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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Why are the seas salty?
Fri 14 Jun 2024
How does salt get into the world's oceans, and is melting ice making them any fresher?
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How fast can a raindrop cross the globe?
Fri 7 Jun 2024
Could a raindrop from the UK travel all the way to New Zealand?
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Why does wine taste better over time?
Fri 31 May 2024
What chemistry makes some wines age well, while others turn to vinegar?
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Will mountains shrink as sea levels rise?
Fri 24 May 2024
Should we re-calculate the height of mountains to account for sea levels rising?
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What does prayer do to my brain?
Fri 17 May 2024
Can science explain the effects of prayer on our brains and wellbeing?
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Why are people still dying from malaria?
Fri 10 May 2024
We visit Malawi to discuss malaria, mosquitoes and a world-leading vaccination programme
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How should we protect our coastlines?
Fri 26 Apr 2024
What鈥檚 the best way to combat coastal erosion?
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Are our coastlines being washed away?
Fri 19 Apr 2024
What is coastal erosion and why is it a problem?
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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鈥檚 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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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鈥檝e 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鈥檚 Part 1 of CrowdScience鈥檚 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鈥檚 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
