Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan I unlock my car using my head?
CrowdScience listener Doug has been experimenting with holding his wireless garage key to his chin. Why? Because he's testing a strange trick of phys…
2 months, 1 week ago
Can I really manifest the future?
CrowdScience listener Kassy in India wants to know if there’s any science to support the practice of ‘manifesting’ – the idea that you can make your …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
What keeps the universe in balance?
CrowdScience listener Ndanusa in Ghana, is gazing up at the stars, and wondering. Big philosophical questions, like… what keeps our universe in balan…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
How can we save the Great Barrier Reef?
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is one of the richest and most complex natural ecosystems on earth, and it’s home to over 600 species of coral – marin…
3 months ago
Why don't more animals have opposable thumbs?
On a recent kayaking trip, CrowdScience listener Lanier sliced through his right thumb, putting it out of action for a while. This made life difficul…
3 months, 1 week ago
Can we cancel light waves?
Noise cancelling headphones filter out sound waves that we don’t want to hear. Listener Ahmed in Libya loves wearing his and, as he was listening to …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Do multiple choice questions make us biased?
CrowdScience listener Griffith in Ghana, isn’t JUST a CrowdScience listener. He’s also a listener to our sister show on the World Service, Unexpected…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Why do I tan more in the US?
CrowdScience listener Namrata and presenter Chhavi Sachdev have something in common. They both get more tanned in the summer in the United States tha…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Do fish know what they look like?
There’s something fishy going on in the Czech Republic, where CrowdScience listener Ian lives. He keeps tropical fish, and he’s noticed that when he …
4 months ago
Why do I find silence unbearable?
Is silence blood-curdling or blissful? CrowdScience listener Ziqi finds it intolerable and thinks that there’s a good reason for it – silence is so r…
4 months, 1 week ago