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.

Air pollution is killing us, here's how you can stop it - Gary Fuller © Getty Images

Air pollution is killing us, here’s how you can stop it – Gary Fuller

Should we be worried about sex robots? - Kate Devlin © Getty Images

Future Technology

Should we be worried about sex robots? – Kate Devlin

Science Focus Podcast: Filming a Dynasty © BBC/Nick Lyon

Filming a Dynasty – Nick Lyon

There is no Plan B for planet Earth - Lord Martin Rees © Lucinda Douglas-Menzies/Photo Researchers

There is no Plan B for planet Earth – Lord Martin Rees

What NASA's InSight will tell us about Mars - Bruce Banerdt © NASA/JPL-Caltech

What NASA’s InSight will tell us about Mars – Bruce Banerdt

The genetic hunt for the Loch Ness monster © Getty Images

The genetic hunt for the Loch Ness Monster – Neil Gemmell

Robin Ince

Inside the mind of a comedian – Robin Ince

How to get a good night's sleep - Alice Gregory © Getty Images

How to get a good night’s sleep – Alice Gregory

What makes a robot a robot? - Dr Lucy Rogers © Getty Images

Future Technology

What makes a robot a robot? – Dr Lucy Rogers

Finding the fun in science - Dara Ó Briain (Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes)

Everyday science

Finding the fun in science – Dara Ó Briain

The psychology of suicide © Owen Gent

What psychology can tell us about suicide – Jesse Bering

What we got wrong about pandas and teenagers © Getty Images

What we got wrong about pandas and teenagers

Science Focus Podcast: This is how to invent everything © Getty Images

Future Technology

This is how to invent everything – Ryan North

Does science have a problem with women?

Everyday science

Why aren’t there more women in science?