5 Live Science Podcast

5 Live Science Podcast episodes:

• 04.14.2024

  Artificial platelets, Bonobos and a tribute to Peter Higgs

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode….Scientists invent artificial platelets to help us clot blood better, why it might be time to reappraise the peace loving...

  
• 04.07.2024

  Belly fat, BRCA gene and synthetic opioids

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode we discuss why our belly fat could be key to helping people with spinal injuries, a breakthrough in understanding...

  
• 03.31.2024

  Has Alzheimer's treatment hit a turning point?

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team find out how climate change is making the earth turn more slowly, whether vaccines can combat bovine tuberculosis, and take an in depth look at our understanding of Alzheimer’s.

  
• 03.24.2024

  Why whooping cough cases are surging and looking for life on Europa

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at what's behind a spike in whooping cough cases occurring across the UK and Europe.

  
• 03.15.2024

  COVID-19, 4 years on.

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode……four years after they declared COVID 19 a global pandemic, we speak to the World Health Organization to get their...

  
• 03.10.2024

  The gene that turns Labradors into gluttons, migratory birds and the oldest known dead galaxy.

  The team discuss the gene that turns Labradors into gluttons, migratory birds and the oldest known dead galaxy.

  
• 03.10.2024

  Cyber Crimes in Cyber Times

  Off the back of cyber-attacks on the British Library and Cambridge University, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist look at the how they happen, who is responsible, and how can we protect against them. Plus the team find out...

  
• 03.03.2024

  Lithium batteries, human tails and the science behind potholes

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode……as the UK re-joins the EU horizon research programme we hear from the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and...

  
• 02.25.2024

  Whale songs, fake fossils and "Forever Chemicals"

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode...scientists unveil prehistoric cases of Down’s syndrome, but how did they find them? How whales really produce whale songs and...

  
• 02.18.2024

  Dengue fever, sense of humour and fish skin

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode...a huge outbreak of dengue fever in Brazil so should we be worried here in Europe? Also scientists discover the...

  
• 02.11.2024

  Blueberries, cancer waiting lists and assisted dying

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode... why cancer waiting lists have lengthened and the importance of catching the disease early? Also how pollution is blinding...

  
• 02.04.2024

  Elon Musk's brain implants and the science of shipping

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode...a human receives one of Elon Musk’s brain implants, but why? Also scientists unlock part of the puzzle of why...

  
• 01.28.2024

  Retinas, biological cells and pond skater insects.

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode...what the structure of your retina reveals about your risk of developing a range of different diseases, have we finally...

  
• 01.21.2024

  The Black Death, wine measures and pot holes

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode...did the black death really kill so many in Europe that if left an indelible mark in the population’s DNA?...

  
• 01.14.2024

  Titans of Science: Professor Deborah Prentice

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode...why a dose of old drugs might be a new way to beat depression. With many countries gearing up for...

  
• 01.07.2024

  Measles, Terror Chatbots and the Microbiome

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists investigate why the world is seeing a surge of measles, look into how Japan prepares for earthquakes, asks if AI glorifies terrorism, and whether space junk is worth recycling. Plus they delve into...

  
• 12.31.2023

  Quantum Leap

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. This week, Chris Smith and Will Tingle look back on some of 2023’s most important scientific discoveries and ponder what we should expect in...

  
• 12.24.2023

  Christmas science stories and computer games

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present a special Christmas The science of champagne, a look at the light hearted stories from the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal, and the 150 million year old marine...

  
• 12.17.2023

  Titans of Science: Chris Hadfield

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: Nausea in pregnancy, scientists have solved why it happens and what we can do about it. Also, COP28 is over, but...

  
• 12.10.2023

  Covid Inquiry, fossilised trees in the Fens, and getting Britons moving

  James Tytko and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. This week Boris Johnson gives evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry, the farmers digging up 5000 year old trees on the Fens, a new drug...

  
• 12.03.2023

  COP28, swine flu, Bennu asteroid and digital twins.

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode... what’s on the agenda for the COP28 climate summit? What do we know about the new strain of swine...

  
• 11.26.2023

  Cyber attacks, red wine headaches and Parkinson’s disease

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode... a damning indictment of our politician’s grasp of science emerges from the COVID enquiry. We’ll ask who is behind...

  
• 11.19.2023

  Chickenpox, Champion Jockeys and Light Speed

  Will Tingle and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. This week, the decision to give chickenpox vaccines to kids: what changed medics' minds? Also, spinal injuries, the building blocks of life and why the...

  
• 11.12.2023

  Anastrozole, COP 28, hedgehogs and the James Webb space telescope

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode, the drug Anastrozole can prevent thousands of cases of breast cancer among older women, but at what cost? Climate change...

  
• 11.05.2023

  Winter flu, AI Summit, Cockney accent and the COVID enquiry

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs, In this week's episode... Winter flu season hits the northern hemisphere but how are scientists trying to stay one step ahead of the...

  
• 10.29.2023

  Long COVID, Hurricanes and "Spooky" Organisms.

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode...there’s new analysis on the prevalence of long covid, how widespread is it? Could climate change be making hurricanes in the...

  
• 10.22.2023

  Mouthguard technology, space junk and Is it time to stop changing the clocks?

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode...the mouthguard technology that is helping tackle head knocks in sport. We’ll assess the impact that space junk is having on...

  
• 10.15.2023

  Titans of Science: Dame Sally Davies

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode...the rise of the bed bugs, leading bed bug expert James Logan tells us all we need to know, could genetically...

  
• 10.08.2023

  New malaria vaccine, radioactive water and Lord Robert Winston

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode...Will a new vaccine help to turn the tide against malaria? As Japan releases radioactive water into the sea from Fukushima,...

  
• 10.01.2023

  Covid vaccine for all variants, and Anthony Fauci in conversation

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode... we discuss a future proof Covid jab that combats variants that don’t even exist yet, signs that antimatter does obey...

  
• 09.24.2023

  Spinal cord injury treatments, red fire ants and asteroid samples.

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode... A breakthrough in treating spinal cord injuries, worrying news about red fire ants in Sicily, we look at what it...

  
• 09.17.2023

  Titans of Science: Helen Sharman (Part 2)

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week's episode...After a rise in Covid cases across the country, we try to find out when exactly are people infectious? The potential...

  
• 09.10.2023

  Titans of Science: Helen Sharman

  James Tytko, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In this week’s episode….Can civil engineers help rescue UK’s Schools and hospitals? We’ll be hearing about a new initiative that is hoping...

  
• 09.03.2023

  Eating well without compromising on taste

  James Tytko, Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. London’s latest ULEZ expansion - will it make much difference to air quality? The concerning impacts of poaching, and not just to...

  
• 08.27.2023

  India Land on the Moon

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: a leading authority on serial killers examines Lucy Letby’s motives and how we prevent a repeat. And DJ Chris Evans reveals...

  
• 08.20.2023

  The real Oppenheimer

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with science news stories and analysis. Including how Artificial Intelligence might influence elections in the future and how brain structure affects the likelihood that teens take up smoking Plus following the release of...

  
• 08.06.2023

  Q&A

  Chris Smith and the panel are answering the science questions you've been sending in, including: Is the universe mainly empty space, can you really win the lottery every week, and where does curry really come from. Plus our quiz that...

  
• 07.30.2023

  Artificial Intelligence

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: Sweltering temperatures wreak havoc across Europe and North America; Have aliens crash landed on Mars; and the Cambridge scientist who...

  
• 07.23.2023

  Tackling Depression

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease; warnings we might be on the brink of a measles outbreak in London;...

  
• 07.14.2023

  Protecting the Oceans

  Chris Berrow and the Naked Scientist team present the week's science news. In today’s programme we look at the heatwaves sweeping across Europe; how babies in the womb use a “greedy” gene to get more food from mum; and why...

  
• 07.09.2023

  We answer your questions

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme - your questions go under the microscope: including why don’t whales and dolphins drown when they go to sleep? Is it...

  
• 07.02.2023

  Light Pollution

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: How an artificial-intelligence technology from Cambridge is helping cut cancer treatment waiting times. We also hear how the James Webb Space...

  
• 06.25.2023

  Titan sub and an HIV vaccine

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today's programme: The missing Titan sub might have imploded - we look at the conditions that the vehicle - and would be rescuers...

  
• 06.18.2023

  UFOs - What do we know?

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today's programme: As NASA meet to investigate U-F-O’s and whistle-blowers claim countries have been stashing alien spacecraft for decades, we’ll be asking what...

  
• 06.11.2023

  Fossils - why there is so much excitement at the moment?

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: we look at the enquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic, what is it hoping to achieve? and how an AI is writing...

  
• 06.04.2023

  Alleviating Allergies

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: are ecstasy and LSD set to become new treatments for depression? Who’s chattier in their first year of life, boys or...

  
• 05.28.2023

  Memory, mosquitos and mowing the lawn

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: What attracts mosquitoes to some people but not others? Grow not mow: why one Cambridge college has broken hundreds of years...

  
• 05.21.2023

  Your questions answered

  Chris Smith and the panel are answering the questions you've been sending in over the past few weeks. New episodes released weekly. If you're in the UK, for more BBC podcasts listen on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3UjecF5

  
• 05.14.2023

  Singing fish and building better batteries

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: A breakthrough in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, and the fish that communicate by singing. Plus we’re looking at improvements...

  
• 05.07.2023

  Sport and concussion injuries

  Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. In today’s programme: What should we make of claims that China is building super weapons to hack and hijack US satellites? We also hear...