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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

Why are people obsessed with how cute cats are?

Cats are pretty adorable! Those big eyes, fluffy paws and cheeky personalities mean that most...

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How freaked out should I be about bed bugs?

You might have seen them in a hotel. You might have read about them in the news. Maybe you’ve...

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When did we start kissing?

Have you ever considered when kissing first started? Who, or what, first decided that this was a...

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How do you stay warm in your house without central heating?

How do we battle the energy use and soaring costs required to keep our homes warm? We spoke to...

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How will climate change affect wine?

People have been interested in wine growing and quality vintages since the Roman times, but as...

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What are the odds of a white Christmas?

As we count down to the festive season and the days get colder, will we see a white Christmas...

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How do you reintroduce lions?

Lions are iconic species, but they are threatened with extinction. In Zambia, researchers and...

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Does banning smoking work?

As the UK government proposes new plans to reduce the number of people who smoke, we talk to...

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Why are deep fakes happening?

Welcome to the new series of the Big Questions podcast, where we ask Oxford scientists to shed...

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What's the cool stuff that we've learnt from the James Webb Space Telescope?

About a year ago, we asked astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst why the James Webb Space Telescope...

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Would you want to meet an alien?

What might an experimental petrologist (someone who makes rocks in the lab) and an immunologist...

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Could 'Jurassic Park' actually happen?

"Life finds a way"...This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Stephen...

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How can we use sound waves to eliminate infections?

Many of us will have had to deal with a bacterial infection at some point or another. The...

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How do you convert CO2 into jet fuel?

Increasing levels of CO2 in our atmosphere are a big cause for concern. So what if we could find...

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How do you use social media to deliver humanitarian aid?

Forced displacement of human populations owing to conflict or natural disasters is very difficult...

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How has life expectancy changed after the pandemic?

Demographers (researchers who study the statistics of human populations) look at factors such as...

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Can you make a dengue fever forecast?

More than half the world's population is at risk from dengue fever, a viral infection that is...

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Can my gut health improve my mental health?

Our gut microbiome (that's all the microorganisms - such as bacteria, viruses and fungi - living...

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Why do research on research?

We've talked about a lot of different types of research on this podcast...from investigations...

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How could spider sex unlock secrets to engineering?

Not everyone is the biggest fan of spiders...we know that. They might not be the first thing that...

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