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CrowdScience

Why do Women Live Longer than Men?

Marnie Chesterton examines how men and women age differently

• 26 mins

CrowdScience

Is There a Logic to Romantic Love?

Can science explain why romantic rejection hurts?

• 26 mins

CrowdScience

How Much Energy Can I Burn by Thinking?

Could we lose weight just by exercising our brain?

• 26 mins

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What is the future of space travel?

CrowdScience goes interstellar to examine the future of space travel

• 26 mins

CrowdScience

How Bird-Like Were Dinosaurs?

Birds are dinosaurs, but did their extinct relatives move, look, or sing like they do?

• 26 mins

CrowdScience

Can Volcanoes Power the World?

Eruptions cause chaos and destruction, but could they also be an energy source?

• 26 mins

CrowdScience

Why Can’t I Remember My Accident?

CrowdScience goes hunting for lost memories

• 26 mins

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Why Do We Bury Our Dead?

The practice of burial stretches back deep into prehistory, but how did it evolve?

• 26 mins

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Is Recycling All Our Waste at Home Possible?

Could we recycle all of our unwanted household materials ourselves?

• 26 mins

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Could a ‘zombie’ virus kill us all?

Might ancient ice from the Antarctic depths contain deadly viruses?

• 26 mins

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Where was the last place humans made home?

Our species started in Africa, but what was the last habitable landmass we reached?

• 26 mins

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Does brain size matter?

Why have a big brain if a small one would do?

• 26 mins

CrowdScience

What do clouds feel like?

We turn our gaze skywards to tackle three questions about what’s going on above us

• 32 mins

CrowdScience

Why am I shy?

Is shyness written in our genes, or more to do with our upbringing?

• 31 mins

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When will an African visit Mars?

We head to South Africa’s biggest science festival for a debate before a live audience

• 32 mins

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Why do we like some animals and hate others?

What makes us fawn over a puppy, but run away from rats?

• 31 mins

CrowdScience

Which milk is best for me and the planet?

Is switching from dairy milk to plant-based milks a healthier choice?

• 32 mins

CrowdScience

What are dreams for?

Do we actually need to dream? Is there an evolutionary reason for it?

• 29 mins

CrowdScience

Why do we find things beautiful?

Humans seem programmed to appreciate beauty – but why?

• 30 mins

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Will we ever know what the universe is made of?

CrowdScience finds out if there’s a limit to what physicists at CERN can discover

• 35 mins

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Could viruses help fight super-bugs?

CrowdScience travels to Georgia in search of solutions to antibiotic resistance

• 30 mins

CrowdScience

Did cooking make us human?

When did we switch from eating our food raw, to heating it?

• 29 mins

CrowdScience

How does a single cell become me?

How do trillions of individual cells work together to build bodies?

• 27 mins

CrowdScience

Could dark matter harbour dark life?

Marnie Chesterton answers Indian listener Gautam’s question about dark life

• 31 mins

CrowdScience

Bonus: 13 Minutes to the Moon

Introducing the new podcast about how humans reached the moon. Theme music by Hans Zimmer

• 5 mins

CrowdScience

Could our household microbes help or harm us?

We revisit our episode on dust to decide what we should do with our invisible housemates

• 32 mins

CrowdScience

How are we evolving?

How are we changing genetically to adapt to modern lifestyles and our environment

• 33 mins

CrowdScience

Can singing improve our health?

Could this much-loved musical pastime improve our mental and physical strength?

• 32 mins

CrowdScience

Are there new ways to beat depression?

We investigate how science is uncovering new ways to help beat long-term depression

• 26 mins

CrowdScience

What’s the best way to breathe?

Can certain breathing techniques improve your exercise performance?

• 30 mins

CrowdScience

Can we prevent traffic jams?

Should our cities cater less for cars and what are the alternatives?

• 34 mins

CrowdScience

Why do some people eat soil?

What drives the body to crave something that isn’t real food?

• 33 mins

CrowdScience

Who were the first farmers?

The story of how our ancestors tamed plants and animals

• 28 mins

CrowdScience

Where’s my time machine?

When will sci fi’s favourite technologies become reality?

• 42 mins

CrowdScience

Why do we pull faces when we concentrate?

We tackle the science of scowling, gesturing, and counting

• 33 mins

CrowdScience

How many fossils are there?

Have we already found the last T. rex? Or are there many more to be discovered?

• 30 mins

CrowdScience

Can I predict the future?

There are ordinary people among us who are exceptionally good at predicting the future

• 36 mins

CrowdScience

Global infertility: Could The Handmaid’s Tale become reality?

What could cause mass infertility? Marnie Chesterton investigates

• 40 mins

CrowdScience

How can I motivate myself?

We put science to the test to try and find out how can we best motivate ourselves

• 37 mins

CrowdScience

Do we need more space stations?

Would more satellites and space stations help us get further into the solar system?

• 31 mins

CrowdScience

Are extroverts really happier?

We probe the links between happiness, personality and culture

• 27 mins

CrowdScience

Can my migraines be cured?

What’s happening in my brain when I get a migraine? CrowdScience investigates

• 33 mins

CrowdScience

Could I learn to think like Sherlock Holmes?

What does science have to say about the famous fictional detective?

• 34 mins

CrowdScience

Is a vegan diet better for your health?

Many people follow a plant based diet, but is a vegan diet really better for your health?

• 33 mins

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Do green spaces make us healthier?

Is there more to living alongside greenery?

• 33 mins

CrowdScience

How can I live a longer life?

What is the secret to living healthily into very old age?

• 26 mins

CrowdScience

Is maths real?

Is maths a tool created by humans? Or is it reality itself?

• 32 mins

CrowdScience

Will my salmon swim home?

Could we repopulate salmon rivers?

• 34 mins

CrowdScience

Can my stutter be cured?

Most of us take speaking for granted, but for Breeda it has been a lifelong struggle

• 34 mins

CrowdScience

Why do I get sleepy?

We ask what happens in our body and brain when tiredness takes over

• 29 mins

The Great Outdoors

14/11/2019

A breath of fresh air for a Thursday evening.

• 180 mins

Farming Today

15/11/19: Fishing policy and the General Election, Seaweed farming, Policing Dartmoor

Bryce Stewart tells Caz Graham why fishing may take a back-seat in the general election.

• 13 mins

Bwletin Amaeth

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• 5 mins

Natural Histories

Fern

Once regarded as magical and mysterious; our obsession with ferns is longstanding

• 28 mins

The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry

Series 14

The Heart of the Antimatter

How do you make antimatter?

• 31 mins