5 Live Science Podcast

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team discover why children born by caesarean section are less likely to respond to their measles jabs, how ancient trees revealed that last summer was the hottest for over 200 years, plus take an in-depth look at the science of language.

The hottest science news, stories and analysis from Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. In this episode a new vaccine to build immunity and scientists have found their first rocky planet with an atmosphere, around a nearby star.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. This week, as AstraZeneca acknowledged that their COVID vaccine is linked to a rare blood clotting side effect, we find out more about it. Plus how scientists are getting closer to cracking nuclear fusion, and how adding bacteria could be key to breaking down plastic. We also discover how zero gravity affects the body, and how science is looking at the future impact of long journeys away from Earth ahead of further exploration into space. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.

In this week's programme: scientists give mice a rat's sense of smell; we find out why some of China's biggest cities are sinking; and 14 years after disaster struck in the Gulf of Mexico, how laser-treated cork may be able to help us to clean up oil spills in future.

Plus, a special look at ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as we find out what it is, who's got it and how science can help us to better manage it.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team discover:

Why we need stricter smoking and vaping controls and will they work?

The remains of what’s believed to be the largest reptile to have roamed our Severn Seas.

A tribute to the BA pilot who saved his air passengers from a volcanic ash cloud – so why are volcanoes so disastrous for jet engines?

Finally, a look at how food production will cope with climate change in the future.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.

In this week's episode….Scientists invent artificial platelets to help us clot blood better, why it might be time to reappraise the peace loving nature of Bonobos, why the moon apparently turned itself inside out in the past.

Plus as a special tribute to the revered British Scientist Peter Higgs who died this week aged 94, his friend Lyn Evans tells us about the 40 year search for the Higgs boson particle that provides some answers to life, the universe and everything…

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Put on some safety goggles as Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team tackle the science questions you've been asking. Including: What do you do if you get pregnant in space? How do anti-depressants work? And how do we know how old planet earth is? Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

Put on some safety goggles as Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team ignite your bunsen burners with the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs. This time, how cell transplants can boost wound and tissue repair, using caffeine to perk up solar panel performance, and energy efficient ways of cooking with a conscience.

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team tackle discoveries and oddities with a team of experts in a special live show recorded at the Edinburgh Science Festival.

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

Dr Chris Smith & the team discuss cancer killing immune systems, sharks with cameras, and the Space Twins.

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

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists answer your science questions. Including: is the sugar in fruit better than that in a donut? How do reflective jackets work? And why do bright lights make some people sneeze? Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

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

Dr Chris Smith and the team this week are sniffing out Parkinsons, travelling to Mars, and looking at the cutting edge of material science.

Dr Karl answers all your science questions with Rhod Sharp. This week discussing hurricanes, ageing and more.

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

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer more of your science questions. Topics covered this week include the Spring Equinox, 5G radiation and green flashes in the sky at sunset.

Chris Berrow and the Naked Science team talk about a new way of tackling prostate cancer, keeping fruit fresher for longer and how scientists deal with calculations involving massive numbers.

Could all the wind turbines in the world slow the rotation of the earth? Could sounds from the past be retrieved from solid objects... and how do you cure Dotun's sore throat?

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

The hottest science news, stories and analysis with Dr Karl

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

It's time to welcome DR. KARL to the show and after two weeks in Antarctica, he's back on terra warma in Sydney. We ponder why a popped balloon breaks into three pieces and discuss Huygens' Pendulums.

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

Plus a celebration of the 150th birthday of the Periodic Table.

It's Valentine's week and love is in the air. So what else could the Naked Scientists be exploring but pain, dating and mind control?

Some people head to warm climes when they go away for a few days. Dr Karl does the opposite. This week he is in Antarctica to answer your science questions, and is joined by glaciologist Dr Ben Galton-Fenzi and station leader at Casey Station, Chris MacMillian.

5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, plus Dr Chris and Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the hottest science news stories and analysis.

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

The Naked Scientists look at a new type of male contraceptive that can be reversed, and were recently discovered ancient javelins ever thrown?

Dr Karl joins Rhod Sharp to answer your questions. This week history of the galaxy, world weather including polar vortex and how to store paint pots.

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer more of your science questions. Topics this week include climate change, planets and the energy expenditure of the common housefly.

Dr. Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with the week's science news, including: a way to turn cancer cells into fat cells, why coffee is at risk of extinction, and is the dark side of the moon really dark? Plus how microbes put food on our dinner plates.

Dr Karl answers your questions on glitter, super volcanoes and coconut oil.

Dr. Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with the latest science news. This week including the intelligent material that helps wounds heal, a phone app which detects drug overdoses, and how norovirus makes us unwell. Plus a look at how the human body regenerates itself, and why we get scars.

After 15 years of broadcasting together, Rhod Sharp and Dr Karl finally meet face to face during a special tour of the Royal Institution in London.

Dr. Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team start the New Year with answers to more of your science questions.

Ultima Thule chat and why does it take meat longer to cool down than heat up? Also, is it true that pink salt is from the Himalayas?

Dr Karl answers your science questions

Dr. Chris Smith, Katie Haylor and the Naked Scientist team bring you a Christmas survival guide. Including the science of cooking the perfect turkey and roast potatoes, how much Christmas pudding would be enough to get you drunk, avoiding family festive feuds, and what makes the best worst cracker joke.

Science journalist, broadcaster and Up All Night regular Bianca Nogrady is joined by Professor of Astrophysics at Sydney University Geraint Lewis to answer your science and nature questions.

Put on some safety goggles as Dr. Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team ignite your bunsen burners with the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs. Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

Dr Karl answers your space questions and explains why the Moon has a dark side, why space is cold and talks driverless cars.

Can we jet lag a cabbage? Does the surge in big internet data sharing bring big risks? Dr Chris Smith and the ‘Naked Scientists’ also discuss the microbial world and we go interstellar to infinity and beyond.

The Naked Scientists explore modern and historic dentistry, the evolution of skin colour & an app that can tell you if you're anemic.

Dr Karl answers your questions on all things science.

Put on some safety goggles as Dr. Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist answer your science questions. Featuring: Are plastics now in the fish we're eating? Can electrical devices affect your fertility? And will robots take over our jobs thanks to the development of artificial intelligence?

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

Chris Smith and the science team answer your questions.

Dr Karl answers questions on rainbows

Blood tests that detect cancer, why the kilogram is changing, and a look at modern manufacturing

Dr Karl discusses the extraction of Geothermal energy.

How being a morning person can reduce a risk of cancer, using drones and AI to check ocean health, and how science from WW1 is helping people with brain injuries today. Plus the science of samba, what makes a good dancer?

DR KARL discusses whether human saliva is a good cleaning agent? Also, are perpetual motion vehicles a realistic possibility and is thorium a cleaner alternative to nuclear power?

The Naked Scientists answer your science questions, including whether science can help us quit our vices, do animals have accents, and how big can a planet get? Get the podcast from the BBC Sounds app.

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl answer your questions on the carbon cost of electric vehicles and space windmills.

Georgia Mills from the Naked Scientists looks at what happens to fish when coral reefs die, how glowing lungs might help fight hospital infections, and catalysts - the invisible substances which help keep the world running.

While Dr Karl enjoys his holiday, Rhod is joined by science journalist and broadcaster Bianca Nogrady and Dr. Alice Williamson who is a chemist, lecturer and science communicator based at The University of Sydney. Topics include 3D photography, gluing magnets and the difference between male and female birds.

Georgia Mills and the team answer your questions

Rhod is joined by a couple of old hands who can answer your questions; namely freelance science journalist, broadcaster and author Bianca Nogrady and Dr Alice Williamson who is a chemist, lecturer and science communicator based at The University of Sydney

Dr Karl and his guests discuss diets and health.

Chris Smith and the science team answer your questions

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

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

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

The week’s science news including: a new device to measure your body clock, what chimps can tell us about teamwork, and how red alert signals spread through plants when something starts to eat them. Plus a look at biomimicry, and how scientists borrow from biology to look to the future.

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to answer more of your science questions. This weeks subjects include wildlife extinctions, tinnitus and hurricanes

This week Chris Smith and the 5 Live Science team are answering the questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.

Including: why has hay fever been so bad this year, what causes motion sickness, and what's the best way to deal with a jelly fish sting?

The Naked Scientists investigate an interesting ice cream flavour.

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

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

Can science stop a hangover? And other listener questions.

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

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

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

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

Chris Smith and the team look at growing lungs in a lab, hyperloops and how to keep elephants off farms.

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

While Dr Karl is away, Rhod is joined by science journalist and author Bianca Nogrady and Dr. Alice Williamson from the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney.

The latest science news featuring, a new type of painkiller that lasts 3 months, how cosmic rays can identify radioactive waste and a robot that can teach itself chemistry.

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists explore a surprising new way to fight cancer, a virtual cure for fear of heights and more.

In Dr Karl's absence Rhod is joined by science journalist and author Bianca Nogrady and Dr. Alice Williamson from the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney.

The Naked Scientists tackle your questions. They're asked if you can train your goldfish? Also, does light weigh anything?

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

Dr Karl answers your science questions including biomass, cancer cells and jet fuel.

Does marriage affect your mortality rate and what 800 million tweets reveal about human moods? The 5 live Science Team investigate.

Dr Karl answers questions on the universe, plasma, 5G and much more.

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

Will we ever find life on other planets? Can Spiders have shells? And a jumping bean mystery.

Dr Karl joins Dr Johnny to answer questions from curious callers.

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

Dr Karl answers your science questions and discusses cockroach milk,volcanic activity and coronal mass ejection.

This week's science news, including: How a big circle of friends could help with dementia, an unusual picture of Pluto, and a new hair dye based on blackcurrants. Plus, allergies and how a team of scientists are curing people of previously lethal nut reactions.

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

She also experiences some of the g-forces that astronauts go through to get into orbit.

How did Newton work out the weight of the Earth? How did Einstein predict that rays of light would be bent by the Sun? And do squirrels spontaneously combust. Dr Karl answers the questions of curious callers.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss your science questions, including how does Australia handle water shortages, is time variable, and why can one listener hear his neighbour's ultrasonic cat repellent device?

Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with the week's science news including: a possible cure for the common cold, the latest on the climate crisis, and the science of snuggles.

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

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Professor Geordie Williamson, and discuss the Yanny/Laurel audio debate

The Naked Scientists answer your questions, looking at whether nanobots will be able to destroy the world, can food allergies be inherited and are ants telepathic?