Podcast Episodes

Can we improve the shipping container?

It's a simple metal box that moves nearly all of our goods around the world. Designed for uniformity and interchangeability, the shipping container h…

2 years, 1 month ago

How do fish survive in the deep ocean?

When listener Watum heard about the Titan submersible implosion in the news in 2023, a question popped up in his mind: if a machine that we specifica…

2 years, 1 month ago

Why is my handwriting so messy?

CrowdScience listener Azeddine from Algeria has had bad handwriting since he was a child. In fact, it was so untidy that, when he later became a chem…

2 years, 1 month ago

Why is a ship a ‘she’?

In many languages across the world, all nouns are classed as either male or female, or sometimes neuter. The English language, however, only signals …

2 years, 1 month ago

Why am I afraid of this building?

Buildings inspire many emotions, like awe, serenity or even dread. CrowdScience listener Siobhan was struck by this as she passed a huge apartment bl…

2 years, 2 months ago

What is the weight of the internet?

How do you think about the internet? What does the word conjure up? Maybe a cloud? Or the flashing router in the corner of your front room? Or this m…

2 years, 2 months ago

How does a snake climb a tree?

Snakes are often seen as slithery, slimy and scary. But these intriguing non-legged creatures have made CrowdScience listener Okello from Uganda wond…

2 years, 2 months ago

How many flies have ever existed?

The CrowdScience team like a challenge. And listeners Jenny and Kai in the UK have come to us with a big one. They want to know how many flies have e…

2 years, 2 months ago

Is every atom unique?

It’s hard to imagine something as mind-bogglingly small as an atom.

But CrowdScience listener Alan has been attempting to do just that. All things in…

2 years, 2 months ago

Why are the seas salty?

Listener Julie lives close to the coast in New Zealand and wants to know why the water that washes up on the beach isn't fresh. How exactly does all …

2 years, 3 months ago