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Can We Find a Cure for Dementia?
Dementia affects nearly 50 million people worldwide – but doctors are still struggling to find a cure. CrowdScience investigates why this particular …
8 years, 1 month ago
Is The Future of Food a Pill?
Since the end of the 19th century, scientists have been predicting we would be eating a meal in a pill, but is it a serious answer to the world’s foo…
8 years, 1 month ago
Does Anything Stand Still?
Listener Nikolai sends CrowdScience hunting through space and time with his deceptively simple question. Can we find perfect stillness? You are proba…
8 years, 2 months ago
Why Do We Follow the Crowd?
Are you the master of your own decisions? Independent-minded? A free spirit? Like it or not, the answer is probably no - as we are profoundly influen…
8 years, 2 months ago
Is Nuclear Fusion Coming Anytime Soon?
Unlike nuclear fission power stations, which leave harmful radioactive waste to be stored or disposed of for thousands of years, a nuclear fusion pow…
8 years, 2 months ago
Could Bees Take Over From Sniffer Dogs?
Humans have used dogs' excellent sniffing talents ever since our ancestors figured out that canine companions could help them track down their next m…
8 years, 2 months ago
Do Animals Have Accents?
A cacophony of singing and screaming creatures’ accents are explored to answer: Can animals of the same species from different places communicate wit…
8 years, 3 months ago
How does the Moon affect life on Earth?
From worms who time their mating ritual with an inner lunar calendar, to how full moons could cause cows to give birth early. Listener Andreas sends …
8 years, 3 months ago
Why Does Dark Matter, Matter?
Scientists have been searching for dark matter for 80 years, so CrowdScience wondered whether they could find it faster. Armed with a boiler suit, ha…
8 years, 3 months ago
Must Life be Carbon-Based?
Carbon is special, but is it necessarily the unique building block of life in the universe? Science fiction has long speculated on non-carbon biochem…
8 years, 3 months ago