

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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Feb 20, 2016 • 50min
5 live Science
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.

Feb 18, 2016 • 49min
Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr. Karl
Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr. Karl to answer science questions

Feb 13, 2016 • 50min
5 live Science: Valentines: 13 Feb 16
Georgia Mills and Khalil Thirlaway look at the science of romance and love.

Feb 11, 2016 • 49min
Dr Karl
What are gravitational waves and would their discovery be the biggest of the decade in Physics? And do weather conditions affect mobile phone signals.

Feb 6, 2016 • 50min
Food For Thought
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.

Feb 4, 2016 • 49min
Dr Karl
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.

Jan 30, 2016 • 51min
5 live Science
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.

Jan 28, 2016 • 43min
Dr Karl
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?

Jan 23, 2016 • 50min
Hibernation
How animals and plants hibernate. Plus how scientists are protecting the public from high-pitched sounds.

Jan 21, 2016 • 24min
Dr Karl
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.