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Naked Scientists, Georgia Mills and Issy Clarke get ready for Halloween by finding out if bats are actually blind and more plausible explanations for zombies, vampires, werewolves and haunted houses.
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5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.
Episodes
Dr Karl
Dr Karl joins Nick Garnett to discuss uranium binoculars, how twins can age at different rates, and could shrink rays ever become science fact.
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Naked Scientists, Chris Smith Georgia Mills get answers to the seven biggest questions on artificial intelligence. Find out how it works, whether it will fundamentally change the world and what it means for your job.
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Chris Smith, Georgia Mills and the Naked Scientists present the latest science news and breakthroughs. Find out how an injection of cholesterol could reduce a heart attack's damage, how our brains discern voices and why the lights in your house might replace your Wi-Fi.
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Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists find out how exercise on your terms can stave off junk food cravings and why spacecraft engineers helped design your next packet of crisps. Plus, find out who won this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Physics and Physiology, and why. Download the podcast for part two featuring the latest breakthroughs on replacement retinas and how work to create an artificial pancreas could be a game changer in the fight against diabetes. bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.
Dr Karl & Bill Nye
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Bill Nye the Science Guy to discuss terraforming Mars, the possibility of a lift to the Moon, and the threat of rocks from outer space
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Dr Kris Smith and the team answer your science questions.
Science Phone-In
Science journalist Bianca Nogrady and astrophysicist Dr Katie Mack answer your science questions.
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Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist explore a potential new therapy for Multiple Sclerosis and last data from Cassini as it plunged into Saturn. In addition, we get to the bottom of how and why electric eels jump out and shock people and animals. Plus, can memories be faked and why are some sports can be linked with memory loss? Find out all this as well as the latest discovery on climate change. Download the podcast: bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live
Science Phone-In
We're looking at the world of science and nature for the next hour in the company of science journalist Bianca Nogrady and astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack.
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The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists
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Chris Smith and Kat Arney tackle: superbugs, Jupiter, and why your sense of smell might be better than you thought.
Science Phone-In
Science Journalist Bianca Nogrady and Astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith answer your questions on the science phone-in. Topics discussed include the making of a hurricane and automation in the new age.
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Naked Scientist, Chris Smith and a panel of top scientists answer you questions including: will an artificial intelligence take over the world? Why do smaller dogs live longer than larger ones? And why do some people get hay fever and others don't? Joining Chris to answer these are; University of Cambridge stem cell biologist Sarah Harrison statistician, Simon White and mental health researcher Olivia Remes. Plus AI entrepreneur, Peter Clarke.
Dr Karl
Dr Karls answers questions about moon phases, NASA's record on the Voyager space probe, and hydrogen cars.
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Today we explore the ageing process and the fresh claim that bacteria in our gut could hold the key to ageing with fewer of the health problems that come with it. Discover how humans had been using trigonometry before Pythagoras came up with his now, textbook formula. And could robot killers be on the way? Experts are raising fears about the rapid evolution of AI and robotics and are calling for the technology to be banned. We find out precisely why. And finally, can science save the human race ...
Dr. Karl
Dr. Karl takes your questions.
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The Naked Scientists' Chris Smith finds out how to fix cells with the wrong number of chromosomes, how birds use magnetism to navigate and meets a pioneer in the development of the mobile phone. Plus a trip to outer space with the scientists trying to get our first glimpse of a black hole.
Dr Karl
Dr Karl is joined by wildlife forensic scientist Rebecca Johnson and entomologist Bryan Lessard. They discuss the decline of bees and why do midges bite?
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Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists find out what it takes to make the immune system attack cancer, how goldfish produce alcohol and how scientists are using bacteria to clean up nuclear waste. Plus news on the latest research and breakthroughs.
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The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers your questions on batteries, algebra, & the possibility of planet Nibiru
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers questions on human evolution, electric vehicles and seeing underwater
Dr Karl
Dr Karl joins Rhod to discuss why are all the craters on the moon round, how MRI scanners work, and just how clever are crows?
Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss how science can help you cope with anxiety, and how Australian scientists are using drones to give wales a health check.
Dr Karl
Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions.
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In this weeks podcast...stairs that can help you to walk up them, a laboratory creating green spider silk, a drug to prevent Zika virus damaging developing baby's. Plus we continue our month of special programmes focusing on the sea, this week we look at coral reefs and how scientist track life under water.
Dr Karl
Dr. Karl answers your weird and wonderful science questions, including how the weather works.
Sand Castles and Beach Science
The Naked Scientists feature the week's science news including how training your brain could keep Alzheimer's at bay, an anti cancer vaccine that targets melanoma. Plus the science of building sand castles, and how scientists are tackling oil spills on the beach.
Dr Karl is joined by Professor Stephen Bartlett, a theoretical Quantum Physicist.
Dr Karl is joined by Professor Stephen Bartlett, a theoretical Quantum Physicist.