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Naked Scientist's Chris Smith with the hottest science news stories and analysis. Including a new drug for lung cancer and do your genes decide what you eat?
Oct 09, 2016•26 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
Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer questions on comets, relativity and tea through a straw
Oct 06, 2016•49 min
5 live Science
Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists provide a little light entertainment, and explain how scientists are using light to change our world.
Oct 02, 2016•51 min
Dr Karl
Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer questions on the Ig Nobel Prize and Junk DNA.
Sep 29, 2016•49 min
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Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at the findings sent back from the Gaia spacecraft as scientists get their first sight of what it has discovered.
Sep 25, 2016•50 min
5 live Science 18 Sep 16
Put on some safety goggles as Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney ignite your bunsen burners with the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs on 5 live Science.
Sep 18, 2016•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions
Sep 15, 2016•47 min
5 live Science
Kat Arney and the Naked Scientists tackle the questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.
Sep 11, 2016•51 min
Dr Karl
Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer questions about the threat from meteoroids, sonic booms and burning rubbish for power.
Sep 08, 2016•49 min
5 live Science: Animation
Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists go behind the scenes and explore the world of animation. Plus the week's science news.
Sep 04, 2016•51 min
Dr Karl
Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions on the science of dusk and why we have time zones.
Sep 01, 2016•49 min
Dr Karl
Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions on space travel, distant suns and washing up.
Aug 25, 2016•49 min
5 live Science
Georgia and Connie investigate psychoactive substances.
Aug 20, 2016•50 min
5 Live Science
Put on some safety goggles as Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney ignite your bunsen burners with the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs on 5 live Science.
Aug 13, 2016•49 min
5 live Science
Latest science news including a breakthrough in the fight against the Zika virus, a new study into female fertility, and how scientists are developing materials that can cope with extreme temperatures.
Aug 06, 2016•50 min
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Chris Smith and Kat Arney take a look at this week's leading science breakthroughs including how drug tests will be concluded at the Rio Olympics; tomatoes that defend themselves from parasites; how people are getting taller; and an in-depth look into the future of the fuels that power our cars.
Jul 30, 2016•50 min
5 live Science
Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they answer the science questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.
Jul 26, 2016•51 min
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Kat Arney and the Naked Scientist team look for wildlife in the urban jungle.
Jul 16, 2016•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl discusses the loudest sound in the world and why it would kill you. Why is the night sky dark in spite of all the stars, and are there really roads where cars roll uphill?
Jul 14, 2016•48 min
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Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they answer the science questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.
Jul 09, 2016•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers all your science based questions with Rhod Sharp
Jul 07, 2016•48 min
Science & Stress 28th May 2016
Graihagh Jackson and the Naked Scientists explore how scientists are tackling stress. What happens when you start to worry?
Jul 06, 2016•50 min
Naked Scientists with the week's hottest science stories
Naked Scientists with the week's hottest science stories
Jul 02, 2016•50 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.
Jun 30, 2016•48 min
The Spider Silk Violin
Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at this week's breaking science news stories - including a spider silk violin.
Jun 25, 2016•27 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including could our universe be the inside of a black hole, which itself is in another universe and which itself is the inside of another black hole, continuing ad infinitum?
Jun 23, 2016•48 min
The Future of the Prosthetics Industry
As the robotic prosthetics industry advances, some experts are predicting a future of ‘prosthetic envy’. Has this day arrived already? 5 live’s Sam Clack investigates…
Jun 19, 2016•22 min
What happens during a post-mortem?
Pathologist Dr Alison Cluroe talks Dr Chris Smith through a post-mortem
Jun 18, 2016•51 min
What happens during a post-mortem?
Pathologist Dr Alison Cluroe talks Adrian Chiles and Dr Chris Smith through a post-mortem
Jun 16, 2016•31 min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl explains to Dr Rahul how magnets work, what happened to the Philae probe which landed on a comet, and why soft-top cars are less safe than ordinary vehicles in a thunderstorm.
Jun 16, 2016•48 min