Synopsis
5 live's science podcast, featuring Dr Karl, plus Dr Chris and Naked Scientists Chris Smith and Kat Arney with the hottest science news stories and analysis.
Episodes
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A meteorite in the driveway, and the carbon footprint of medicinal cannabis
14/03/2021 Duration: 54minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team hear about a meteorite that landed in the UK and was found in someone’s driveway, why medicinal cannabis has a large carbon footprint and look at how fertility is changing around the world, and if Coronavirus is making it worse.
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Vaccinating Variants, and Solar Storms
08/03/2021 Duration: 54minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at the latest science headlines including COVID-19 developments, solar storms and what the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is doing.
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The impact of COVID vaccines, how to fly a helicopter on Mars and the educational cost of lockdown.
28/02/2021 Duration: 54minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look into whether the COVID vaccines are making a difference and when pubs could reopen, how NASA plan to fly a helicopter on Mars which has barely any atmosphere, and count the educational cost of the lockdown.
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COVID vaccine efficacy rates and the origins of the coronavirus pandemic
21/02/2021 Duration: 54minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team ask if reopening schools in March safe for pupils and teachers, what the World Health Organisation learnt about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic when they went to Wuhan and look into what COVID vaccine efficacy rates actually mean.
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Self-experimentation
14/02/2021 Duration: 54minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with the latest science news stories, analysis and breakthroughs. Including another look at the main symptoms of coronavirus, how a parent can pass on depression to their offspring, and how whalesong can help us search for oil and gas. Plus an in-depth look into when scientists perform self-experimentation. Are they pioneering heroes, or simply reckless? We explore the risks and ethical issues.
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Mixing vaccines, capturing the 99th element, and the sex lives of crickets
07/02/2021 Duration: 53minChris Berrow from the Naked Scientists round up the latest science news.
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Vaccine controversy and a look inside the world of medical imaging
31/01/2021 Duration: 54minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists look at the controversy over delaying the COVID vaccine booster jab and get inside medical imaging, from X-rays to Artificial intelligences, that can spot the diseases human's can't.
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How are new variants of coronavirus found?
24/01/2021 Duration: 54minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team discover how new variants of the coronavirus are found, how the World Health Organisation are investigating the origins of COVID-19, why knitting can sooth the mind and look at the origin and future of textiles.
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Speeding Up Covid Testing, Predicting Who Gets 'Long Covid', and How Video Games Change How You Think
17/01/2021 Duration: 55minJoin Chris Berrow from the Naked Scientists this week, as we look at a new way of speeding up coronavirus testing, predicting who’s going to get “long Covid”, and how video games are using sight and sound to change the way you think.
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The science to expect from 2021
10/01/2021 Duration: 54minMeet the fabulous science we can expect in 2021: from the Large Hadron Collider reopening, to the COP26 climate summit in Scotland, to - hopefully - an end to the pandemic! Plus, how to make a good new year's resolution...
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Special Naked Scientist Stories from 2020
03/01/2021 Duration: 54minFrom a 46,000 year old ice bird, to life aboard a space shuttle, some of the more curious stories from 2020 from the Naked Scientists.
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Cake, Cows, Climate Change: Best Of 5 Live Science, 2020
27/12/2020 Duration: 53minChris Smith and the Naked Scientist team reflect on some of the sensational science we’ve reported on this year. From cakes on the barbie, to cow co-moo-nication.
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The new strain of coronavirus, George's Marvellous Medicine, and musical computers
20/12/2020 Duration: 55minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team investigate how much of a threat the new strain of coronavirus is, what would happen if you actually took George’s Marvellous Medicine from Roald Dahl’s book and music legend Rick Wakeman helps answer the question "can computers give Beethoven a run for his money?This podcast was recorded before the Prime Minister’s announcement about new coronavirus restrictions on the 19th December.
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The covid vaccine, research into AIDS, and cutting the carbon in crisps
13/12/2020 Duration: 55minThe Naked Scientist team look at the latest coronavirus vaccine, why scientists invented vaccines you can inhale, what we’ve learnt from four decades of research into AIDS and why Covid-19 has a vaccine but not HIV.
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The Coronavirus Vaccine, artificial vision and how science and technology came together to save Romain Grosjean
06/12/2020 Duration: 54minHow Britain became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, a breakthrough in artificial vision - beaming images directly into the brain! And how science and technology came together to save the life of formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean
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Squats, globe skimmers and early human migration
29/11/2020 Duration: 54minThis week, the Naked Scientists celebrate a month of movement science with a movement-themed Q&A show.
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Covid vaccines, and the science of people moving
22/11/2020 Duration: 54minThis week on 5 Live Science - a second Covid vaccine approaches the finishing line, but who are the also-rans? We look at who’s most likely to get the vaccine first and whether we’ve got that pecking order right. And a longer look at the science of people moving.
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How our planet moves
15/11/2020 Duration: 54minWe have the latest on the potential coronavirus vaccine, the UK scientists trying to extract oxygen from the moon, and we continue our series looking at movement - this week it’s how our planet moves, from its journey through space to how the atmosphere brews up storms.
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Movement of animals and protecting bio-diversity.
08/11/2020 Duration: 54minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the latest science news, including mass coronavirus testing in Liverpool, NASA re-establish contact with Voyager 2, what is the point of laughter and is it the best medicine? Plus a special look at the movement of animals, and how to protect species from extinction and bio-diversity on Earth.
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Barrington v John Snow: How best to control Covid-19?
01/11/2020 Duration: 54minDr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with science news stories and analysis. Recorded before the new lockdown in England was announced - the team examine the impact of lockdowns, against the argument for using less restrictive measures to manage coronavirus. Also a look at signs that coronavirus immunity is only short-lived, why a dose of vitamin D might be helpful this winter, and why the Moon is wetter than we first thought.