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Science Focus Podcast

The BBC Science 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 our science podcast; 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

Aleks Krotoski What happens to your data when you die © Getty Images
The Human Body

Aleks Krotoski What happens to your data when you die?

Kevin Fong: What happened to Apollo 13? (The severely damaged Apollo 13 Service Module photographed from the Lunar Module/Command Module © NASA)
Space

Kevin Fong What happened to Apollo 13?

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The Human Body

Professor Catharina Svanborg Is the cure for cancer hiding in human breast milk?

Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019.
Everyday science

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Lewis Dartnell How geology can influence elections

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Jamie Susskind How technology is changing politics

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Colin Stuart The most mysterious objects in the Universe

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