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Rudolph castrated: what you didn鈥檛 hear this year

Reindeer castration, plants get chatty and more quirky science revealed.

• 30 mins

Could our faces replace passports as ID?

Facial recognition could transform personal security but how easily can it be fooled?

• 30 mins

Why Does My Dog Love Me?

Dogs are our best friends. But why do they fit so seamlessly into human life?

• 29 mins

When Does Speech Become Music?

How do our brains tell the difference between music and speech?

• 26 mins

Are Crunchy Caterpillars the Food of the Future?

Meet the entrepreneurs turning bugs into food and get top tips on how to cook them

• 28 mins

How Far Can I See?

Is it possible to see 15 quintillion miles away?

• 26 mins

Must Life be Carbon-Based?

Must Carbon be the building block of life in the universe?

• 26 mins

Why Does Dark Matter, Matter?

Scientists have been hunting for it for decades, but will finding it change our lives?

• 31 mins

How does the Moon affect life on Earth?

We investigate the moon's effects on life on Earth from early births to interrupted sleep

• 33 mins

Do Animals Have Accents?

Can animals of the same species from different places communicate with each other?

• 26 mins

Could Bees Take Over From Sniffer Dogs?

How can we humans use other animals鈥� senses for our benefit?

• 28 mins

Is Nuclear Fusion Coming Anytime Soon?

After all the money spent, are we really anywhere close to limitless clean energy?

• 26 mins

Why Do We Follow the Crowd?

Discover the secrets of your inner sheep and whether the crowd is as wise as they say

• 33 mins

Does Anything Stand Still?

Our hunt for perfect stillness takes us back to the early days of science and into space

• 29 mins

Is The Future of Food a Pill?

Can we produce artificial food sources providing all nutrients for healthy human life?

• 35 mins

Can We Find a Cure for Dementia?

We speak to scientists searching for a cure for dementia

• 29 mins

Why Do Insects Fly Towards Lights?

What does the Higgs boson do for the Universe? Why do insects fly into lights?

• 28 mins

Are Screens Bad For My Child鈥檚 Eyes?

Are screens bad for my child鈥檚 eyes? Marnie Chesterton presents

• 28 mins

Can Sucking CO2 Out of the Air Solve Climate Change?

What are our options for removing carbon dioxide from the air?

• 30 mins

Why Don鈥檛 We All Like The Same Food?

How does biology and culture shape what鈥檚 delicious and disgusting?

• 30 mins

Why Do Humans Dance?

What role does dance play in human life and evolution? We head to Cuba to find out

• 33 mins

How is Your Brain Better Than a Computer?

How computers can be faster, but brains are still better

• 26 mins

Is Fasting Healthy?

Marnie Chesterton investigates the science behind low-calorie and time-restricted eating

• 31 mins

How Green Are Electric Vehicles?

The future is electric but are zero emission vehicles as clean as the manufacturers claim?

• 28 mins

Is Hypnosis a Real Thing?

Can science explain what鈥檚 going on when someone is hypnotised?

• 29 mins

What Shapes Our Musical Taste?

Why does one person鈥檚 heavenly music sound like boring noise to another?

• 26 mins

Will We Run Out of Groundwater?

Will we run out of groundwater and what will happen if we do?

• 29 mins

Do Plants Talk about Sex?

Plants do communicate, but what are they talking about? Sex seems a likely answer

• 26 mins

Where Do All Our Vegetables Come From?

Have you ever seen a Brussels sprout growing in the wild? Neither has listener Pogo.

• 26 mins

Why do Humans have Different Coloured Skin?

Anand Jagatia looks at the science behind why we have different skin colours

• 29 mins