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Supporting Content

• How trees secretly talk to each other

  Plants talk and share resources using a underground network called the 'Wood Wide Web'

  

  Duration: 1:47

• Yeast: An unlikely hero in the fight against climate change?

  Scientists in Austria have modified yeast to suck CO2 out of the air

  

  Duration: 2:00

• Could vertical forests improve our cities and health?

  Two residential towers in Milan have over 900 trees and 11,000 plants

  

  Duration: 3:22

• Are some soaps better than others?

  There are so many different soaps to choose from - is one better than another?

  

  Duration: 1:53

• Is noise pollution killing whales and dolphins?

  Dr Morell studies cetaceans' ears to help pinpoint activities that may cause hearing loss

  

  Duration: 2:24

• How can drones make childbirth safer in Sierra Leone?

  West Africa's first drone corridor, in Njala, could transform Sierra Leone's healthcare

  

• How long is the coronavirus outbreak likely to last for?

  The global spread of the Covid-19 disease has thrown the world into uncertainty

  

  Duration: 2:07

• Meet the creatures that share your home

  Could one of your microscopic housemates contain a new antibiotic, or help make biofuel?

  

  Duration: 2:01

• Should I stop buying palm oil?

  Many scientists say boycotting palm oil could actually increase deforestation

  

  Duration: 2:28

• What can dinosaur footprints tell us?

  Analysing fossil tracks can reveal how dinosaurs moved and behaved

  

  Duration: 1:23

• The farmers using sewage to make saris

  As groundwater supplies dwindle in rural India, farmers turn to wastewater to grow crops.

  

• The world's most powerful hurricane simulator

  The "Wall of Wind" tests building materials and designs against hurricane-strength winds

  

  Duration: 1:35

• The whales that ‘talk’ with accents

  Biologist Dr Luke Rendell thinks he knows what sperm whales are saying

  

  Duration: 2:07

• Are edible caterpillars the future of sustainable protein?

  How edible bugs could help fight food security problems in West Africa

  

  Duration: 3:09

• How spiders build their webs

  Spiders instinctively know how to use silk and build the complex structure of a web

  

  Duration: 1:57

• Why are our memories so unreliable?

  Psychologist Julia Shaw explains why we misremember the past

  Duration: 2:11

• Why mushrooms glow green

  Professor Cassius Stevani explains why mushrooms glow green.

  Duration: 2:05

• What was the Moon like at its birth?

  Planetary scientist Sara Russell on the moment two worlds collided to create the Moon

  Duration: 1:52

• Do girls or boys mature faster?

  Development patterns vary between girls and boys, explains anthropologist Barry Bogin

  Duration: 1:12
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• Presenter: Marnie Chesterton

  Marnie has been with CrowdScience since its first episode in 2016. She's also a regular reporter and presenter on Radio 4’s Inside Science.

  

• Presenter: Anand Jagatia

  Anand is a science broadcaster and multimedia producer. He joined CrowdScience in 2016 and has also worked as a filmmaker at the Royal Institution.