CrowdScience Podcast
1) How do cicadas know what season it is?
Crowdscience listener Ryosuke grew up in Japan, and spent his childhood summers catching cicadas in the park. For people in Japan, the sound of their chirping signals the first true summer day. But un...Show More
2) Did I inherit my laugh?
CrowdScience listener Limbikani in Zambia is always being told he has his Dadâs laugh, so he set us the challenge of trying to find out whether a laugh can be passed down in our genes or if itâs somet...Show More
3) The CrowdScience quiz of the year
In 2025, the crack team of intrepid presenters here on CrowdScience have been on some incredible adventures. Theyâve wondered whether water is wet, and gone a hunt for a missing tangerine. Theyâve won...Show More
4) How do we adapt to the cold?
When some people are wandering around in shorts and a t-shirt, others are wrapped up in warm coats and jumpers. How come our responses to cold weather are so different? People have been living in cold...Show More
5) Can you play the guitar underwater?
Smashing up guitars is a classic rock star activity, but how about drowning them? 7-year-old listener Cornelius has set CrowdScience a challenge: to find out what happens if you play a guitar underwat...Show More
6) Can we turn deserts green?
Can we turn the worldâs deserts green? CrowdScience listener Youcef is captivated by the idea of bringing water back to Earthâs driest landscapes. With sea levels rising and huge stretches of land dry...Show More
7) How big is a rainbow?
When listener Sakuraâs husband came home from his morning walk in Cambridgeshire, UK, he told her about a massive rainbow heâd seen. But when he showed her a picture, she didnât think it was particula...Show More
8) Why do we cry?
Tears of joy, tears of sadness, tears of frustration or tears of pain - humans are thought to be the only animals that cry tears of emotion. CrowdScience listener Lizzy wants to know: why do we cry fo...Show More
9) Do tsunamis affect marine life?
Tsunamis destroy buildings, habitats and danger to everything in its path on land. But how do they affect life under the water? That's what CrowdScience listener Alvyn wants to know, and presenter Ana...Show More
10) Are Near Death Experiences real?
In your final moments, they say, you may walk down a tunnel of light. You might rise above your body, watching the scene below before passing into another world. Perhaps youâll be met by glowing figur...Show More