CrowdScience

CrowdScience

We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.

CrowdScience

Episodes (484 available)

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, Could AI present CrowdScience?

CrowdScience is presented by humans. But could the machines take over?

27 Mar 2026

26 mins

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, Can I unlock my car using my head?

Wireless keys work better if you press them against your skull. But why?

20 Mar 2026

26 mins

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, Can I really manifest the future?

Can manifesting make your dreams come true?

13 Mar 2026

26 mins

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, What keeps the universe in balance?

What keeps the stars burning? And is the universe in balance?

6 Mar 2026

31 mins

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, How can we save the Great Barrier Reef?

Coral is under threat from climate change – can these Australian scientists save it?

27 Feb 2026

26 mins

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, Why don't more animals have opposable thumbs?

Thumbs are incredibly useful to humans, so why didn’t they evolve in more species?

20 Feb 2026

26 mins

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, Can we cancel light waves?

Noise cancelling headphones remove unwanted sound. Can we do the same with light?

13 Feb 2026

26 mins

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, Do multiple choice questions make us biased?

CrowdScience listener Griffith asks why a multiple choice quiz answer is rarely ‘a’.

6 Feb 2026

29 mins

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, Why do I tan more in the US?

Namrata tans more in Boston than in India, and she wants to know why

30 Jan 2026

26 mins

CrowdScience, CrowdScience, Do fish know what they look like?

Are there self-aware shoals of fish drifting through our oceans?

23 Jan 2026

26 mins

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