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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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

Everyday science

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

Future Technology

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

Everyday science

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

What makes me 'me'? - Aoife McLysaght © Paul Wilkinson Photography

What makes me ‘me’? – Aoife McLysaght

Why ASMR gives you tingles - Emma WhispersRed

Why ASMR gives you tingles – Emma WhispersRed

Air pollution is killing us, here's how you can stop it - Gary Fuller © Getty Images

Air pollution is killing us, here’s how you can stop it – Gary Fuller

Science Focus Podcast: Filming a Dynasty © BBC/Nick Lyon

Filming a Dynasty – Nick Lyon

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There is no Plan B for planet Earth - Lord Martin Rees © Lucinda Douglas-Menzies/Photo Researchers

There is no Plan B for planet Earth – Lord Martin Rees

What NASA's InSight will tell us about Mars - Bruce Banerdt © NASA/JPL-Caltech

What NASA’s InSight will tell us about Mars – Bruce Banerdt

The genetic hunt for the Loch Ness monster © Getty Images

The genetic hunt for the Loch Ness Monster – Neil Gemmell

Robin Ince

Inside the mind of a comedian – Robin Ince