5 Live Science Podcast

Dr Chris has been taking the Highland air and speaking at the University of Aberdeen's Word festival this week. But that hasn't stopped him from visiting the University's biomedical campus and chatting to researchers there.

Why do former smokers still want to smoke but hate the smell of cigarettes? Are black sheep more likely to be struck by lightning than white sheep and the best thing for car fuel economy. That's all in this week's edition with Dr Karl.

Dr Chris and colleagues with the latest science news, question of the week and the results of work done at the University of Chicago into the power of nicotine.

Dr Karl explains how passing electricity through your brain can make you more creative, examines prehistoric giant ants and discusses how radio waves are affected by weather.

Dr Chris with snapshots from his recent trip to America. He's been speaking to the amputee who controls his prosthetic arm by thinking about the fingers he lost and the scientist heading up the international fusion reactor programme amongst others.

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all your science related questions

Dr Karl and Rhod answer all your science related questions

How conversation carried early man out of Africa, what keeps a bike balanced and how to study schizophrenia in a petri dish.

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer an array of science questions.

We head to Japan this week to find out how retinas are being grown in dishes which could hold the key to restoring some people's vision. Also find out why Dolly Parton never gets bags under her eyes. Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists have the answers.