5 Live Science Podcast

Dr Jason Box, founder of the Dark Snow project, joins Dr Rhod and Dr Karl to discuss whether smoke particles from wildfires in America are quickening the rate that Greenland's ice is melting.

Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with the week's science news including; DNA may actually be the best option for archiving data and a new material that can selectively soak up oil slicks.

Dr Karl discusses why boiling water turns to steam and ice so quickly in very cold temperatures. Rhod carries out an experiment to prove it.

On this week's edition, a drug that can restore hearing to deaf ears, and the answer to the question why transplanted organs are rejected by the immune system if they aren't matched correctly.

Dr Karl joins Rhod Sharp to discuss global warming and answer the really burning question posed by small children everywhere; why is snot green?

Andy Crane is joined by Dr Karl for the first science phone in of 2013. He tackles issues from password protecting computers, to why chickens lay different coloured eggs and where are all the transitional fossils?

This week we find out why cells in a honeycomb are hexagonal? What was before the big bang? As well as the top 10 science events of 2012

For Christmas, Dr Chris Smith and the team join Dotun for a look at the lighter side of recent scientific news, including whether the festive season cures cancer and how speedbumps help diagnose appendicitis.

On the latest edition of Dr Karl, we find out if ice conducts electricity the same way as water. We also discover if the five second rule is true, after food is dropped on to the floor. We also take a look at people who can remember every event of every day of their lives. They have HSAM - Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory.

A british team exploring ice two miles down in Antarctica that hasn't seen the light of day for 500,000 years, are there fewer stars now than when we were younger and how could it take a week for a bruise to visibly develop on a listener's bottom.