Are yoga claims bogus claims?

Which of the many claims about yoga are backed up by science?

• 28 mins

Where does our fat go when we exercise?

Where does our fat go when we exercise?

• 34 mins

Do climbing plants know where they’re going?

Marnie Chesterton finds out how clever climbing plants are.

• 29 mins

Can robots be soft?

CrowdScience uncovers how nature is weaving its way into robotic design

• 29 mins

Why do some people have panic attacks?

Sweating, nausea, chest pain: panic attacks affect 1 in 14 people but what is going on?

• 41 mins

How do my ears sense direction?

How do we hear a sound and immediately know where it’s coming from?

• 37 mins

What does flying do to my body?

We take to the skies to find out what effect working at 35,000 feet has on one's health.

• 37 mins

Is there anyone out there?

How many planets in the universe could be harbouring alien life?

• 27 mins

Do we have a sense of time?

Anand Jagatia finds out whether we have a sense of time, like our sense of taste or touch.

• 35 mins

What's living inside my gut?

Trillions of microbes live inside our gut. What impact do they have on our body?

• 32 mins

What are Ostriches for?

Flightless wings, flawless eggs, priceless feathers… meet the ostrich!

• 28 mins

Why am I so lazy?

Is laziness biological, psychological … or even a real thing?

• 37 mins

Can sea-swimming improve my health?

Can sea swimming improve my health?

• 33 mins

Why is the sun at the centre?

With astronomers and physicists, we unpack how we know the Earth revolves around the sun

• 27 mins

Is there a connection between memory and speech?

Caroline Steel finds out how dementia affects our ability to speak

• 28 mins

Can Artificial Intelligence teach itself?

What happens if artificial intelligence starts learning from its own material?

• 26 mins

Why can’t I see images in my head?

Anand Jagatia discovers what mental images are for and why some people don’t have them

• 38 mins

Human v machine

How efficient are humans?

• 27 mins

Why do I crave unhealthy foods?

What are food cravings and why do we crave unhealthy foods instead of healthy ones?

• 30 mins

Why do we experience vertigo?

Anand Jagatia finds out why we lose our sense of balance

• 33 mins

Why aren't we all ambidextrous?

With a panel of experts, we unpack why some people (and animals) are left or right-handed

• 34 mins

Why do we get bored?

Why boredom affects some people more than others and why it can lead to innovation

• 27 mins

Why does some music make us sad?

How music and emotion are intimately linked

• 35 mins

Is the ‘sunshine cure’ a real thing?

Does living somewhere sunny make us happier and healthier?

• 26 mins

Are dogs good for us?

Investigating whether our canine companions are good for our health and wellbeing

• 28 mins

What is the weight of the internet?

How do we go about trying to weigh the internet – what even counts as part of it?

• 35 mins

How do butterflies and moths fly?

Why do butterflies and moths fly so erratically, but land so precisely?

• 26 mins

What does a sustainable life look like?

What would it take for all eight billion of us to share the planet sustainably?

• 28 mins

Why do my children stress me out?

Caroline Steel investigates how we respond to stress.

• 27 mins

Why am I scared of bridges?

What makes a fear become a phobia, and where do they come from?

• 28 mins