5 Live Science Podcast Podcast
5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.
Episodes to download
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Particles and the speed of light
Thu 29 Sep 2011
Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all this weeks science questions.
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The Naked Scientist
Mon 26 Sep 2011
The slipperiest substance ever made, and the workings of DEET – the world’s best...
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Why birds are modern day dinosaurs?
Thu 22 Sep 2011
Can viruses be used as medical cures? Why birds are modern day dinosaurs?And how good...
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The Naked Scientist: X-ray vision
Mon 19 Sep 2011
This week, scientists with superhero x-ray vision... well almost, the CT scanning of a...
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And the case of the gravitational diet
Thu 15 Sep 2011
Are copper bands copper bottomed? Do you weigh less in the day than you do at night?...
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MIssing Links
Mon 12 Sep 2011
In this special edition Dr Chris visits Lee Berger, at the University of Witwatersrand...
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Supernovas and an atom bomb detonates
Thu 8 Sep 2011
The benefits of biting your nails, supernovas and what happens when an atom bomb are...
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The Naked Scientists: Pro or anti biotic?
Mon 5 Sep 2011
Dr Chris and his team discuss the virtues of yoghurt on the brain. Flat lenses and ice...
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Why rocket thrusters work on the moon
Thu 1 Sep 2011
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod tackle why rocket thrusters work on the moon, what makes night why...
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The sun always shines in Scotland
Mon 29 Aug 2011
This week Dr Chrs and the naked scientists go to the University of Aberdeen to meet a...
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Stars and Supernovas
Thu 25 Aug 2011
Dr Karl joins Rhod and as always tackles all your science questions.
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The Naked Scientist: Muscular Dystrophy
Mon 22 Aug 2011
Chris takes a look at work being done in Italy that may create a new treatment for...
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Peppermints, Chillies & Receptors
Thu 18 Aug 2011
Dr Karl answers all your science related questions.
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how many bubbles in your bath?
Mon 15 Aug 2011
which is warmer, a bath with bubbles in it or one without? Just one of the stranger by...
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11 Aug 11
Thu 11 Aug 2011
The effects of adrenalin, the length of time tannins stay in the body and how long the...
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Vampire bats
Mon 8 Aug 2011
How vampire bats home in on the jugular, why some depressions look like expressions of...
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Rainbows and Spiders' Webs
Thu 4 Aug 2011
Dr Karl explains "Mackerel Skies", discusses a UFO sighting by a 5 live sportreader to...
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How do you tow an iceberg?
Thu 28 Jul 2011
The fate of matter that gets sucked into a black hole, the genetic implications of and...
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Moonshine and waves
Thu 21 Jul 2011
Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to explain why the moon glows, how waves wave and how sound is...
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noise quenching curtains
Thu 14 Jul 2011
Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions. This week includes a look into an...
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The Strange Sound of the MRI Scanner
Fri 8 Jul 2011
Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all your science questions
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Why do birds suddenly appear?
Mon 27 Jun 2011
Birds of a feather flock together, but why? Hear how GPS and a pigeon have found the...
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Australia's 10th most trusted man
Thu 23 Jun 2011
Dr Karl who has been voted Australia's 10th most trusted man joins Rhod to answer your...
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The Naked Scientist: Dinasour Inspired Planes
Mon 20 Jun 2011
Dr Chris with all the latest science news.
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The multiverse and beyond
Thu 16 Jun 2011
This week Dr Karl takes you into the mysterious world of the multiverse and beyond! is...
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The Naked Scientist: The Next Generation Of Hearing Aids
Mon 13 Jun 2011
Dr Chris with this weeks science news.
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The Naked Scientist: Dr Chris discovers the identity of Stem Cells!
Sat 11 Jun 2011
In this week's fascinating look at all things science, Dr. Chris explains why some to...
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Keeping those cards safe
Thu 9 Jun 2011
Dr Karl joins 'Dr'Rhod to answer all your science related questions
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hard of hearing fish
Mon 6 Jun 2011
This week's edition of the Naked Scientist looks at how rising carbon dioxide levels a...
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Fracking
Thu 2 Jun 2011
Looking into a transparent world, the truth about fracking and the REAL difference and...