

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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Sep 6, 2014 • 50min
5 live Science: Emailing your doctor and personalised medecine
Dr Chris Smith looks at emailing your doctor and personalised medecine.

Sep 5, 2014 • 47min
Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions
Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions

Sep 5, 2014 • 40min
Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions
Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions

Aug 30, 2014 • 50min
5 live Science: Nanoparticles and Global Warming
Naked Scientist Chris Smith teams up with Simon Morton from Radio New Zealand’s This Way Up programme to discuss nanoparticles, UV light and plants, multiple sclerosis and global warming.

Aug 23, 2014 • 50min
5live Science: Passport photos, Breastfeeding & food
The latest scientific discoveries and news. This week: passport photo recognition, connecting breastfeeding to postnatal depression and we take a look at the science of food

Aug 16, 2014 • 50min
5 live Science: Lasers, Ebola and Life on Mars
This week, in the first of two special editions of the programme, Dr Chris Smith of the Naked Scientists is joined by panel of New Zealand scientists to talk about their latest work, along with Simon Morton from Radio New Zealand's 'This Way Up' programme. They will hear how lasers are being used to sort sperm for the dairy industry, and why radio transmitters are being strapped to the backs of bees.

Aug 15, 2014 • 47min
5live Science: Super moons and 3D printing
5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, with the hottest science news stories and analysis. Topics include super moons, battery chargers and 3D printing.

Aug 9, 2014 • 50min
5 Live Science: Video Games, Diabetes and The Diamond Light Source
This week from the Naked Scientists - from Call of Duty to Pokémon Heart of Gold, are video games bad for our kids? Why mathematician Alan Turing is still influencing new discoveries 60 years after his death, the fat bears that could lead to a treatment for diabetes, we hear about the possibility of energy from oil eating microbes, and we take a longer look at the diamond light source – Britain’s biggest scientific machine.

Aug 2, 2014 • 50min
5 live Science: Marine Biology, Sea Birds and Coral Reefs
Naked Scientist Chris Smith with the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs - this episode is a special edition recorded at the Cambridge Science Centre and looks at topics including how animals survive in the cold and what's being done to save coral reefs.

Jul 31, 2014 • 46min
5 live Science: Athletics and Electric Cars
5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, with the hottest science news stories and analysis. Topics include athletics, electric cars and cigarette smoke.