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CrowdScience Episodes

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    How bad is our noise problem?

    How does noise pollution impact wildlife and humans, and why do we hate certain sounds?

  2. Where does the sand in a desert come from?

    Lonely desert dunes have a romantic image, but how did they get there in the first place?

  3. Why do we get jealous?

    Crowdscience grapples with the green-eyed monster in close relationships.

  4. What happens to insects in the winter?

    Marnie explores the many canny ways insects have adapted to survive extreme temperatures

  5. How do you balance on a bicycle?

    What鈥檚 going on when we ride a bicycle, how do we stay upright? CrowdScience investigates

  6. Bullying Parrots and Glacial Cocktails

    Work-place bullying between two parrots plus arctic cocktails with 5000 year old glacier

  7. Why are my parents so annoying?

    Blood is thicker than water but why are parents so annoying?

  8. What is friction?

    Everything that moves involves frictional losses, but what actually is it?

  9. Could my house run out of air?

    Blocking up gaps might reduce energy bills, but can you make your home too airtight?

  10. What gives clouds their shapes?

    Marnie turns to the skies to figure out how clouds form and how they get their shapes.

  11. How do we behave in crowds?

    Crowds gather in all sorts of places. But is there a science to how they move and behave?

  12. Why don鈥檛 we fall out of bed when we鈥檙e asleep?

    Answering the sleep questions that have been keeping CrowdScience listeners awake.

  13. Where do we go when the seas rise?

    We see Greenland鈥檚 ice is melting - so where should we go to live in the future?

  14. How long before all the ice melts?

    CrowdScience heads to Greenland to understand the story of melting in a warming world.

  15. When does weather change become climate change?

    Heatwaves, floods and drought. Is it climate change, or is it just weather?

  16. Why can't I change my accent?

    Why are accents so hard to change even when you speak a language perfectly?

  17. How is mental health being supported in Africa?

    CrowdScience visits Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss mental health with a live audience

  18. Why am I gay?

    CrowdScience looks at what science can - and can't - tell us about homosexuality.

  19. Why are fish fish-shaped?

    There are over 30, 000 species of fish 鈥� are they really all a similar shape?

  20. Why don鈥檛 some things burn?

    Why do some things burn, while others refuse to catch fire?

  21. Is there a language of laughter?

    Do we all laugh at the same things or is there a language to learn first?

  22. Can animals count?

    CrowdScience finds out whether there are some creatures that have a way with numbers.

  23. What happens to insects in the winter?

    Marnie explores the many canny ways insects have adapted to survive extreme temperatures

  24. What is white?

    CrowdScience explores what makes an object appear white.

  25. Can smells fill you up?

    CrowdScience explores how different smells affect your appetite.

  26. Are humans naturally clean and tidy?

    Answering your questions about life, Earth and the universe

  27. Why is this song stuck in my head?

    CrowdScience burrows into the niggling world of earworms

  28. Are viruses the key to fighting infections?

    Can bacteria-munching viruses help with the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance?

  29. Are artistic brains different?

    Myck the artist from Malawi wants to know if there鈥檚 something different about his brain.

  30. What is healthy hair?

    How can this nonliving structure be 'healthy' - and why is it concentrated on our heads?

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