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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Naked Scientist 08 Oct 12: Painkilling venom and a seismic shake-up
Tue 9 Oct 2012
A new genetic test for babies, does the black mamba's venom contain a better than and...
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Naked Science 01 Oct 12: Staying young with stem cells
Mon 1 Oct 2012
Can a dose of stem cells keep you youthful? And why do foetal cells trespass into the...
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and friends
Thu 27 Sep 2012
Dr Karl is joined by human evolution and anthropology expert Elizabeth Hagen and Simon...
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Naked Sci 24 Sep 12: Bingeing rats, pony tails and thinking thin
Tue 25 Sep 2012
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with a weeks worth of science news including:...
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20 Sep 12
Thu 20 Sep 2012
Dr Rhod and Dr Karl are joined by Professor Geraint Lewis, an expert on Astrophysics,...
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Science of smells and gravity waves
Thu 13 Sep 2012
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are prefaced, in this edition, by two science stories; gas clouds...
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Naked Science
Mon 10 Sep 2012
Dr Chris and the team tell Dotun Adebayo a little about the science involved in the to...
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23Aug12: Mosquito bites
Thu 23 Aug 2012
On the latest edition: Dr Karl looks at the advances in stem cell research.
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16 Aug 12
Thu 16 Aug 2012
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss string theory, why medicine can't yet replace cartilage go...
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Naked Scientist 13 Aug 12: Healing hearts, helping epileptics and where's the water coming
Mon 13 Aug 2012
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists find out about pacemakers for the brain, new...
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9 Aug12 Mars Curiosity
Thu 9 Aug 2012
On the latest edition of the Naked Scientist: More on the Mars Curiosity expedition.
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6Aug12: Nasa's Mission to Mars
Mon 6 Aug 2012
On the latest edition of the Naked Scientist: NASA's mission to the red planet.
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Naked Scientist: Sir Steve Redgrave on the 2012 Games
Mon 30 Jul 2012
In this edition - It's the first week of the 2012 Olympics, and the Naked Scientists...
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Mine! Mine! Mine! Just what are those seagulls saying?
Thu 26 Jul 2012
Dr Rhod and Dr Karl discuss blood pressure (What affects it?), long bridges (How do to...
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Naked Scientists
Mon 23 Jul 2012
Dr Chris Smith tells Dotun about the rage of rats and new developments in our of DNA...
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Energy efficiency for fun and profit
Thu 19 Jul 2012
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are on hand to answer science questions posed by our texters, and...
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Naked Scientists
Mon 16 Jul 2012
Dr Chris Smith and company talk trout snouts, galaxies with no stars and discuss a new...
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The God Particle
Fri 13 Jul 2012
Rhod Sharp and Dr Karl are joined by Steven Goldfarb from CERN to answer questions the...
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Naked Scientist: Life after Higgs and explosive secrets
Mon 9 Jul 2012
Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with the week's science news. Do we have the a...
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The Higgs Boson and all that
Thu 5 Jul 2012
The discovery of the Higgs Boson is the focus of the debate. Dr Karl tells us it could...
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How much should you chew?
Mon 2 Jul 2012
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss how much you should chew food, why some substances conduct...
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Rifling and salty water
Thu 28 Jun 2012
Andy Crane sits in for Rhod Sharp, and he and Dr Karl discuss why rifle bullets fly...
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Naked Scientist
Mon 25 Jun 2012
The Naked Scientist describes how to win friends and influence people, how to halt and...
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the Multiverse
Fri 22 Jun 2012
On the latest edition of Dr Karl -why we need the Multiverse, why the earth's core is...
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Plants that punish animals
Mon 18 Jun 2012
On the Naked Scientists this week... why ministers say A levels aren鈥檛 up to scratch...
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Lengthy hairs, monatomic gold and breathing in particles
Thu 14 Jun 2012
Dr Karl and Dr Giles explore questions about hair length, the existence of monatomic a...
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Naked Scientist
Mon 11 Jun 2012
A look at ways to predict where Malaria may strike, and a way to help dyslexics read...
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Tastebuds, Water and Tracking Venus
Thu 7 Jun 2012
Dr Karl discusses the transit of Venus. We discuss the quirky characteristics of find...
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Naked Scientist
Mon 4 Jun 2012
This week Dr Chris Smith has spent time finding out about the science being done in of...
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Botany Bay
Thu 31 May 2012
This week find out how Botany Bay increased our understanding of the world and whether...
