Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy are There Morning People and Night People?
Some of us want to be up with the larks, while others are more like night owls. But is our preference down to our genes, or more to do with habits an…
8 years, 6 months ago
How Can I Remember More?
Sometimes our memory fails us and we wish facts would just stick better. Listener Mothibi is a student and has spent three years trying to remember a…
8 years, 6 months ago
How Did Life Get onto Land?
People often talk about being descended from apes. But go back a bit further and we have a more unlikely ancestor – fish. Improbable as it may sound,…
8 years, 6 months ago
How Can We Fight Unwanted Noise?
Unpleasant man-made noise is something that disturbs many of us and even damages our health. But as millions more people move into crowded cities aro…
8 years, 6 months ago
Is There Proof of Life After Death?
Is there any scientific proof of an afterlife? Six months ago, CrowdScience tackled a question from a listener who wanted to know whether there was l…
8 years, 7 months ago
Can We Worm Our Way Into Better Health?
We test the science behind parasitic therapy to answer listener Michael’s question about whether intestinal worms can help us stay healthy, and visit…
8 years, 7 months ago
Is Carbon Dioxide Higher Than Ever?
Carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere today are higher than at any point in human existence. But going back further into Earth’s history, when do w…
8 years, 7 months ago
Can We Make Artificial Organs?
Human Organs are in short supply. But what if you could grow new ones in the lab? And if you donate your body parts to help others, where might they …
8 years, 8 months ago
Should We Kill One Species to Save Another?
Is it fair to kill invasive species which humans have introduced? When people move around the world, many of their favourite – and not so favourite -…
8 years, 8 months ago
Could All Cars Be Electric?
Just one per cent of vehicles are powered by electricity, but CrowdScience listener Randall from Lac du Bonnet in Canada wants to know how quickly th…
8 years, 8 months ago