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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 Scientists Jul 23, 2012

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Dr Chris Smith tells Dotun about the rage of rats and new developments in our knowledge of DNA and RNA

Energy efficiency for fun and profit Jul 20, 2012

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Dr Karl and Dr Rhod are on hand to answer science questions posed by our texters, emailers and callers.

Naked Scientists Jul 16, 2012

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Dr Chris Smith and company talk trout snouts, galaxies with no stars and discuss a very surprising new use for silk.

The God Particle Jul 12, 2012

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Rhod Sharp and Dr Karl are joined by Steven Goldfarb from CERN to answer questions about the search for the Higgs Boson.

Naked Scientist: Life after Higgs and explosive secrets Jul 09, 2012

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Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists with the week's science news. Do we have the Higgs Boson and why were Cambridge scientists sending a detonation inside a tube seven times around an auditorium?

The Higgs Boson and all that Jul 05, 2012

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The discovery of the Higgs Boson is the focus of the debate. Dr Karl tells us it could take anytime between 10 and 100 years for the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle to be put to practical use. But he admits he has no idea what practical use that could be. David from Birmingham asks if the discovery is just going to raise more questions than it answers. Dr Karl is emphatic. Yes. And says that makes it an exciting time to be a scientist! You can also the learn the difference between an asteroid and a meteorite.

Rifling and salty water Jun 28, 2012

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Andy Crane sits in for Rhod Sharp, and he and Dr Karl discuss why rifle bullets fly more truly when they rotate, and whether salt water floats over fresh.

Naked Scientist Jun 25, 2012

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The Naked Scientist describes how to win friends and influence people, how to halt Huntington's disease, and finds out about a camera with five times the resolution of the human eye.

the Multiverse Jun 21, 2012

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On the latest edition of Dr Karl -why we need the Multiverse, why the earth's core is so hot and new discoveries about breast milk.

Plants that punish animals Jun 18, 2012

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On the Naked Scientists this week...why ministers say A levels aren’t up to scratch and what one exam board are doing about it, and a plant that punishes animals that eat its seeds but rewards those that spit them out!

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