Project Discovery: Could computer games help find a cure for COVID-19?
In a previous episode of the Science Focus Podcast, we discovered how a team of scientists harnessed the combined power of hundreds of thousands of players of the massively multiplayer online game Eve...
13 Juli 202046min
Dr Jacob Bleacher: Why do we need to go back to the Moon?
In 1969, Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people ever to walk on the Moon, a feat over the next three and a half years only 10 other space explorers would go on to ach...
6 Juli 202035min
Subhadra Das: What part has science played in racism?
Not so long ago, English scientists believed that they could study differences between people and that certain ethnicities were ‘better’ or ‘worse’ than others – of course, white Europeans were put at...
29 Juni 202033min
Brendan Walker: Where is the best place to sit on a rollercoaster?
Brendan Walker originally trained and worked as an aeronautical engineer, but now has a far more thrilling job title, quite literally - he’s a thrill engineer. He’s been working with theme parks to he...
22 Juni 202049min
Leonard Mlodinow: How did Stephen Hawking make science accessible?
Two years to the day the great physicist Professor Stephen Hawking was interred at Westminster Abbey, and at the time of his death, we spoke to one of the people that knew him best, Leonard Mlodinow. ...
15 Juni 202028min
Pragya Agarwal: When does bias become prejudice?
No matter how open-minded we consider ourselves to be, all of us hold biases towards other people. Dr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist, ex-academic, and a freelance writer and journa...
8 Juni 202043min
Anthony David: Why is there still such stigma around mental health?
Mental health has become a hot topic in recent years, with campaigns asking us to be kind on social media and to reach out to friends who are struggling. It seems now more than ever, we have a better ...
1 Juni 202039min
Luck, the paranormal and the Moon landings - Everything you ever wanted to know about…. illusions, magic and the paranormal
Our guest Prof Richard Wiseman is a spectacularly creative scientist who started off his career as a magician before becoming a psychologist. Over the last few decades, Richard has studied the art of ...
28 Maj 202030min
