5 Live Science Podcast

Dr Chris explores why you suffer temporary deafness after being at a loud concert

Dr Karl on efficient cars and cracking knuckles.

How do flies land on the ceiling and why is it that when you drink alcohol at the same time as artificial sweeteners, you get drunker quicker.

We find out what goes on inside your head when you're asleep and the science of losing weight, what makes a gastric bypass work?

Dr Karl and Rhod Sharp talk science, including the mechanics of Vegemite and getting a car into a lorry on a motorway.

Dr Karl and Rhod Sharp talk science, including medical uses for chillies.

We hear about a genetic study into the elusive giant squid, what the European Space Agencies plank probe can tell us about the creation of the universe and the latest in 3D technology.

Has Voyager 1 finally made it out of our solar system and other questions.

Dr Chris Smith joins Dotun to tell us about how heading a football could trigger your immune system to attack your own nerves, and whether wrapping yourself in cling film helps you to lose weight.

Dr Chris, standing in for Dr Karl, and Dr Rhod are joined by Dr Maarten Schmidt whose work on quasars helped change our understanding of the universe.