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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 21 Nov 13: Selfies, space stations and enriching uranium | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:41

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss speeding space stations and enriching uranium amongst other things.

 NakedSci: 18 Nov 13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:46

Dr Chris Smith and the team join Dotun to talk about the science of Typhoons, a promising new antibiotic for combating chronic infections, and what satellites are revealing about the rate of global deforestation.

 DrKarl 14 Nov 13: Simon Singh joins the fun | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:28

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are joined by Simon Singh whose new book 'The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets' has just been published.

 Naked Sci: 11 Nov 13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:05

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun, to discuss mothers passing more than just calories to their babies in breast milk – there are stem cells in there too. Also, an examination of the origins of the meteor that landed in Russia in February, plus.....probing the red planet.

 DrKarl: Tears, Dark Matter and Cold Rooms | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:13

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod talk about why we cry happy tears, throw light on dark matter, and discuss whether being in a cold room is bad for you.

 Naked Sci 4 Nov 13: Windfarms, cancer & super computers. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:05

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. This week: Why windfarms aren't laid out correctly and the super computers of tomorrow.

 DrKarl: 31 Oct 13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:21

The final game of this year's baseball world series meant Dr Karl was truncated this week, but he still managed to talk biomass, wave, wind and tidal power, can an opera singer break a glass by singing and why it is that when you're doing your laundry all the clothes always end up inside the duvet cover.

 Naked Sci 28 Oct 13: Cure for baldness & golden trees | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:02

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. Money might not grow on trees but gold does, the most distant galaxy spotted by astronomers and a step towards a potential cure for baldness.

 DrKarl: 24 Oct 13: Squirrels, wildfires and wires | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:09

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss why birds can safely stand on power lines, strange sunrises around wildfires and do we always see the same side of the moon?

 Naked Sci 21 Oct 13: Superbugs, ancient mosquitos and the abominable snowman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:34

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. There's also the battle with superbugs, searching for the abominable snowman and a fossilised mosquito’s last meal.

 DrKarl 17 Oct 13: Phone calls from Mars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:53

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to ponder condensation in bungalows, phonecalls from Mars and the case for sitting backwards on planes.

 NAKED SCI: 14 OCT 13: NOBELS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:05

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss the week's Nobel Prize winners, lonely planets adrift in space and the science behind why we kiss each other.

 DrKarl 10 Oct 13: The Glories of Hiccuping | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:39

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss, amongst other things, how to deal with hiccups.

 The Naked Scientist: Mice that are immune to jetlag | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:34

This week, a new breakthrough in how HIV spreads. Mice that are immune to jetlag. Also, two of Britain's leading thinkers consider the maximum human population the Earth can sustain.

 DrKarl 03 Oct 13: Whale ear wax and 3D printing in space | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:40

Dr Rhod and Dr Karl are joined by Jason Dunn, chief technology officer for Made In Space Inc, the company sending a 3D printer to the International Space Station.

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