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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.

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

Science Focus Podcast How to push the limits of human endurance

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

Science Focus Podcast Is gene editing inspiring or terrifying?

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

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

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

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)
The Human Body

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
Planet Earth

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

The science of ageing - Sue Armstrong © Getty Images
The Human Body

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Everyday science

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

What does it mean to be happy? © Getty Images
The Human Body

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

How geology can influence elections - Lewis Dartnell © Getty Images
Planet Earth

Science Focus Podcast How geology can influence elections – Lewis Dartnell