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Oxford Sparks Big Questions — 101 episodes
Should we kill animals for conservation?
Can you predict the lottery?
How does reading work?
What's it like for women working in F1?
How do you convert CO2 to rock?
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What was Einstein doing in Oxford?
Where do baby penguins come from?
How can I use AI to raise my salary?
Could stuff be living on Saturn's moon?
What happened to the birds in 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'?
What is quantum computing?
Could vaccinations stop people from getting cancer?
Why do I bite my nails?
How do you find a theoretical particle?
Is there a better way to screen blood?
How does Ozempic actually work?
Why does a stranger's phone noise annoy me?
What's the origin of water on Earth?
How can robots investigate underwater volcanoes?
What is it like to be on Countdown?
What happens after a dementia diagnosis?
Is it OK to laugh at Tourette's?
What is a dinosaur highway?
How horny are hedgehogs?
What can batteries of the future learn from eels?
Why is my bottle cap attached to my plastic bottle?
Why are we seeing the Northern Lights more often?
Why track mistletoe?
Why are birth rates falling in the UK?
What is a wind drought?
How do you sequence the genomes of 70,000 species?
How do I keep my house cool without air conditioning?
What time is it on the moon?
How can origami help make energy?
How do you fossilise a brain?
How do earworms work?
How are seals affecting fishing catches?
Why am I killing my house plants?
How are volcanoes formed on other planets?
Can we talk to bees?
Why are people obsessed with how cute cats are?
How freaked out should I be about bed bugs?
When did we start kissing?
How do you stay warm in your house without central heating?
How will climate change affect wine?
What are the odds of a white Christmas?
How do you reintroduce lions?
Does banning smoking work?
Why are deep fakes happening?
What's the cool stuff that we've learnt from the James Webb Space Telescope?
Would you want to meet an alien?
Could 'Jurassic Park' actually happen?
How can we use sound waves to eliminate infections?
How do you convert CO2 into jet fuel?
How do you use social media to deliver humanitarian aid?
How has life expectancy changed after the pandemic?
Can you make a dengue fever forecast?
Can my gut health improve my mental health?
Why do research on research?
How could spider sex unlock secrets to engineering?
Is the metaverse doomed?
Can you cure jet lag?
Should I feel guilty eating turkey at my Christmas dinner?
How can a simulation help treat kidney stones?
How were new craters on Mars discovered?
What makes the human brain so special?
Why is the UK still in a drought?
Why is the James Webb Space Telescope a big deal?
What is green steel?
How do you create autonomous robots that can investigate under the sea?
How do you grow the perfect tomato?
How is misinformation about the war in Ukraine spreading?
How does a pandemic end?
Why do we develop bad habits?
Is the energy crisis going to get worse?
Is ordering a pizza bad for the climate?
How do you monitor mosquitoes using their sound?
How can we improve endometriosis treatment?
Why build a magnetically shielded room?
Why is Rudolph's nose red?
How do you tackle hate speech one emoji at a time?
Umm...Should I be wearing a mask?
How can satellites prevent mining disasters?
How do you stop megafires?
Could chocolate go extinct?
Should all robots have an ethical black box?
Is a snack tax on the horizon?
What's an arboretum anyway?
Did the pandemic make us moodier?
Will climate change kill off the great tits?
Can we build an eco-friendly aeroplane?
Why are we searching for water on the moon?
Has lockdown made me bad at sleeping?
Do all lions sound the same?
When did dogs become our best friends?
Who should get the vaccine first?
Should we edit genes to make nicer people?
Are video games good for my mental health?
Should I buy a real or a fake Christmas tree?
How do I win Fantasy Football?