5 Live Science Podcast

5 Live Science Podcast

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5 Live Science Podcast episodes

  • Cancer treatment & wearable tech

    Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories. This week they take a look at personalising cancer treatment, wearable tech and the science of video games.

    50 min
  • Dr Karl

    Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer listeners' questions about the world of science.

    49 min
  • Dr Karl

    Dr karl joins Rhod for his usual exploration of the world of science. This week; measuring the universe,why do we close our eyes when we sneeze and Orbital engines.

    49 min
  • Dr Karl

    Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer listeners' questions about the world of science

    49 min
  • 5 live Science: Extending life and defying death

    Striving for immortality: this week we explore the feasibility of eternal life. We talk to the UK's first man to have himself frozen for the future, a US doctor explains how a person can be resuscitated after an hour submerged in icy water, and physicist Michio Kaku speculates on the future existence of a "library of souls" where we live forever as a computer programme inside a robot. Plus, news of why knuckles go crack, how the brain decodes quickly and slowly repeating sounds, how Salmonella can be used to combat cancer and why men get competitive when it comes to sponsoring a woman.

    51 min
  • Tech Phone In

    Fevzi Turkalp, editor of the free tech advice website GadgetDetective.com answers your technology questions.

    48 min
  • 5 live Science: How the Moon was formed

    Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the latest science news stories. This week: new evidence on how the moon was formed, how the length of your ring finger can predict your marathon time, and the effect your immune system can have on your brain.

    50 min

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5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.

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