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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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Podcasts:

 DrKarl: Trumpets, Tyre Rubber, and Organisms 17 July 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:13

Dr Karl answers questions on trumpets, where all the tyre rubber goes, and whether the entire world is actually one single living organism.

 5l Science: 12 Jul 14: Computer Shopping Revolution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:03

This week Dr Chris & The Naked Scientists look at the computer shopping revolution and how your dinner time could affect your body clock.

 Science: Naked Scientists, 10 Jul 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:18

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

 Naked Scientist: Talking Chimpanzees & Tour De France 05 JULY 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:05

Dr Chris Mason takes a look at all the latest science and technology news. This week: interpreting the gestures that chimpanzees make to communicate with each other, a genetic breakthrough that could help cure diabetes and with the tour de France coming up we take a look at the science behind cycling

 Naked Scientists 3 Jul 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:32

Dr Chris joins Rhod as Dr Karl is away this week (although he still manages to make an appearance). Topics include body temperature and why salmon go pink.

 Science: The Naked Scientists 21 June 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:58

This week Chris Smith and his team of Naked Scientists take a look at a new development which could speed up the production of electric cars, why mice get a kick out of sunning themsleves and what this means in the fight against skin cancer, a lizard like creature which could help regenerate human limbs, scientists blow up a mountain in their quest to explore the universe, and as David Cameron calls for a big push on dementia research the scientists take a look at Alzheimer's disease including how a computer game is being used to teach kids about it.

 DrKarl: World Cup Science 19 June 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:46

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

 Naked Scientists: The Naked Scientists, 14 Jun 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:04

This week Chris Smith and his team of Naked Scientists ask whether it would be good for men not to keep their mobiles in their pockets, news of a potential breakthrough in the fight against malaria and how to make drugs more effective and last longer.

 DrKarl: Plus special guest Julian Crib 12 Jun 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:23

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

 Naked Scientists: Super Shrink Me 7 June 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:02

This week Chris Smith and his team of Naked Scientists zoom in on the subject of nano-particles to examine how tiny objects, smaller than light itself, are making waves in the fields of health, optics, and electronics. Plus, news of why sleep is restorative, effects of foetal brain transplants, tree-hugging koalas, super-sized Earth-like planets and why Facebook affects your mood.

 Dr Karl: Ozone layer, galaxies & absolute zero 5 June 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:06

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl discuss the point of the ozone layer and whether fish get the bends, and Dr Karl gets stumped by a six year old.

 Naked Scientists: Water on the Moon 31 May 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:39

5 Live Science with Chris Smith and his team of Naked Scientists discuss water on the Moon; the end of the dentist drill; a new treatment for epilepsy; vaccine testing to save gorillas and chimps; and computer education during the Year of Code.

 DrKarl: Magnetic waves and the Big Bang 29 May 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:14

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

 DrKarl: 5 live Science, 24 May 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:50

Green clean ups: how can nature's recyclers - bacteria and fungi - help us remedy man-made environmental problems, from oil spills to mining slag heaps? Plus, Brazilian dengue-threat could see football reach fever pitch, how beneficial bugs get into newborn babies, a new way to treat diabetes, and the Longitude Prize, reborn...

 DrKarl: 22 May 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:52

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

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