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Back to SearchWhat’s the Oldest Living Thing?
Trees transcend human generations – but are they the oldest living things on Earth? CrowdScience listener William from London, UK, got in touch to as…
9 years, 3 months ago
Why do Human Faces Look so Different?
You don’t have to be a “super-recogniser” to know that human facial features are extremely varied. Just look around you. Yet look at a most other ani…
9 years, 3 months ago
Why is Childbirth Painful?
Childbirth is different for everyone. Depending on who you ask, it’s one of life’s greatest and worst experiences - and can be anything from traumati…
9 years, 3 months ago
Where’s my Ejector Seat?
Even if you spent your entire life on a plane, the chances are you’d never crash – commercial air travel is remarkably safe. But after hearing about …
9 years, 4 months ago
Why Do We Have Males and Females?
Sex is responsible for the large variety of life on earth. Without the two sexes there is no sexual reproduction which means no shuffling of the gene…
9 years, 4 months ago
Are Fingerprints the Best Form of ID?
Biometrics are being used everywhere to recognise us. On this edition of CrowdScience we try out the tech that tells us apart. We find out just how u…
9 years, 4 months ago
How Many People Can Earth Support?
Our planet is getting rather cosy. In just over 200 years, the global population has grown from 1 billion to almost 7.5 billion – and the best estima…
9 years, 4 months ago
Space Mining
Mining asteroids, moons or even other planets has remained firmly within the realm of science fiction. But as certain elements become increasingly sc…
9 years, 5 months ago
Should we eat Insects?
For most people the idea of chewing on a caterpillar or tucking into a tarantula is pretty unpalatable. Yet according to the United Nations, some two…
9 years, 5 months ago
Why Do We Have So Many Accents?
Why do we have so many accents - even when we’re speaking the same language? What's happening in our brains and mouths to make us sound so different …
9 years, 5 months ago