5 Live Science Podcast

Dr Chris Smith and the team look at new SARS like Caronavirus, where cosmic rays come from and the causes of the menopause

Dr Karl and Dr Rhod ponder the migration of the Winter Solstice, the changing face of the Moon and a plane on a treadmill.

This week Dr Chris and colleagues investigate the potentcy of norovirus and new research into the genes for sociability and tunnelling (in ants and mice.)

A new invention that could see street lamps transmitting data to our cars; a ew electronic migraine treatment and building Mars in your kitchen.

Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod in discovering that they need to do some homework

Dr Jason Box, founder of the Dark Snow project, joins Dr Rhod and Dr Karl to discuss whether smoke particles from wildfires in America are quickening the rate that Greenland's ice is melting.

Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with the week's science news including; DNA may actually be the best option for archiving data and a new material that can selectively soak up oil slicks.

Dr Karl discusses why boiling water turns to steam and ice so quickly in very cold temperatures. Rhod carries out an experiment to prove it.

On this week's edition, a drug that can restore hearing to deaf ears, and the answer to the question why transplanted organs are rejected by the immune system if they aren't matched correctly.

Dr Karl joins Rhod Sharp to discuss global warming and answer the really burning question posed by small children everywhere; why is snot green?