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.

Podcast: Why do humans make music? © Getty Images

Podcast: Why do humans make music?

Podcast: The future of human flight, with real-life Iron Man Richard Browning © Getty Images

Future Technology

Podcast The future of human flight, with real-life Iron Man Richard Browning

Podcast: How AI and androids could shape the music of the future © Getty Images

Future Technology

Podcast How AI and androids could shape the music of the future

Podcast: Why realistic human robots need to learn to lip-sync © Carl Strathearn

Future Technology

Podcast: Why realistic humanoid robots need to learn to lip-sync

Podcast: Could 'counterfactuals' solve the biggest problems in physics? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Podcast Could 'counterfactuals' solve the biggest problems in physics?

Fifteen volunteers spent 40 days in cave with no natural light or clocks. Most want to go back, here’s why… © Human Adaptation Institute

Podcast What happens to you after 40 days with no natural light?

Podcast: The bizarre biology of the mantis shrimp © Getty Images

Podcast: The bizarre biology of the mantis shrimp

Podcast: The creator of Bellingcat on using the internet to investigate global affairs © Getty Images

Everyday science

Podcast The creator of Bellingcat on using the internet to investigate global affairs

Meet the computer scientist teaching an AI to play Dungeons and Dragons © Getty Images

Future Technology

Podcast Meet the computer scientist teaching an AI to play Dungeons and Dragons

Podcast: How to understand statistics in the news and when to trust them © Getty Images

Everyday science

Podcast How to understand statistics in the news and when to trust them

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

How to maximise your motivation, according to a neuroscientist

Prof Avi Loeb on what 'Oumuamua tells us about the problem with modern physics © ESO/M Kornmesser

Podcast Prof Avi Loeb on what 'Oumuamua tells us about the problem with modern physics

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

The ordinary women in science history © Getty Images

Everyday science

Podcast The ordinary women in science history

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