Episodes (480 available)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Silence is either blood-curdling or blissful – but is it a sign of danger?

How do these enigmatic insects know that the time is right to emerge into the light?

Can a laugh be passed down between generations? Caroline Steel has a giggle finding out.