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Does Asking Questions Improve Your Memory?

Does Asking Questions Improve Your Memory?

FromCrowdScience


Does Asking Questions Improve Your Memory?

FromCrowdScience

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As the show that takes your questions and turns them into audio adventures reaches its 100th episode, Marnie Chesterton revisits a few of our most liked, talked-about, and inbox-filling programmes to find out how science is getting on with the answers. Marnie heads to a place where important queries have been tackled for hundreds of years - the University of Cambridge in the UK - to chase down some burning follow-ups on topics that have piqued your interest. She finds out what the future holds for the next generation of batteries as they're expected to power everything from smart phones to your car and even your house. Then she scrubs up to tackle your tough questions on the best ways to keep clean.

Finally, Marnie visits a memory laboratory at Cambridge University to discover whether the very process of asking questions might be one way to help us remember more.

(Photo: A woman from a group raises her hand to ask a question. Credit: Getty Images)
Released:
Sep 28, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.