Science Focus Podcast

The BBC Focus team talk to the brightest names in science and technology about the latest news, ideas and breakthroughs shaping our world.

We cover everything in science, from the inner workings of the human brain to how we’ll conquer space, tackling climate change and better understanding the animals and plants around us – the Science Focus Podcast is the best place to make sense of the big issues of our time.

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Latest Science Focus Podcast episodes

What if the Earth’s magnetic field died? – Jim Al-Khalili © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast What if the Earth’s magnetic field died? – Jim Al-Khalili

Science Focus Podcast: Do you believe in magic? – Gustav Kuhn (Conjuror Signor Martino levitating Mademoiselle Nita during a stage performance © Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Science Focus Podcast Do you believe in magic?

A scene from the film 'Jack The Ripper', 1959. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images)

Everyday science

Unsolved murder Has science identified Jack the Ripper?

How can we save our planet? - Sir David Attenborough © BBC

Science Focus Podcast How can we save our planet? - Sir David Attenborough

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The science of ageing - Sue Armstrong © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Can we slow down the ageing process? - Sue Armstrong

What happens when maths goes horribly, horribly wrong? – Matt Parker © Getty Images

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Science Focus Podcast What happens when maths goes horribly, horribly wrong? – Matt Parker

Why is the magnetic north pole moving? - Ciaran Beggan © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Why is the magnetic north pole moving? - Ciaran Beggan

Are we facing an insect apocalypse? - Brad Lister © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Are we facing an insect apocalypse? - Brad Lister

Detail of mosaic in the crypt at the Musee Pasteur, on the grounds of the Pasteur Institute. Louis Pasteur is buried in the crypt, which was modeled on the tomb of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy. The mosaics were created by Auguste Guilbert-Martin © Getty Images

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Science Focus Podcast Is religion compatible with science? – John Lennox

What does it mean to be happy? © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast What does it mean to be happy? – Helen Russell

How geology can influence elections - Lewis Dartnell © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast How geology can influence elections – Lewis Dartnell

The mindset behind the Moon landing – Richard Wiseman (Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the Moon at Tranquility Base © Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Science Focus Podcast The mindset behind the Moon landing – Richard Wiseman

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How technology is changing politics - Jamie Susskind © Getty Images

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Science Focus Podcast How technology is changing politics – Jamie Susskind

There's no such thing as Blue Monday - Sir David Spiegelhalter © In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images

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Science Focus Podcast There’s no such thing as Blue Monday – Sir David Spiegelhalter

The most mysterious objects in the Universe - Colin Stuart © Magic Torch

Science Focus Podcast The most mysterious objects in the Universe – Colin Stuart

Eating for your genes - Giles Yeo © Scott Chasserot

Science Focus Podcast Eating for your genes – Giles Yeo