CrowdScience Podcast
We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.
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Could a 鈥榸ombie鈥� virus kill us all?
Fri 8 Feb 2019
Might ancient ice from the Antarctic depths contain deadly viruses?
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Is Recycling All Our Waste at 麻豆约拍 Possible?
Fri 1 Feb 2019
Could we recycle all of our unwanted household materials ourselves?
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Why Do We Bury Our Dead?
Fri 25 Jan 2019
The practice of burial stretches back deep into prehistory, but how did it evolve?
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Can Volcanoes Power the World?
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Eruptions cause chaos and destruction, but could they also be an energy source?
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How Bird-Like Were Dinosaurs?
Fri 4 Jan 2019
Birds are dinosaurs, but did their extinct relatives move, look, or sing like they do?
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What is the future of space travel?
Fri 28 Dec 2018
CrowdScience goes interstellar to examine the future of space travel
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How Much Energy Can I Burn by Thinking?
Fri 21 Dec 2018
Could we lose weight just by exercising our brain?
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Is There a Logic to Romantic Love?
Fri 14 Dec 2018
Can science explain why romantic rejection hurts?
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Why do Women Live Longer than Men?
Fri 7 Dec 2018
Marnie Chesterton examines how men and women age differently
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Is Soil The Secret to Slowing Climate Change?
Fri 30 Nov 2018
CrowdScience goes digging to find out how soil could help keep CO2 out of the air
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Do You Smell What I Smell?
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Anand Jagatia sets out to discover why we can鈥檛 all agree when we follow our noses
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Which Language is Most Efficient?
Fri 16 Nov 2018
Marnie Chesterton attempts to apply science and evidence to the art of speech
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Can We Make an Artificial Womb?
Fri 9 Nov 2018
Exploring what we would need to make a baby outside the body
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How Do We Deal with Nuclear Waste?
Fri 2 Nov 2018
CrowdScience travels deep underground to visit one final resting place for nuclear waste.
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Could Bionic Eyes Help Me See Again?
Fri 26 Oct 2018
CrowdScience takes a look at life with artificial vision
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What are the limits of human endurance?
Fri 19 Oct 2018
CrowdScience joins a 246km running race in search of the secrets of human endurance
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What Makes Us Superstitious?
Fri 12 Oct 2018
How rational people can hold irrational beliefs and why 鈥榣uck鈥� may be a state of mind
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Can We Prevent Hurricanes?
Fri 5 Oct 2018
Hurricanes 鈥� could science hold any solutions to these devastating events?
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What鈥檚 The Point of Laughter?
Fri 21 Sep 2018
All of us laugh, and it may seem obvious why we do, but what does the science say?
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Is Vaping Bad for your Health?
Fri 14 Sep 2018
E-cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular but just how safe are they?
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Why Do Drivers Zone Out?
Fri 7 Sep 2018
How can your brain handle driving at 70mph while your mind is busy wandering?
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Why Do Some Animals Change Sex?
Fri 31 Aug 2018
In the animal kingdom, switching sex is more common than you might think
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Is there life on Mars?
Fri 24 Aug 2018
Could Mars be a planet where life existed? Marnie Chesterton explains
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Could humans live in underwater cities?
Fri 17 Aug 2018
Could oceanic cities become a reality, and how might they be built?
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Can we trap light in a box?
Fri 10 Aug 2018
What is light and can we trap it in a box? Marnie Chesterton investigates.
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How Do You Stop a Hedgehog Invasion?
Fri 3 Aug 2018
Getting rid of an invader that people think is cute poses all sorts of prickly problems鈥�
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