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.

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

Aleks Krotoski What happens to your data when you die?

Toby Ord: What are the odds civilisation will survive the century? © Getty Images

Toby Ord What are the odds civilisation will survive the century?

Professor Fay Dowker: What is the problem of quantum gravity? © Imperial College London

Everyday science

Professor Fay Dowker What is the problem of quantum gravity?

Anthony Warner: Are we really too fat? © Getty Images

Anthony Warner Are we really too fat?

Jim Davies: How do you use your imagination? © Getty Images

Jim Davies How do you use your imagination?

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Camilla Pang How can science guide my life?

Mark Miodownik: Are biodegradable plastics really better than traditional plastic? © Getty Images

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Mark Miodownik Are biodegradable plastics really better than traditional plastic?

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

Kevin Fong What happened to Apollo 13?

Dr Erin Macdonald: Is there any science in Star Trek? © NBC Television (Public domain)

Dr Erin Macdonald Is there any science in Star Trek?

Does data discriminate against women? – Caroline Criado Perez © Getty Images

Caroline Criado Perez Does data discriminate against women?

Kathryn D. Sullivan: What is it really like to walk in space? © NASA

Kathryn D Sullivan What is it really like to walk in space?

Does science have a problem with women?

Everyday science

Why aren’t there more women in science?

Adam Rutherford: Can science ever be rid of racism? © Charlie Clift/BBC

Adam Rutherford Can science ever be rid of racism?

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

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Matt Parker What happens when maths goes horribly, horribly wrong?

Ross Barnett: Why should we be interested in prehistoric animals that aren’t dinosaurs? © Getty Images

Ross Barnett Why should we be interested in prehistoric animals that aren’t dinosaurs?