Podcast Episodes

Lightning Strikes Again

Is it possible to get power from lightning? This was the first CrowdScience question posed by listener John Emochu in Kampala, Uganda, in November 20…

9 years, 1 month ago

Can Animals Commit Murder?

** Contains some upsetting scenes **

As a species, we humans can be uniquely horrible to our own kind. But are we the only animal to commit murder? Li…

9 years, 1 month ago

What Do Our Accents Say About Us?

How do we end up speaking the way we do? What's happening in our brains and mouths to make us sound so different from each other - even when we’re sp…

9 years, 1 month ago

Could a Computer Judge My Crime?

People said they’d never catch on. Mobile phones, the internet and even robot assembly lines all once seemed like niche technologies. But today they …

9 years, 1 month ago

Why is it so Hard to Quit Smoking?

A billion people across the world smoke cigarettes, and many would agree it’s the hardest habit to quit. One such smoker, listener Sharif, emailed Cr…

9 years, 2 months ago

Does Time really Exist?

Earlier this year Crowdscience explored the question of time. Back then we were on a mission to uncover what the real time is and how we're able to m…

9 years, 2 months ago

Do We Think in Words?

We're always up for a challenge on CrowdScience but this week’s question, which comes from an artist, tests our limits as we investigate the nature o…

9 years, 2 months ago

Can plants talk?

David in Bogota might have raised a few eyebrows in the CrowdScience office with his questions – can plants talk? And can they hear us talking to the…

9 years, 2 months ago

Can Your Lifestyle Be Passed on to Future Generations?

Back when Charles Darwin presented his theory of evolution by natural selection, French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck suggested something different…

9 years, 3 months ago

Why Does It Always Rain on Me?

Listener Ros Allen wondered why it always seems to rain on her village but not the one a mile away. It’s all down to microclimates. CrowdScience expl…

9 years, 3 months ago