Science Focus Podcast

The brightest names in science and technology talk to the BBC Focus team about the ideas and breakthroughs shaping our world in this weekly podcast.

Is science racist? – Angela Saini (Nazi officials use callipers to measure an ethnic German's nose. The Nazis developed a system of facial measurement that was supposedly a way of determining racial descent. The compiled results, based on biased samples, were used to back up the Nazi claim that Germans were a pure and superior "Aryan" race © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Science Focus Podcast Is racism creeping into science?

Can we really predict when doomsday will happen? - William Poundstone © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Can we really predict when doomsday will happen?

Is body positivity the answer to body image issues? – Phillippa Diedrichs © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Is body positivity the answer to body image issues?

Why is the Moon landing still relevant 50 years on? – Kevin Fong © NASA

Science Focus Podcast Why is the Moon landing still relevant 50 years on?

Can science explain everything? - Michael Blastland © Getty Images

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Science Focus Podcast Can science explain everything? - Michael Blastland

Is the cure for cancer hiding in human breast milk? - Professor Catharina Svanborg © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Is the cure for cancer hiding in human breast milk? – Professor Catharina Svanborg

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

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Science Focus Podcast Why is Leonardo Da Vinci’s scientific legacy so often overlooked?

Science Focus Podcast: How to push the limits of human endurance © Getty Images

London Marathon How to push the limits of human endurance

Is gene editing inspiring or terrifying? – Nessa Carey © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Is gene editing inspiring or terrifying?

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

Are video games good for us? - Pete Etchells © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Are video games good for us?

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)

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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