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How Do We Deal with Nuclear Waste?
How should we tackle the biggest clean-up job in history? Listener Michelle from Ireland sends CrowdScience to investigate what to do with years’ wor…
7 years, 6 months ago
Could Bionic Eyes Help Me See Again?
Mohammed is from India and he’s blind. He emailed CrowdScience because he wanted to know more about new technologies that could help him see again. S…
7 years, 7 months ago
What are the limits of human endurance?
When it comes to speed, humans have got nothing on cheetahs - or greyhounds, kangaroos or zebras for that matter. It’s over long distances we really …
7 years, 7 months ago
What Makes Us Superstitious?
Would you willingly break a mirror, walk under a ladder or cut up an image of someone you love - or might you be worried about tempting fate – even i…
7 years, 7 months ago
Can We Prevent Hurricanes?
As the US reaches the end of another hurricane season listener Kelly wants to know if it’s possible to prevent these devastating storms? She lives in…
7 years, 7 months ago
Does Asking Questions Improve Your Memory?
As the show that takes your questions and turns them into audio adventures reaches its 100th episode, Marnie Chesterton revisits a few of our most li…
7 years, 8 months ago
What’s The Point of Laughter?
This violent and repetitive involuntary constriction of the chest muscles is highly infectious, and can result in convulsions, profuse tears and a re…
7 years, 8 months ago
Is Vaping Bad for your Health?
E-cigarettes and vaping may only have been around for a decade or so but it's estimated more than 35 million people globally have taken it up. Marnie…
7 years, 8 months ago
Why Do Drivers Zone Out?
Have you ever been out driving and noticed your mind… wandering? CrowdScience listener Sian Gardiner has. When travelling to visit her parents she ha…
7 years, 8 months ago
Why Do Some Animals Change Sex?
In humans if you have two X chromosomes you are female and if you have an X and a Y then you are male. It is textbook science. But CrowdScience liste…
7 years, 8 months ago