Question of the Week

We find out how our thoughts can get so overloaded that we experience visual cortex blindness and overlook the obvious!

We find out why some humans squirt saliva from their mouth as a fine jet of spit.

We find out if raising your baby to be bilingual is a good or bad thing for brain development.

We often see headlines that foods like red wine and veggie curry might decrease your likelihood of catching cancer. Is...

Why do I fart after cottage pie? And what exactly is a fart? Do certain foods and cooking techniques affect fart...

Could you pass the flu onto your pooch? Could your dog then sneeze over your Great Aunt Mildred? We find out!

Who's your Bronze Age Ancestor?

We examine whether Earth can sustainably support this many humans.

Does the cycle of the moon affect your sleep patterns? We find out!

What are the relative risks of e-cigarettes, nicotine patches and snuff?

Why, and how, is pregnancy associated with high sensitivity to smell?

Would it kill you to have a penny dropped on your head from the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in...

We find out what happens in our brains as we dream, why we have them, and what nightmares are all about.

We find out why ice cubes can make fizzy drinks bubble over, by asking a French champagne specialist!

Could other planets make a substance like diamond?

We find out if dark matter can clump together to form dark planets, dark suns, or dark moons.

5 yr old Georgia asks how did the cells in her mum's tummy know to make her brain cells? A Nobel Laureate provides...

We brush away at this question: is it better for your teeth to suck on, or chew, your sweets?

Are babies the ultimate yoginis? How do they do their headstands in the womb? We find out!

Can we get power from poo?

Naked Physicist Dave Ansell tries to recreate Space in his garden, in order to get to grips with a listeners question...

How does training affect conscious control? What happens to automatic movements as we age?

We find out what's going on if exercise is making you sick. Plus we ponder the existance of free will.

What is the physiology behind emotional breakdown? Everybody has had the feeling in traumatic situations. But why does...