CrowdScience Podcast
We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.
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How does the Moon affect life on Earth?
Fri 16 Feb 2018
We investigate the moon's effects on life on Earth from early births to interrupted sleep
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Why Does Dark Matter, Matter?
Fri 9 Feb 2018
Scientists have been hunting for it for decades, but will finding it change our lives?
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Must Life be Carbon-Based?
Fri 2 Feb 2018
Must Carbon be the building block of life in the universe?
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Are Crunchy Caterpillars the Food of the Future?
Fri 19 Jan 2018
Meet the entrepreneurs turning bugs into food and get top tips on how to cook them
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When Does Speech Become Music?
Fri 12 Jan 2018
How do our brains tell the difference between music and speech?
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Why Does My Dog Love Me?
Fri 5 Jan 2018
Dogs are our best friends. But why do they fit so seamlessly into human life?
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Could our faces replace passports as ID?
Fri 29 Dec 2017
Facial recognition could transform personal security but how easily can it be fooled?
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Rudolph castrated: what you didn鈥檛 hear this year
Fri 22 Dec 2017
Reindeer castration, plants get chatty and more quirky science revealed.
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What is dust?
Fri 15 Dec 2017
Most people think it鈥檚 just dead skin. But what鈥檚 really hiding in your dust?
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From Oldest to Strongest Living Thing
Fri 8 Dec 2017
We revisit the oldest organism on Earth and meet the strongest
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Can We Revive Extinct Species Like the Dodo?
Fri 1 Dec 2017
Dodos are an icon of extinction, but could we bring them back?
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Does Technology Change How we Fall in Love?
Fri 24 Nov 2017
Are computer algorithms the best way to help people make permanent romantic connections?
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Why are There Morning People and Night People?
Fri 17 Nov 2017
What makes some of us early birds and others night owls?
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How Did Life Get onto Land?
Fri 3 Nov 2017
It was one of the most unlikely events in history. But how did fish become land animals?
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How Can We Fight Unwanted Noise?
Fri 27 Oct 2017
Can science and engineering tackle annoying, ear-damaging sounds?
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Is There Proof of Life After Death?
Fri 20 Oct 2017
Many people believe in an afterlife. Does science have any proof it exists?
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Can We Worm Our Way Into Better Health?
Fri 13 Oct 2017
Could parasites help give our immune systems a boost and help us fight disease?
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Is Carbon Dioxide Higher Than Ever?
Fri 6 Oct 2017
Where did our climate last have this much carbon dioxide?
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Can We Make Artificial Organs?
Fri 29 Sep 2017
Human organs are in short supply. But what if you could grow news ones in the lab?
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Should We Kill One Species to Save Another?
Fri 22 Sep 2017
Is it fair to kill invasive species which humans have introduced?
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Could All Cars Be Electric?
Fri 15 Sep 2017
Just one per cent of vehicles are powered by electricity
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How Could Humanity Become Extinct?
Fri 8 Sep 2017
Nuclear weapons and mega asteroids: what would the aftermath look like?
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Trees v Air Pollution - the Rematch
Fri 25 Aug 2017
Could trees be even better at tackling air pollution than previously thought?
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Sydney Science Festival, Australia
Fri 18 Aug 2017
Your questions about life, Earth & the universe tackled by a panel of experts.
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Can Animals Commit Murder?
Fri 4 Aug 2017
Are humans the only species that murder each other? We head to the rainforest to find out
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What Do Our Accents Say About Us?
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Why do we sound so different from each other 鈥� even when we speak the same language?
