CrowdScience Episodes Episode guide
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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!
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What's living inside my gut?
Trillions of microbes live inside our gut. What impact do they have on our body?
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Do we have a sense of time?
Anand Jagatia finds out whether we have a sense of time, like our sense of taste or touch.
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Is there anyone out there?
How many planets in the universe could be harbouring alien life?
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What does flying do to my body?
We take to the skies to find out what effect working at 35,000 feet has on one's health.
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How do my ears sense direction?
How do we hear a sound and immediately know where it鈥檚 coming from?
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Why do some people have panic attacks?
Sweating, nausea, chest pain: panic attacks affect 1 in 14 people but what is going on?
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Can robots be soft?
CrowdScience uncovers how nature is weaving its way into robotic design
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10/03/2023 GMT
Answering your questions about life, Earth and the universe
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Do climbing plants know where they鈥檙e going?
Marnie Chesterton finds out how clever climbing plants are.
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Where does our fat go when we exercise?
Where does our fat go when we exercise?
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Are yoga claims bogus claims?
Which of the many claims about yoga are backed up by science?
