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 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 1.5掳 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 鈥� 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?
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Why am I scared of bridges?
Fri 15 Sep 2023
What makes a fear become a phobia, and where do they come from?
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Why do my children stress me out?
Fri 8 Sep 2023
Caroline Steel investigates how we respond to stress.
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What does a sustainable life look like?
Fri 1 Sep 2023
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?
Fri 25 Aug 2023
Why do butterflies and moths fly so erratically, but land so precisely?
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What is the weight of the internet?
Fri 18 Aug 2023
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?
Fri 11 Aug 2023
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?
Fri 4 Aug 2023
Does living somewhere sunny make us happier and healthier?
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Why do we get bored?
Fri 21 Jul 2023
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?
Fri 14 Jul 2023
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?
Fri 7 Jul 2023
Anand Jagatia finds out why we lose our sense of balance
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Why do I crave unhealthy foods?
Fri 30 Jun 2023
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?
Fri 16 Jun 2023
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?
Fri 9 Jun 2023
What happens if artificial intelligence starts learning from its own material?
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Is there a connection between memory and speech?
Fri 2 Jun 2023
Caroline Steel finds out how dementia affects our ability to speak
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Why is the sun at the centre?
Fri 26 May 2023
With astronomers and physicists, we unpack how we know the Earth revolves around the sun
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What are Ostriches for?
Fri 5 May 2023
Flightless wings, flawless eggs, priceless feathers鈥� meet the ostrich!
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What's living inside my gut?
Fri 28 Apr 2023
Trillions of microbes live inside our gut. What impact do they have on our body?
