CrowdScience
Science

CrowdScience

by BBC World Service

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

100 episodes
EN language
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1
Can I unlock my car using my head?
26:28 Mar 20, 2026
2
Can I really manifest the future?
26:28 Mar 13, 2026
3
What keeps the universe in balance?
31:05 Mar 6, 2026
4
How can we save the Great Barrier Reef?
26:28 Feb 27, 2026
5
Why don't more animals have opposable thumbs?
26:28 Feb 20, 2026
6
Can we cancel light waves?
26:28 Feb 13, 2026
7
Do multiple choice questions make us biased?
29:01 Feb 6, 2026
8
Why do I tan more in the US?
26:28 Jan 30, 2026
9
Do fish know what they look like?
26:28 Jan 23, 2026
10
Why do I find silence unbearable?
26:27 Jan 16, 2026
11
How do cicadas know what season it is?
26:29 Jan 9, 2026
12
Did I inherit my laugh?
26:28 Jan 5, 2026
13
The CrowdScience quiz of the year
35:57 Dec 26, 2025
14
How do we adapt to the cold?
26:29 Dec 19, 2025
15
Can you play the guitar underwater?
26:29 Dec 12, 2025
16
Can we turn deserts green?
33:04 Dec 5, 2025
17
How big is a rainbow?
29:03 Nov 28, 2025
18
Why do we cry?
30:00 Nov 21, 2025
19
Do tsunamis affect marine life?
26:54 Nov 14, 2025
20
Are near-death experiences real?
26:26 Nov 7, 2025
21
Why do people love horror films?
31:26 Nov 3, 2025
22
Should we help maggots and caterpillars?
27:12 Oct 24, 2025
23
Can we record our senses?
26:29 Oct 17, 2025
24
Are atoms immortal?
26:28 Oct 10, 2025
25
Why are some animals black and white?
27:02 Oct 3, 2025
26
Answers to even more questions
26:28 Sep 26, 2025
27
Do birds understand us?
26:29 Sep 19, 2025
28
Why am I so sentimental?
26:28 Sep 12, 2025
29
Will drinking milk help me live longer?
26:29 Sep 5, 2025
30
How long will traces of our civilisation last?
34:28 Aug 29, 2025
31
How does camouflage work?
36:39 Aug 22, 2025
32
How long does light last?
26:29 Aug 15, 2025
33
Can we stop the rain?
32:21 Aug 8, 2025
34
How are teeth made?
30:08 Aug 1, 2025
35
Trailer: 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle
3:29 Jul 28, 2025
36
Could technology improve our brains?
26:28 Jul 25, 2025
37
What if the Earth spun backwards?
26:29 Jul 18, 2025
38
Where did Earth’s water come from?
31:13 Jul 11, 2025
39
Can we harness solar energy from other stars?
26:28 Jul 4, 2025
40
Why are twins special?
26:28 Jun 27, 2025
41
How can we persuade more people to cycle?
26:28 Jun 20, 2025
42
Was there an idyllic time before carnivores?
26:28 Jun 13, 2025
43
What’s that background hum I hear?
28:21 Jun 6, 2025
44
What on earth is quantum?
30:28 May 30, 2025
45
Can eating honey help save bees?
26:50 May 23, 2025
46
Is my yoghurt really alive?
26:27 May 16, 2025
47
Is red sky at night really sailor’s delight?
27:49 May 9, 2025
48
Why can't I fall asleep?
28:36 May 2, 2025
49
Can we feed everyone?
31:27 Apr 25, 2025
50
Why am I always late?
26:29 Apr 18, 2025
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