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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

5 live Science 05.12.2015

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at what we can do to stop Climate Change and how we can predict flooding.

Dr Karl 04.12.2015

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

The Naked Scientists: sugar consumption and 100 years of general relativity 28.11.2015

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at how we can cut down our consumption of sugar. Plus general relativity celebrates its 100th birthday.

Dr Karl: KIC 8462852 26.11.2015

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including; kepler recently discovering something unusual in the light variations coming from the star KIC 8462852

5 live Science 21.11.2015

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at the world of big data and what it means for the United Kingdom. Plus, we’ll hear from the scientist who is storing his data using DNA!

Dr Karl:Long-haul flights,carbon fibre & green comets 19.11.2015

Dr Karl answers your science questions including why long haul flights are bad for you, why carbon fibre is so strong, and where the green meteors are coming from.

08/11/2015 15.11.2015

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they answer the questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks. Plus do sharks really not get cancer?

Dr Karl: Food allergy tests & growing hair 12.11.2015

This week Dr Karl discusses gowing hair, inaccurate food allergy tests & why being aroused can make you sneeze

5 live Science 07.11.2015

Join Kat Arney and the Naked Scientists as they explore what the future hold for motorists, and how good this generation of electric cars are.

Dr Karl: Eyes and nitrogen 05.11.2015

Dr Karl discusses how the human body uses nitrogen, and the science of vision.

Who owns Mars? 31.10.2015

Join Chris Smith and the team as they debate whether humans should go to Mars, and who would own it if we made it to the Red Planet.

Dr Karl: Red meat and cancer 29.10.2015

This week Dr Karl answers your questions on red meat, cancer plus human cells

5 Live Science Podcast 24.10.2015

This week on 5 Live Science we find out about a development for patients in a vegitative state, a new method for coating steel, plus why some monkeys howl louder than others.

Dr Karl: Atoms and Rapid Evaporation 22.10.2015

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

5 Live Science 17.10.2015

Join Dr Chris Smith and the team for '5 live Science'

Dr Karl: Global warming & building seperation 15 Oct 15 15.10.2015

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

Astronaut Training 10.10.2015

Join Chris Smith and the team as they launch Mars Month. Is it possible to send someone to the red planet? And what does it take to be an astronaut?

Dr Karl: Energy, Evolution and Evaporation 08.10.2015

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

Extinct Animals and Answers to your questions 03.10.2015

Chris Smith and the team as they discover what colour extinct animals were. Plus the answers to the science questions you have been sending in.

Dr Karl 01.10.2015

Science Journalist Wendy Zuckerman and Dr Amanda Bauer from the Australian Astronomical Observatory join Rhod to answer your science related questions.

5 live Science: How To Save A Life 26.09.2015

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at the science of saving lives. In an emergency, what makes the difference between life and death.

Dr Karl 24 Sep 15 24.09.2015

With Dr Karl on his travels, science journalist Wendy Zuckerman and Dr Amanda Bauer from the Australian Astronomical Observatory step in to field your questions on the weird and wonderful world of science.

Naked Scientists - Invisibility Cloaks, Caffeine and Climate Change 19.09.2015

Naked Scientists - Invisibility Cloaks, Caffeine and Climate Change

5 live Science: New Human Species & Education 12.09.2015

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at the changing face of science education. Plus the latest on the new human-like species that was discovered this week.

Dr Karl 10.09.2015

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including; why more hair makes you more attractive and less hair more intelligent.

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