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:
Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss Rolls Royce, polio and sharks.
Dr Chris joins Dr Rhod to talk radio waves, baldness and phonecall quality.
Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to talk weather in space, the potential benefits of shooting rhinos and managing the anger of others
Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl once again to discuss the problems of heat, freezing carbon and why bright white lights at bedtime may be a problem.
Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss how caffeine might help memory and how a glue inspired by slugs may help keyhole surgery.
Dr Chris stands in for Dr Karl to discuss bird flu, and entropy, among other science related questions.
This week, in the wake of near universal Christmas over-indulgence, researchers have announced the discovery of the nerve cells in the brain that make us like calorie-rich, sweet things. Plus, what does 2014 have in store for us scientifically?
Dr Chris Smith steps in for Dr Karl to discuss Newton's laws, plus why potatoes boil faster than they roast ...when an oven's hotter than the boiling temperature of water.
With a special, festively-themed Naked Scientists, Dr Chris and the crew explore some of the science of Christmas...
Dr Karl joins Dr John (who's in for Dr Rhod) and they discuss the efficacy of herbal supplements, the properties of quarks and whether striking the sides of jar lids helps in opening them.
Does Mozart make you brainier? The jury may be out. And what does Christmas lunch do to your intestinal microbes...
Dr Karl answers listeners' questions about the weird and wonderful world of science.
Sweat, the build-up of lactic acid while cycling and the tale of America's quest to find a pen that works in space.
Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss Venus' magnetic poles, the necessity of sunlight, and Douglas Adams' poetry among other things.
Dr Chris Smith and the team join Dotun to discuss how bacteria can pick up DNA in the environment, the legacy of double Nobel prize winner Fred Sanger, and the smallest man-made objects in space.
