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Back up to: Curious Cases

1. The Scientific Exploration of Astrology

   Could there be something to astrology? asks Dan in Australia
2. The Noises That Make Us Cringe

   Why do some people find noises like a fork scraping a plate so terrible?
3. The Pizza Diet

   Can I make a pizza that contains my recommended daily intake of everything? asks Paul
4. The Good and Bad in Fungi

   "Why are some fungi helpful and others harmful?" asks Paul Glaister in Reading.
5. The Martian Mission

   What would it take for humans to live on Mars? Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate.
6. The Hamster Power Hypothesis

   How many hamsters on wheels would it take to power London?
7. A World of Pain

   Why do we all have different pain thresholds?
8. The Random Request

   Is anything really random?
9. The Running Joke

   How fast can a human run?
10. The Alien Enterprise Part 2

    Are intelligent aliens out there?
11. The Alien Enterprise Part 1

    How do we look for alien life, and what are we expecting to find?
12. The Dawn Chorus

    Why do birds sing? And why are some songs so complex?
13. The Lucky Number

    How do I win the lottery?
14. The D茅j脿 Vu

    Why do we get d茅j脿 vu?
15. The Human Instrument

    Why do our voices change as we get older?
16. The Fifth Dimension

    Is there a fifth dimension? Hannah and Adam visit CERN to find out.
17. The Cosmic Egg

    How do we measure the age of the universe?
18. The Atomic Blade

    What makes things sharp?
19. The Tiniest Dinosaur

    Which is the tiniest dinosaur?
20. The Enigma of Sex, Part 2

    Why don't we have more than two sexes?
21. The Enigma of Sex, Part 1

    Why does sex exist? And why aren't we all the same sex?
22. Goldfinger's Moon Laser

    Could we shoot a laser to the moon?
23. The Curious Face Off

    Are machines better than humans at identifying faces?
24. The Cosmic Speed Limit

    Can anything travel faster than the speed of light? Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate.
25. The Dreadful Vegetable

    Why don't children like vegetables?
26. The Baffled Bat

    How do bats echolocate? And why don't they get confused by neighbouring signals?
27. Adventures in Dreamland

    Why do we dream? Drs Rutherford and Fry delve into the science of sleep.
28. The Shocking Surprise

    Why do we get static shocks? Our science sleuths try to crack another case.
29. The Sticky Song

    Why do tunes get stuck in our heads? And what makes some songs stickier than others?
30. The Polar Opposite

    What would happen if the Earth's magnetic poles flipped?

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