5 live Science

BBC | Podcast , ±51 min episodes every 6 days

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.

ENGLISH United Kingdom Science

APR

The Hospital of the Future

54 min

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team with the latest news, including the science behind change in policy on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the UK, more on the Government's lateral flow testing strategy, and why gorillas beat their chest. Plus an in depth look at what the hospital of the future might look like.

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APR

Bitcoins and Blockchains: Cryptocurrency Explained

54 min

The Naked Scientists delve into the world of electronic currency.

MAR

Covid vaccine trials, a decade since the Fukushima disaster & wine that has been in orbit

54 min

One year after the first lockdown in the UK the Naked Scientists look at the latest trial results of the AstraZeneca vaccine and ask if it will appease the EU, they find out what wine that’s been in orbit for a year tastes like and mark a decade since the Fukushima nuclear disaster and ask if we’re any closer to taming the forces of nature that caused it.

MAR

Covid vaccines, what goes down the toilet, and Ancient Egypt.

55 min

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at why 18 EU countries cancelled their Covid vaccines this week, how what goes down the toilet can tell us where Covid is about to strike and travel back in time to Ancient Egypt to look at how science is solving archaeological mysteries.

MAR

A meteorite in the driveway, and the carbon footprint of medicinal cannabis

54 min

Dr 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.

MAR

Vaccinating Variants, and Solar Storms

55 min

Dr 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.

FEB

The impact of COVID vaccines, how to fly a helicopter on Mars and the educational cost of lockdown.

54 min

Dr 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.

FEB

COVID vaccine efficacy rates and the origins of the coronavirus pandemic

54 min

Dr 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.

FEB

Self-experimentation

54 min

Dr 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.

FEB

Mixing vaccines, capturing the 99th element, and the sex lives of crickets

53 min

Chris Berrow from the Naked Scientists round up the latest science news.

JAN

Vaccine controversy and a look inside the world of medical imaging

54 min

Dr 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.

JAN

How are new variants of coronavirus found?

54 min

Dr 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.