5 live Science: Valentines: 13 Feb 16
Georgia Mills and Khalil Thirlaway look at the science of romance and love.
Feb 13, 2016•50 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
Dr Karl
What are gravitational waves and would their discovery be the biggest of the decade in Physics? And do weather conditions affect mobile phone signals.
Feb 11, 2016•49 min
Food For Thought
Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at how food gets from the field to your fork. Plus 'bed bugs' are biting back, and the week's science news.
Feb 06, 2016•50 min
Dr Karl
Does snow evaporate even at freezing temperatures? Could the black hole at the centre of our galaxy ever go into a quasar phase? And why do cats open their mouths to smell.
Feb 04, 2016•49 min
5 live Science
Chris Smith and the team look at the week's science news including how seagrass might keep the world fed in future and why sixteen whales beached themselves across Europe. The team also go inside the science of a Black Hole.
Jan 30, 2016•51 min
Dr Karl
Do sunglasses impede cricketers in the field? Is toast better with stale bread? And why might a bucket of boiling water freeze faster when put outside than a bucket at room temperature?
Jan 28, 2016•43 min
Hibernation
How animals and plants hibernate. Plus how scientists are protecting the public from high-pitched sounds.
Jan 23, 2016•50 min
Dr Karl
5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, plus Dr Chris and Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the hottest science news stories and analysis.
Jan 21, 2016•24 min
5 live Science
Chris Smith and the team look at the week's science news including a new therapy for leukemia, a massive deep space explosion & whether detoxing really works.
Jan 16, 2016•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers your science questions.
Jan 14, 2016•48 min
5 Live Science
What makes you, you? Join Graihagh Jackson as she asks what makes us unique, and why some people (like her brother) have a six pack, and she doesn't.
Jan 09, 2016•49 min
Dr Karl: Perplexing Googolplexes
"If a Googol is the number one followed by one hundred zeros, what is a Googolplex"
Jan 07, 2016•48 min
5 live Science
Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists take a scientific look at some of our favourite festive traditions
Dec 26, 2015•49 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to discuss what happens if you fire a bullet while travelling at the speed of sound, how we can tackle the spectre of antibiotic resistance, and why the earth's core burns.
Dec 24, 2015•39 min
5 live Science
Join Chris Smith and the team as they look at how to save one of Earth's most precious resources - soil. Plus the physics behind dogs drinking water, and the week's science news.
Dec 19, 2015•49 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers your science questions, including how the Starship Enterprise could have gravity on board, what's the difference between shop-bought and home-brewed beer, and is it more fuel efficient to run on a full tank of petrol or a half?
Dec 17, 2015•42 min
5 live Science
Kat Arney and the team look at how technology is influencing the way we listen to, and compose music. Plus the latest science news.
Dec 12, 2015•49 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl joins Dr Nomia to answer listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including smoking's effect on the body, and whether antibiotics can cause nightmares.
Dec 10, 2015•49 min
5 live Science
Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at what we can do to stop Climate Change and how we can predict flooding.
Dec 05, 2015•49 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.
Dec 04, 2015•47 min
The Naked Scientists: sugar consumption and 100 years of general relativity
Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at how we can cut down our consumption of sugar. Plus general relativity celebrates its 100th birthday.
Nov 28, 2015•50 min
Dr Karl: KIC 8462852
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including; kepler recently discovering something unusual in the light variations coming from the star KIC 8462852
Nov 26, 2015•48 min
5 live Science
Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at the world of big data and what it means for the United Kingdom. Plus, we’ll hear from the scientist who is storing his data using DNA!
Nov 21, 2015•49 min
Dr Karl:Long-haul flights,carbon fibre & green comets
Dr Karl answers your science questions including why long haul flights are bad for you, why carbon fibre is so strong, and where the green meteors are coming from.
Nov 19, 2015•49 min
08/11/2015
Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they answer the questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks. Plus do sharks really not get cancer?
Nov 15, 2015•50 min
Dr Karl: Food allergy tests & growing hair
This week Dr Karl discusses gowing hair, inaccurate food allergy tests & why being aroused can make you sneeze
Nov 12, 2015•48 min
5 live Science
Join Kat Arney and the Naked Scientists as they explore what the future hold for motorists, and how good this generation of electric cars are.
Nov 07, 2015•50 min
Dr Karl: Eyes and nitrogen
Dr Karl discusses how the human body uses nitrogen, and the science of vision.
Nov 05, 2015•49 min
Who owns Mars?
Join Chris Smith and the team as they debate whether humans should go to Mars, and who would own it if we made it to the Red Planet.
Oct 31, 2015•51 min
Dr Karl: Red meat and cancer
This week Dr Karl answers your questions on red meat, cancer plus human cells
Oct 29, 2015•45 min