5 Live Science Podcast

On the Naked Scientists this week find out how to measure the shape of something very very very very small, and we go all magnetic with a new substance!! Dr Chris and his team reveal all to Dotun.

A look at a possible breakthrough in organ transplantation ...plus what is the optimum amount of petrol to have in your car?

Climate change is on the agenda this week. Dr Karl and Rhod are joined by speical guest Professor Naomi Oreskes. Also this week we get to the bottom of how likely it is to produce identical twins.

Dr Chris has been taking the Highland air and speaking at the University of Aberdeen's Word festival this week. But that hasn't stopped him from visiting the University's biomedical campus and chatting to researchers there.

Why do former smokers still want to smoke but hate the smell of cigarettes? Are black sheep more likely to be struck by lightning than white sheep and the best thing for car fuel economy. That's all in this week's edition with Dr Karl.

Dr Chris and colleagues with the latest science news, question of the week and the results of work done at the University of Chicago into the power of nicotine.

Dr Karl explains how passing electricity through your brain can make you more creative, examines prehistoric giant ants and discusses how radio waves are affected by weather.

Dr Chris with snapshots from his recent trip to America. He's been speaking to the amputee who controls his prosthetic arm by thinking about the fingers he lost and the scientist heading up the international fusion reactor programme amongst others.

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer all your science related questions

Dr Karl and Rhod answer all your science related questions

How conversation carried early man out of Africa, what keeps a bike balanced and how to study schizophrenia in a petri dish.

Dr Karl joins Rhod to answer an array of science questions.

We head to Japan this week to find out how retinas are being grown in dishes which could hold the key to restoring some people's vision. Also find out why Dolly Parton never gets bags under her eyes. Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists have the answers.

How deep under the sea can you dive, and what shape should your submarine be? When you boil water for a second time, why does it seem to be hotter? Just two of the questions answered by Dr Karl this week. Plus do you know about the healing power of dog saliva? It's chic to be geek on the science phone in!

Are the “worm” graphs displayed during live televised political debates biasing voters? Is there a chemical cure for a fear of heights and why is the Pioneer Probe going slower than it should?

How serious to health are the leaks from the Fukishima nuclear plant? Dotun and Dr Karl are joined by Professor Dr Dale Bailey who's an expert in medical radiation science at the University of Sydney.

This week we hear about a breakthrough in the skin cancer melanoma, how scientists have managed for the first time to produce sperm in a culture dish and a possible future treatment for macular degeneration.

How do birds hear if they have a hole through their heads? Where does matter come from? Just some of the questions put to Dr Karl this week for the Up All Night science phone in.

Dr Karl discusses a breakthrough in how sperm get turned on: scientists have discovered how the female hormone progesterone activates sperm so they can fertilise an egg. The findings could also lead to new treatments for infertility and help to develop the next generation of contraceptives.

Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility seems to be on everyone's mind tonight. Dr Karl endeavours to answer those atomic questions.