5 Live Science Podcast

We hear about a genetic study into the elusive giant squid, what the European Space Agencies plank probe can tell us about the creation of the universe and the latest in 3D technology.

Has Voyager 1 finally made it out of our solar system and other questions.

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to tell us about how heading a football could trigger your immune system to attack your own nerves, and whether wrapping yourself in cling film helps you to lose weight.

Dr Chris, standing in for Dr Karl, and Dr Rhod are joined by Dr Maarten Schmidt whose work on quasars helped change our understanding of the universe.

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to tell us about how heading a football could trigger your immune system to attack your own nerves, and whether wrapping yourself in cling film helps you to lose weight.

Dr Rhod's joined by Dr Chris this time to discuss eye colour, the weight of light and synthesising vitamin D, amongst other things.

Hydrogen powered cars, stretchy batteries and is it true that if you wrap yourself up in cling film you lose weight?

Dr Chris Smith discusses how it's been discovered that bees carry an electric charge. Plus news about a new drug to fight flu.

This and other questions (like "can you get energy from nothing?") tackled by Dr Karl and Dr Andy