BBC Sounds - The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry - Available Episodes

Series 17

The Mosquito Conundrum

What’s the point of mosquitoes? asks Cathy.

• 45 mins
• 19 Jan 2021

Series 17

The Scientific Exploration of Astrology

Could there be something to astrology?, asks Dan in Australia.

• 50 mins
• 12 Jan 2021

Series 17

The Noises That Make Us Cringe

Why do some people find noises like a fork scraping a plate so terrible?

• 48 mins
• 05 Jan 2021

Series 17

The Pizza Diet

Can I make a pizza that contains my recommended daily intake of everything? asks Paul

• 42 mins
• 29 Dec 2020

Series 17

The Good and Bad in Fungi

"Why are some fungi helpful and others harmful?" asks Paul Glaister in Reading.

• 48 mins
• 22 Dec 2020

Series 17

The Martian Mission

What would it take for humans to live permanently on Mars? asks listener Martin.

• 42 mins
• 15 Dec 2020

Series 17

The Hamster Power Hypothesis

How many hamsters on wheels would it take to power London? asks Judah from Virginia, USA.

• 38 mins
• 08 Dec 2020

We’re back!

The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry

• 11 mins
• 01 Dec 2020

Series 16

The Space Burrito

Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? And other puzzles.

• 34 mins
• 14 Jul 2020

Series 16

The Zedonk Problem

What are ligons and tigers? What is a species?

• 40 mins
• 07 Jul 2020

Series 16

The End of Everything

When and how is the universe going to end?

• 44 mins
• 30 Jun 2020

Series 16

The Sting in the Tail

What’s the point of wasps?

• 42 mins
• 23 Jun 2020

Series 16

The Seeded Cloud

Can we make it rain?

• 33 mins
• 16 Jun 2020

Series 16

The Growling Stomach

Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry?

• 34 mins
• 09 Jun 2020

We’re back!

A preview of series 16: Longer, louder and locked down.

• 2 mins
• 03 Jun 2020

Series 15

The Exotic Wormhole

What are wormholes and do they really exist?

• 37 mins
• 11 Mar 2020

Series 15

A Cold Case Part 2

From cold feet to cold water swimming, Rutherford and Fry answer your chilling questions

• 34 mins
• 04 Mar 2020

Series 15

A Cold Case Part 1

Why do we get more colds in winter?

• 34 mins
• 26 Feb 2020

Series 15

Hannah's ASMR cocktail

Hannah Fry mixes a mojito - listen after our episode on ASMR.

• 4 mins
• 21 Feb 2020

Series 15

Adam's ASMR cocktail

Adam Rutherford concocts an Old Fashioned cocktail - listen after our episode on ASMR.

• 5 mins
• 20 Feb 2020