CrowdScience Episodes Episode guide
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What is brainwashing?
Is it possible to control someone鈥檚 mind?
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What鈥檚 the difference between reading and listening to books?
Why our brains respond differently if we listen to books instead of reading them
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Why do we lie?
Almost all of us lie. But how did it become so engrained in human behaviour?
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What will 1.5掳 of warming look like?
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?
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?
Why are some animals cute 鈥� and some downright weird?
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Which is healthier, farmed or wild salmon?
This week on CrowdScience: which is healthier, farmed salmon or wild?
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Why are spices delicious?
CrowdScience listener Kristine wants to know why herbs and spices taste so good?
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Can humans be part of healthy ecosystems?
We depend on ecosystems for our survival, so can we play a more sustainable role in them?
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What is consciousness?
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?
With advances in stem cell research, could we grow a human brain? And would we want to?
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Why am I scared of bridges?
What makes a fear become a phobia, and where do they come from?
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Why do my children stress me out?
Caroline Steel investigates how we respond to stress.
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What does a sustainable life look like?
What would it take for all eight billion of us to share the planet sustainably?
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How do butterflies and moths fly?
Why do butterflies and moths fly so erratically, but land so precisely?
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What is the weight of the internet?
How do we go about trying to weigh the internet 鈥� what even counts as part of it?
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Are dogs good for us?
Investigating whether our canine companions are good for our health and wellbeing
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Is the 鈥榮unshine cure鈥� a real thing?
Does living somewhere sunny make us happier and healthier?
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Why does some music make us sad?
How music and emotion are intimately linked
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Why do we get bored?
Why boredom affects some people more than others and why it can lead to innovation
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Why aren't we all ambidextrous?
With a panel of experts, we unpack why some people (and animals) are left or right-handed
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Why do we experience vertigo?
Anand Jagatia finds out why we lose our sense of balance
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Why do I crave unhealthy foods?
What are food cravings and why do we crave unhealthy foods instead of healthy ones?
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Why can鈥檛 I see images in my head?
Anand Jagatia discovers what mental images are for and why some people don鈥檛 have them
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Can Artificial Intelligence teach itself?
What happens if artificial intelligence starts learning from its own material?
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Is there a connection between memory and speech?
Caroline Steel finds out how dementia affects our ability to speak
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Why is the sun at the centre?
With astronomers and physicists, we unpack how we know the Earth revolves around the sun
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Can sea-swimming improve my health?
Can sea swimming improve my health?
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Why am I so lazy?
Is laziness biological, psychological 鈥� or even a real thing?
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What are Ostriches for?
Flightless wings, flawless eggs, priceless feathers鈥� meet the ostrich!
