Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain tackle listeners' conundrums with the power of science!
Radio 4,·155 episodes
A Cold Case, Part 2
From cold feet to cold water swimming, Rutherford and Fry answer your chilling questions
04 Mar 2020,·34 mins
The Exotic Wormhole
What are wormholes and do they really exist?
11 Mar 2020,·37 mins
A Frytful Scare, Part 1
Why do we enjoy horror? Rutherford and Fry explore the thrill of fear
30 Oct 2019,·31 mins
A Frytful Scare, Part 2
Rutherford and Fry board a rollercoaster to investigate why we enjoy being scared
06 Nov 2019,·32 mins
Stephen Fry's Identity Crisis
Stephen Fry asks the duo to investigate why he struggles to remember faces.
13 Nov 2019,·36 mins
The Heart of the Antimatter
How do you make antimatter? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate.
20 Nov 2019,·31 mins
The Trouble Sum Weather
Why is it so difficult to predict the weather?
27 Nov 2019,·35 mins
The End of the World
What would become the dominant species if, or when, humans go extinct?
04 Dec 2019,·42 mins
The Mesmerist
Is hypnotism real? Drs Rutherford and Fry find out by visiting a hypnotist
03 Apr 2019,·35 mins
The Periodic Problem
How do you discover a new chemical element?
10 Apr 2019,·28 mins
An Instrumental Case
Why do instruments sound different?
17 Apr 2019,·39 mins
The Lunar Land, Part 1
Where did the Moon come from?
24 Apr 2019,·30 mins
The Lunar Land, Part 2
What would life be like if we had two moons?
01 May 2019,·29 mins
Jurassic Squawk
What sound did dinosaurs make?
08 May 2019,·37 mins
The Viking Code
How do ancestry DNA tests work?
21 Nov 2018,·26 mins
The Stressful Scone
Why do we have regional accents?
28 Nov 2018,·33 mins
Two Infinities and Beyond, Part 1
Does infinity exist? And why are some infinities bigger than others?
05 Dec 2018,·32 mins
Two Infinities and Beyond, Part 2
Is anything in the Universe infinite? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate.
12 Dec 2018,·31 mins
The Good Bad Food
Why does bad food taste so good? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate.
19 Dec 2018,·26 mins
The Horrible Hangover
Why do we get hangovers and are some drinks worse than others?
26 Dec 2018,·31 mins
A World of Pain
Why do we all have different pain thresholds?
07 Sep 2018,·33 mins,·
The Random Request
Is anything really random?
06 Sep 2018,·26 mins
The Running Joke
How fast can a human run?
05 Sep 2018,·38 mins
The Alien Enterprise, Part 2
Are intelligent aliens out there?
04 Sep 2018,·24 mins
The Alien Enterprise, Part 1
How do we look for alien life, and what are we expecting to find?
03 Sep 2018,·25 mins
The Dawn Chorus
Why do birds sing? And why are some songs so complex?
01 Jun 2018,·27 mins
The Lucky Number
How do I win the lottery?
31 May 2018,·25 mins
The Déjà Vu
Why do we get déjà vu?
30 May 2018,·25 mins
The Human Instrument
Why do our voices change as we get older?
29 May 2018,·27 mins
The Fifth Dimension
Is there a fifth dimension? Hannah and Adam visit CERN to find out.
28 May 2018,·27 mins
