5 Live Science Podcast

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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