Curious CasesSeries 17Episodes Episode guide

Back up to: Curious Cases

1. More Frytful Scares

   Why do people like to be scared?
2. Back to The Sinister Hand

   What determines left or right handedness? asks Neal Shepperson
3. A Weighty Matter, Part 2

   Is dark matter a fudge to fit existing theories to inexplicable observations?
4. A Weighty Matter, Part 1

   How does gravity pull us? asks Emma
5. The Flying Clock and the Stopped Watch

   Do individuals perceive time differently? asks Joe from North Yorkshire
6. The Mosquito Conundrum

   What’s the point of mosquitoes? asks Cathy
7. The Scientific Exploration of Astrology

   Could there be something to astrology? asks Dan in Australia
8. The Noises That Make Us Cringe

   Why do some people find noises like a fork scraping a plate so terrible?
9. The Pizza Diet

   Can I make a pizza that contains my recommended daily intake of everything? asks Paul
10. The Good and Bad in Fungi

    "Why are some fungi helpful and others harmful?" asks Paul Glaister in Reading.
11. The Martian Mission

    What would it take for humans to live on Mars? Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate.
12. The Hamster Power Hypothesis

    How many hamsters on wheels would it take to power London?