CrowdScience Episodes Episode guide
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How do I learn maths when school’s shut?
We tackle maths questions sent in by high school students in lockdown
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Why do you sweat more than me?
What affects how much and where we sweat?
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What makes a spider spin a web?
How instincts let spiders build complex structures
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How can I reduce stress?
Listener Keith from Lincolnshire wants to know how to reduce stress - he's a firefighter.
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Will a placebo boost my sports performance?
Can we trick ourselves into running faster or playing better?
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Can science explain why I love shopping?
Crowdscience investigates the brain science behind our buying behaviour
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Can I trust DNA ancestry tests?
How much do DNA tests really tell you about your ancestors?
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What are scientists doing about coronavirus?
CrowdScience goes into labs to meet researchers urgently searching for COVID-19 solutions
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Why are we obsessed with crime?
Kay from Hamburg wants to know where our obsession with crime comes from
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What’s the weirdest weather?
Our expert panel tackle multiple meteorological queries in the CrowdScience inbox.
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Why do insects prefer to bite certain people?
Why are some people magnets for mosquitos and others not? CrowdScience investigates
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What is cancer?
We take a look at cancer treatment’s dark past, its current state and future
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How did humans discover medicine?
Diseases have always been with us, but when did we first find ways to cure them?
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Can digital technology transform West Africa?
A panel of experts discuss how digital technology and AI are transforming West Africa.
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Could we survive an extinction event?
Are humans capable of outwitting asteroids, volcanoes or other causes of mass extinction?
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What is infinity?
We tackle impossible-sounding questions on topics from infinity to quantum mechanics
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How low-carbon can CrowdScience go?
We try to find out the best ways to reduce our carbon footprint
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What is empathy?
What drives our feelings of compassion for others – what is happening in our brains?
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How does the sun affect my body and mind?
We explore the power of light to impact our health and wellbeing.
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Did Crowdscience change your life?
We delve into the Crowdscience archive to hear how our shows changed listeners’ lives
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Can I save the insects?
The world’s insects are in trouble. What can each of us do to help them?
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Would humans exist if dinosaurs were still alive?
We explore an alternative reality where dinosaurs still roam the earth
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Could humans hibernate during interstellar travel?
Hibernation could allow people to travel long distances in space. How realistic is it?
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Should I stop eating palm oil?
Is palm oil environmental foe or poverty-fighting crop? Graihagh Jackson investigates
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Can a machine read my mind?
How machine learning is enabling minds to start melding with machines
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Why do I get sleepy?
We ask what happens in our body and brain when tiredness takes over
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Can my stutter be cured?
Most of us take speaking for granted, but for Breeda it has been a lifelong struggle
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Will my salmon swim home?
Could we repopulate salmon rivers?
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Is maths real?
Is maths a tool created by humans? Or is it reality itself?
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How can I live a longer life?
What is the secret to living healthily into very old age?
