5 Live Science Podcast

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. Money might not grow on trees but gold does, the most distant galaxy spotted by astronomers and a step towards a potential cure for baldness.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss why birds can safely stand on power lines, strange sunrises around wildfires and do we always see the same side of the moon?

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. There's also the battle with superbugs, searching for the abominable snowman and a fossilised mosquito’s last meal.

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to ponder condensation in bungalows, phonecalls from Mars and the case for sitting backwards on planes.

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss the week's Nobel Prize winners, lonely planets adrift in space and the science behind why we kiss each other.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss, amongst other things, how to deal with hiccups.

This week, a new breakthrough in how HIV spreads. Mice that are immune to jetlag. Also, two of Britain's leading thinkers consider the maximum human population the Earth can sustain.

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl are joined by Jason Dunn, chief technology officer for Made In Space Inc, the company sending a 3D printer to the International Space Station.

This week, a possible new treatment for Parkinson's Disease, a new way to solve the problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, an animal with a tide-predicting brain circuit and the plastic surgical challenges of growing new noses on foreheads.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss how it is that the America's Cup boats can sail at double the speed of the prevailing wind, plus how to minimise the drag on golf balls and an interlude on the Oort Cloud in our solar system.

Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists explore the week's science news. This week there's a focus on the protozoan that may be affecting human brains.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss sonic booms, ageing, and why onions make you cry.

On this week's edition, a breakthrough in stem cell research and how BBC television programmes such as Eastenders can affect your speech.

The Naked Scientists discuss bovine tuberculosis in badgers, parabolic reflectors and dropping pennies from tall buildings.

On 5 Live's Energy Day, Dr Karl & Dr Rhod take questions on energy - and lots more.

This week in the final show from Perth in Western Australia. Chris Smith and Victoria Gill find out how camouflage wetsuits could protect surfers from sharks, hear about a new development in muscular dystrophy treatment, and how sea sponges might be used to mend fractures.

With Andy Murray on court at Flushing Meadows there's time for just one question for Dr Karl. Normal service will be resumed next week.

Dr Chris Smith aka the Naked Scientist investigates Australia's national science week from Perth, studying bottle nose dolphins, how DNA technology is unlocking secrets to the past, present and future, and how to educate children who live hundreds of miles from schools.

In this edition comedian Dr Tim Minchin joins Dr Karl and Dr Rhod. They consider the science of musical composition, sound at night and other golden nuggets!

The team report back from down under for Australia's National Science Week

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the flow of molasses, flu remedies and how light from distant stars can take us back almost as far as the big bang.

We discuss how the nuclear fusion plant in France is doing, and talk with Professor Randy Nelson about his research on which colour of light is the best for night-shift staff to work in.

Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists with the latest since news including nanoscale thermometers and the salt water plumes of Saturn's moon, Enceladus, explained.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod look at dark matter, some quantum physics and discuss whether seedless grapes are GM foods.

The Naked Scientists discuss how dolphins call each other by their names, why some people get allergies, and how an embryo is formed.