Curious Cases

The buzz of a fly hovering just above your head has got to be one of the most irritating s... more

Anyone who has ever done a long car journey with kids will be familiar with the idea of be... more

When you die, would you want to be frozen so that one day you might be brought back to lif... more

Wake up! It’s time for a dreamy new episode of Curious Cases all about the science of slee... more

Fruit-powered batteries are the ultimate school science experiment, but they’re normally u... more

Are you more of a rhino or a kitten? More like a tortoise or a hare? Listener Ivy wants to... more

Listener Vivienne has heard that tardigrades - aka moss piglets - have special powers of s... more

If there’s one type of discharge you really want to avoid, it’s lightning, but what happen... more

11 year old Esther visualises days of the week in a kind of 3D structure. It’s something c... more

It’s sometimes said that timing is everything and this week the pair investigate the myste... more

9 year old listener Koby sends Hannah and Dara on a mission to find the shiniest thing in ... more

Would you eat food that fell on the floor? That’s the question Hannah and Dara are getting... more

While chatting at the back of class, best mates Abi and Sofia got curious about bubbles. H... more

Curious Cases is returning! Superstar mathematician and broadcaster Hannah Fry teams up wi... more

There is a bizarre number in maths referred to simply as ‘i’. It appears to break the rule... more

This episode will render you oblivious, conked out and blissfully unaware. It’s about anae... more

‘Can we bring back extinct species?’ wonders listener Mikko Campbell. Well, Professor Fry ... more

The Great Pyramids of Giza are awesome feats of engineering and precision. So who built th... more

Magnets are inside loads of everyday electronic kit - speakers, motors, phones and more - ... more

Close your eyes and think of a giraffe. Can you see it? I mean, *really* see it - in rich,... more

The new series kicks off very soon! As a little aperitif, Hannah and Adam review some surp... more

What do you get if you smash two hydrogen nuclei together? Helium and lots of energy. That... more

Sneezes, wheezes, runny noses and red eyes - this episode is all about allergies. An aller... more

Hungry for pi? Chow down on this! Pi is the ratio between a circle’s diameter and its cir... more

Why are some smells so nasty and others so pleasant? Rutherford and Fry inhale the science... more

How do winds start and why do they stop? asks Georgina from the Isle of Wight. What's more... more

DO WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? Good! But how does that work!? Our intrepid science sleuths ex... more

We asked you to send us the boldest, barmiest bits of published research you could find an... more

The world is full of colour! But, wonders listener Maya Crocombe, ‘how do we see colour an... more

Mathematician Hannah Fry and geneticist Adam Rutherford investigate your everyday science ... more