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Can Trees Help us Fight Air Pollution?

Trees take in carbon dioxide but they also convert some of the toxic gases in our air.

• 27 mins

Is Being Fat a Choice?

Can we blame our weight on factors like genes or our environment?

• 27 mins

Science at the Movies

Science meets film in a special edition recorded live at South by Southwest Festival, USA.

• 26 mins

Does Weather Affect our Health?

Can a rain shower really cause aches and pains?

• 26 mins

Why Do We Have So Many Accents?

What makes us sound so different from each other 鈥� even when speaking the same language?

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Should we eat Insects?

Should we eat more insects? CrowdScience meets the people turning caterpillars into food

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Space Mining

Could we mine on asteroids?

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How Many People Can Earth Support?

When will we reach 鈥榩eak human鈥� and how will we cope?

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Are Fingerprints the Best Form of ID?

CrowdScience explores the biometric systems capturing our identities

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Why Do We Have Males and Females?

We plunge into the weird world of sex determination.

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Where鈥檚 my Ejector Seat?

Why can鈥檛 commercial planes have ejector seats, like fighter jets do?

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Why is Childbirth Painful?

Why is it more painful for some women than others?

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Why do Human Faces Look so Different?

Unlike most animals, human facial features evolved to have more variety. But why?

• 30 mins

What鈥檚 the Oldest Living Thing?

What is the oldest tree or other living organism on Earth?

• 27 mins

Why Does It Always Rain on Me?

How do microclimates affect our weather and our lives?

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Can Your Lifestyle Be Passed on to Future Generations?

Can your lifestyle be passed on to future generations?

• 29 mins

Can Plants Talk?

This week we hack the secret plant communication network 鈥淭he Wood Wide Web鈥�.

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Do We Think in Words?

Do we think in words, images, or abstract concepts?

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Does Time really Exist?

Does Time really exist or is it all in our heads?

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Why is it so Hard to Quit Smoking?

We look at how nicotine tricks the brain into thinking tobacco鈥檚 good for us.

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Could a Computer Judge My Crime?

How much of the justice system could be replaced by technology?

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What Do Our Accents Say About Us?

Why do we sound so different from each other 鈥� even when we speak the same language?

• 26 mins

Can Animals Commit Murder?

Are humans the only species that murder each other? We head to the rainforest to find out

• 28 mins

Lightning Strikes Again

Can we collect electricity from lightning?

• 35 mins

Sydney Science Festival, Australia

Your questions about life, Earth & the universe tackled by a panel of experts.

• 26 mins

Trees v Air Pollution - the Rematch

Could trees be even better at tackling air pollution than previously thought?

• 27 mins

Spider Silk and Super Fly Senses

Your questions about the super abilities of insects

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How Could Humanity Become Extinct?

Nuclear weapons and mega asteroids: what would the aftermath look like?

• 29 mins

Could All Cars Be Electric?

Just one per cent of vehicles are powered by electricity

• 29 mins

Should We Kill One Species to Save Another?

Is it fair to kill invasive species which humans have introduced?

• 31 mins