5 Live Science Podcast

Why pregnant women are 42% more likely to have a car crash, how astronomers can now see planets around distant stars, and why octopuses don't tie themselves up in knots. Plus, we look at how our power grids are going to be transformed, from technology which hopes to reduce our energy prices to new ways to include wind and solar power in the grid.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss gravity waves, sun spots and mosquito saliva

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod answer your science questions. Send an email to [email protected] with Dr Karl in the subject line if you've got a science question.

Bigger, better and longer lasting - this week we go in search of the battery technology that will power the future as well as consider the shortcomings of our present technologies. We also try to tune-in to our own broadcast on a radio powered by moss! Plus, the camel virus hitting humans in the Middle East, why radio can send migrating birds off course, the AstraZeneca take-over and the latest gadget from Google: a smartphone with a laser.

Put on some safety goggles as Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney ignite your bunsen burners with the hottest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs on 5 live Science.

On the latest edition of Dr Karl, we find who discovered the expansion the universe? What is fracking? Plus, how does your television remote control works?

Dr Karl takes your calls on batteries and spiders

Dr Karl talks about soap alternatives, Why putting a living "Russian Brown Frog" into a bucket of fresh milk will keep it fresh, and cow's stomachs

Dr Chris Smith discusses cures for jetlag, moons orbiting planets outside our solar system, a trip to the most remote marine protected area on Earth and the Heartbleed bug.

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to talk about food intolerances, the endocrine system and the science behind fat cells.