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• How trees secretly talk to each other

  Plants talk and share resources using a underground network called the 'Wood Wide Web'

  

  Duration: 1:47

• Yeast: An unlikely hero in the fight against climate change?

  Scientists in Austria have modified yeast to suck CO2 out of the air

  

  Duration: 2:00

• Could vertical forests improve our cities and health?

  Two residential towers in Milan have over 900 trees and 11,000 plants

  

  Duration: 3:22

• Are some soaps better than others?

  There are so many different soaps to choose from - is one better than another?

  

  Duration: 1:53

• Is noise pollution killing whales and dolphins?

  Dr Morell studies cetaceans' ears to help pinpoint activities that may cause hearing loss

  

  Duration: 2:24

• How can drones make childbirth safer in Sierra Leone?

  West Africa's first drone corridor, in Njala, could transform Sierra Leone's healthcare

  

• How long is the coronavirus outbreak likely to last for?

  The global spread of the Covid-19 disease has thrown the world into uncertainty

  

  Duration: 2:07

• Meet the creatures that share your home

  Could one of your microscopic housemates contain a new antibiotic, or help make biofuel?

  

  Duration: 2:01

• Should I stop buying palm oil?

  Many scientists say boycotting palm oil could actually increase deforestation

  

  Duration: 2:28

• What can dinosaur footprints tell us?

  Analysing fossil tracks can reveal how dinosaurs moved and behaved

  

  Duration: 1:23

• The farmers using sewage to make saris

  As groundwater supplies dwindle in rural India, farmers turn to wastewater to grow crops.

  

• The world's most powerful hurricane simulator

  The "Wall of Wind" tests building materials and designs against hurricane-strength winds

  

  Duration: 1:35

• The whales that ‘talk’ with accents

  Biologist Dr Luke Rendell thinks he knows what sperm whales are saying

  

  Duration: 2:07

• Are edible caterpillars the future of sustainable protein?

  How edible bugs could help fight food security problems in West Africa

  

  Duration: 3:09

• How spiders build their webs

  Spiders instinctively know how to use silk and build the complex structure of a web

  

  Duration: 1:57

• What would happen if we fell straight through the earth?

  Professor Richard Easther from the University of Auckland, New Zealand discusses.

  Duration: 2:34

• Why is aurora green?

  Katie Herlingshaw explains why the aurora often appear as such a vivid green colour.

  Duration: 2:19

• In a random universe, is anything predictable?

  If the fundamental building blocks of matter act randomly, how can we predict anything?

  Duration: 1:58

• How do birds survive so high up?

  What clever adaptations allow birds to cope with low oxygen, high altitude conditions?

  Duration: 2:13
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• Tracking Turtles

• Ethiopian living houses

• Presenter: Marnie Chesterton

  Marnie has been with CrowdScience since its first episode in 2016. She's also a regular reporter and presenter on Radio 4’s Inside Science.

  

• Presenter: Anand Jagatia

  Anand is a science broadcaster and multimedia producer. He joined CrowdScience in 2016 and has also worked as a filmmaker at the Royal Institution. 

  

• Presenter: Caroline Steel

  Caroline is an award-winning broadcaster who has presented CrowdScience since 2022. You can also hear her on other BBC programmes including Unexpected Elements, The Climate Question, and What in the World on the World Service, Classical Wind Down on Radio 3, and Inside Science on Radio 4.