5 Live Science Podcast

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun, to discuss mothers passing more than just calories to their babies in breast milk – there are stem cells in there too. Also, an examination of the origins of the meteor that landed in Russia in February, plus.....probing the red planet.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod talk about why we cry happy tears, throw light on dark matter, and discuss whether being in a cold room is bad for you.

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. This week: Why windfarms aren't laid out correctly and the super computers of tomorrow.

The final game of this year's baseball world series meant Dr Karl was truncated this week, but he still managed to talk biomass, wave, wind and tidal power, can an opera singer break a glass by singing and why it is that when you're doing your laundry all the clothes always end up inside the duvet cover.

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. Money might not grow on trees but gold does, the most distant galaxy spotted by astronomers and a step towards a potential cure for baldness.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss why birds can safely stand on power lines, strange sunrises around wildfires and do we always see the same side of the moon?

A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. There's also the battle with superbugs, searching for the abominable snowman and a fossilised mosquito’s last meal.

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to ponder condensation in bungalows, phonecalls from Mars and the case for sitting backwards on planes.

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss the week's Nobel Prize winners, lonely planets adrift in space and the science behind why we kiss each other.

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss, amongst other things, how to deal with hiccups.