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.
Episodes
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May 7, 2015 • 49min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer listeners' questions about the world of science.
May 2, 2015 • 49min
5live Science: Naked Scientists Volcanoes
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories. This week they take a look at Volcanoes.
Apr 30, 2015 • 48min
Dr Karl
Dr karl joins Rhod for his usual exploration of the world of science. This week; measuring the universe,why do we close our eyes when we sneeze and Orbital engines.
Apr 25, 2015 • 50min
5 live Science: Multiple Sclerosis, Mosquitoes & Bees
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories. This week; why your genes might make you irrestiable to mosquitoes and how the bee has a taste for insecticide.
Apr 23, 2015 • 49min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer listeners' questions about the world of science
Apr 18, 2015 • 50min
5 live Science: Extending life and defying death
Striving for immortality: this week we explore the feasibility of eternal life. We talk to the UK's first man to have himself frozen for the future, a US doctor explains how a person can be resuscitated after an hour submerged in icy water, and physicist Michio Kaku speculates on the future existence of a "library of souls" where we live forever as a computer programme inside a robot. Plus, news of why knuckles go crack, how the brain decodes quickly and slowly repeating sounds, how Salmonella can be used to combat cancer and why men get competitive when it comes to sponsoring a woman.
Apr 17, 2015 • 48min
Tech Phone In
Fevzi Turkalp, editor of the free tech advice website GadgetDetective.com answers your technology questions.
Apr 16, 2015 • 48min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl answers all your questions in the world of science.
Apr 11, 2015 • 50min
5 live Science: How the Moon was formed
Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories. This week: new evidence on how the moon was formed, how the length of your ring finger can predict your marathon time, and the effect your immune system can have on your brain.
Apr 9, 2015 • 48min
Dr Karl
Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions.
