Podcast Episodes

Are some soaps better than others?

These days we’re more acquainted with soap than ever before, as we lather up to help stop the spread of coronavirus. And for CrowdScience listener Sh…

5 years, 10 months ago

How is human sound affecting sealife?

Think of the oceans and an empty and peaceful expanse relatively untouched by humankind might come to mind. But is this peace an illusion? CrowdScien…

5 years, 10 months ago

Could earthworms help transform the future of farming?

Worms are not the cutest of creatures. They’re slimy, often associated with death and tend to bring on feelings of disgust in many of us. But listene…

5 years, 10 months ago

Is barefoot running better?

Shoes are a surprisingly recent human invention. But running isn’t. That means for most of our time on the planet, we’ve run barefoot. Today, in most…

5 years, 10 months ago

What’s the point of blood types?

If you put one person’s blood into another person , sometimes it’s fine and sometimes it’s a death sentence.

French physician Jean-Baptiste Denis dis…

5 years, 11 months ago

Do animals have consciousness?

What exactly it means to be conscious has long been a question of profound debate amongst philosophers, and more recently, scientists. There are no e…

5 years, 11 months ago

Were my atoms once your atoms?

We were bowled over by a question from one CrowdScience listener in Australia wants to know how likely it is that the atoms in his body have been use…

5 years, 11 months ago

Would you risk your life to save another?

Have you ever broken up a fight? Or pushed someone out the way of an oncoming vehicle, only to be hit by it yourself? Most of us probably haven’t tak…

5 years, 11 months ago

Why can’t you tickle yourself?

This week the kids take over. Our younger listeners are as curious as their parents, it seems, so presenter Marnie Chesterton seeks out the finest mi…

6 years ago

How does a language begin?

There are over 7000 living languages on earth today. These mutually unintelligible means of communication are closely associated with different group…

6 years ago