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5 Live Science Podcast

5 Live’s science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.

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Naked Sci 28 Oct 13: Cure for baldness & golden trees Oct 28, 2013

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A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. Money might not grow on trees but gold does, the most distant galaxy spotted by astronomers and a step towards a potential cure for baldness.

Squirrels, wildfires and wires Oct 24, 2013

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Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss why birds can safely stand on power lines, strange sunrises around wildfires and do we always see the same side of the moon?

Naked Sci 21 Oct 13: Superbugs, ancient mosquitos and the abominable snowman Oct 21, 2013

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A look at the week's science news with Dr Chris and the Naked Scientists. There's also the battle with superbugs, searching for the abominable snowman and a fossilised mosquito’s last meal.

Phone calls from Mars Oct 17, 2013

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Dr Karl joins Dr Rhod to ponder condensation in bungalows, phonecalls from Mars and the case for sitting backwards on planes.

NAKED SCI: 14 OCT 13: NOBELS Oct 14, 2013

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Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to discuss the week's Nobel Prize winners, lonely planets adrift in space and the science behind why we kiss each other.

The Glories of Hiccuping Oct 10, 2013

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Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss, amongst other things, how to deal with hiccups.

The Naked Scientist: Mice that are immune to jetlag Oct 07, 2013

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This week, a new breakthrough in how HIV spreads. Mice that are immune to jetlag. Also, two of Britain's leading thinkers consider the maximum human population the Earth can sustain.

Whale ear wax and 3D printing in space Oct 03, 2013

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Dr Rhod and Dr Karl are joined by Jason Dunn, chief technology officer for Made In Space Inc, the company sending a 3D printer to the International Space Station.

Naked Sci Sep 30, 2013

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This week, a possible new treatment for Parkinson's Disease, a new way to solve the problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, an animal with a tide-predicting brain circuit and the plastic surgical challenges of growing new noses on foreheads.

Sailing on Hydrofoils Sep 26, 2013

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Dr Karl and Dr Rhod discuss how it is that the America's Cup boats can sail at double the speed of the prevailing wind, plus how to minimise the drag on golf balls and an interlude on the Oort Cloud in our solar system.

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