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What happens during a post-mortem?

Pathologist Dr Alison Cluroe talks Adrian Chiles and Dr Chris Smith through a post-mortem

Jun 16, 201630 min

Dr Karl

Dr Karl explains to Dr Rahul how magnets work, what happened to the Philae probe which landed on a comet, and why soft-top cars are less safe than ordinary vehicles in a thunderstorm.

Jun 16, 201648 min

Chris Smith and Georgia Mills look at the heart, and how you can protect it.

Chris Smith and Georgia Mills look at the heart, and how you can protect it.

Jun 13, 201650 min

Dr Karl

Dr Karl & Professor Geraint Lewis talk about the universe

Jun 9, 201648 min

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Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at how salt is affecting our health.

Jun 4, 201650 min

Dr Karl

Dr Karl explains how to make a cloud in your mouth. Binary moons and the universe are also discussed.

Jun 2, 201649 min

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Why one in ten adults might have ADHD and evidence of tsunamis on Mars.

May 21, 201648 min

Dr Karl

How did Cornelis Drebbel's submersible stay below the waves in the 1620s? Dr Karl has some thoughts. And why does Dr K have 2 dishwashers?

May 19, 201647 min

Phosphorous Shortage

Kat Arney and the Naked Scientists examine how science could stop the world's looming phosphorous shortage. Plus the week's science news.

May 14, 201649 min

The Naked Scientist

How Nano Bots are delivering medicine to specific parts of the body, the science of shipping & what's a planetary transit?

May 7, 201651 min

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your science questions.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your questions about the weird and wonderful world of science, including the early signs of prostate cancer, the future of wifi -- and whether there'll ever be a full cure for AIDS.

May 5, 201648 min

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Georgia Mills from the Naked Scientists investigates the world of criminology.

Apr 30, 201649 min

Dr Karl April 28th 2016

Dr Karl is joined by Dr Chris, otherwise known as 5 live's Naked Scientist, and they're answering questions about quantum physics -- and why honey makes frosted glass go clear.

Apr 28, 201648 min

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Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists discuss how testostorone turns arteries to bone and whether you're really lactose intolerant. Plus answers to your science questions.

Apr 23, 201651 min

Dr Karl

Why does plaque stick to the inside of blood vessels? Do trucks get a benefit from slip streaming each other? And why the question of what makes helium create the high-pitched-voice effect is more complicated than you think.

Apr 21, 201649 min

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How LSD affects the brain and the science of animal conservation.

Apr 16, 201649 min

Dr Karl - the physics of riding a bike and fun with quantum phenomena

Dr Karl answers your questions on the physics of riding a bike and fun with quantum phenomena

Apr 14, 201648 min

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Kat Arney and the Naked Scientists take a trip down memory lane. How does the brain store thoughts? Plus the week's science news.

Apr 9, 201648 min

Dr. Karl

Dr. Karl answers your weird and wonderful science questions.

Apr 7, 201648 min

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Chris Berrow and the Naked Scientists answer the questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks

Apr 2, 201650 min

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers all your weird and wonderful questions about the world of science.

Mar 31, 201649 min

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Graihagh Jackson and the Naked Scientists discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Could a robot do your job?

Mar 26, 201650 min

Dr Karl

The expanding universe and how our mothers affect our eating habits.

Mar 24, 201648 min

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Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists present their A to Zika of emerging infection. Plus the week's developments in science.

Mar 19, 201643 min

Cambridge Science Festival

Chris Smith and Chris Berrow pit two teams of boffins against each other as they demonstrate their scientific discoveries. Recorded at the Cambridge Science Festival in the Cambridge Science Centre.

Mar 12, 201650 min

Dr Karl

Are there different types of hot weather? How close are rainbows when we observe them? And how long would it take to drive to the Moon?

Mar 10, 201647 min

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The Naked Scientists look at a touch sensitive soft skin for robots and ask 'Do cats really land on their feet'?

Mar 5, 201650 min

Your Science Questions Answered

Join Chris Smith and Kat Arney as they tackle the science questions you have been sending in for the past few weeks.

Mar 4, 201649 min

Dr Karl & Professor Clare Collins

Professor Clare Collins joins Dr Karl to answer your diet questions

Mar 3, 201647 min

Dr Karl

What would happen if you threw an apple out of the ISS? Are itches just our imagination?

Feb 25, 201649 min

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The Naked Scientists look at dramatic new cancer treatment results, do we have more bacterial than human cells in our bodies and how bees are coping with the cold.

Feb 20, 201650 min

Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr. Karl

Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr. Karl to answer science questions

Feb 18, 201648 min

5 live Science: Valentines: 13 Feb 16

Georgia Mills and Khalil Thirlaway look at the science of romance and love.

Feb 13, 201650 min

Dr Karl

What are gravitational waves and would their discovery be the biggest of the decade in Physics? And do weather conditions affect mobile phone signals.

Feb 11, 201648 min

Food For Thought

Join Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists as they look at how food gets from the field to your fork. Plus 'bed bugs' are biting back, and the week's science news.

Feb 6, 201650 min

Dr Karl

Does snow evaporate even at freezing temperatures? Could the black hole at the centre of our galaxy ever go into a quasar phase? And why do cats open their mouths to smell.

Feb 4, 201648 min

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Chris Smith and the team look at the week's science news including how seagrass might keep the world fed in future and why sixteen whales beached themselves across Europe. The team also go inside the science of a Black Hole.

Jan 30, 201650 min

Dr Karl

Do sunglasses impede cricketers in the field? Is toast better with stale bread? And why might a bucket of boiling water freeze faster when put outside than a bucket at room temperature?

Jan 28, 201642 min

Hibernation

How animals and plants hibernate. Plus how scientists are protecting the public from high-pitched sounds.

Jan 23, 201650 min

Dr Karl

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.

Jan 21, 201623 min

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Chris Smith and the team look at the week's science news including a new therapy for leukemia, a massive deep space explosion & whether detoxing really works.

Jan 16, 201650 min

Dr Karl

Dr Karl answers your science questions.

Jan 14, 201647 min

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What makes you, you? Join Graihagh Jackson as she asks what makes us unique, and why some people (like her brother) have a six pack, and she doesn't.

Jan 9, 201649 min

Dr Karl: Perplexing Googolplexes

"If a Googol is the number one followed by one hundred zeros, what is a Googolplex"

Jan 7, 201648 min

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Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists take a scientific look at some of our favourite festive traditions

Dec 26, 201549 min

Dr Karl

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to discuss what happens if you fire a bullet while travelling at the speed of sound, how we can tackle the spectre of antibiotic resistance, and why the earth's core burns.

Dec 24, 201539 min

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Dec 19, 201549 min

Dr Karl

Dec 17, 201542 min

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Dec 12, 201549 min

Dr Karl

Dec 10, 201549 min