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What鈥檚 The Point of Laughter?

All of us laugh, and it may seem obvious why we do, but what does the science say?

• 26 mins

Does Asking Questions Improve Your Memory?

Crowd Science reaches its 100th episode

• 26 mins

Can We Prevent Hurricanes?

Hurricanes 鈥� could science hold any solutions to these devastating events?

• 26 mins

What Makes Us Superstitious?

How rational people can hold irrational beliefs and why 鈥榣uck鈥� may be a state of mind

• 38 mins

What are the limits of human endurance?

CrowdScience joins a 246km running race in search of the secrets of human endurance

• 26 mins

Could Bionic Eyes Help Me See Again?

CrowdScience takes a look at life with artificial vision

• 26 mins

How Do We Deal with Nuclear Waste?

CrowdScience travels deep underground to visit one final resting place for nuclear waste.

• 26 mins

Can We Make an Artificial Womb?

Exploring what we would need to make a baby outside the body

• 26 mins

Which Language is Most Efficient?

Marnie Chesterton attempts to apply science and evidence to the art of speech

• 26 mins

Do You Smell What I Smell?

Anand Jagatia sets out to discover why we can鈥檛 all agree when we follow our noses

• 26 mins

Is Soil The Secret to Slowing Climate Change?

CrowdScience goes digging to find out how soil could help keep CO2 out of the air

• 26 mins

Why do Women Live Longer than Men?

Marnie Chesterton examines how men and women age differently

• 26 mins

Is There a Logic to Romantic Love?

Can science explain why romantic rejection hurts?

• 26 mins

How Much Energy Can I Burn by Thinking?

Could we lose weight just by exercising our brain?

• 26 mins

What is the future of space travel?

CrowdScience goes interstellar to examine the future of space travel

• 26 mins

How Bird-Like Were Dinosaurs?

Birds are dinosaurs, but did their extinct relatives move, look, or sing like they do?

• 26 mins

Can Volcanoes Power the World?

Eruptions cause chaos and destruction, but could they also be an energy source?

• 33 mins

Why can鈥檛 I remember my accident?

CrowdScience goes hunting for lost memories

• 33 mins

Why Do We Bury Our Dead?

The practice of burial stretches back deep into prehistory, but how did it evolve?

• 29 mins

Is Recycling All Our Waste at 麻豆约拍 Possible?

Could we recycle all of our unwanted household materials ourselves?

• 30 mins

Could a 鈥榸ombie鈥� virus kill us all?

Might ancient ice from the Antarctic depths contain deadly viruses?

• 31 mins

Where was the last place humans made home?

Our species started in Africa, but what was the last habitable landmass we reached?

• 29 mins

Does brain size matter?

Why have a big brain if a small one would do?

• 28 mins

What do clouds feel like?

We turn our gaze skywards to tackle three questions about what鈥檚 going on above us

• 32 mins

Why am I shy?

Is shyness written in our genes, or more to do with our upbringing?

• 31 mins

When will an African visit Mars?

We head to South Africa鈥檚 biggest science festival for a debate before a live audience

• 32 mins

Why do we like some animals and hate others?

What makes us fawn over a puppy, but run away from rats?

• 31 mins

Which milk is best for me and the planet?

Is switching from dairy milk to plant-based milks a healthier choice?

• 32 mins

What are dreams for?

Do we actually need to dream? Is there an evolutionary reason for it?

• 29 mins

Why do we find things beautiful?

Humans seem programmed to appreciate beauty 鈥� but why?

• 30 mins