We like to think our Science Focus Podcast is something really rather special (really, you should tell all your mates about it). But let’s face it, it pales in comparison to the hugely popular podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, which bagged Apple’s prestigious ‘Best New Podcast’ award in 2014.
Numerous awards later, including the 2019 Heinz Oberhummer Award in science communication, they have amassed a whopping 700,000 subscribers for their irreverent podcast about the weird and wacky things they’ve discovered over the past week.
We can’t resist the opportunity to get meta and do a science podcast about doing a science podcast, so we sent Online Editor Alexander McNamara to meet two of the show's stars, Andrew Hunter Murray and Dan Schreiber, where they chewed the ‘facts’ about Isaac Newton lecturing to empty theatres, meeting scientists who suggest putting fake eyes on a cow’s backside, and the logistics around building a statue out of sausages.
We also put their fact-checking skills to the test with a little quiz pulled from the Q&A section of BBC Science Focus Magazine. Why don’t you play along as well and let us know how you get by tweeting us @sciencefocus.
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Listen to more episodes of the Science Focus Podcast:
Do you believe in magic? – Gustav KuhnWhat happens when maths goes horribly, horribly wrong? – Matt ParkerWhat does it mean to be happy? – Helen RussellInside the mind of a comedian – Robin InceFinding the fun in science – Dara Ó BriainThis is how to invent everything – Ryan NorthFollow Science Focus on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Flipboard
Inside the mind of a dog, with Prof Alexandra Horowitz
Breasts, with Dr Philippa Kaye
Time travel, with Lawrence Krauss
Body language myths, with Prof Geoff Beattie
AI’s fight to understand creativity, with Ahmed Elgammal
How to boost your creativity, with Hilde Ostby
Ultra-processed Food with Dr Chris van Tulleken
How the battle for space will change the world, with Tim Marshall
Out-of-body experiences, with Dr Jane Aspell
A bold new theory of dyslexia, with Prof Usha Goswami
The fight to keep our brains private, with Nita Farahany
The science of hay fever, with Sam White
The multiverse, with Lord Martin Rees
Synchronizing your body clock, with Prof Russell Foster
The origin of the Universe, with Prof Thomas Hertog
How human disease changed history, with Dr Jonathan Kennedy
Art and the brain, with Susan Magsamen
Overcoming insomnia, with Prof Guy Leschziner
UK wildlife, with Dr Philip Wheeler
When humans become prey, with Adam Hart
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