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5 Live Science Podcast

BBC Radio 5 Livewww.bbc.co.uk

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

Episodes

Naked Sci: Bacteria and Fred Sanger

Dr Chris Smith and the team join Dotun to discuss how bacteria can pick up DNA in the environment, the legacy of double Nobel prize winner Fred Sanger, and the smallest man-made objects in space.

Nov 25, 201320 min

18 Nov 13

Dr Chris Smith and the team join Dotun to talk about the science of Typhoons, a promising new antibiotic for combating chronic infections, and what satellites are revealing about the rate of global deforestation.

Nov 18, 201324 min

Simon Singh joins the fun

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Simon Singh whose new book 'The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets' has just been published.

Nov 14, 201348 min

Naked Sci

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun, to discuss mothers passing more than just calories to their babies in breast milk – there are stem cells in there too. Also, an examination of the origins of the meteor that landed in Russia in February, plus.....probing the red planet.

Nov 11, 201318 min

Tears, Dark Matter and Cold Rooms

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod talk about why we cry happy tears, throw light on dark matter, and discuss whether being in a cold room is bad for you.

Nov 07, 201349 min

31 Oct 13

The final game of this year's baseball world series meant Dr Karl was truncated this week, but he still managed to talk biomass, wave, wind and tidal power, can an opera singer break a glass by singing and why it is that when you're doing your laundry all the clothes always end up inside the duvet cover.

Oct 31, 201329 min

Naked Sci 28 Oct 13: Cure for baldness & golden trees

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. Money might not grow on trees but gold does, the most distant galaxy spotted by astronomers and a step towards a potential cure for baldness.

Oct 28, 201325 min

Squirrels, wildfires and wires

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss why birds can safely stand on power lines, strange sunrises around wildfires and do we always see the same side of the moon?

Oct 24, 201349 min

Phone calls from Mars

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to ponder condensation in bungalows, phonecalls from Mars and the case for sitting backwards on planes.

Oct 17, 201347 min

NAKED SCI: 14 OCT 13: NOBELS

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss the week's Nobel Prize winners, lonely planets adrift in space and the science behind why we kiss each other.

Oct 14, 201323 min

The Glories of Hiccuping

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss, amongst other things, how to deal with hiccups.

Oct 10, 201350 min

Whale ear wax and 3D printing in space

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl are joined by Jason Dunn, chief technology officer for Made In Space Inc, the company sending a 3D printer to the International Space Station.

Oct 03, 201349 min

Naked Sci

This week, a possible new treatment for Parkinson's Disease, a new way to solve the problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, an animal with a tide-predicting brain circuit and the plastic surgical challenges of growing new noses on foreheads.

Sep 30, 201323 min

Sailing on Hydrofoils

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss how it is that the America's Cup boats can sail at double the speed of the prevailing wind, plus how to minimise the drag on golf balls and an interlude on the Oort Cloud in our solar system.

Sep 26, 201348 min

Sonic Booms & Onions

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss sonic booms, ageing, and why onions make you cry.

Sep 19, 201348 min

Naked Scientists: TB or not TB

The Naked Scientists discuss bovine tuberculosis in badgers, parabolic reflectors and dropping pennies from tall buildings.

Sep 09, 201322 min

Dr Karl's Energy Day

On 5 Live's Energy Day, Dr Karl & Dr Rhod take questions on energy - and lots more.

Sep 05, 201349 min

Naked Scientists: Shark Camouflage

This week in the final show from Perth in Western Australia. Chris Smith and Victoria Gill find out how camouflage wetsuits could protect surfers from sharks, hear about a new development in muscular dystrophy treatment, and how sea sponges might be used to mend fractures.

Sep 02, 201322 min

Shortest Dr Karl ever...

With Andy Murray on court at Flushing Meadows there's time for just one question for Dr Karl. Normal service will be resumed next week.

Aug 29, 20133 min

THE NAKED SCIENTIST: Dolphins and DNA

Dr Chris Smith aka the Naked Scientist investigates Australia's national science week from Perth, studying bottle nose dolphins, how DNA technology is unlocking secrets to the past, present and future, and how to educate children who live hundreds of miles from schools.

Aug 26, 201325 min

DR TIM MINCHIN

In this edition comedian Dr Tim Minchin joins Dr Karl and Dr Rhod. They consider the science of musical composition, sound at night and other golden nuggets!

Aug 22, 201349 min

Molasses and Flu

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the flow of molasses, flu remedies and how light from distant stars can take us back almost as far as the big bang.

Aug 15, 201349 min

Fusion energy and red light working

We discuss how the nuclear fusion plant in France is doing, and talk with Professor Randy Nelson about his research on which colour of light is the best for night-shift staff to work in.

Aug 08, 201348 min