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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Jan 20, 2014 • 25min
Naked Scientists: 20 Jan 14: Spaceweather
Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to talk weather in space, the potential benefits of shooting rhinos and managing the anger of others
Jan 16, 2014 • 46min
Heat, cold and blue lights
Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl once again to discuss the problems of heat, freezing carbon and why bright white lights at bedtime may be a problem.
Jan 13, 2014 • 23min
NAKED SCIENTISTS: 13 Jan 14: Slug glue
Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss how caffeine might help memory and how a glue inspired by slugs may help keyhole surgery.
Jan 9, 2014 • 49min
09 JAN 14
Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl to discuss bird flu, and entropy, among other science related questions.
Jan 6, 2014 • 24min
Naked Scientist: 6 Jan 14: Christmas over-indulgence
This week, in the wake of near universal Christmas over-indulgence, researchers have announced the discovery of the nerve cells in the brain that make us like calorie-rich, sweet things. Plus, what does 2014 have in store for us scientifically?
Jan 2, 2014 • 50min
Fruit and Veg
Dr Chris Smith steps in for Dr Karl to discuss Newton's laws, plus why potatoes boil faster than they roast ...when an oven's hotter than the boiling temperature of water.
Dec 23, 2013 • 27min
Naked Scientists
With a special, festively-themed Naked Scientists, Dr Chris and the
crew explore some of the science of Christmas...
Dec 19, 2013 • 50min
19 Dec 13
Dr Karl joins Dr John (who's in for Dr Rhod) and they discuss the efficacy of herbal supplements, the properties of quarks and whether striking the sides of jar lids helps in opening them.
Dec 16, 2013 • 24min
Naked Sci 16 Dec 13: Mozart, brains and Xmas dinners
Does Mozart make you brainier? The jury may be out. And what does Christmas lunch do to your intestinal microbes...
Dec 12, 2013 • 49min
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions on science
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.
