BBC Radio Podcasts from 5 Live Science Podcast

Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams

The latest science news, plus Titans of Science returns with Marc Abrahams.

Titans of Science: David Baker

What to expect in 2025, plus a conversation with the chemistry Nobel laureate David Baker

Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

A look back at the year in science and Jocelyn Bell Burnell features in Titans of Science

A gaming special & The best of 2024

A gaming special, plus a look back at some of 2024's top science stories.

OCD, Obesity, and Dark Comets

The latest science news, plus an in-depth look at obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Nuclear power, AI weather forecasts, and Do crabs feel pain?

Science news, plus an in-depth look at the potential benefits of nuclear energy.

The ambition to eliminate HIV transmission by 2030

On World AIDS Day we examine the ambition to eliminate HIV transmission around the world.

Vampire bats, Leeches, and Diet-conscious spiders

The latest science news, including new research on vampire bats and spiders' diets.

Weight loss jabs, COP29, and Brainy birds

Science news, plus a look at whether weight loss jabs could solve the obesity crisis.

Smartphones, Black holes, and Pompeii

Science news, plus a look at whether smartphones can harm children's development.

Election interference, Mpox, and A lost city

Science news, plus a look at how technology could swing the outcome of the US election.

Cancer, Clock changes, Life on Jupiter?

Science news, plus an in-depth look at the spacecraft looking for life on Jupiter's moons

Vegan diets, New forms of insulin, and Meteor origins

Science news, plus an in-depth look at whether vegan diets are really good for us.

Brain injuries, Man-eating lions, and the Nobel Prize

Science news, Nobel Prize winners explained, and an in-depth look at brain injuries.

Lockdown legacy, Brian Cox, Electric car espionage?

Science news, Brian Cox interviewed, and a look at the legacy of the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Fruity vapes, Ancient cheese, and Cancer vaccines

The risks of fruity vapes, how cheese was found with an ancient mummy, and cancer vaccines

Engineering new solutions to climate change

Science news plus an in-depth look at fresh engineering solutions to climate change.

COVID-19 lockdowns, nuclear waste and puffins

Science news and we discuss COVID-19 lockdowns, nuclear waste and puffins.

Digging up new uses for old mines

Science news and how disused mines can be used to store energy and for scientific research

Mpox, smoking and the ISS

Smoking laws, stranded astronauts, and we put Mpox under the microscope.

Is there a link between some cosmetics and cancer?

Science news, and is there a link between some cosmetics and cancer? We investigate.

Mpox, Clever Horses, and Circadian Rhythms

Mpox, clever horses and circadian rhythm expert Russell Foster on our body clock.

Aliens, Dark Energy and Brian Schmidt

Science news, a guide to aliens, plus the man who gave us dark energy, Brian Schmidt.

Bird flu, fog harvesting and dark matter

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss bird flu, fog harvesting and dark matter.

Extreme athletic performance

Science news and an in-depth look at how athletes compete at the highest level.

Why do seagulls try to steal your chips?

Science news and we discuss why seagulls keep trying to steal your chips.

Covid app findings, AI writing, and brainy birds

Findings from NHS Covid app data, AI writing, and the cognitive behaviour of birds.

Long Covid, Mosquitos and Formula 1

Science news and we discuss long Covid, Mosquitos and the science behind in Formula 1.

Titans of Science: Geoffrey Hinton

Science news, and we speak to the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton.

E. coli, DNA sniffing, and tracking trees

Science news, and how our changing climate is affecting trees.

Mini-guts, the universe as a bagel, gambling addiction

Mini-guts, the universe as a bagel, plus a look into what causes gambling addiction.

Neurological diseases, carbon dioxide and dark matter

Science news and we discuss neurological diseases, carbon dioxide and dark matter.

Genetically modified mosquitos, and is the AI bubble about to burst?

Science news, plus a look at generative AI as we ask: is the AI bubble about to burst?

5 Live Science Podcast 26th May

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news, stories & analysis.

The Science of Language

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team take a look at the science of language.

Scientists find their first rocky planet with an atmosphere

The hottest science news, stories and analysis from Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists.

Zero Gravity

Science news and breakthroughs. We also discover how zero gravity affects the body.

ADHD, sinking cities, and cleaning up oil spills

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news. Plus, a special look at ADHD.

Smoking and vaping controls, the remains of the largest sea reptile, volcanic ash and jet engines and food production

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Artificial platelets, Bonobos and a tribute to Peter Higgs

Science news and we discuss artificial platelets, Bonobos and a tribute to Peter Higgs.

Belly fat, BRCA gene and synthetic opioids

Science news and we discuss belly fat, BRCA gene and synthetic opioids.

Why whooping cough cases are surging and looking for life on Europa

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at a spike in whooping cough cases.

COVID-19, 4 years on.

Science news and we discuss COVID-19, 4 years on.

Cyber Crimes in Cyber Times

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist look into the world of cyber-attacks.

The gene that turns Labradors into gluttons, migratory birds and the oldest known dead galaxy.

The team discuss the gene that turns Labradors into gluttons and migratory birds.

Lithium batteries, human tails and the science behind potholes

Science news and we discuss lithium batteries, how did we lose our tails? And potholes.

Whale songs, fake fossils and "Forever Chemicals"

Science news and we discuss whale songs, fake fossils and "Forever Chemicals"

Dengue fever, sense of humour and fish skin

Science news and we discuss dengue fever in Brazil, sense of humour and fish skin.

Blueberries, cancer waiting lists and assisted dying

Science news and we discuss cancer waiting lists and how pollution affect insects.

Elon Musk's brain implants and the science of shipping

Science news, brain implants, a spine exhibition and the science of shipping

Retinas, biological cells and pond skater insects.

Science news and we discuss retinas, biological cells and pond skater insects.

The Black Death, wine measures and pot holes

Science news and we discuss the black death, wine measures and pot holes.

Titans of Science: Professor Deborah Prentice

Science news and we speak to psychologist Professor Deborah Prentice.

Measles, Terror Chatbots and the Microbiome

Measles, Terror Chatbots and the Microbiome

Quantum Leap

A look back on some of 2023’s scientific discoveries and what we should expect in 2024.

Christmas science stories and computer games

Christmas science and a look at some of the best computer games you can play.

Titans of Science: Chris Hadfield

Science news and we speak to former astronaut Chris Hadfield.

Covid Inquiry, fossilised trees in the Fens, and getting Britons moving

James Tytko presents science news, and how to confront the UK’s activity crisis.

COP28, swine flu, Bennu asteroid and digital twins.

Science news and we discuss COP28, swine flu, the Bennu asteroid and digital twins.

Cyber attacks, red wine headaches and Parkinson’s disease

Science news and we discuss the COVID enquiry, red wine headaches and Parkinson’s disease.

Chickenpox, Champion Jockeys and Light Speed

Science news and analysis. Including the decision to give chickenpox vaccines to kids.

Anastrozole, COP 28, hedgehogs and the James Webb space telescope

Science news and we discuss Anastrozole, the COP 28 summit and the James Webb telescope.

Winter flu, AI Summit, Cockney accent and the COVID enquiry

Science news and we discuss the winter flu, the AI Summit and the Cockney accent.

Long COVID, Hurricanes and "Spooky" Organisms.

Science news and we discuss long COVID, hurricanes and "spooky" organisms.

Mouthguard technology, space junk and Is it time to stop changing the clocks?

Science news and we discuss mouthguard technology, space junk and changing the clocks.

Titans of Science: Dame Sally Davies

Science news and we talk to Dame Sally Davies, former England Chief Medical Officer.

New malaria vaccine, radioactive water and Lord Robert Winston

Science news and we discuss a new malaria vaccine, radioactive water and Nobel Prizes.

Covid vaccine for all variants, and Anthony Fauci in conversation

Science news and we discuss future proof covid jab, antimatter and a super continent.

Spinal cord injury treatments, red fire ants and asteroid samples.

Science news and we discuss spinal cord injury treatments, red fire ants and asteroids.

Titans of Science: Helen Sharman (Part 2)

Science news and we discuss infections, potential vape ban and the legacy of Ian Wilmut.

Titans of Science: Helen Sharman

Science news and we discuss RAAC, the treatment of Sepsis and scents from ancient Egypt.

Eating well without compromising on taste

A summer cooking challenge in the name of eating well without compromising on taste.

India Land on the Moon

Science news, and we find out how much we really know about the moon.

The real Oppenheimer

Science news and an inside look at the reality of the atom bomb.

Q&A

Chris Smith and the panel are answering the science questions you've been sending in.

Artificial Intelligence

Science news plus a look at AI, what can this emerging technology really do for us?

Tackling Depression

Science news plus a look at depression, and how we can help to manage the condition.

Protecting the Oceans

Science news and we look at the ways scientists are trying to protect our planet’s oceans

We answer your questions

This week your questions are going under the microscope.

Light Pollution

Dr Chris Smith presents the science news and light pollution goes under our spotlight.

Titan sub and an HIV vaccine

Science news and we look at how far away we are from an effective HIV vaccine.

UFOs - What do we know?

Science news and we ask what do we know about Unidentified Flying Objects?

Fossils - why there is so much excitement at the moment?

Science news and fossils - why there is so much excitement in this field at the moment?

Alleviating Allergies

Science news and we look at what allergies are, and how we can help fight against them.

Memory, mosquitos and mowing the lawn

Science news and we look at the science of memory.

Your questions answered

Chris Smith and the panel are answering the questions you've been sending in.

Singing fish and building better batteries

Science news and we’re looking at improvements in building batteries.

Sport and concussion injuries

Science news and we investigate the link between sport and concussion injuries.

Obesity

Science news, and a look at the challenge of obesity to our health.

Black Holes and the Dark Side of the Moon

Science news, what are black holes and what would happen if you were to fall into one?

What is Pain?

Chris Berrow with the latest developments and science news. Plus what exactly is pain?

Is There Anybody Out There?

Science news, and we’re asking, “is there anybody out there?” in the universe.

Dinosaur faces, laughing gas, and repairing broken gadgets

Science news, and we look at why it's difficult to repair broken gadgets.

The High Seas Treaty

Science news and we dive into the plan to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030.

Recharging In Nature

Science news, and a look at the value of national parks to our wellbeing.

Q&A: Ask Us Anything

We answer some of the science questions you've been sending to the 5 Live Science team.

What can the Earth tell us about itself?

Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news and a look at the science of tectonics.

Male Pill, Invisible Shrimp, & Fusion Power in Future?

Science news, and we look at the likelihood of commercial fusion power by 2040

Gene therapy, the world's biggest penguin, and the threat from bird flu

Gene therapy, the world's biggest penguin, and the threat from bird flu

Quakes, bad indoor air, and will we be eating bacteria in future?

Science news. Plus the revolutions in farming and food production.

Transplanted brains, sugar taxes and satellites

The week's science news, and a special look at the science of satellites.

Can a chatbot be a good broadcaster?

Science news and we find out if an AI chatbot is any good as a broadcaster!

History of Booze

Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news. And we look at the history of booze.

All aboard 'Boaty McBoatface'

We go aboard RRS Sir David Attenborough, which could have been named 'Boaty McBoatface'.

New Year's Q&A

Dr Chris Smith and expert guests answer your science questions for the New Year.

The Best Of 5 Live Science 2022

We bring you the best of 5 Live Science from 2022.

The Science of Magnetism

Science News and why are scientists so attracted to the topic of magnetism?

8 billion people and counting

Science news. And we ask how many people can the planet really support?

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Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with the latest science news and analysis.

Putting tuberculosis under the microscope

James Tytko presents science news and we’re putting tuberculosis under the microscope.

Your questions answered, including: how do black holes work?

Dr Chris Smith and a panel of experts answer your science questions.

Long Covid

Science news and a look at long covid. What exactly is it, and is it possible to treat?

What happens to our bodies when the clocks change?

Science news and we find out what happens to our bodies when the clocks change.

We See Monsters!

There's the science behind art in Weston-super-Mare, and is gaming good for youngsters?

Cancer accomplices and lost fishing nets.

How cancer cells can use bacteria as accomplices. Plus fishing equipment lost at sea.

Fract or Fiction: We drill down into the science of fracking

Will fracking solve the energy crisis? Plus Exoboots and spotting Alzheimer's earlier.

Science Nobel Winners

The Naked Scientist team take a special look at this week's Science Nobel Prize winners.

A rundown of the Nobel Prizes

Dr Chris Smith looks at the Nobel Prizes and the spacecraft that crashed into an asteroid

How many calories are there in a brain?

We answer your science questions this week.

Dealing with Dogma

A look at scientific dogmas, and how not to fall for dodgy data.

The Human Microbiome

Science news, and we delve into the world of the human microbiome.

Moderna vs Pfizer, Marijuana, Coffee and Cancer, and water water not everywhere...

Moderna vs Pfizer, Marijuana, Coffee and Cancer, and water water not everywhere...

Walking the Solar System without leaving Earth

Dr Chris Smith and the team explore the Solar System from the safety of the Earth.

The new Moderna vaccination and a revolution in kidney transplant treatment

Chris looks at the new Moderna vaccination and discusses kidney transplant treatment.

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Dr Chris Smith discovers why you might want to reintroduce a species into the wild.

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Has Earth had its shortest day ever, and is vaping dangerous?

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Science news and a special look at gene edited food

Chatbots that look like they're alive, and what colour wine bottles to avoid

Science news, including chatbots, wine bottles and the James Webb telescope.

Ghost Pond Resurrection

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Putting Emerging Infections Under The Microscope

Chris Smith is joined by Julia Ravey to examine how emerging infections can spread.

Keeping the lights on with renewable energy

Science news, and how do we keep the lights on with renewable energy?

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Bad Air, 4 day working week and where did chickens come from?

The hottest science news, stories and analysis from Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists.

70 Years of Science Innovation

Chris Smith looks at the scientific highlights from 70 years of the Queen's reign.

Monkeypox, Insight's journey on Mars, and the pros and cons of solar power

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Investigating War Crimes

Dr Chris Smith looks at how forensic archaeologists can uncover evidence of war crimes.

AD FAB

We look at the first pig heart transplant and the science of advertising.

It's Q 'n' 'May' Time!

Our guests talk about the Raspberry Pi at 10, and studying the Universe's first stars.

Wake up and smell the coffee…

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Dogs, Dingoes and Contagious Cancers

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Hot Cross Puns: Easter Science Q & A

Julia Ravey from the Naked Scientists with a special Easter Q & A episode.

Science in Film

The latest science news, and we look at the science in films.

Buying Breast Milk Online

Science news, and the people who are buying breast milk online.

Covid, Nuclear Energy...and Lettuce!

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Bad Habits

This week we're discussing human habits and why we struggle to make and break them.

Bad Habits

The Naked Scientist team discuss human habits and why we struggle to make and break them.

Cyberwarfare

Science news stories, plus an in-depth look at cyberwarfare.

Making the Invisible Visible

Science news and an in depth look at the science of microscopes.

The Father of Viagra, and a man with an asteroid named after him!

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists answer your science questions.

Xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation, Lassa Fever, and time dilation - all in this week's podcast!

The Origins of Covid 19

Science news and what we know about the origins of Covid 19.

Would Saturn Float?

Your Qs answered on astrophysics, black holes, shrinking squid, and ways to bust anxiety.

Why do we lose our sense of smell?

The week's science news & how can science help those who have lost their sense of smell?

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Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at Covid, sleep, and robotics this week.

The Sword of Damascus, cutting covid isolation

We look at the science behind cutting covid isolation to 5 days

A century of insulin, hedgehogs and MRSA

This week Dr Chris looks at a century since insulin, how hedgehogs gave us MRSA, and more

Good News Science Stories from 2021

Sally Le Page presents some of the best good news science stories from 2021.

A Christmas Quandary

Dr. Chris and gang attempt to solve some of our biggest festive questions.

Life in plastic, is it fantastic?

As the government moves to Plan B - what actually happens when you catch the new variant?

Festive Q&A: Rubies, Robots and Christmas 'Rapping'

This week, your Christmas science questions and a sprinkling of festive fun!

Covid, NASA, and Wood!

We investigate Covid cases across Europe, and NASA crashing into an asteroid!

Climate Change and Covid

As pressure on the NHS intensifies, are Covid vaccine passports on the cards?

Malaria, Mars, and Monstrous Ducks!

This week, it's Q&A time with the team!

Climate Change, Dating and Spiders

Behind the scenes of COP-26, and the science of spiders.

To Plan B, Or Not To Plan B

With high numbers of Covid cases, should the government impose Plan B now?

How Much Did The World's Largest Pumpkin Weigh?

Harry Lewis and the panel tackle the science questions you've been sending in.

All The Small Things

Science news and we delve into the particles that make up the Universe.

Supply Chain Reaction

Science news, plus a special look at global supply chains, and how they're distrupted.

Menopause for thought

Science news and a special look at the menopause.

Off-limits bits of the Universe, and a lack of CO2

It's Q&A time this week as we answer your question and what is causing the CO2 shortage.

Off-limits bits of the Universe, and a lack of CO2

It's Q&A time this week as we answer your question and what is causing the CO2 shortage.

AI vs Sepsis

Science news and how artificial intelligence could help manage sepsis.

What is covid immunity?

Dr Chris Smith with science news. And what does immunity to Covid-19 really mean?

Long Covid

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists science news, and a look at long covid.

Can nature solve the climate crisis for us?

The Naked Scientist team takes a deep dive into the world of carbon sequestration.

Q&A: Bugs, behaviour, and biosensing tech

The Naked Scientist panel answer your science questions.

Will incentives boost Covid vaccine uptake?

Dr Chris Smith and the team look at whether incentives will boost Covid vaccine uptake.

Are we ready for the electric vehicle revolution?

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist look at the electric vehicle revolution.

The beginning of the end of the Covid pandemic?

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Summer Science Q & HEY!

Tackling the latest talking points and answering your science questions.

Are face masks fit for purpose?

A look at face masks, an app that can spot anaemia, and the science of psychedelics.

Are facemasks fit for purpose?

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with the latest science news stories.

Are Covid numbers low enough to remove restrictions?

A look at Lyme disease and whether Covid numbers are low enough to remove restrictions.

Is mixing Covid vaccines a good idea?

Is mixing Covid vaccines a good idea? And we explore the biology of sharks.

Why calories aren't all equal

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team answer your questions.

Covid vaccine hesitancy: What are the reasons?

Dr Chris Smith and the team examine the reasons for Covid vaccine hesitancy.

The Science of the Sun

Dr Chris Smith with science news, plus a special look at the science of the sun

Covid 19 and dogs that can find it, underwater glue, and birdsong.

Science news and a special feature on the science of birdsong.

UFOs, Covid oxygen and the man who found the Titanic

A look at world oxygen supplies, a US investigation into UFOs, and finding the Titanic

Lab-grown Mini-hearts

The hottest science news, stories and analysis from Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists.

Fermented foods: Healthy or all a myth?

Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news, including a fermented food taste test.

Making Homes Cleaner and Greener

Science news, plus a special look at how to make homes cleaner and greener.

The Martian author Andy Weir

Dr Chris Smith with science news and an interview with The Martian author Andy Weir.

The Martian author Andy Weir

Dr Chris Smith with science news stories. Plus an interview with the author, Andy Weir.

Science of Radio

Dr Chris Smith with science news stories. Plus an in depth look at the science of radio.

Seed Science

Science news plus an in depth look at the science of seeds.

The Hospital of the Future

Science news plus an in depth look at what the hospital of the future might look like.

Bitcoins and Blockchains: Cryptocurrency Explained

The Naked Scientists delve into the world of electronic currency.

Covid vaccine trials, a decade since the Fukushima disaster & wine that has been in orbit

The Naked Scientists mark a decade since the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Covid vaccines, what goes down the toilet, and Ancient Egypt.

The Naked Scientists look at why 18 EU countries cancelled their Covid vaccines this week

A meteorite in the driveway, and the carbon footprint of medicinal cannabis

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Vaccinating Variants, and Solar Storms

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at the latest science headlines.

The impact of COVID vaccines, how to fly a helicopter on Mars and the educational cost of lockdown.

Dr Chris Smith looks into whether the COVID vaccines are making a difference.

COVID vaccine efficacy rates and the origins of the coronavirus pandemic

Dr Chris Smith finds out what COVID vaccine efficacy rates actually mean.

Self-experimentation

Science news, plus an in-depth look into when scientists perform self-experimentation.

Mixing vaccines, capturing the 99th element, and the sex lives of crickets

Chris Berrow from the Naked Scientists round up the latest science news.

Vaccine controversy and a look inside the world of medical imaging

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

How are new variants of coronavirus found?

Dr Chris Smith discovers how new variants of the coronavirus are found.

Speeding Up Covid Testing, Predicting Who Gets 'Long Covid', and How Video Games Change How You Think

Chris Berrow from the Naked Scientists rounds up the latest science news.

The science to expect from 2021

Meet the fabulous science we can expect in 2021.

Special Naked Scientist Stories from 2020

Some curious 2020 stories, like a 46,000 year old ice bird, and life on a space shuttle.

Cake, Cows, Climate Change: Best Of 5 Live Science, 2020

The Naked Scientist team reflect on the sensational science we’ve reported on this year.

The new strain of coronavirus, George's Marvellous Medicine, and musical computers

The new strain of coronavirus, George's Marvellous Medicine, and musical computers

The covid vaccine, research into AIDS, and cutting the carbon in crisps

The Naked Scientist team look at the latest coronavirus vaccine.

The Coronavirus Vaccine, artificial vision and how science and technology came together to save Romain Grosjean

The Coronavirus Vaccine, artificial vision and saving Romain Grosjean

Squats, globe skimmers and early human migration

The Naked Scientists with a movement-themed Q&A show.

Covid vaccines, and the science of people moving

Science news on the latest covid vaccines, and a look at the science of people moving.

How our planet moves

Science news and a special look at how our planet moves.

Movement of animals and protecting bio-diversity.

Science news. Plus a look at the movement of animals, and protecting bio-diversity.

Barrington v John Snow: How best to control Covid-19?

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at lockdowns and coronavirus immunity.

Catching Coronavirus on Purpose

Why people are catching coronavirus on purpose, and what makes a tree, a tree.

Can you catch Covid twice?

The Naked Scientists ask if you can you catch Covid twice.

Nobel Prizes, Attenborough's new film, and Treating Trump

The team look at the cocktail of drugs used to treat the US President for Covid-19.

Science of Vegetarianism

A look at whether meat eaters might benefit from becoming more vegetarian.

Big Data

Science news and we take a closer look at Big Data and what industry knows about you.

The science of telescopes

Science news and we take a closer look at the science behind telescopes.

Discussing the latest developments, and your questions answered

Dr Chris Smith and guests discuss the latest science issues and answer your questions.

Gardening and Climate Change

Science news and in depth look at how climate change could change our gardens.

Where did COVID come from?

The Naked Scientists explore the origins of COVID-19.

Dust, oceans and if a phone can tell whether you're drunk

The Naked Scientists explore dust, oceans and if a phone can tell whether they're drunk.

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Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists put Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine under the microscope.

5 Live Science : 09/08/2020

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists delve into new research on Covid-19 in children.

02/08/2020

The Naked Scientist weigh up the science behind the Prime Minister's anti-obesity drive.

The Naked Scientists Pub Quiz

Adam Murphy and the Naked Scientists host a special science quiz.

Meet the neighbours: An update on Mars and Venus

Science news and we meet the neighbours, with an update on Mars and Venus.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists take the fight against coronavirus to the sewers

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists take the fight against coronavirus to the sewers.

How coronavirus has created new ideas to tackle global warming

Science news & a look at how coronavirus has created new ideas to tackle global warming.

Journey to the centre of the Earth

Science news, plus a special journey to the centre of the Earth.

The Science Pub Quiz

The Naked Scientist team bring you a special science pub quiz.

The fifth state of matter

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Science team look at the latest science news.

The global race to find a vaccine for Covid-19

Coronavirus news and the global race to find a vaccine for Covid-19.

The chemical fingerprint for COVID 19, and adapting to the "new normal".

A chemical fingerprint for COVID 19, and how we're adapting to the "new normal".

Loss of smell and coronavirus

Loss of smell recognised as a coronavirus symptom. And publishing of scientific papers.

The Covid-19 Digital Detective

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the NHS Covid-19 app

The Science of World War II

This week on 5 Live Science, we’re bringing you a special episode.

Coronavirus symptom trackers and plasma treatment for Covid-19

5 Live Science examines coronavirus symptom tracker apps and plasma treatment.

Naked Scientists: The Science Behind Wearing Face Masks

The Naked Scientists ask how good the science is behind wearing face masks.

Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Science team discuss the latest developments in Science.

Bubbles, Balloons and Blooms: April Q and A

Your science questions answered and some kitchen experiments that you can try at home.

The science of coronavirus

Chris Berrow and the Naked Scientists look at the latest science news.

Boom! The Naked Scientists at the Cambridge Science Festival

An hour of science fun featuring genetics to geoscience, chemistry to komodo dragons.

5 Live Science - The latest on coronavirus

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news and the latest on coronavirus.

Dr Karl: Coronavirus, immune systems and more than one brain?

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions.

Dr Karl: Coronavirus, Panic Attacks and the Effect of Copper & Silver on Bacteria

Dotun is joined by Dr Karl to answer your science related questions.

What's a white hole?

We take on your science questions, what are white holes?

Dr Karl: The nature of human consciousness and hot toddies

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

Naked Scientists: Bright Neanderthals, Beached Whales and Green Men on Mars

A brainy computer makes a breakthru' against killer bugs and why whales beach themselves.

Dr Karl And Coronavirus

Rhod's joined by Dr Karl and special guests for a Coronavirus special.

Naked Scientists:Electricity from air, badgers to help solving flooding, and A.I. in medicine

The hottest science news, stories and analysis from the Naked Scientists

Dr Karl: Coronavirus, reducing cholesterol and testing to see if eggs are still fresh!

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science related questions.

Naked Scientists: Body Clock, Bee Reproduction, Turbulence

Facts about bees, and the science behind turbulence.

Dr Karl: Coronavirus, Bush Fires and Black Holes

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science related questions.

Naked Scientists: Gene Editing, Furry Arteries and Wasps Nests

Dr Chris Smith & the Naked Scientists present the hottest science news.

Dr Karl: Corona Virus, Electric Cars and Grand Solar Minimums

The hottest science news, stories and analysis from Dr Karl.

Naked Scientists: Veganism, Climate and AI Cancer Screening

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with science news stories and analysis.

Dr Karl: Space trash! Space crash!

Dr. Karl joins Rhod for conversation about all kinds of science.

Naked Scientists: What can we do about food waste?

Dr Chris Smith and the team discuss the coronavirus outbreak and food waste.

Dr Karl: The Hockey Stick Climatologist

Dr Karl is joined by Dr Michael Mann, American climatologist and geophysicist.

Naked Scientists: Climate change, diabetes and origami

The Naked Scientists discuss climate change, type 1 diabetes, packed lunches and origami.

How climate change affects food production, a new way to treat type 1 diabetes and origami

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Dr. Karl: Eyesight, wind and colour

Dr. Karl joins Rhod for conversation about all kinds of science.

A new virus, marathon running, and returning to the moon.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis.

Dr Karl: Fossils, Magnetic Fields and Smart Phone AI

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science related questions,

Bianca Nogrady : Australian fires, dolphin snot and puffin tools

Bianca Nogrady talks Australian fires, dolphin snot and puffin tools.

A trip down memory lane: science in 2019, month by month

The Naked Scientist team bring us their favourite science moments from 2019.

5 Live Science Christmas Special

How far do you need to run to work off Christmas Dinner? And finding Santa using ear size

Is fat worse than sugar, and can you die of a broken heart?

Chris Smith and The Naked Scientists tackle the science questions you've been sending in.

Dr Petr: Speed of light, particles and memory

Dr Petr Lebedev standing in for Dr Karl answers your science questions.

Lab-grown skin, avalanches and the sun's magnetic field

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team talk to scientists

Dr. Karl

What would a Martian look like?

Climate change, virtual reality gloves and the perfect hangover remedy?

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with science news stories and analysis.

Dr Karl: Baking Bread, Aqua Energy and Dried Cereal On Your Breakfast Bowl

Dr Alice Motion joins Bianca Nogrady and Rhod to answer your science questions.

Glow Worms And Space Tourism

The Naked Scientist team with science news stories covering glow worms and space tourism.

Dr Karl: Carbon Capture, Micro-Plastics and Human Progression

Bianca Nogrady joins Rhod to answer your science questions.

Dr Karl: Virtual Reality, Sharks and Hydrogen Cars

Rhod is joined by Bianca Nogrady to answer your science questions.

Electricity, hiccups and the power of phenomics

Dr Chris Smith find outs about a new science called “phenomics”.

Dr Karl: The Moon, Particle Physics, and Quantum computers

Why are some bits of the moon darker than others? What's the large hadron collider for?

Recycling

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news and a special look at recycling.

Dr Karl: Carbon, Trees and Fizzy Drinks

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

5 live Science

What is A.I, why do some people hate coriander, and what's a panic attack?

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your questions about comets, quantum encryption and radio reception.

5 live Science

The first all female spacewalk, an artificial leaf and a new drug for fighting flu.

Dr Karl wonders if you can use the Earth's magnetic field to generate electricity.

Dr Karl wonders if you can use the Earth's magnetic field to generate electricity.

5 live Science

Ebola, an atom sized guitar and turbo charged immunity.

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl and dietician Claire Collins, to take your science questions

5 Live Science

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with science news, stories and analysis.

Dr Karl

Bianca Nogrady sits in for Dr Karl to answer your science questions.

The Naked Scientists - Your Science Questions Answered

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with your science questions answered.

Dr. Karl: Geese, Lies and numbers

Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl to take your science questions

5 live Science

Science news stories and analysis. Plus a look into the science behind making glass.

Dr Karl & Rhod talk Space

Dr Karl explains Space: the universe expansion, what's beyond it and orbits.

Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl & Matt Parker

A Night of Maths! Sign Geometry, Magnetic fields and why 6 is scared of 7...

5 Live Science

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with science news stories and analysis.

5Live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis from the Naked Scientists and Dr Karl.

5 Live Science – Sexually Transmitted Infections Under The Microscope

Science news, plus sexually transmitted infections are put under the microscope.

Dr Karl: Light Years, Lymphoma & Lazing

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl to answer all of your science questions.

5 Live Science

This week, Dr. Chris Smith and guests answer your science questions

Dr Karl: Gravity, AI & Pop Science

Dr Karl joins Rhod and takes your questions on gravity, AI & pop science.

5 Live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis from the Naked Scientists.

5 live Science

Naked Scientist Adam Murphy and the team with the latest science news stories.

5 live Science

5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, plus Dr Chris and Naked Scientists.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Dotun Adebayo to answer your science questions

5 live Science

Dr Chris and guests answer the latest science questions you've been sending in.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Professor Jason Sharples join Nomia Iqbal to answer your science questions

04/08/2019

Hear about the scientists who've printed a 3d heart valve.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Nick Garnett to answer your science questions

The science of simulation

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the science of computer simulation.

The Science of Simulation

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the science of computer simulation.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and guests talk about space and the polar change

5 Live Science

A special programme looking at the science behind the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Dr Karl

Landing on the Moon versus landing on porridge

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith talks about smart insulin & untangling the science of Alzheimer's disease

5 Live Science with Dr. Chris Smith

The Naked Scientists explore whether plants can think and travel to the edge of space...

5 live Science

A remote control for stem cells and a sensor which can tell you if meat is safe to eat.

Dr Karl

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

Naked Scientists - Extreme Cold

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team bring you all the latest science news.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your questions, including how junk food can affect your weight.

Your Science Questions Answered

The Naked Scientist team answer the science questions you've been sending in this month.

Dr Karl

Rhod is alongside Dr Karl to discuss optical illusions, rare metals, and electric cars

Extreme Speed

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with science news and breakthroughs.

Rhod and Dr. Karl talk Starlink satellites, red wine & more.

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

Naked Scientists

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

Dr Karl

Rhod and Dr Karl answer questions about red cars, the amazon and the universe.

Naked Scientists - Roads and Travel

Join the Naked Scientists for a special hour all about roads and travel.

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

Rhod and Dr Karl talk about autism, soil and harvest moons.

5 live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis from Dr Chris Smith

Dr Karl

5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl from Up All Night.

5 Live Science with Dr. Chris Smith

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Chris Smith

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists tackle the science questions you've been asking.

5 live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

The Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team bring you the hottest science news stories.

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team are at the Edinburgh Science Festival.

Dr Karl

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith & the team discuss cancer killing immune systems & sharks with cameras.

Dr Karl

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

5 live Science - Your Science Questions Answered

Your science questions answered. Including is sugar in fruit better than that in a donut?

Dr Karl

Rhod Sharp is joined by Dr Karl and oceanographer Dr Veronique Lago to answer questions.

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith and the team are sniffing out Parkinsons and delving into material science

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers all your science questions with Rhod Sharp.

5 live Science

Chris Smith and Adam Murphy are in Paris for Hello Tomorrow Global Summit

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions, discussing 5G radiation, green flashes and more.

5 live Science

A new way of tackling prostate cancer and keeping fruit fresher for longer

Dr Karl: Could all the wind turbines in the world slow the rotation of the earth, and how do you cure Dotun's sore throat?

Could all the wind turbines in the world slow the rotation of the earth?

Zoo & A

Dr. Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team answer your animal questions.

Dr Karl

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news. Plus the science behind running a marathon.

Dr Karl

After two weeks in Antarctica, DR. KARL is back on terra warma in Sydney.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientist team celebrate the 150th birthday of the Periodic Table.

5 live Science

Dating, Pain and Mind Control

Dr Karl in Antarctica

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl who is in Antarctica this week to answer your questions.

5 Live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions alongside special guest Professor Claire Collins.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists look at a new type of male contraceptive that can be reversed.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your questions, including world weather, polar vortex and paint pots.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your questions, discussing climate change, planets, houseflies and more.

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with science news stories and analysis.

Dr Karl

Glitter, super volcanoes and a coconut oil conundrum. Dr Karl answers your questions.

5 live Science

The intelligent material that helps wounds heal and an app which detects drug overdoses

When legends collide: Rhod finally meets Dr Karl

In a special episode, Rhod Sharp and Dr Karl finally meet face to face.

5 live Science

Dr. Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team answer more of your science questions.

Dr Karl

Ultima Thule chat and why does it take meat longer to cool down than heat up?

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions

5 live Science - Christmas Survival Guide

The Naked Scientist team bring you a Christmas survival guide.

Dr Karl

Science journalist Bianca Nogrady & Prof. Geraint Lewis answer your science questions

5 live Science

Dr. Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with science news stories and analysis.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your space questions and explains why the Moon has a dark side.

5 live Science

Can we jet lag a cabbage? Does the surge in big internet data sharing bring big risks?

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists explore dentistry, the evolution of skin colour & anemia apps.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your questions on all things science.

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists answer your science questions.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers questions on movement in space and car headlights.

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the science team answer your questions.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers questions on rainbows

5 Live Science

5 Live Science

Dr Karl

Dr Karl discusses the extraction of Geothermal energy.

5 live Science

How being a morning person can reduce a risk of cancer

Dr Karl

DR KARL discusses whether human saliva is a good cleaning agent?

5 live Science

Do Animals Have Accents? And Other Science Questions.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl

The Naked Scientists: Georgia Mills has the latest from the world of science

Join Georgia Mills from the Naked Scientists

Dr Karl

Bianca Nogrady and Dr. Alice Williamson join Rhod to answer your science questions

5 Live Science

Georgia Mills and the team answer your questions

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Bianca Nogrady and Dr Alice Williamson to talk all things science.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and his guests discuss diets and health.

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the science team answer your questions

Dr Karl

Dr Karl discusses the end of the world and convergent evolution.

5 live Science

This week's science news with Dr Chris Smith and the 5 live Science Team.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod wonder if water is blue, why from some angles glass looks green, & the benefits or otherwise of lightboxes

Is water blue? Why does glass look green from the edge? Are there benefits to lightboxes?

5 Live Science - Biomimicry

How scientists borrow from biology to look to the future.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer more of your science questions.

Chris Smith and the team have answers to your recent questions

Chris Smith and the team answer the questions you've been sending in recently.

5 Live Science

The Naked Scientists investigate an interesting ice cream flavour.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer more of your science questions.

5 Live Science

Join the Naked Scientists as they take a punt down the river Cam

Dr Karl

Can science stop a hangover? And other listener questions

5 live Science

Let's join the NAKED SCIENTISTS to see what's been igniting their bunsen burners

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer more of your science questions.

5 live Science

Anti-obesity pill, a probe destined for the sun, and the medicinal side of cannabis

Dr Karl

Dr Karl is back from his break and joins Rhod to answer more of your science questions.

5 live Science

Growing lungs in a lab, hyperloops and how to keep elephants off farms.

5 live Science

5 live Science meet a woman who made history 40 years ago simply by being born

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by science journalist Bianca Nogrady and Dr. Alice Williamson.

5 live Science

The latest science news featuring a new type of painkiller that lasts 3 months

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists explore a surprising new way to fight cancer.

Dr Karl

In Dr Karl's absence Rhod is joined by Bianca Nogrady and Dr. Alice Williamson.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists tackle your questions. They're asked if you can train your goldfish?

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

5 live Science

Does marriage affect your mortality rate and what 800 million tweets reveal about moods?

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers all of your science based questions with Dotun Adebayo.

5 live Science

This week's science news with Dr Chris Smith and the 5 live Science Team.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers the questions of curious callers.

5 live Science

This week's science news with Dr Chris Smith and the 5 live Science Team

Dr Karl science phone-in

Dr Karl answers your science questions

5 live Science

This week's science news with Dr Chris Smith and the 5 live Science Team

Leaving Planet Earth

Izzie Clarke from the Naked Scientists looks into the science of leaving planet Earth.

Dr. Karl

Dr Karl answers the questions of curious callers.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss your science questions

Water

A special look at water and making sure we don't run out.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Professor Geordie Williamson

The Naked Scientists answer your questions

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists answer your questions

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss your science questions.

5 live Science

Georgia Mills & the Naked Scientists with the latest science news.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss your science questions.

5 live Science

Chris Smith & the Naked Scientists with the latest science news including 65 years of DNA

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Alfonso Ballestas-Barrientos and Tracey-Ann Palmer.

5 live Science

Chris Smith sinks his teeth into the science of what tickles your tastebuds.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss your science questions.

5 live Science

Georgia Mills and the Naked Scientists with the latest science news.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

5 live Science

Georgia MIlls with the latest science developments.

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl to answer your science questions.

5 live Science

Georgia Mills examines the science of sound, and how we hear.

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl to answer your science questions.

Stephen Hawking

5 live Science remembers Stephen Hawking's life and work.

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl to answer your science questions.

5 live science

Dr Chris Smith and the team discuss the latest science stories.

Dr Karl

Richard Foster is joined by Dr Karl and Professor Claire to answer your diet questions.

5 live Science

Chris Smith looks into science questions including what's the tallest possible building?

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and friends answer your questions including cooking fish in the dishwasher!

5 live Science

Is measuring your blood pressure at home better than getting a doctor to do it?

Dr Karl

Dr Karl talks diabetes, wind farm blades and the consequences of holding your breath.

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl to answer your science questions.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists answer your science questions.

Dr Karl

This week Dr Karl answers your science questions on the moon and hair loss.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists bring you rockets, cockroaches, vaping and the problem with plastic.

5 live Science

A potential new way to treat strokes and a killer whale using its blowhole to talk human

5 live Science

Two monkeys were successfully cloned this week. Are humans next?

Dr. Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr. Karl to answer your science questions

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists answer your science questions.

Dr. Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl to answer your science questions.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists answer your science questions.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists look back at the best science of 2017

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists bring you a festive edition of 5 live Science.

Dr. Karl

Rhod and Dr Karl answer all your science questions.

5 live Science

Huntington's disease, a tick, strange radio signals and the science of Star Wars.

Dr Karl

Rhod and Dr.Karl discuss the night's much-anticipated meteor shower.

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists review the latest on air pollution, falcons and more

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science

5 Live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists answer your questions.

Dr Karl

In Dr Karl's absence, Rhod is joined by Jessica Bloom and Bianca Nogrady.

5 Live Science

The Naked Scientists are looking at the latest ageing research

5 Live Science

Chris Smith investigates the rise of antibiotic resistance.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

5 live Science

Chris Smith tackles your science questions.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your science questions.

5 live Science

Chris Smith and Georgia Smith find out about the meteor that finished off the dinosaurs.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your science questions.

5 live Science

Naked Scientists, Georgia Mills and Issy Clarke get ready for Halloween.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Nick Garnett to answer your science questions.

5 live Science

Chris Smith, Georgia Mills and the Naked Scientists present the latest science news.

5 live Science

Chris Smith, Georgia Mills and the Naked Scientists present the latest science news.

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists present the latest science news and breakthroughs.

Dr Karl & Bill Nye

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Bill Nye the Science Guy

5live Science

Dr Kris Smith and the team answer your science questions.

Science Phone-In

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

5 Live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists tackle electric eels, human memories and more.

Science Phone-In

Science journalist Bianca Nogrady and astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack answer your questions

5Live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists

5 live Science

Chris Smith and Kat Arney tackle: superbugs, Jupiter, and your sense of smell

Science Phone-In

Journalist Bianca Nogrady and Astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith answer your questions.

5 Live Science

Naked Scientist Chris Smith and expert guests answer your questions on AI, dogs and more.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions

5 live Science

We explore the ageing process, and could bacteria in our gut could hold the key to it?

Dr. Karl

Dr. Karl takes your questions.

5 live Science

The week's science news including how to fix cells with the wrong number of chromosomes.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl with wildlife forensic scientist Rebecca Johnson and entomologist Bryan Lessard.

5 live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists

5 live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your questions on batteries, algebra, & the possibility of planet Nibiru

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers questions on human evolution, electric vehicles and seeing underwater

Dr Karl

Why are craters on the moon round, how MRI scanners work, and how clever are crows?

Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists discuss the latest science news, stories and analysis.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions.

5live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists

Dr Karl

Dr. Karl answers your weird and wonderful science questions.

Sand Castles and Beach Science

The week's science news. Plus the science of building sand castles.

Dr Karl is joined by Professor Stephen Bartlett, a theoretical Quantum Physicist.

Dr Karl is joined by Professor Stephen Bartlett, a theoretical Quantum Physicist.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists discuss heatwaves, climate change and cyber security

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists discuss fake news, bird song and robotics.

Dr Karl

Dr. Karl answers your weird and wonderful science questions

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists examine extreme cardiology.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists answer another set of your science questions.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Dotun to field listeners science questions

5 live Science

Science news and is maths the language of the universe?

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Dotun to answer your science questions.

5 live Science

Georgia Mills turns back the clock and asks 'how did life begin?'

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team tackle questions sent in by you

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

5 live Science

Georgia Mills with the latest science breakthroughs

Dr Karl answers your science questions

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the science of fake news, and how planets are formed.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the science of fake news, and how planets are formed.

5 live Science

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with science news stories and analysis.

5 live Science

Kat Arney examines the latest research for treating cancer.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists talk about the latest science breakthroughs.

Should I Sequence My Genes?

The Naked Scientists ask "Should I sequence my genes?"

Dr Karl answers your science questions

Dr Karl answers your science questions. From April 6th 2017

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions. From 30th March 2017

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions.

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions.

5 Live Science

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with science news stories and analysis.

5 Live Science

Chris Smith asks whether an abundance of facial hair makes a man more fertile?

5 Live Science

Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the hottest science news stories.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions.

5 live Science

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the hottest science news stories

Dr Karl

Dr Karl is joined by the astrophysicist Professor Lisa Harvey Smith.

5 live Science

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the hottest science news stories.

5 live Science

The hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs.

Dr Karl

What happens if the earth stopped spinning and should you take all your antibiotics?

5 live Science

The week's science news and an in-depth look at the treatment of HIV.

Dr Karl

Karl and Dr Rhod discuss how to convert renewable energy to hydrogen power

5 live Science

Dr Chris Smith and team present 5 live Science.

Dr Karl

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

5 Live Science

Optogenetics - how scientists are using light to control the brain.

Dr Karl

Rhod and Dr Karl and Professor Clare Collins discuss the science stories of the week.

5 Live Science

Grayha Jackson and the Naked Scientists with this week's science news

Dr Karl

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions on photographic memory & the biology of snoring

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at the week's science news.

Dr Karl

This week Rhod and Karl talk about cryogenics and building muscle.

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at the week's science news.

Doctor Karl

This week Rhod and Karl discuss Tennis and Lightning.

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists answer more of your science questions.

Dr Karl

Rhod and Dr Karl discuss global warming and black holes

Dr Karl: Futureproofing

Dr Karl is on holiday so Rhod is joined by Bianca Nogrady and Dr Alice Williamson.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists answer your Christmas science questions.

Jessica Bloom and Bianca Nogrady stand in for Dr Karl, answering your questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

Jessica Bloom and Bianca Nogrady, answering your science questions.

5 live Science

CHRIS SMITH with the latest breakthroughs in science.

Dr Karl: Not Dr Karl. It's all gone a bit Quantum

Jessica Bloom and Bianca Nogrady stand in for the good Doctor.

5 Live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl to discuss science myths and critical thinking.

5 live science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis

5 live Science

Navigation through space, tracking trousers and are we ready for driverless cars?

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists detail the hottest science news stories

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl to talk about "earworms" and the world's oldest vertebrate.

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl and Professor Michael Biercuk to discuss all things quantum

5 live Science

Chris Smith & Cat Arney with the latest science news

Dr Karl

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl to talk jet lag, cats and The Breakthrough Listen project

5 Live Science

Scientists create mouse eggs from stem cells. Plus the week's science news.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientist's Chris Smith examines how scientists are editing the genome.

5 live Science

Naked Scientist's Chris Smith with the hottest science news stories and analysis.

Dr Karl

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer questions on comets, relativity and tea through a straw

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists examine how scientists are using light to change our world.

Dr Karl

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer questions on the Ig Nobel Prize and Junk DNA.

5 live Science

Chris Smith reveals the first discoveries sent back from the Gaia spacecraft

5 live Science 18 Sep 16

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arneywith the hottest science news stories.

Dr Karl

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions

5 live Science

Kat Arney and the Naked Scientists tackle the questions you have been sending in.

Dr Karl

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl discuss meteoroids, sonic booms and burning rubbish for power

5 live Science: Animation

The Naked Scientists go behind the scenes and explore the world of animation.

Dr Karl

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl on the science of dusk and why we have time zones.

Dr Karl

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions on space travel, distant suns and washing up.

5 live Science

Georgia and Connie investigate psychoactive substances.

5 Live Science

5 Live Science

5 live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis

5 live Science

Chris Smith and Kat Arney take a look at this week's leading science breakthroughs

5 live Science

The hottest science news, stories and analysis.

5 live Science

Kat Arney and the Naked Scientist team look for wildlife in the urban jungle.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers all your science based questions with Rhod Sharp

5 live Science

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with science news stories and analysis.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers all your science based questions with Rhod Sharp

Science & Stress 28th May 2016

Graihagh Jackson and the Naked Scientists explore how scientists are tackling stress.

Naked Scientists with the week's hottest science stories

Naked Scientists with the week's hottest science stories

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

The Spider Silk Violin

The Naked Scientists as they look at this week's breaking science news stories.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

The Future of the Prosthetics Industry

Some experts are predicting a future of ‘prosthetic envy’. Sam Clack investigates…

What happens during a post-mortem?

Pathologist Dr Alison Cluroe talks Dr Chris Smith through a post-mortem

What happens during a post-mortem?

Pathologist Dr Alison Cluroe talks Adrian Chiles and Dr Chris Smith through a post-mortem

Dr Karl

Dr Karl explains to Dr Rahul how magnets work, and what happened to the Philae probe.

Chris Smith and Georgia Mills look at the heart, and how you can protect it.

Chris Smith and Georgia Mills look at the heart, and how you can protect it.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl & Professor Geraint Lewis talk about the universe

5 live science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at how salt is affecting our health.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl explains how to make a cloud in your mouth.

5 live Science

Why one in ten adults might have ADHD and evidence of tsunamis on Mars.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl

Phosphorous Shortage

Kat Arney examines how science could stop the world's looming phosphorous shortage.

The Naked Scientist

Nano Bots in medicine, the science of shipping & what's a planetary transit?

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your science questions.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

5 live Science

Georgia Mills from the Naked Scientists investigates the world of criminology.

Dr Karl April 28th 2016

Dr Karl is joined in his studio by Dr Chris answering questions about quantum physics.

5 live Science

How testostorone turns arteries to bone and are you really lactose intolerant?

Dr Karl

Do trucks get a benefit from slip streaming and why plaque sticks inside blood vessels.

5 live Science

How LSD affects the brain and the science of animal conservation.

Dr Karl - the physics of riding a bike and fun with quantum phenomena

Dr Karl answers questions on the physics of riding a bike and fun with quantum phenomena

5 live Science

Kat Arney and the Naked Scientists take a trip down memory lane.

Dr. Karl

Dr. Karl answers your weird and wonderful science questions.

5 Live Science

Chris Berrow and the Naked Scientists

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers all your weird and wonderful questions about the world of science.

5 live Science

Graihagh Jackson and the Naked Scientists discuss the future of atificial intelligence.

Dr Karl

The expanding universe and how our mothers affect our eating habits.

5 Live Science

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists present their A to Zika of emerging infection.

Cambridge Science Festival

Recorded at the Cambridge Science Festival in the Cambridge Science Centre.

Dr Karl

Are there different types of hot weather? How close are rainbows when we observe them?

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists look at a touch sensitive soft skin for robots

Your Science Questions Answered

Join Chris Smith and Kat Arney as they tackle the science questions.

Dr Karl & Professor Clare Collins

Professor Clare Collins joins Dr Karl to answer your diet questions

Dr Karl

What would happen if you threw an apple out of the ISS? Are itches just our imagination?

5 live Science

Chris Smith and Graihagh Jackson discuss this weeks science issues.

Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr. Karl

Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr. Karl to answer science questions.

5 live Science: Valentines: 13 Feb 16

Georgia Mills and Khalil Thirlaway look at the science of romance and love.

Dr Karl

Would the discovery of gravitational waves be the biggest of the decade in Physics?

Food For Thought

Join Chris Smith and the team for a food special, plus the week's science news.

Dr Karl

Does snow evaporate even at freezing temperature? Why do cats open their mouths to smell?

5 live Science

Chris Smith and the team look at the week's science news.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions

Hibernation

How animals and plants hibernate.

Dr Karl

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists - Does detoxing really work?

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

5 Live Science

What makes us unique?

Dr Karl: Perplexing Googolplexes

"If a Googol is the number one followed by one hundred zeros, what is a Googolplex"

5 live Science

Taking a scientific look at some of our favourite festive traditions

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to discuss your science questions.

5 live Science

The Naked Scientists look at how to save one of Earth's most precious resources - soil.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

5 live Science

Learn how technology is influencing the way we listen to, and compose music.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl

5 live Science

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at Climate Change and flooding.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

The Naked Scientists: sugar consumption and 100 years of general relativity

The Naked Scientists look at how we can cut down our consumption of sugar.

Dr Karl: KIC 8462852

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science

5 live Science

The team look at the world of big data and what it means for the United Kingdom.

Dr Karl:Long-haul flights,carbon fibre & green comets

Dr Karl answers your science questions including why long haul flights are bad for you.

08/11/2015

The week's science news and the team answer the questions you have been sending in.

Dr Karl: Food allergy tests & growing hair

Growing hair, inaccurate food allergy tests & why being aroused can make you sneeze

5 live Science

How good is this generation of electric cars?

Dr Karl: Eyes and nitrogen

Dr Karl discusses how the human body uses nitrogen, and the science of vision.

Who owns Mars?

The team debate whether humans should go to Mars, and who would own it if we made it?

Dr Karl: Red meat and cancer

This week Dr Karl answers your questions on red meat, cancer plus human cells

5 Live Science Podcast

Join Kat Arney for the hottest science news, stories and analysis.

Dr Karl: Atoms and Rapid Evaporation

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

5 Live Science

Join Dr Chris Smith and the team for '5 live Science'

Dr Karl: Global warming & building seperation 15 Oct 15

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

Astronaut Training

Join Chris Smith and the team as they launch Mars Month.

Dr Karl: Energy, Evolution and Evaporation

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

Extinct Animals and Answers to your questions

Chris Smith and the team as they discover what colour extinct animals were.

Dr Karl

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

5 live Science: How To Save A Life

Chris Smith and the team look at the science of saving lives.

Dr Karl 24 Sep 15

Wendy Zuckerman and Dr Amanda Bauer answer your science questions.

Naked Scientists - Invisibility Cloaks, Caffeine and Climate Change

Naked Scientists - Invisibility Cloaks, Caffeine and Climate Change

5 live Science: New Human Species & Education

A look at the changing face of science education with the Naked Scientists

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

5 Live Science 5 Sep 15

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with the Naked Scientists

Dr Karl 03 Sep 15

Dr Karl answers your science questions with Rhod Sharp.

Dogs and Turkish Whistling

The week's leading science discoveries, from the evolution of dogs to Turkish whistling.

Dr Karl 20 Aug 15

Dr Karl answers your questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

Fighting flu and healing nerves 15 Aug 15

Chris Smith and Kat Arney take a look at the latest breakthroughs in science.

Dr Karl phone in - 13 Aug 2015

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

5 Live Science 8 August 2015

Join Dr.Chris Smith and the team for 5 live Science.

Dr Karl 06 Aug 15

Rhod is joined by Dr Karl to take your questions on all things science

5 live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science on...

Questions and Answers 1 Aug 15

Chris Smith and the team answer the science questions you have been sending in.

Dr Karl: The Missing Link

Dr Karl answers your burning science questions.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

Millennium Maths Problems 25 Jul 15

The Naked Scientists try to solve the seven Millennium Maths Problems.

Dr Karl Phone-In

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

Coding and Computers

Chris Smith and Kat Arney explore the world of coding and computers.

Dr Karl 09 Jul 15

Dr Karl returns to 5 live after two weeks away in the Galapagos Islands.

Dr Karl 16 July 15

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer your questions on Pluto, screaming and pentaquarks.

The science of warfare, 11 Jul 15

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at the science behind warfare.

Leap Seconds and Atomic Clocks 04 Jul 15

The team watch time tick away, as they look at the science behind the atomic clock.

Dr Chris - Up All Night Science Phone In

Dr Chris joins Faye Ruscoe to answer listeners' questions.

The Naked Scientists 27 Jun 15

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney take a closer look at the week's science news.

Dr Chris - Up All Night Science Phone In

Dr Chris joins Dr Charlie Charlton to answer listeners' questions.

5live Science Plague and Fire: 20 Jun 15

The Bubonic Plague and the Great Fire of London.

Dr Karl 18 Jun 15

Dr Karl joins Dotun Adebayo on Up All Night to answer all of your science questions.

Hawkmoths And Dinosaur Fossils

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the hottest science news.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Rhod Sharp to answer listeners scientific questions.

Naked Scientists

Naked Scientist Chris Smith looks at headline grabbing science including a test for up...

5 live Science

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer listeners' questions about the brightness of computer...

5 live Science

Put on some safety goggles as Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney ignite your 5...

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer listeners' questions about the International Space and...

Naked Scientists

Which is the most amazing animal? Ginny Smith and the panel decide between a fish, and...

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Dr Dotun to answer listeners' questions about shaving, static and in...

Naked Scientists

How dressing in red may make a difference around the office, how our ears work and the...

Dr Karl plus 2 special guests

Dr Karl is joined by Dr Alice and Dr Matt to discuss antibiotics, the fight against...

Cancer treatment & wearable tech

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer listeners' questions about the world of science.

5live Science: Naked Scientists Volcanoes

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories.

Dr Karl

Dr karl joins Rhod for his usual exploration of the world of science. This week; the...

5 live Science: Multiple Sclerosis, Mosquitoes & Bees

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer listeners' questions about the world of science

5 live Science: Extending life and defying death

Striving for immortality: this week we explore the feasibility of eternal life.

Tech Phone In

Fevzi Turkalp, editor of the free tech advice website GadgetDetective.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers all your questions in the world of science.

5 live Science: How the Moon was formed

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions.

5 live Science: Easter Special

DR CHRIS SMITH & KAT ARNEY discuss how to unboil an egg. Also, is a chocolate teapot...

Dr Karl

Dr karl joins Rhod for his usual exploration of the world of science

5 live Science: Investigating Crime

Dr Chris Smith and Ginny Smith recreate a crime scene to reveal how science is used to...

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the world of science - including how to at...

5 live Science: Memory & 3D Printing

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney find out why remembering one thing can make...

Dr Karl

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss why the moon can precisely eclipse the sun, whether you if...

5 live Science: Using ultrasound to combat Alzheimers

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the world of science - including night-time...

5 live Science: Cannabis

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists take an in depth look at Cannabis.

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the world of science -- including the magic...

5 live Science

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Ginny Smith take a scientific journey through time,...

Dr Karl: Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the world of science -- including the of of...

5 live Science: Drones and Genetics

Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists discuss teenage fathers have offspring with genetic...

5 live Science: The Science of Sex and Love

Hacking online dating, what makes couples compatible, giveaway fertility sounds in the...

5Live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science --...

5 live Science: Do chimps have accents?

Naked Scientists CHRIS SMITH and KAT ARNEY pose the following questions.

5 Live Science

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney present the another edition of science news...

5 live Science

What happens to sound inside the sun? And why do fizzy drinks go flat in the freezer?...

5 live Science: The science of sleep

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney take an under-the-covers look at the land a...

5 Live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science --...

5 live Science: Weight Loss, Women in Science & Car Accidents

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney present the another edition of science news...

5 Live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science --...

Naked Science: Colds, Fossil Fuels & Robots

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney present the first edition of science news...

5live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science --...

5 Live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science --...

Naked Scientists: Christmas crackers & the science of singing

Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney present a special Christmas edition of news...

Naked Scientist: Life On Mars

Signs of life on Mars, young thinkers live longer, deadly cartoons and mass extinctions.

5 live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science --...

Naked Scientist: Fat pills. E-cigarettes & the Internet

This week the naked scientists investigate fat pills that are available during this...

5 Live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners’ questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

5live Science: 5live Science

Dr Chris Smith and Kat Arney discuss what doctors found lurking in one mans brain, the...

5 Live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners’ questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

5 live Science

Dr Karl answers listeners’ questions about the weird and wonderful world of science...

5 live Science

New evidence shows that fasting might be the best way to lose weight. With the help of...

Naked Scientists: Rosetta & Biological Clocks

The latest discoveries from the scientific and technological community with Chris and...

Rosetta Probe

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science of...

Naked Scientists: Night shifts & travel

Some of the latest discoveries from the scientific and technological community with...

5 Live Science

Rhod Sharp is joined by Dr Karl to answer your science questions.

5 live Science: Supernatural

Dr Chris Smith investigates the supernatural including ghosts and out of body experiences.

5 live Science: Diabetes & Solar Weather

Chris Smith and the team bring you the latest on diabetes research, solar weather and...

Ebola and Nasa

Dr Karl, and virologist Dr Grant, answer questions on Ebola, cats eyes, and Nasa's...

5Live Science

Chris Smith and the team bring you the latest discoveries from the scientific and...

5 live Science

A special edition this week as we investigate Renewable Energy. We talk to four who in...

The lunar eclipse and the centre of the earth

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your questions on the lunar eclipse, quantum mechanics and...

5live Science

Why your sense of smell may affect how long you live, news that may help asthma and...

5 live Science

The fight against superbugs, hydrogen fuel from solar cells and 3D printing explained.

Energy Efficient Engines & Banana Skins

Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions on bus technology, banana and...

5 live science

Chris Smith and the team look at Africa's growing population, fracking, and a radio is...

Time, lasers and opinion polls

Dr Karl answers your science questions, including why a laser will de-luminate what...

3D Graphics, Alchemy and Spiders Webs

Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions on 3D graphics, alchemy, how...

5 live Science: Emailing your doctor and personalised medecine

Dr Chris Smith looks at emailing your doctor and personalised medecine.

Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions

Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions

Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions

Dr Karl with the latest science news and your questions

5 live Science: Nanoparticles and Global Warming

Naked Scientist Chris Smith teams up with Simon Morton from Radio New Zealand’s This...

5live Science: Passport photos, Breastfeeding & food

The latest scientific discoveries and news. This week: passport photo recognition, to...

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 is...

5live Science: Super moons and 3D printing

5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, with the hottest science news stories and...

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...

5 live Science: Marine Biology, Sea Birds and Coral Reefs

Naked Scientist Chris Smith with the hottest science news stories, analysis and - this...

5 live Science: Athletics and Electric Cars

5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, with the hottest science news stories and...

5 live Science: Jealous Dogs and De-extinction

This week the naked science team look at jealous dogs, beef off the menu, mammoth and...

5Live Science

Dr Karl discusses whether police could stop cars with electricity pulses and whether...

5 live Science

5 live Science

Trumpets, Tyre Rubber, and Organisms

Dr Karl answers questions on trumpets, where all the tyre rubber goes, and whether the...

5l Science: 12 Jul 14: Computer Shopping Revolution

This week Dr Chris & The Naked Scientists look at the computer shopping revolution and...

Naked Scientists

Dr Chris fills in for Dr Karl this week and answers all your science related questions...

Naked Scientist: Talking Chimpanzees & Tour De France

Dr Chris Mason takes a look at all the latest science and technology news.

Naked Scientists

Dr Chris joins Rhod as Dr Karl is away this week (although he still manages to make an...

The Naked Scientists

This week Chris Smith and his team of Naked Scientists take a look at a new which up a...

World Cup Science

Dr Karl and Dr Chris Mason host a special look at the science behind the World Cup and...

Naked Scientists: The Naked Scientists

This week Chris Smith and his team of Naked Scientists ask whether it would be good to...

Plus special guest Julian Crib

Dr Karl and special guest Julian Crib, author Poisoned Planet, takes your science...

Naked Scientists: Super Shrink Me

This week Chris Smith and his team of Naked Scientists zoom in on the subject of to in...

Dr Karl: Ozone layer, galaxies & absolute zero

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl discuss the point of the ozone layer and whether fish get the and...

Naked Scientists: Water on the Moon

5 Live Science with Chris Smith and his team of Naked Scientists discuss water on the...

Magnetic waves and the Big Bang

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the connection between water canals and the universe.

5 live Science

Green clean ups: how can nature's recyclers - bacteria and fungi - help us remedy from...

22 May 14

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss electric cars, the placebo effect, and the science of...

5 live Science

Why pregnant women are 42% more likely to have a car crash, how astronomers can now up...

Gravity waves, sun spots and mosquito saliva

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss gravity waves, sun spots and mosquito saliva

Gravity, pyramids and meteors

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your science questions. Send an email to upallnight@bbc.co.

Radio, Robins & Better Batteries

Bigger, better and longer lasting - this week we go in search of the battery that will...

Naked Scientists: Science news

Put on some safety goggles as Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney ignite your 5...

1st May

On the latest edition of Dr Karl, we find who discovered the expansion the universe?...

24 Apr 14

Dr Karl takes your calls on batteries and spiders

17 Apr 14

Dr Karl talks about soap alternatives, Why putting a living "Russian Brown Frog" into...

April 14th 2014

Dr Chris Smith discusses cures for jetlag, moons orbiting planets outside our solar a...

10 Apr 14

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to talk about food intolerances, the endocrine system and the...

April 7th 2014

Dr Chris Smith looks at how using eye contact on cereal packaging can influence sales,...

3rd April 14

In a short episode because of breaking news, Dr Karl discusses why 1959 Cadillacs had...

NAKED SCIENTIST

New insights into the structure of bones, the solar system gains a new dwarf planet,...

27 Mar 14

The science of Laryingitis, God versus Luciferase and whether a venomous creature can...

Big Bang and Smells

Dr Chris and the Naked Scienctists talk about gravitational waves from the Big Bang, a...

20 Mar 14

Quasars, lack of sleep killing brain cells and immature handwriting

Naked Sci: 17 Mar 14 Fast food and contagious yawns

Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists look at contagious yawning (you either do or you the...

13 MAR 14

Dr Karl talks to Dr Dotun about Great White sharks, black holes, and red hot showers.

Naked Scientist: Gene therapy & Nuclear Fusion

Dr. Chris Smith presents science news, including a new gene therapy technique to the...

Homemade Nuclear Projects

Homemade nuclear projects, noise-cancelling headphones and why do apples go funny when...

Naked Scientist: Google Glasses and Wind Turbines

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss Google glasses, wind turbines and why is...

The Eyes Have it

Vision's the thing tonight. Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are talking eyes and sight in this...

Naked Scientist: 24 Feb 14: a test for depression

This week: a chemical test for depression, how brain-training can boost the vision of...

The Curious Case of the Tick Bite

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss unintended consequences; vitamin C keeping you awake and a...

Naked Scientist: climate change & sustainable power

Dr Chris Smith aka The Naked Scientist investigates climate change and whether weather...

13 FEB 14

Static electricity and storms

Naked Scientists: 100 yrs of radio & the Milky Way

In this podcast, new research shows that the sensation of powerlessness makes us judge...

06 Feb 14

Dr Karl joins Rhod to discuss the "smart bolt" for a car, 10 new technical terms for a...

Naked Sci: 03 Feb 14 Peanuts, sponges and smog

Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists look at peanut allergies, marine sponges and Beijing...

30 Jan 14

A new way to produce stem cells and the electrical conductivity of underwater welders

Naked Scientist Jan 27th 2014

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss Rolls Royce, polio and sharks.

Phones, radios and baldness

Dr Chris joins Dr Rhod to talk radio waves, baldness and phonecall quality.

Naked Scientists: 20 Jan 14: Spaceweather

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to talk weather in space, the potential benefits of rhinos...

Heat, cold and blue lights

Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl once again to discuss the problems of heat, freezing at...

NAKED SCIENTISTS: 13 Jan 14: Slug glue

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss how caffeine might help memory and how a glue by...

09 JAN 14

Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl to discuss bird flu, and entropy, among other science...

Naked Scientist: 6 Jan 14: Christmas over-indulgence

This week, in the wake of near universal Christmas over-indulgence, researchers have...

Fruit and Veg

Dr Chris Smith steps in for Dr Karl to discuss Newton's laws, plus why potatoes boil...

Naked Scientists

With a special, festively-themed Naked Scientists, Dr Chris and the crew explore some...

19 Dec 13

Dr Karl joins Dr John (who's in for Dr Rhod) and they discuss the efficacy of herbal...

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...

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions on science

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.

05 Dec 13

Sweat, the build-up of lactic acid while cycling and the tale of America's quest to a...

Light, magnets and Vogon poetry

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss Venus' magnetic poles, the necessity of sunlight, and...

Naked Sci: Bacteria and Fred Sanger

Dr Chris Smith and the team join Dotun to discuss how bacteria can pick up DNA in the...

Selfies, space stations and enriching uranium

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss speeding space stations and enriching uranium amongst...

18 Nov 13

Dr Chris Smith and the team join Dotun to talk about the science of Typhoons, a new of...

Simon Singh joins the fun

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Simon Singh whose new book 'The Simpsons and Their...

Naked Sci

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun, to discuss mothers passing more than just calories to in...

Tears, Dark Matter and Cold Rooms

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod talk about why we cry happy tears, throw light on dark matter, and...

Naked Sci 4 Nov 13: Windfarms, cancer & super computers.

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists.

31 Oct 13

The final game of this year's baseball world series meant Dr Karl was truncated this a...

Naked Sci 28 Oct 13: Cure for baldness & golden trees

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists.

Squirrels, wildfires and wires

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss why birds can safely stand on power lines, strange around...

Naked Sci 21 Oct 13: Superbugs, ancient mosquitos and the abominable snowman

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists.

Phone calls from Mars

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to ponder condensation in bungalows, phonecalls from Mars and on...

NAKED SCI: 14 OCT 13: NOBELS

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss the week's Nobel Prize winners, lonely planets...

The Glories of Hiccuping

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss, amongst other things, how to deal with hiccups.

The Naked Scientist: Mice that are immune to jetlag

This week, a new breakthrough in how HIV spreads. Mice that are immune to jetlag.

Whale ear wax and 3D printing in space

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl are joined by Jason Dunn, chief technology officer for Made In the...

Naked Sci

This week, a possible new treatment for Parkinson's Disease, a new way to solve the of...

Sailing on Hydrofoils

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss how it is that the America's Cup boats can sail at double...

Naked Sci 23 Sep 13: The parasite that changes minds

Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists explore the week's science news. This week there's a...

Sonic Booms & Onions

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss sonic booms, ageing, and why onions make you cry.

Naked Scientist:15 Sep 13: Accents and Eastenders

On this week's edition, a breakthrough in stem cell research and how BBC television as...

Naked Scientists: TB or not TB

The Naked Scientists discuss bovine tuberculosis in badgers, parabolic reflectors and...

Dr Karl's Energy Day

On 5 Live's Energy Day, Dr Karl & Dr Rhod take questions on energy - and lots more.

Naked Scientists: Shark Camouflage

This week in the final show from Perth in Western Australia. Chris Smith and Victoria...

Shortest Dr Karl ever...

With Andy Murray on court at Flushing Meadows there's time for just one question for...

THE NAKED SCIENTIST: Dolphins and DNA

Dr Chris Smith aka the Naked Scientist investigates Australia's national science week...

DR TIM MINCHIN

In this edition comedian Dr Tim Minchin joins Dr Karl and Dr Rhod. They consider the...

Naked Scientists: 19 Aug 13: Australia

The team report back from down under for Australia's National Science Week

Molasses and Flu

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the flow of molasses, flu remedies and how light from can...

Fusion energy and red light working

We discuss how the nuclear fusion plant in France is doing, and talk with Professor on...

Naked Sci 05 Aug 13: Geysers on Enceladus and hidden gorillas

Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists with the latest since news including nanoscale and...

Dark matter and seedless grapes

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod look at dark matter, some quantum physics and discuss whether are...

Naked Scientist: 29 JUL 13: Dolphin Names

The Naked Scientists discuss how dolphins call each other by their names, why some get...

Cricket balls, nitrogen and Apollo

In this edition Dr Karl and Dr Rhod consider boiling nitrogen in a bottle, looking for...

The Naked Scientist

Dr Chris Smith and Dotun discuss the new surgical scalpel - dubbed the intelligent or...

The senses

It's all about the inner workings of the mind with Dr Karl this week. His special how...

Naked Scientists: 15 JUL 13: solar powered car racing

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to talk about solar powered cars that can go as fast as the...

Light speed, racing galaxies and dark matter

Dr Andy is joined by Dr Karl and Physics Nobel Laureate, Professor Brian Schmidt to...

The Naked Scientist

Today's episode - how cancers become resistant to chemotherapies, the threat posed by...

Postcards From Space

This week, how the Voyager space craft is still sending us Postcards from the Edge, 36...

Naked Scientist

This week, news that plants can do molecular long division; scientists have discovered...

Space Travel and Red Moons

Dr Karl discusses the speed of space travel, and why sometimes the moon is red.

Naked Sci 24 June 13: Keeping eyes clear and cancer fighting aspirin

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with the latest news and a focus on how eyes...

20 Jun 13

What jabs would you have to have to travel back to the 17th century, does your body at...

Naked Sci 17 Jun 13: Crumbling concrete, the Tunguska Fireball and teens and tobacco

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at what might have caused the "Tunguska...

13 Jun 13

Tom Green and our listeners ask Dr Karl why the earth's getting lighter if tens of of...

Naked Sci: 10 June 2013 Comfort Eating and Comets

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss comfort eating, what happened when a a...

Peering thru pinholes, weighing planets and how does alcohol work?

Dr Phil joins dr Karl to discuss how alcohol makes us drunk, why looking through a and...

Naked Sci: 03 Jun 13 Flu ancient plants & Mars radiation

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss a new way to block flu infection, with...

Dr Karl: Hungry shopping, itching, and acupuncture May 30

Dr Karl joins Dominic to discuss why not to shop hungry, why we itch and whether is no...

Naked Sci: 27 May 13 Potatoes, Penguins and Itching

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists explore how specimens of potato leaves kept in...

Naked Science

Using X rays to read the unreadable; solar-powered butterflies – and why selfishness...

Solar Flares & Tinnitus

Dr Karl joins Rhod to discuss solar flares, methods for dealing with tinnitus, and the...

Naked Sci 13 May 13: Electric allergies and no toys for boys

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists explore an electrical vaccine for allergies,...

Meteors & Reactors

Dr Karl joins Rhod to discuss a meteor seen blazing over the UK, 3D printing and why...

Naked Sci 06 May 13: A new HELMET to fight antibiotic resistance

Science news with Dr Chris Smith which includes a new weapon in the battle against and...

Surviving a bushfire and the mechanics of bubbles

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to discuss flaming tornadoes, the dao of bubbles and the what of...

25 Apr 13

On the latest edition of Dr Karl: techniques to discover bi-polar disorder, the of and...

Naked Science: Temporary Hearing Loss

Dr Chris explores why you suffer temporary deafness after being at a loud concert

18 APR 13

Dr Karl on efficient cars and cracking knuckles.

11 Apr 13

How do flies land on the ceiling and why is it that when you drink alcohol at the same...

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists

We find out what goes on inside your head when you're asleep and the science of losing...

04 April 2013

Dr Karl and Rhod Sharp talk science, including the mechanics of Vegemite and getting a...

Medical uses for chillies

Dr Karl and Rhod Sharp talk science, including medical uses for chillies.

Chris Smith with the Naked Scientist

We hear about a genetic study into the elusive giant squid, what the European Space us...

23 March 2013

Has Voyager 1 finally made it out of our solar system and other questions.

Naked Scientist: 11 Mar 13 Does cling film aid weight loss?

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to tell us about how heading a football could trigger your...

Special guest astrophysicist Dr Maarten Schmidt

Dr Chris, standing in for Dr Karl, and Dr Rhod are joined by Dr Maarten Schmidt whose...

NAKED SCIENTIST

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to tell us about how heading a football could trigger your...

Light, eyes and vitamin D

Dr Rhod's joined by Dr Chris this time to discuss eye colour, the weight of light and...

NAKED SCIENTIST

Hydrogen powered cars, stretchy batteries and is it true that if you wrap yourself up...

Naked Scientist: 25th Feb

Dr Chris Smith discusses how it's been discovered that bees carry an electric charge.

How much does a full iPod weigh?

This and other questions (like "can you get energy from nothing?") tackled by Dr Karl...

NAKED SCIENTIST

Dr Chris Smith and the team look at new SARS like Caronavirus, where cosmic rays come...

Solstices, moons and planes on travelators

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod ponder the migration of the Winter Solstice, the changing face of...

Naked Sci 21 Jan 13: Norovirus and the helical roots of tunnels

This week Dr Chris and colleagues investigate the potentcy of norovirus and new into...

Naked Science

A new invention that could see street lamps transmitting data to our cars; a ew and in...

Homework

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod in discovering that they need to do some homework

Greenland's Ice

Dr Jason Box, founder of the Dark Snow project, joins Dr Rhod and Dr Karl to discuss...

Naked Sci 28 Jan 13: Soaking up oil slicks and DNA data storage

Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with the week's science news including; DNA may actually...

24 Jan 13

Dr Karl discusses why boiling water turns to steam and ice so quickly in very cold...

Naked Scientist: 14 Jan 13: Restore Hearing

On this week's edition, a drug that can restore hearing to deaf ears, and the answer...

Global warning and nasal products (yuk)

Dr Karl joins Rhod Sharp to discuss global warming and answer the really burning posed...

03/JAN/2013

Andy Crane is joined by Dr Karl for the first science phone in of 2013.

27 Dec12: Top 10 Science Events of 2012

This week we find out why cells in a honeycomb are hexagonal? What was before the big...

Naked Sci: 24 Dec 12 Does Christmas cure cancer?

For Christmas, Dr Chris Smith and the team join Dotun for a look at the lighter side...

20/12/12:Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory

On the latest edition of Dr Karl, we find out if ice conducts electricity the same way...

13 Dec 12

A british team exploring ice two miles down in Antarctica that hasn't seen the light a...

Naked Sci 10 Dec 12: Regenerating heart cells and the upside of having children

Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists with a closer look at some of this week's science a...

Norovirus, blood types and wandering planets

Dr Chris, the Naked Scientist stands in for Dr Rhod tonight and fields questions about...

Bacteria, teeth, the Sun and moving trains

Bacteria on the teeth, the age of the Sun and what's it called when you're on a train...

The Golden Hour, 4G and missing acorns

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to discuss different approaches to CPR and emergency medicine,...

19 Nov 12

A molecular whodunit involving MRSA, gene therapy for epilepsy, and whether women are...

The roaming planet

As Chinese communist party prepares to unveil its new leaders Dr Karl discusses the of...

Naked Sci 12 Nov 12: Ash dieback and autophagia

Dr Chris and colleagues with weeks science news, a close look at ash dieback disease...

08 Nov 12

Dr Karl takes questions on bacterial infections, trauma medicine and HIV.

Brain Freeze explained - almost

In this edition: in 2010, the USA used 98 quadrillion British Thermal Units (BTUs) of...

Naked Sci 22 Oct 12: How the Moon was made

The Naked Scientists join Dotun to explain the new theories on the formation of the we...

Naked Sci 29 Oct 12: Fighting bacterial fire with fire

Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with science news. This week; fighting bacterial fire to...

Naked Sci 17 Sep 12: Shiniest fruits and online voters

Dr Chris and colleagues share the latest science news with Dotun Adebayo.

Soap and Salt

Are the seas getting saltier and where does soap come from. Dr Karl explains.

18th October 2012

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl discuss the health effects on the body of ‘the man who fell to...

Naked Sci 15 Oct 12: Clone Pioneer

On this week's edition of the Naked Scientist: a Nobel prize for a Cambridge cloning a...

Naked Scientist 08 Oct 12: Painkilling venom and a seismic shake-up

A new genetic test for babies, does the black mamba's venom contain a better than and...

Naked Science 01 Oct 12: Staying young with stem cells

Can a dose of stem cells keep you youthful? And why do foetal cells trespass into the...

and friends

Dr Karl is joined by human evolution and anthropology expert Elizabeth Hagen and Simon...

Naked Sci 24 Sep 12: Bingeing rats, pony tails and thinking thin

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with a weeks worth of science news including:...

20 Sep 12

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl are joined by Professor Geraint Lewis, an expert on Astrophysics,...

Science of smells and gravity waves

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are prefaced, in this edition, by two science stories; gas clouds...

Naked Science

Dr Chris and the team tell Dotun Adebayo a little about the science involved in the to...

23Aug12: Mosquito bites

On the latest edition: Dr Karl looks at the advances in stem cell research.

16 Aug 12

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss string theory, why medicine can't yet replace cartilage go...

Naked Scientist 13 Aug 12: Healing hearts, helping epileptics and where's the water coming

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists find out about pacemakers for the brain, new...

9 Aug12 Mars Curiosity

On the latest edition of the Naked Scientist: More on the Mars Curiosity expedition.

6Aug12: Nasa's Mission to Mars

On the latest edition of the Naked Scientist: NASA's mission to the red planet.

How much should you chew?

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss how much you should chew food, why some substances conduct...

Naked Scientist: Sir Steve Redgrave on the 2012 Games

In this edition - It's the first week of the 2012 Olympics, and the Naked Scientists...

Mine! Mine! Mine! Just what are those seagulls saying?

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl discuss blood pressure (What affects it?), long bridges (How do to...

Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith tells Dotun about the rage of rats and new developments in our of DNA...

Energy efficiency for fun and profit

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are on hand to answer science questions posed by our texters, and...

Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith and company talk trout snouts, galaxies with no stars and discuss a new...

The God Particle

Rhod Sharp and Dr Karl are joined by Steven Goldfarb from CERN to answer questions the...

Naked Scientist: Life after Higgs and explosive secrets

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with the week's science news. Do we have the a...

The Higgs Boson and all that

The discovery of the Higgs Boson is the focus of the debate. Dr Karl tells us it could...

Rifling and salty water

Andy Crane sits in for Rhod Sharp, and he and Dr Karl discuss why rifle bullets fly...

Naked Scientist

The Naked Scientist describes how to win friends and influence people, how to halt and...

the Multiverse

On the latest edition of Dr Karl -why we need the Multiverse, why the earth's core is...

Plants that punish animals

On the Naked Scientists this week... why ministers say A levels aren’t up to scratch...

Lengthy hairs, monatomic gold and breathing in particles

Dr Karl and Dr Giles explore questions about hair length, the existence of monatomic a...

Naked Scientist

A look at ways to predict where Malaria may strike, and a way to help dyslexics read...

Tastebuds, Water and Tracking Venus

Dr Karl discusses the transit of Venus. We discuss the quirky characteristics of find...

Naked Scientist

This week Dr Chris Smith has spent time finding out about the science being done in of...

Botany Bay

This week find out how Botany Bay increased our understanding of the world and whether...

Naked Scientist: Tasty tomatoes and giant diamonds

This week Dr Chris Smith and his Naked Scientist colleagues report on the chemical for...

what mircowaves can do to wifi

On the latest edition of Dr Karl, how your microwave oven can interfere with your home...

Walking with coffee

How can you walk without splilling coffee, and can actor Anne Hathaway affect the...

Naked Scientist: Windy Dinosaurs and the Missile Chimp

Science news with Dr Chris Smith and colleagues. This edition; burning up body fat, on...

Where do seeds come from?

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer your science questions. This week; where do all the an...

Food special as Prof Charles comes on board

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl are joined by food specialist Professor Charles Spence to deal as;...

Hairy women and homing pigeons

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists explore.. : why women have evolved out of and...

Helium balloons, marsupials and coffee cup physics

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the scarcity of helium, the peculiarities of marsupials of...

Underground water

Why there's so much water underground, a new way to work paralysed body parts by brain...

Diesel engines and Dr K's new planet

Why aren't humans more hairy? How does a diesel engine work and what exactly is Dr new...

Sinking of the Titanic

On the weekend of the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we're a...

Bird and dinosaur eggs

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science,...

05 Apr 12

Why it would take 42 minutes to fall down a hole through the centre of the Earth..........

Naked Scientist: Earth's Early Atmosphere

This week we learn how some 2. 7 billion year old fossilised raindrops have revealed it...

Aspirin, the cold and taste

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss aspirin for daily use, why some people don't seem to feel...

Naked Scientist: Heart Attack Predictor

This week on the Naked Scientist - a way to predict heart attacks that are about to a...

Frozen eyeballs and Einstein's off the hook

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod try to answer your science questions. This week we ponder why in...

Making rain and miraculous LEDs

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer your science questions. Counting calories, making rain...

Naked Scientist: Antimatter

On the latest editon of the Naked Scientist - Antimatter, the rules of physics say be...

Solar flares

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod join forces to examine solar flares as one heads towards the earth.

Naked Science: Gentlemen, hippos and silence.

Why the working classes are more gentlemanly than the upper classes, how hippos can of...

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Is the moon moving away from us and what could that mean...how much salt is too much...

Naked Scientist: Frozen flowers, feeding foetuses

Dr Chris Smith and colleagues talk us through the week's science news including the of...

Spherical planets

Why juicing greens might not be the best idea, exactly what sound is and why planets...

Naked Scientist: Computers; from the biggest to one of the smallest and self med

Dr Chris Smith and colleagues explore one of the biggest computers that's getting and...

Migraines

Dr Dotun joins Dr Karl this week. They discuss exactly what causes a migraine, how and...

Naked Scientist

Dr Chris discusses vaccines for cancer thanks to a gene from the gut bug Salmonella, a...

google earth and fishing?

Dr Chris Smith from the Naked Scientists joins Rhod to find out what google and have...

DrChris: The Cold; Norovirus and Aeroplanes

Dr Chris joins Rhod for the science phone-in this week. The cold weather is on our so;...

Naked Science

Dr Chris & The Naked Scientists with the latest science news

Northern Lights

Dr Chris sits in for Dr Karl and discusses the Northern Lights, global warming and...

Nature's Best Painkillers

Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science,...

Naked Scientist: Undersea vents, saying no to nicotine patches and bird flu

Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with the latest science stories. This week; the deepest...

Does electrcity flow?

Does electricity flow and why do we get referred pain? Dr Chris Smith from the Naked...

Naked Science: Silk Worms & Deafness

In this weeks Naked Scientists Dr Chris Smith looks at silk worms that spin spider and...

DrChris: Looking at Moon, the longevity of birds and the truth about vitamins.

Dr Chris of the Naked Scientists joins Rhod to answer our callers science questions.

DrChris: Cataracts, wheels spinning backwards and how many colds can you have at

Dr Chris from the Naked Scientists is in the chair this week answering our caller's...

Pain, pleasure, viruses & the North star

Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl talking to Dotun about self-destructive viruses, the &...

Naked Scientist: Brussels sprouts, a mystery explained

Dr Chris and colleagues explore what happens when stars collide, the tricks mosquitos...

Is it Dr Karl? No, it's Dr Chris!

Of course we have some Higgs Boson questions and a host of other queries including are...

NakedScientist: Bed bugs return and taxi drivers brains

Dr Chris and colleagues explain why bed bugs are making a come back; and how boosts of...

How do pies burn?

Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl, and among the questions he fields is....

Naked Scientist: Headers and doctored pics.

The naked scientists ask if taking headers can cause brain damage, how to spot and go...

Jim Lovell's Calculations

A look at Jim Lovell's life-saving calculations on board Apollo 13 a few hours after...

On the road with Dr Karl

This week Dr Karl is in the back of a car speeding north to a book signing.

The brain and the diet

Scientists have discovered a network of nerve cells that signal what's in what we've...

Naked Scientist: Flu Jabs and primordial gas

Details of a UK study called the Flu Survey aiming to work out how effective the flu...

Dance, parasites and flues

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the power of interpretative dance, parasites that could...

Umami, napping and perfect vacuums

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss the fifth flavour, the ideal nap duration and the of...

What's the good of multi-vitamins?

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Alastair Reynolds, a sci fi author and former Space...

The Naked Scientist: Carving and Microgravity

The new Christmas must have gadget – a kitchen that teaches you to cook and carve...

Upside down rainbows

Dr Karl answers listeners' weird and wonderful questions about the world of science, -...

Medium wave radio signals and more

Dr Karl and 'Dr' Rhod once again answer all your science questions

Naked Scientist: The Oscars of the Sciences

This week's edition of the Naked Scientist - how Earth came by its water - scientists...

Science phone in

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer all your science related questions.

The Naked Scientists: Plastic fantastic

Find out more about the amazing powers of plastics, china's increasing space programme...

Particles and the speed of light

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all this weeks science questions.

The Naked Scientist

The slipperiest substance ever made, and the workings of DEET – the world’s best...

Why birds are modern day dinosaurs?

Can viruses be used as medical cures? Why birds are modern day dinosaurs?And how good...

The Naked Scientist: X-ray vision

This week, scientists with superhero x-ray vision... well almost, the CT scanning of a...

And the case of the gravitational diet

Are copper bands copper bottomed? Do you weigh less in the day than you do at night?...

MIssing Links

In this special edition Dr Chris visits Lee Berger, at the University of Witwatersrand...

The Naked Scientists: Pro or anti biotic?

Dr Chris and his team discuss the virtues of yoghurt on the brain. Flat lenses and ice...

Supernovas and an atom bomb detonates

The benefits of biting your nails, supernovas and what happens when an atom bomb are...

Why rocket thrusters work on the moon

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod tackle why rocket thrusters work on the moon, what makes night why...

The sun always shines in Scotland

This week Dr Chrs and the naked scientists go to the University of Aberdeen to meet a...

Stars and Supernovas

Dr Karl joins Rhod and as always tackles all your science questions.

The Naked Scientist: Muscular Dystrophy

Chris takes a look at work being done in Italy that may create a new treatment for...

Peppermints, Chillies & Receptors

Dr Karl answers all your science related questions.

how many bubbles in your bath?

which is warmer, a bath with bubbles in it or one without? Just one of the stranger by...

11 Aug 11

The effects of adrenalin, the length of time tannins stay in the body and how long the...

Vampire bats

How vampire bats home in on the jugular, why some depressions look like expressions of...

Rainbows and Spiders' Webs

Dr Karl explains "Mackerel Skies", discusses a UFO sighting by a 5 live sportreader to...

How do you tow an iceberg?

The fate of matter that gets sucked into a black hole, the genetic implications of and...

Moonshine and waves

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to explain why the moon glows, how waves wave and how sound is...

noise quenching curtains

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions. This week includes a look into an...

The Naked Scientist: Dr Chris discovers the identity of Stem Cells!

In this week's fascinating look at all things science, Dr. Chris explains why some to...

The Strange Sound of the MRI Scanner

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all your science questions

hard water and a cuppa

This week Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr Karl to answer listeners'weird and wonderful...

Why do birds suddenly appear?

Birds of a feather flock together, but why? Hear how GPS and a pigeon have found the...

Australia's 10th most trusted man

Dr Karl who has been voted Australia's 10th most trusted man joins Rhod to answer your...

The Naked Scientist: Dinasour Inspired Planes

Dr Chris with all the latest science news.

The multiverse and beyond

This week Dr Karl takes you into the mysterious world of the multiverse and beyond! is...

The Naked Scientist: The Next Generation Of Hearing Aids

Dr Chris with this weeks science news.

Keeping those cards safe

Dr Karl joins 'Dr'Rhod to answer all your science related questions

hard of hearing fish

This week's edition of the Naked Scientist looks at how rising carbon dioxide levels a...

Fracking

Looking into a transparent world, the truth about fracking and the REAL difference and...

The shape of things to come

On the Naked Scientists this week find out how to measure the shape of something very...

The Naked Scientist: Organ Transplants

A look at a possible breakthrough in organ transplantation ... plus what is the optimum...

Climate Change Special

Climate change is on the agenda this week. Dr Karl and Rhod are joined by speical...

The Naked Scientist: A Highland postcard

Dr Chris has been taking the Highland air and speaking at the University of Aberdeen's...

Former smokers and the smell of cigarettes

Why do former smokers still want to smoke but hate the smell of cigarettes? Are black...

The Naked Scientist: One puff gets you hooked.

Dr Chris and colleagues with the latest science news, question of the week and the of...

Electrocution can be good for you.

Dr Karl explains how passing electricity through your brain can make you more examines...

The Naked Scientist: American Special

Dr Chris with snapshots from his recent trip to America. He's been speaking to the who...

Why does the moon always face us?

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all your science related questions

Walking through bands of warm air how?

Dr Karl and Rhod answer all your science related questions

The Naked Scientist: The power of conversation

How conversation carried early man out of Africa, what keeps a bike balanced and how a...

Compression socks good idea?

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer an array of science questions.

The eyes have it!

We head to Japan this week to find out how retinas are being grown in dishes which the...

under the sea and beyond the stars

How deep under the sea can you dive, and what shape should your submarine be? When you...

The Naked Scientist: Slowing space probes

Are the “worm” graphs displayed during live televised political debates biasing Is...

A special look at radiation

How serious to health are the leaks from the Fukishima nuclear plant? Dotun and Dr are...

The Naked Scientist

This week we hear about a breakthrough in the skin cancer melanoma, how scientists for...

Have you heard about the bird?

How do birds hear if they have a hole through their heads? Where does matter come Just...

A turn for sperm

Dr Karl discusses a breakthrough in how sperm get turned on: scientists have how the...

Nuclear questions, nuclear answers.

Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility seems to be on everyone's mind tonight.

Japan earthquake and tsunami

The Naked Scientist this week analyses how big the earthquake and tsunami in Japan how...

Stale Cake Hard, Stale Biscuits Soft, Why?

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all the latest science questions.

The Naked Scientist: Key to the next generation of computer chip

On the latest edition of The Naked Scientist - a new technique that could hold the key...

Jamie Oliver's Yorkshire puds

Jamie Oliver asks our very own Naked Scientist, Dr Chris why his yorkshire puddings by...

The back bone's connected to the

How ancient bones are about to help us to treat modern bad backs and breakthroughs in...

Exoplanets and the universe

Dr Chris sits in for Dr Karl and the universe is the main topic of conversation.

Science news in Washington with Dr Chris

Dr Chris Smith with news from the annual American Association for the Advancement of...

Solar flares and upside down rivers

How could solar flares disrupt global communications? Have you ever heard of upside Dr...

The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith

Evidence that eating oily fish can reduce the risk of developing some common forms of...

The number of stars in the sky

Dr Dotun sits in with Dr Karl as they discuss the shadows of the sun, why snow keeps...

This weeks science news with Dr Chris Smith

Dr Chris Smith and the team are here with all the latest science news.

Science phone in 03-02-2011

Once again Dr Karl attempts to answer all your science related questions.

Leprosy Day

On this week's edition of Dr Chris Smith looks at Leprosy Day, which is intended to of...

The Great Dividing Ridge

Dr Karl journeys across the spine of the Great Dividing Ridge in Australia plus other...

The mouse and the immune system.

The Naked Scientists take a look at how a mouse with a human immune system is helping...

Science phone in

Dr Chris, The Naked Scientist joins Rhod to answer all your science questions.

THE NAKED SCIENTIST The science of drumming

A new technique that makes the production of computer chips a piece of cake, the of of...

The affect of music

Dr Chris keeps Dr Karl's chair warm and looks at why music affects us so much, why you...

The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith

Amongst this weeks topics why going topless can harm your hearing and more about a new...

Dr Chris and 1,000 dead birds falling from the sky

Dr Chris explains the flu vaccine, tackles the phenomenon of dead birds falling from a...

Naked Scientist; In Oz, part 2.

Tracking sharks, gladiatorial bees and giant radio telescopes in a second special of...

How much a whale can eat.

How much a whale eats, the real reason behind England's Ashes victory, how the human a...

23/12/10

In this edition Dr Karl answers your weird and wonderful questions from listeners the...

Science phone in 16 Dec

Dr Chris sitting in for Dr Karl with Giles answers all your science related questions.

The Naked Scientist

This week we're taking a look at a breakthrough in understanding Alzheimer's Disease.

Science phone in

Dr Karl answers all your science questions.

The Naked Scientist

Under the microscope this week we've got the bacteria that made headlines by using of...

The mole rats are coming!!!.

Run for your lives the mole rats are coming! Well maybe not, but they don't drink and...

Naked Scientist: Aids, Forgetful Flyers and Saturnian Moons

This week Doctor Chris and colleagues look at the latest Aids research ahead of the of...

The formula for gripe water

Why the earth is pear-shaped, Newton's first law and the formula for gripe water Dr Dr...