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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 754
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
Can you swallow upside down?
This week, Aza catches coronavirus, Covid-19 vaccines, viral variants and where are the mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, can you still swallow when you're upside down, how was Einstein proved righ…
00:20:36 |
Mon 18 Jan 2021
Why do you float on the Dead Sea?
How do energy drinks give you a buzz? Why do planets orbit on a plane? Should we test for Covid-19 infection before we vaccinate? Do energy drinks cause diabetes? Why do you float on the Dead Sea? Ho…
00:27:15 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
Why car indicators flash at different rates
How do point of care tests for Covid-19 work? Are they any good? How infectious are people asymptomatically infected with Covid-19? Why do different car indicators flash at different rates? How do ac…
00:15:14 |
Fri 18 Dec 2020
Why is it dark in space?
An update on the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19, the lotto likelihood of sequential winning numbers, why swallows congregate around motorway bridges, the logistics of keeping the Covid-19 vaccine cold, …
00:24:09 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
Why shave sheep in winter?
Why shear a sheep in winter when it's cold? And can animals count? Why do geese and turkeys chase people? Also, how does coronavirus infection alter our sense of smell and taste? How do artificial sw…
00:24:12 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
Can we taste through our fingers?
Why did touching something make me taste metal? Also, what's the best liver detox, why does listening to loud music stop a stammer, does music help attention deficit disorder and is sunrise to the so…
00:21:12 |
Fri 27 Nov 2020
Why does my Coke froth up when I add ice?
Why does my Coke froth up when I add ice? How is an oesophageal stricture treated? Does immunity to other coronaviruses confer immunity to Covid-19? Can cats smell things that are poisonous? Why do a…
00:15:39 |
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Why fidgeters are less fat
This week, why teenagers can feel moody, what causes restless leg syndrome, fidgeting and obesity, Covid-19 genetic risk factors, whether potatoes can prevent night cramps and arthritis, and the effe…
00:21:39 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
Do named painkiller brands work better?
What's the best way to avoid mosquito bites, and a suggestion that tomatoes ward the insects off. Also, why cookers heat some parts of pans better than others, the mind-over-bladder effect when you r…
00:22:13 |
Wed 04 Nov 2020
Why only use big dogs as sniffer dogs?
Vitamin D for coronavirus? Narcissism and the brain. Why use big dogs as sniffer dogs? Understanding conversations in noisy places, and why that gets harder as we age. Why does my hand itch before I …
00:24:06 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Would a fat person last longer in a famine?
Can omnivores switch their diets to survive on whatever is available? Would a fat person last longer in a famine? How does serology help in the management of Covid-19? Could we use GM technology to d…
00:20:08 |
Mon 26 Oct 2020
What would a brain transplant feel like?
The virtual reality system for visualising molecules, where Covid-19 came from, what would a brain transplanted individual experience, where did all the dust go when Beirut blew up recently, and why …
00:21:29 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
How does all that web fit inside a spider?
How a tiny spider can spin so much silk, how the moon's cycle affects human behaviour, the effect of body weight on bone mass, the reason people have consciences, and the way to become a scientist al…
00:18:15 |
Sat 17 Oct 2020
How does body weight affect the skeleton?
Hyenas everywhere in the Kruger, but why so many? How does the human skeleton respond to changing body weight? Why remove and dump a whale carcass when it would rot down naturally? How long does the …
00:20:03 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
Donald Trump diagnosed with Covid
Donald Trump diagnosed with Covid-19, SNP MP Margaret Ferrier takes two trains despite coronavirus infection, and the answers to why toddlers have potbellies? Can free-divers get the bends? How does …
00:25:15 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Toilet bleach: what's best, thick or thin?
Would a baby exposed to 5 languages from birth learn all of them? Toilet bleach: what's best, thick or thin? Are new varieties of fruits equally good for you? What's the proof for absolute zero? How …
00:22:51 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
How does alcohol in hand sanitiser work?
How do different tasks recruit different parts of the brain? What's the story of potential life on Venus? How long to boil the perfect egg? What's homocysteine and how much is a safe level in the blo…
00:21:31 |
Sun 20 Sep 2020
Covid-19: Has the world over-reacted?
What causes new infections, like Covid-19, to emerge in the first place? Why does the same temperature seem to feel colder in the day than it does at night? Why have we locked down the world for Covi…
00:23:50 |
Sun 13 Sep 2020
Would sea level rise if we all went swimming?
Why does sugar get onion smells off my skin? Are aluminium cooking pots harmful to health? Why don't hail stones make holes in leaves? What causes heart palpitations? If we all went swimming at the s…
00:25:07 |
Mon 07 Sep 2020
Asymptomatic Covid-19, and where space starts
At what temperature does the new coronavirus survive the best? Is there a tension between science and religion? Are food additives harmful? Why is covid aysymptomatic in some people, and when are we …
00:16:45 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
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