5 Live Science Podcast

The effects of adrenalin, the length of time tannins stay in the body and how long does the air last if someone's stuck in a one-metre-cubed airtight box?

How vampire bats home in on the jugular, why some depressions look like expressions and the world's scientific healdines of the week.

Dr Karl explains "Mackerel Skies", discusses a UFO sighting by a 5 live sportreader and discusses how spiders can link their webs to objects several feet in the air and several feet apart.

The fate of matter that gets sucked into a black hole, the genetic implications of organ transplants, and the use of desalination techniques to help combat drought are all explored with Dr. Karl. And he answers the question: how do you tow an iceberg?

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to explain why the moon glows, how waves wave and how sound is heard in the ear.

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer your science questions. This week includes a look into curtains that 'quench' noise and an explanation as to why researchers spend so much time proving the obvious.

In this week's fascinating look at all things science, Dr. Chris explains why some scientists subjected volunteers to sunburns, the prospect of a universal flu vaccine and how the identity of blood cells has been discovered in Canada.

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all your science questions

This week Dr Chris Smith stands in for Dr Karl to answer listeners'weird and wonderful questions about the world of science, which includes what gives atoms mass? Can asteroids skip through the atmosphere? And how hard water ruins a nice cuppa.

Birds of a feather flock together, but why? Hear how GPS and a pigeon have found the answer. Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists take a look at that and the rest of the week's science news.