As Chinese communist party prepares to unveil its new leaders Dr Karl discusses the discovery of the new roaming planet with no star of its own to orbit, and we find out if gravity travels at the speed of light.
The Naked Scientists join Dotun to explain the new theories on the formation of the Moon and we meet the stand up mathematician who's currently on tour around the UK.
In this edition: in 2010, the USA used 98 quadrillion British Thermal Units (BTUs) of energy - about 20% of the world's total. About 40% of that went into buildings. How this could be easily and hugely improved without loss of comfort. Why both men and women, wearing revealing attire are perceived as more sensitive, but less competent . And Brain freeze finally explained - almost
Naked Sci 29 Oct 12: Fighting bacterial fire with fire
Duration: 25 mins
Dr Chris Smith and colleagues with science news. This week; fighting bacterial fire with fire and the plans to help the British Oyster make a comeback.
On this week's edition of the Naked Scientist: a Nobel prize for a Cambridge cloning pioneer, and an analysis of a meteorite landing in Morocco from Mars shows it contains samples from the red planet's interior, surface and even atmosphere