

5 Live Science Podcast
BBC Radio 5 Live
5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.
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Jul 14, 2016 • 48min
Dr Karl
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?

Jul 9, 2016 • 50min
5 live Science
Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they answer the science questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.

Jul 7, 2016 • 48min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers all your science based questions with Rhod Sharp

Jul 6, 2016 • 50min
Science & Stress 28th May 2016
Graihagh Jackson and the Naked Scientists explore how scientists are tackling stress. What happens when you start to worry?

Jul 2, 2016 • 50min
Naked Scientists with the week's hottest science stories
Naked Scientists with the week's hottest science stories

Jun 30, 2016 • 48min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

Jun 25, 2016 • 27min
The Spider Silk Violin
Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at this week's breaking science news stories - including a spider silk violin.

Jun 23, 2016 • 48min
Dr Karl
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?

Jun 19, 2016 • 22min
The Future of the Prosthetics Industry
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…

Jun 18, 2016 • 51min
What happens during a post-mortem?
Pathologist Dr Alison Cluroe talks Dr Chris Smith through a post-mortem