5 Live Science Podcast

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer questions on the Ig Nobel Prize and Junk DNA.

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.

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.

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions

Kat Arney and the Naked Scientists tackle the questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer questions about the threat from meteoroids, sonic booms and burning rubbish for power.

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists go behind the scenes and explore the world of animation. Plus the week's science news.

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions on the science of dusk and why we have time zones.

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions on space travel, distant suns and washing up.

Georgia and Connie investigate psychoactive substances.

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.

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.

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.

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they answer the science questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.

Kat Arney and the Naked Scientist team look for wildlife in the urban jungle.

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?

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they answer the science questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.

Dr Karl answers all your science based questions with Rhod Sharp

Graihagh Jackson and the Naked Scientists explore how scientists are tackling stress. What happens when you start to worry?

Naked Scientists with the week's hottest science stories

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at this week's breaking science news stories - including a spider silk violin.

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?

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…

Pathologist Dr Alison Cluroe talks Dr Chris Smith through a post-mortem