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.

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Everyday science

Podcast The ordinary women in science history

How to maximise your motivation, according to a neuroscientist © Getty Images

How to maximise your motivation, according to a neuroscientist

The psychology of the sea shanty: Why work songs are such earworms © Getty Images

Everyday science

Podcast The psychology of the sea shanty and why work songs are such earworms

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Inside the February issue with the BBC Science Focus team

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Podcast Why you can’t multitask (and why that’s a good thing)

Meet the scientist who defeated 'the world's worst bacteria' to save her husband’s life © Steffanie Strathdee

Meet the scientist who defeated ‘the world’s worst bacteria’ to save her husband’s life

Mental health and your brain: What happens when it goes wrong © Getty Images

Podcast Mental health and your brain: What happens when it goes wrong

Why rewilding success stories make us hopeful for the future © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Why rewilding success stories make us hopeful for the future

How a scientist used viruses to save her husband’s life from a superbug © Getty Images

How a scientist used viruses to save her husband’s life from a superbug

Marcus Chown: Does the Big Bang really explain our Universe? © Getty Images

Marcus Chown Does the Big Bang really explain our Universe?

Team talk: Beating pandemic burnout, the seasons of you and a daring giraffe rescue © Save Giraffes Now

Everyday science

Podcast Beating pandemic burnout, the seasons of you and a daring giraffe rescue

End of year roundup: The non-COVID science that brought us joy in 2020 © Getty Images

Everyday science

End of year roundup: The non-COVID science that brought us joy in 2020

Prof John Drury: The psychology of lockdowns © Getty Images

Prof John Drury The psychology of lockdowns

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

Everyday science

Sir David Spiegelhalter There's no such thing as Blue Monday

How virtual reality is helping patients with phobias, anxiety disorders and more © Joseph Eddins/US Air Force

Future Technology

Podcast How virtual reality is helping patients with phobias, anxiety disorders and more