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5 live Science

Summary: 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.

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 THE NAKED SCIENTIST The science of drumming - 17 JAN 11 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:12

A new technique that makes the production of computer chips a piece of cake, the science of drumming and all of the week's other science news with Dr Chris.

 DrKarl: The affect of music 13 JAN 11 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:54

Dr Chris keeps Dr Karl's chair warm and looks at why music affects us so much, why when you dunk biscuits in your tea the crumbs always stick to edge of the mug and why it gets windy whenever the sun goes behind the clouds.

 DrKarl: The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:32

Amongst this weeks topics why going topless can harm your hearing and more about a new IVF study

 Dr Chris and 1,000 dead birds falling from the sky | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:51

Dr Chris explains the flu vaccine, tackles the phenomenon of dead birds falling from the Arkansas sky and gives us the answer on how information is saved on a memory stick.

 Naked Scientist; In Oz, part 2. 3 Jan 11 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:10

Tracking sharks, gladiatorial bees and giant radio telescopes in a second special Australian edition of the Naked Scientist.

 DrKarl: How much a whale can eat. 30 December 10 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:57

How much a whale eats, the real reason behind England's Ashes victory, how the human body reacts to the extreme cold and why Jupiter the planet was never destined to be a star are all under Dr Karl's science spotlight this week.

 DrKarl: 23/12/10 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:38

In this edition Dr Karl answers your weird and wonderful questions from listeners about the world of science.

 DrKarl: Science phone in 16 Dec | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:01

Dr Chris sitting in for Dr Karl with Giles answers all your science related questions.

 The Naked Scientist - 13 Dec 2010 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:13

This week we're taking a look at a breakthrough in understanding Alzheimer's Disease. We also find out why someone sent a cheese into space this week!

 DrKarl: Science phone in | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:26

Dr Karl answers all your science questions.

 The Naked Scientist: 6th Dec 2010 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:40

Under the microscope this week we've got the bacteria that made headlines by using arsenic instead of phosphorus; so is this a tantilising sign that life evolved on Earth more than once? We also hear how a patient with an inflammatory bowel disease treated himself with a dose of worms.

 DrKarl: The mole rats are coming!!!. 02 DEC 10 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:34

Run for your lives the mole rats are coming! Well maybe not, but they don't drink water and do eat their own faeces. Nice! The perfect dinner guests. Dr Karl also tells us how a trick of the brain could cause obesity and how the desalination of sea water is pretty tricky. Plus has anyone ever found a magnetic monopole? Err...no.

 Naked Scientist: Aids, Forgetful Flyers and Saturnian Moons | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:08

This week Doctor Chris and colleagues look at the latest Aids research ahead of the 30th anniversary of the identification of HIV, the blood test that predicts a person’s age and the moon of Saturn with an oxygen-rich atmosphere.

 DrKarl: The formula for gripe water | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:56

Why the earth is pear-shaped, Newton's first law and the formula for gripe water occupy Dr Karl and Dr Rhod this week. They're joined by Brian Dunning who takes a look at what makes a quadrillion.

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