a loud concert
Apr 22, 2013•27 min
18 APR 13
Dr Karl on efficient cars and cracking knuckles.
Apr 18, 2013•50 min