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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How do my ears sense direction?
Fri 12 Apr 2024
How can we hear a sound and immediately know where it’s coming from?
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How many people have ever existed?
Fri 5 Apr 2024
Listener Alpha in Sierra Leone asks us to count all the humans who have ever lived
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Could climate change lead to more volcanic eruptions?
Fri 29 Mar 2024
We head to New Zealand to ask how a hotter planet will affect volcanoes.
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Do animals have anxious habits like us?
Fri 22 Mar 2024
Why do we bite our nails - and do animals share similar habits?
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Do we all see the same colour?
Fri 8 Mar 2024
Caroline Steel investigates what affects the way we see the colours of the world
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How bad is our data for the planet?
Fri 1 Mar 2024
What's the environmental impact of all the data we use?
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Why do we have wisdom teeth?
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Answering your questions about life, Earth and the universe
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What time was the first clock set to?
Fri 16 Feb 2024
From sundials to atomic clocks via Big Ben, a quest into the history of timekeeping.
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Why do we daydream?
Fri 2 Feb 2024
Meandering into your wandering mind, why can’t we stay present?
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How should we measure cleverness?
Fri 26 Jan 2024
The CrowdScience team are tested to the limit to see how brainy they are.
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Were humans ever semi-aquatic?
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Was there a semi-aquatic period for humans as we’ve evolved?
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Can planting trees solve the climate crisis?
Fri 12 Jan 2024
Can we plant enough trees to soak up all the extra carbon we put into the atmosphere?
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Will electric cars help solve noise pollution?
Fri 5 Jan 2024
Will electric cars solve noise pollution?
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2023 Year End Extravaganza, Part 2
Fri 29 Dec 2023
Welcome to Part 2 of our year-end extravaganza, full of bonus content and stories
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2023 Year-End Extravaganza, Part 1
Fri 22 Dec 2023
It’s Part 1 of CrowdScience’s year-end extravaganza! Say hello to some familiar faces.
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Are seeds alive?
Fri 15 Dec 2023
How come a seed can do nothing for months, or even years, before bursting into life?
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Where does our fat go when we exercise?
Fri 8 Dec 2023
What happens to the fat in our bodies when we exercise?
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What’s the difference between reading and listening to books?
Fri 24 Nov 2023
Why our brains respond differently if we listen to books instead of reading them
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Why do we lie?
Fri 17 Nov 2023
Almost all of us lie. But how did it become so engrained in human behaviour?
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What will 1.5Β° of warming look like?
Fri 10 Nov 2023
Listener Julian wants to know what to expect on the other side of this climate threshold.
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How does food affect our mood?
Fri 3 Nov 2023
What we eat impacts our microbiome. How does that impact our mental health?
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Green Man Festival: Why are some animals so ugly?
Fri 27 Oct 2023
Why are some animals cute – and some downright weird?
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Which is healthier, farmed or wild salmon?
Fri 20 Oct 2023
This week on CrowdScience: which is healthier, farmed salmon or wild?
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Why are spices delicious?
Fri 13 Oct 2023
CrowdScience listener Kristine wants to know why herbs and spices taste so good?
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Can humans be part of healthy ecosystems?
Fri 6 Oct 2023
We depend on ecosystems for our survival, so can we play a more sustainable role in them?
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What is consciousness?
Fri 29 Sep 2023
It's easy to observe that we ourselves are conscious but how do you study this phenomenon?
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Can we grow a conscious brain?
Fri 22 Sep 2023
With advances in stem cell research, could we grow a human brain? And would we want to?
