5 Live Science Podcast

BBC Radio 5 Live

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

  • 51 minutes 53 seconds
    A gaming special & The best of 2024

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look back at some of 2024's top science stories, and in part 2 hand over to our Naked Gamers… Chris Berrow and Leigh Milner for a gaming special, featuring:

    A world record... the game that took 22 years to make has finally been released!

    Video games without the video… we’ll check out an audio-only release.

    And what does 2025 have in store for gamers?

    22 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 51 minutes 43 seconds
    OCD, Obesity, and Dark Comets

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.

    Including a chat with Dr Chris Van Tulleken about why he's tackling obesity in his Christmas lectures this year, and what are the dark comets that space scientists are now documenting?

    Plus, an in-depth look at why some people have obsessive-compulsive disorder, and how we can help them.

    15 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 51 minutes 52 seconds
    Nuclear power, AI weather forecasts, and Do crabs feel pain?

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.

    Including a new AI system set to transform weather forecasting, and new research on whether crabs and lobsters can feel pain.

    Plus, an in-depth look at whether nuclear power could help meet our future energy needs.

    8 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 51 minutes 40 seconds
    The ambition to eliminate HIV transmission by 2030

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.

    In this week's science news: the first new treatment for asthma attacks in over half a century, and why the International Space Station has sprung a leak

    And it is World AIDS Day and in today's programme we examine the ambition of doctors to eliminate HIV transmission eliminated from many countries including the UK within 5 years. How are they planning to do it?

    1 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 26 minutes 36 seconds
    Vampire bats, Leeches, and Diet-conscious spiders

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, with an animal-themed special. Including what prompted scientists to put vampire bats on a treadmill, why medicinal leeches are returning to the UK, and the spiders that know which foods will satisfy their dietary needs.

    24 November 2024, 5:00 am
  • 51 minutes 3 seconds
    Weight loss jabs, COP29, and Brainy birds

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news. Including a look at what is at stake at this year's UN Climate Summit, and the 80 million year old fossil revealing how birds developed their big brains.

    Plus, an in-depth look at whether weight loss jabs could solve the obesity crisis.

    17 November 2024, 6:00 am
  • 51 minutes 52 seconds
    Smartphones, Black holes, and Pompeii

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the latest science news. Including an enormous black hole defying our existing laws of physics, and what DNA analysis is revealing about the inhabitants of Pompeii.

    Plus, an in-depth look at whether smartphones can harm children's' development.

    10 November 2024, 6:00 am
  • 51 minutes 34 seconds
    Election interference, Mpox, and A lost city

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the latest science news. Including the news that the UK has detected its first case of a new Mpox variant, and the discovery of a lost city in Mexico.

    Plus, an in-depth look at how technology could swing the outcome of the US presidential elections.

    3 November 2024, 6:00 am
  • 51 minutes 35 seconds
    Cancer, Clock changes, Life on Jupiter?

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team look at the latest science news. Including the news that Chris Hoy has revealed his diagnosis with terminal prostate cancer, the WHO has declared that Egypt is malaria-free, and the impact clock changes have on our perception of time.

    Plus, an in-depth look at the Europa Clipper, the NASA spacecraft which has begun a voyage to look for the conditions for life on one of Jupiter's moons.

    For support on topics covered in this programme, you can get details of organisations within the UK by visiting the BBC Action Line website - bbc.co.uk/actionline.

    27 October 2024, 6:00 am
  • 51 minutes 22 seconds
    Vegan diets, New forms of insulin, and Meteor origins

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news. Including a new form of insulin that can switch itself off before blood sugar levels fall too low, and how scientists have discovered the origins of the meteors that most commonly fall to Earth.

    Plus, an in-depth look at whether vegan diets are really good for us.

    For support on topics covered in this programme, you can get details of organisations within the UK by visiting the BBC Action Line website - bbc.co.uk/actionline.

    20 October 2024, 5:00 am
  • 52 minutes 5 seconds
    Brain injuries, Man-eating lions, and the Nobel Prize

    Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news. Including how scientists found the DNA of human victims in the teeth of a lion, how electrically conductive stitches can be used to speed up healing, and this year's Nobel Prize Winners explained. Plus, an in-depth look at what scientists are doing to tackle brain injuries.

    13 October 2024, 5:00 am
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