5 Live Science Podcast

Are there different types of hot weather? How close are rainbows when we observe them? And how long would it take to drive to the Moon?

The Naked Scientists look at a touch sensitive soft skin for robots and ask 'Do cats really land on their feet'?

Join Chris Smith and Kat Arney as they tackle the science questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.

Professor Clare Collins joins Dr Karl to answer your diet questions

What would happen if you threw an apple out of the ISS? Are itches just our imagination?

The Naked Scientists look at dramatic new cancer treatment results, do we have more bacterial than human cells in our bodies and how bees are coping with the cold.

Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr. Karl to answer science questions

Georgia Mills and Khalil Thirlaway look at the science of romance and love.

What are gravitational waves and would their discovery be the biggest of the decade in Physics? And do weather conditions affect mobile phone signals.

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at how food gets from the field to your fork. Plus 'bed bugs' are biting back, and the week's science news.

Does snow evaporate even at freezing temperatures? Could the black hole at the centre of our galaxy ever go into a quasar phase? And why do cats open their mouths to smell.

Chris Smith and the team look at the week's science news including how seagrass might keep the world fed in future and why sixteen whales beached themselves across Europe. The team also go inside the science of a Black Hole.

Do sunglasses impede cricketers in the field? Is toast better with stale bread? And why might a bucket of boiling water freeze faster when put outside than a bucket at room temperature?

How animals and plants hibernate. Plus how scientists are protecting the public from high-pitched sounds.

5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, plus Dr Chris and Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the hottest science news stories and analysis.

Chris Smith and the team look at the week's science news including a new therapy for leukemia, a massive deep space explosion & whether detoxing really works.

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

What makes you, you? Join Graihagh Jackson as she asks what makes us unique, and why some people (like her brother) have a six pack, and she doesn't.

"If a Googol is the number one followed by one hundred zeros, what is a Googolplex"

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists take a scientific look at some of our favourite festive traditions

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to discuss what happens if you fire a bullet while travelling at the speed of sound, how we can tackle the spectre of antibiotic resistance, and why the earth's core burns.

Join Chris Smith and the team as they look at how to save one of Earth's most precious resources - soil. Plus the physics behind dogs drinking water, and the week's science news.

Dr Karl answers your science questions, including how the Starship Enterprise could have gravity on board, what's the difference between shop-bought and home-brewed beer, and is it more fuel efficient to run on a full tank of petrol or a half?

Kat Arney and the team look at how technology is influencing the way we listen to, and compose music. Plus the latest science news.

Dr Karl joins Dr Nomia to answer listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including smoking's effect on the body, and whether antibiotics can cause nightmares.