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Is science racist? – Angela Saini (Nazi officials use callipers to measure an ethnic German's nose. The Nazis developed a system of facial measurement that was supposedly a way of determining racial descent. The compiled results, based on biased samples, were used to back up the Nazi claim that Germans were a pure and superior "Aryan" race © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Science Focus Podcast Is racism creeping into science?

Can we really predict when doomsday will happen? - William Poundstone © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Can we really predict when doomsday will happen?

Is body positivity the answer to body image issues? – Phillippa Diedrichs © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Is body positivity the answer to body image issues?

Why is the Moon landing still relevant 50 years on? – Kevin Fong © NASA

Science Focus Podcast Why is the Moon landing still relevant 50 years on?

Can science explain everything? - Michael Blastland © Getty Images

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Science Focus Podcast Can science explain everything? - Michael Blastland

Is the cure for cancer hiding in human breast milk? - Professor Catharina Svanborg © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast Is the cure for cancer hiding in human breast milk? – Professor Catharina Svanborg

Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019.

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Science Focus Podcast Why is Leonardo Da Vinci’s scientific legacy so often overlooked?

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

London Marathon How to push the limits of human endurance

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

Science Focus Podcast Is gene editing inspiring or terrifying?

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

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

Science Focus Podcast: Do you believe in magic? – Gustav Kuhn (Conjuror Signor Martino levitating Mademoiselle Nita during a stage performance © Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Science Focus Podcast Do you believe in magic?

A scene from the film 'Jack The Ripper', 1959. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images)

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Unsolved murder Has science identified Jack the Ripper?

How can we save our planet? - Sir David Attenborough © BBC

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

The science of ageing - Sue Armstrong © Getty Images

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