5 Live Science Podcast Podcast
5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.
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Solstices, moons and planes on travelators
Thu 14 Feb 2013
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod ponder the migration of the Winter Solstice, the changing face of...
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Naked Sci 21 Jan 13: Norovirus and the helical roots of tunnels
Wed 13 Feb 2013
This week Dr Chris and colleagues investigate the potentcy of norovirus and new into...
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Naked Science
Mon 11 Feb 2013
A new invention that could see street lamps transmitting data to our cars; a ew and in...
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Greenland's Ice
Thu 31 Jan 2013
Dr Jason Box, founder of the Dark Snow project, joins Dr Rhod and Dr Karl to discuss...
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Naked Sci 28 Jan 13: Soaking up oil slicks and DNA data storage
Mon 28 Jan 2013
Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with the week's science news including; DNA may actually...
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24 Jan 13
Thu 24 Jan 2013
Dr Karl discusses why boiling water turns to steam and ice so quickly in very cold...
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Naked Scientist: 14 Jan 13: Restore Hearing
Mon 14 Jan 2013
On this week's edition, a drug that can restore hearing to deaf ears, and the answer...
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Global warning and nasal products (yuk)
Thu 10 Jan 2013
Dr Karl joins Rhod Sharp to discuss global warming and answer the really burning posed...
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27 Dec12: Top 10 Science Events of 2012
Thu 27 Dec 2012
This week we find out why cells in a honeycomb are hexagonal? What was before the big...
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Naked Sci: 24 Dec 12 Does Christmas cure cancer?
Christmas Eve 2012
For Christmas, Dr Chris Smith and the team join Dotun for a look at the lighter side...
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20/12/12:Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
Thu 20 Dec 2012
On the latest edition of Dr Karl, we find out if ice conducts electricity the same way...
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13 Dec 12
Thu 13 Dec 2012
A british team exploring ice two miles down in Antarctica that hasn't seen the light a...
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Naked Sci 10 Dec 12: Regenerating heart cells and the upside of having children
Mon 10 Dec 2012
Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists with a closer look at some of this week's science a...
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Norovirus, blood types and wandering planets
Thu 6 Dec 2012
Dr Chris, the Naked Scientist stands in for Dr Rhod tonight and fields questions about...
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Naked Scientist: Headers and doctored pics.
Wed 5 Dec 2012
The naked scientists ask if taking headers can cause brain damage, how to spot and go...
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Jim Lovell's Calculations
Sat 1 Dec 2012
A look at Jim Lovell's life-saving calculations on board Apollo 13 a few hours after...
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Bacteria, teeth, the Sun and moving trains
Thu 29 Nov 2012
Bacteria on the teeth, the age of the Sun and what's it called when you're on a train...
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The Golden Hour, 4G and missing acorns
Thu 22 Nov 2012
Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to discuss different approaches to CPR and emergency medicine,...
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19 Nov 12
Mon 19 Nov 2012
A molecular whodunit involving MRSA, gene therapy for epilepsy, and whether women are...
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The roaming planet
Thu 15 Nov 2012
As Chinese communist party prepares to unveil its new leaders Dr Karl discusses the of...
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Naked Sci 12 Nov 12: Ash dieback and autophagia
Mon 12 Nov 2012
Dr Chris and colleagues with weeks science news, a close look at ash dieback disease...
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Brain Freeze explained - almost
Thu 1 Nov 2012
In this edition: in 2010, the USA used 98 quadrillion British Thermal Units (BTUs) of...
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Naked Sci 22 Oct 12: How the Moon was made
Mon 29 Oct 2012
The Naked Scientists join Dotun to explain the new theories on the formation of the we...
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Naked Sci 29 Oct 12: Fighting bacterial fire with fire
Mon 29 Oct 2012
Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with science news. This week; fighting bacterial fire to...
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Naked Sci 17 Sep 12: Shiniest fruits and online voters
Sun 28 Oct 2012
Dr Chris and colleagues share the latest science news with Dotun Adebayo.
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Soap and Salt
Thu 25 Oct 2012
Are the seas getting saltier and where does soap come from. Dr Karl explains.
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18th October 2012
Thu 18 Oct 2012
Dr Rhod and Dr Karl discuss the health effects on the body of 鈥榯he man who fell to...
