Dr Rachel Brown: Why are some COVID-19 patients suffering from neurological complications?
A recent study carried out at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH, on confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients has found neurological complications of the virus can, in some rar...
10 Aug 202027min
The Urban Birder: What wildlife can city-dwellers see?
Many of us have found solace in nature over the last few months, relishing our time outdoors, especially when it was limited to one form of exercise a day. A recent report by the RSPB found that peopl...
3 Aug 202048min
Dr Michael Mosley: Why is sleep so important?
If, like us, you love to read a good science book, (and thanks to this podcast we’ve read a fair few over the years), you’ll probably recognise the feeling of having more questions about its subject a...
27 Jul 202036min
Ritu Raman: Can you build with biology?
If I asked you to build a robot, the first materials you would probably reach for would be some metal bits and plastic bobs. However, mechanical engineer Ritu Raman designs machines made with biologic...
20 Jul 202031min
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 Jul 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 Jul 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 Jun 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 Jun 202049min
