Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat is consciousness?
It's pretty obvious to each of us that we are conscious, as we go about our days and feel the experience of just ‘being ourselves'. But how do we kno…
2 years, 8 months ago
Can we grow a conscious brain?
Philosophers have long pondered the concept of a brain in a jar, hooked up to a simulated world. Though this has largely remained a thought experimen…
2 years, 8 months ago
Why am I scared of bridges?
Everyone has fears – but what makes a fear become a phobia? Why are some people scared of spiders (arachnophobia), buttons (koumpounophobia), or the …
2 years, 8 months ago
Why do my children stress me out?
CrowdScience listener Leo gets stressed when his young children start screaming at the same time in the middle of the night. He wants to know why we …
2 years, 8 months ago
What does a sustainable life look like?
Many of us are worried about the environment, but the aim of living in a truly sustainable way is hard to pin down. Do we all need to stop buying thi…
2 years, 8 months ago
How do butterflies and moths fly?
For hundreds of millions of years insects controlled the skies. Before birds, bats and pterodactyls, insects were the only creatures that had evolved…
2 years, 9 months ago
What is the weight of the internet?
How do you think about the internet? What does the word conjuror up? Maybe a cloud? Or the flashing router in the corner of your front room? Or this …
2 years, 9 months ago
Are dogs good for us?
Dogs have been our best animal buddy for thousands of years. They’ve helped us out in countless ways from hunting alongside us to guiding us as servi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Is the ‘sunshine cure’ a real thing?
Imagine spending six months of every year living in total shade. That’s what life is like for residents of the Norwegian town of Rjukan, set so low i…
2 years, 9 months ago
Is the ‘sunshine cure’ a real thing?
Imagine spending six months of every year living in total shade. That’s what life is like for residents of the Norwegian town of Rjukan, set so low i…
2 years, 9 months ago