BBC Radio 5 Live

5 Live Science Podcast

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5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.

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BBC Radio 5 Live

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Science

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www.bbc.co.uk

Latest episode

Jan 12, 2025

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Episodes

Bianca Nogrady : Australian fires, dolphin snot and puffin tools 02.01.2020

Bianca Nogrady sits in for Dr Karl and talks about the fires in Australia, dolphin snot and puffins that use tools.

A trip down memory lane: science in 2019, month by month 29.12.2019

The Naked Scientist team look back on a year of sensational science bring us their favourite moments from 2019.

5 Live Science Christmas Special 24.12.2019

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with their Christmas Special, looking at how many miles you need to run to work off Christmas Dinner, and whether ear size could be used to track down Santa.

Is fat worse than sugar, and can you die of a broken heart? 22.12.2019

Chris Smith and The Naked Scientists tackle the science questions you've been sending in, including why the universe is expanding and how fast is it doing it; is fat worse than sugar; and can you really die of a broken heart?

Dr Petr: Speed of light, particles and memory 19.12.2019

It's relativity, particles and memory which tests the knowledge of Dr Petr Lebedev who stands in for Dr Karl and speaks to Rahul Tandon.

Lab-grown skin, avalanches and the sun's magnetic field 15.12.2019

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team talk to scientists growing new skin, what causes avalanches and how to survive them and new insights into our sun's magnetic field. The hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs.

Dr. Karl 12.12.2019

What would a Martian look like?

Climate change, virtual reality gloves and the perfect hangover remedy? 08.12.2019

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team answer your questions and take a look at the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs. Including is a carbon neutral future even feasible? The team take a look at the new gloves that enable you to reach out and touch virtual reality. Can new organs be grown in a lab? Plus have scientists in India discovered the perfect hangover remedy.

Dr Karl: Baking Bread, Aqua Energy and Dried Cereal On Your Breakfast Bowl 05.12.2019

Dr Alice Motion joins Bianca Nogrady and Rhod to answer your science questions. They discuss why dried Weetabix is so hard to get off the bowl and a caller offers some bread glazing advice.

Glow Worms And Space Tourism 01.12.2019

Put on some safety goggles as Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team ignite your bunsen burners with the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs. They also answer your questions including how do glow worms glow? Why don't birds fall out of trees when they nod off? And will we see budget space tourism in the future?

Dr Karl: Carbon Capture, Micro-Plastics and Human Progression 29.11.2019

Bianca Nogrady joins Rhod to answer your science questions.

Dr Karl: Virtual Reality, Sharks and Hydrogen Cars 21.11.2019

Rhod is joined by Bianca Nogrady to answer your science questions, including bananas and antimatter, wetsuits and sharks and butterflies in your stomach.

Electricity, hiccups and the power of phenomics 17.11.2019

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team find out about the new solar material to give panels a boost, how hiccups evolved to help babies to learn, 3D TV coming to a screen near you, and are we on the brink of a revolution in medicine. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

Dr Karl: The Moon, Particle Physics, and Quantum computers 14.11.2019

Why are some bits of the visible moon darker than others? What's the large hadron collider for? And what might quantum computers do for science?

Recycling 10.11.2019

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news and a special look at recycling.

Dr Karl: Carbon, Trees and Fizzy Drinks 07.11.2019

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

5 live Science 03.11.2019

What is A.I, why do some people hate coriander, and what's a panic attack?

Dr Karl 31.10.2019

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl to answer your science questions about comet orbits, quantum encryption, long-distance radio reception and more.

5 live Science 27.10.2019

Chris Smith and The Naked Scientists report on the first all female spacewalk, an artificial leaf that soaks up CO2 and a new drug for fighting flu.

Dr Karl wonders if you can use the Earth's magnetic field to generate electricity. 24.10.2019

Dr Karl answers your questions about using the Earth's magnetic field to generate electricity, and whether or not we know when the next volcanic island will rise from the sea bed.

5 live Science 20.10.2019

Put on some safety goggles as Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team ignite your bunsen burners with the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

Dr Karl 17.10.2019

Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl and dietitian Claire Collins, to take your science questions. Questions this week include; "what is the most nutritious way to prepare veg" and "do certain vegetables have different dietary values"?

5 Live Science 13.10.2019

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with science news, stories and analysis. Topics include the science of gene therapy and how whales talk to their babies.

Dr Karl 11.10.2019

Bianca Nogrady sits in for Dr Karl to answer your science questions with Rhod Sharp.

The Naked Scientists - Your Science Questions Answered 06.10.2019

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis. In this week's edition, they answer questions including Who's fitter? A rugby player or a footballer? And Who's better at climbing? A spider or a gecko?

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